Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-23

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 The company's official announce ment follows:
 The Company's Announcement.
 That in addition to the forms or service heretofore authorized speclai might letter" service be established as soon as practicable.
 The charge of this service shall be the standard day rate for ID Words for the transmission of 50 words or less and one-fifth of such standard day rate for 10 words shall be chars- ed for each additional 10 words or less.
 Night letters" shall be written m plain English. Code language is not permitted.
 Might letters will be received not later than midnight to be transmitted only for the delivery of the morn ing of the next ensuing day.
 Night letters may, at the option of the telegraph company, be mailed at destination to the addresses and the company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such case with respect to delivery by mailing sucb message as destination, postage prepaid.
 Wires Now Idle at Night.
 great part of the vast telegraph systems, crowded to capacity during the day, lies idle at night. The new management figures that at small additional expense these idle wires can he made to earn something and also accommodate the public. They regard these night messages as by products" capable of being handled at very low rates so long as no great increase in fixed charges is incurred
 Messenger boy delivery, which is costly, is to be done away with by use of the postoffice. The night let ters" will be placed in the local postoffice at point of destination in time for postmen to take them around on the first morning delivery of the regular mails. Where there is no free delivery, messengers or the telephone will be utilized.
 This is but the first economic step in the telephonetelegraph combina- tion. The next is to utilize the tele- phone as a collector of telegraph messages, so that there will be no necessity of going in person with the written message to offices and pay ing the charges over the counter.
 It is planned that any telephone ion office, dictate his message and have it sent. The charges therefor will be rendered at the end of the month with the regular telephone bill.
 This system will be tried first in Chicago, where the arrangements al- ready have been made for the eXperi- ment, if successful there it will be established in other cities.
 Whole Country in Touch.
 Another plan of great magnitude now being worked out is to have ev- cry city, town and village and even every farm house in the entire Unit ed States in touch with telegraph and telephone communication at al hours of the day and night At pres. ent all telegraph offices, save those in the central parts of the cities close at or s o'clock in the evening Most of the world is cut off during the night.
 The telephone company offices ev anywhere are always open for busi ness. Anyone wishing to send ; telegraph message after the West ern Union office is closed can give il to the telephone company, which will transmit it to the nearest allnigh telegraph office for transmission tt the point of destination.
 These plans, with many others O mutual benefit to the public and the operating company, are in process O development. There is endless de tail to be worked out and vast amount of preparation necessary be fore they can be put into practica. operation in order to avoid mistakes misunderstanding and delays.
 Mutual Aid in Emergencies.
 For internal economies there arc many arrangements which the public will not notice. The use Of either company of the others wires in case of accidents or delays is one that wil help insure uninterrupted. service. Th' new management asserts that eff ciency of service rather than reduc tion of rates is it's first object.
 It aims to establish the very high est standard of eligibility and ac fo nublio onI tho,