The Dickinson press., 1910-10-29

besides handling the repeaters on the
overland wires from Chicago 10 Seattle.
Portland, Spokane and Helena. The
Office will have direct wires to Helena.
Billings, Fargo. St. Paul and Mime
apolis and this will insure prompt hand
ling OF all business for the east and
west.
The Office will be open day and niaht
and especial attention will be given to
the prompt handling of night letters.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany offers al greatly reduced rates a
new convenience to the public, known
as the Night Letter Telegraph Service.
Night letters may be filed at any hour
Of the day or night up to m idnisht, to
he forwarded by telegraph at the COM
pany's convenience during the night and
delivered the follow ing morning. Fifty
words may be sent for the price of ten
word day message. This new service
quickens correspondence with di slant
points by several days and is found to
be an effective and inexpensive means
OF promoting business or handling social
communications. Business men are
quick to appreciate the advantages of
the new service and are grea tly pleased
with the results obtained BY its use.
Some of the leading business firms at
Dickinson ere already using this means
almost exclusively in handling their
correspondence with distant points.
The change from sravity battery
current to dynamo current will be made
some day this week.
H N. Ward. chief of the Barclay
Automatic Telegraph printer department,
in the 81. Paul main office, is here
installing the new instruments. Among
the apparatus installed in the new
office is ''Wheatstone duplex re-
peater'' which automatically relays
messages al speed of $50 words per
minute. The average speed of an
operator sending by hand is about Is
words per minute. George H. Pierson,
ably assisted by James McGinty of
Minneapolis. and Samuel Gosnell of
Chicago, electricians and machine men,
are in charge of the installation of the
dynamos and steam engine.
The Western Union Company are also
installing. for the first time in this city,
the synchronized clock system. Messrs.
Sexton and Yarkin, who are the COM
pany's clock experts from Minneapolis,
are here in charge of this work.. Clocks
have been installed at the postoffice,
the dynamo room of the electric lieht
plant. fl. M. Roberts jewelry store,
7. j. Greene jeweler and druggist,
Dakota National bank, Grill restaurant,
St. Charles hotel, Mandan Mercantile
Co.. and Russell Miller Milling Co.
and other enterprising business houses
in the city. These clocks are set auto
maticlly every hour by master CLOCK
located in the Western Union office, and
which is very carefully regulated to
keep absolutely accurate time. The
origin of the time which is furn-
ished for this clock system is the
same as that which sets in motion the
we'll know time ball which is dropped
from the dome of the Naval Observatory
at Washington. D. C.
The local Office is in charge OF
Manager c. F. Norton. who is also first
trick wire and repeater chief. ]. P.
Ferriter. second trick wire and repeate,
chief, and F. W. Lacey, third tricl
wire and repeater chief, who are ably
assisted BY operator c. A. Kalb.
+ The local MANAGEMENT is alway.
pleased to show people some of the
important parts Of the Dickinson city
Western Union office in the Firsl
National bank building where thousand.
Of important Coast messages are passing
every day. ;i!..a M
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