New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
No More Worry
When Telegraph
Office Is Closed
DOCTOR ALWAYS NEAR
TclcDi1ouc-Telcgraph a Boon
for Stranded Motorists and
Tsraway Business Men.

staz6by Of the joke writer ana coII1e01eall'
NAV soon be crowded out. like the sailing
vessel and the horse. by the invention OF
n sres6s-- substitute. At any rate his
ranks wi. be greatly depleted II the pro
nosec extension OF the telephone and tele-
r-sob throughout the world is accom-
rI,shee. The recently begun night letter"
se-v1oe o1 the Western Union Telegraph
Cor,na1v Increased the business Of that
CONCERN with startling rapidity. not only
fascinating the bargain hunter with the
offer o. sending fifty words al night for
the price OF ten transmitted in the busy
Sav tine but also day business through
early replies evoked BY the night mes
sages.
s cooperative Improvement that viii re-
5uce the work Of the blue-coated messenger
boy 10 < minimum. greatly add 10 the speed
Of transmitting messages and getting re-
plies, and relieve the sender OF much an
novanoe and delay is the linking Of the
telephone and telegraph systems through
o-.r the country and. by cooperation With
the cable service. throughout the world
The combined use OF the telephone and
telegraph has been established il New Eng
land. New York and the northern half Of
New jersey for some time and q string
O. 17ven<y-foUr aIl-nighr telegraph Offices
recently established in New England &c
connect with al the telephone lines in that
section now provides a constant method Of
rapid communication between al parts Of
those states. In describing the ultimate
ain along these lines Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company and the Associated
Bel Telephone Companies s. NJ Williams,
q the former concern, recently said
AS fast as details can be perfected this
plan IS being extended throughout the
sought 70 be attained is an extension and
perfection CT wire service so that Il viii
he possible 1or man, wherever he may
be n this country, 70 send a message by
v,-e TO any other part Of the country or
t1e world. for the cables are rapidly link
ing Up continents and receive in return
an answer promptly without the necessity
O. leaving his Office or freside.
The system OF collecting and delivering
kilograms by telephone has been praCtised
70 z limited extent in many communities.
The cooperative efforts Of the Western
Union and American Telephone companies
are now being directed to making the in
provemenC universal. bringing the world
sa1c closer touch
The practical benefits Of this dual system
Ct communication in everyday life are al
NOS unlimited. Suppose q telephone sub
70 send q telegram tonight, giving news
of Sickness or death 81 his family 10 some
other relative n New York Springfield
Is twenty miles out. and the telegraph Office
there closes a. : O'Clock in the evening.
Ordinarily he would have 10 wait until 10
morrow morning before sending q telegram
But tonight he would merely have 10 call
the telephone operator. The operator would
trunk the message along TO the nearest
telegraph Office and Il would be sent over
The wires ar once 10 its destination.
Another example IS Port Jefferson Long
Island, which is fifty miles out The leia-
graph Office there closes AT o'clock il
IRE evening and the nearest Office 10 Port
JEFFERSON which would be open after Lhat
hoE- IS Brooklyn The person wanting to
SEND a telegram is switched over The long
distance telephone TO the Brooklyn tele-
g-arh Office. the message is taken there,
and rhe only expense 70 the sender IS the
cost Of the telegram al the regular rate No
charge IS made for the use OF the long-dis-
Cance telephone.
Under the new combined system the tele-
graph operators are also instructed to watch
for replies. Fer example, q man al his Adj
Iondack camp. many miles from the nea--
est railroad CT telegraph line, fnds it i'm
Yerarive that he communicate quickly with
his business partner who is inspecting a
line IL northern Michigan. Z his camp
wEre not equipped with a telephone the
feat would De Impossible. DAYS would be
required 70 send q message and get his re-
~. Now. however he calls the telephone
operator. VINO RELAYS the message II Utica
where ne telegraph company takes Il up
and forwards il &c its destination. rs UP
u TIE Utica operator 10 watch for the re
-. which comes along in e few hours. and
WILDERNESS
IN IE6 same way 4 person IN Summit.
y J. Is III anC wants q doctor living n
another Town. He calls the telephone op-
orator. and is connected with the telegraph
OE5ce il MOrristoWn, where the Western
Ialon taxes UP the message and forwards
3 % the physician. The dorrtstown op-
e-aEor must then be on the lookout for tht,
6ocuOr answer and see that IL reaches the
subscriber II Summit over the telephone.
Even distracted lovers Rtu and a great
boon = ne new system When the night
letter service was begun last winter il was
reported that many messages were fled
whose covering Of verbal asbestos failed 70
conceal efecUually the burning thoughts
therein expressed Now the young man
Tncse yearninE 10 transmit q message that
VIII reach his sweetheart IN the morning
would Cnce have been baked by finding
the telegraph ONCE closed may call up
the nearest telephone operator. rid himself
@ LIS heartburn and fail peacefully asleep
u The knowledge that as soon as his so7I
mate rises in the morning she VIII learn Of
his devotio1-
Among the men who will find TIE nezV
arrangement Of great Importance in tran
sacJing business are the commercial fray
elers- For instance, Z drummer whose.
route -akes him 10 the general stores In =
sIT.lE q ta0kwDods hanleLs finds himself
r Inc evening ct rural tavern, severgI
miles from a telegraph office. and that one
perhaps closed for the night. he has an
other day or TWO OF driving about in near
by haU.ets in search Of orders. and he
already has some on his list that are Of
The hurry Up" variety. The telephone is
again called into play His orders are re-
layed al night letter rates 10 the nearest
telegraph Office that Is open, and his home
of1iCe VII get them in tine to ship the
gooos tue following day.
Should party of aQtornobiIists find
themselves stranded with z disabled ma
chine IN some lonely country byway. with
no possibility of reaching home until late
a n-s@t CT possibly in the morning, tie tel
epIole-teieSr2ph combination would be of
Cse Al once From the telephone IN 2