Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-02-25
WHY THE REMOVAL
OF PHONES Is MADE
Reasons Given in Savannah
for the Change.

Much interest was shown yesterda,
in the report that the long distance
branch of the Southern Bell Tele
phone Company would soon be trans
ferred to the office of the Western
Union. Neither of the managers O
the offices in question had received
any adyices in the matter, although
it is generally understood that the
work of making the transfer in ques
ton is going on at various points
now and is being pushed as rapidly as
possible.
The change in Savannah was made
on Tuesday The Savannah M0rnina
News interviewed the manager of the
Western Union there In it's report
it says:
The effect of this change will be
fah-reachfng. Manager Stewart, of
the Western Union, following the con-
nection of his office with the long
distance telephone wires, said that il
would practically mean the absence of
wire troubles nthe near future. Be
sides giving a greater number of wires
over which messages can be sent,
it means tEE when the wires of one
system are trouble, the others can
be utilized ind communication kept
up.withOut interruption.
This is true because both. telephone
conversations and telegrap4ric com
munications can be carried on over
the same wires without interference
with each other Even rs~remark-
1e than this is the fact that not
#ly can conversations be carried on
l&er the wire which is at the same
'sRne carrying dots and dashes of the
Morse alphabet of telegraphy, but the
duplex system, by which four tele-
graph. gs9g5 zees can be sent over the
same sASat the same time. can be
apnp while the wire is also being
uS.@Nor telephoningaA
sxx+9seN VIiACcS III Ss#M5 Races
5sae logical end cs,,Shis development
W that within a she. Gtime both com
panies will use theV ame wires and
the extra set Of wiTSs will be done
away with. The tremendous possibili-
ties for economy in this regard can
readily be seen when it is known that
the Western Union now uses 1125.549
miles of wire, while the American
Bell Telephone Company probably has
as great a mileage.
This consolidation will, however. al
low even more immediate economies.
as well as better facilities for the pat
rOns Of both means of communication.
In the smaller places the offices Of
the telephone and telegraph systems
will be consolidated. This will allow
better service to be given by keeping
the offices open all the time For
instance, a telegram from Savannah
to Waycross cannot be delivered now
after 10 o'clock at night The Bruns-
wick office closes at II o'clock, and
so on.
The telephone exchanges in these
places keep open all night and the
same employees will look after both
classes of messages. Even where the
telephone facilities of town are not
enough to warrant either office keep
ing open all the time, the consolida-
ton of the two will enable this to
be done hereafter in many places
which could not otherwise hope for
so good service.
Even further than this will the con-
solidation cause better service. The
close relationship of the two compa-
MES will enable them to work in con-
junction with each other.
1t is believed that the telephone
method of quick delivery of tele-
graph messages will become an ef-
ficient auxiliary. When need exists
the delivery of a telegram can be made
by telephone after it has reached the
city of it's destination over the tele-
graph wires.
The possibilities of the amalgama>
tion of the telephone and telegraph
seem limitless almost and the connec-
tion between the two made here yes
terday may be counted on for deveI-
opments of wide range in relation
to long distance communication.
Will GRIFFIN DIEC