The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-11
CHIEF DISPATCHER TALKS
DIRECT 70 OPERATORS
Time Saving Device and Gives
GfeatsT Service 10 Travel
Ing Public

Telephones have been Installed IN
each station On the Observation-Disclosures
division Of the Santa l'e and The Ia
cdl Office Is cquppc With Il long dis
tance Telephone IN direct connection
with the chief despatcher's Office ia
Newton All trains on this dyi,lo
arc operated from the dispatthera oi-
lice At Newton aud his orders are sent
direct oyHr The telephone To the ol.
orator atlcach station.
All over the Santa l'e system the
ilse OF he telegraph Instruments are
being dispensed with as far as posi-.
bic, aud especially In the operation OF
trains. II has been found that telc-
phones are much more satisfactory
I'm sa1,ng time AMI making the or
Grafton Of trains more efficient.
The first experiments with the tel.
cphonc in actual railroad work We're
conducted IN Colorado by tho Santa
ne. II was thought that In a dry eli.
mate the test would be more satls-
factory The results showed that the
scheme Of using telephones was prac-
tical and so the division from Ea.
poria 10 Topeka was equipped with a
complete telephone system more than
a year ago.
Then the main line from Topeka to
Chicago was equipped with telephones
and later the route from Topeka to
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Many OF the lines IN OKlahoma have
now been equipped with this system.
The line which has just been complet-
ed from Newton to Arkansas city
includes a loop from Mulrane to All
susta. The Santa Fe system has a
special department which attends to
the new telephone service and sup
erintends the installation OF the new
systems
1t is in the disDatcher's office,
where the movements oil dozens of
trains are superintended, and where
the dispatcher sits and plans with
all the scheming and attention Of de-
tails Of a general planning the move
ment OF an army, that the telephone
Is the mcst appreciated
The trainmaster's work must be
strictly accurate. for mistakes mean
the less OF human lives and the de-
slruetion OF property. II now takes
the train dispatcher one-thrd less
time TO formulate his plans Tor opcr-
ating trains lie can talk with any
operator almost instantly and receive
answers without DELAY 10 Whatever
questions he may want to ask The
dispatcher Is not compelled any l50s-
er 70 operate his trains through sew
eral telegraph operators. He Is In
closer personal contact with hts as
sisianis at other stations and can
more rapidly and safely execute his
work
The telephone is Cf much use TO
station agents They can call up at
other stations and find out important
matters That would take several min
uies Al least to transact eyer the tel
egraph wires.
The telephone operators say the
telegraph will never 90 out Of cSis.
tense, however, as the telephone is
Impractical for long distance mes
sages. Telephone messages have 10
be delayed over any great distance.
II Is even difficult they say, TO send
a message from Chicago to Los An+
selcs without relaying IT, Sometimes
when the weather conditions are fay.
0fable and extra strong batteries are
used, mes ages can be sent direct
from lhai distance Thus the tcle-
graph viii probably never he super
ceded f0 long distance work but for
the uses on tho divisions OF the
fcad, the telephone has been found
70 be laf move satisfactory.