The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-31
WESTERN UNION
IN NEW H0Nl
Public Now Efficiently serA
in Modern Quarters in n
Tribune Building.
ALL EQUIPMENT OF
LATEST AND BEST TYPE
Every Modern Comfort and con
yenIence Furnished Army
of Employees.

The ,oc.u division or tho
Union Telegraph company has cor,.I..as
tho removal Of its entire esfah,,s1'.
/ from 15e South Main street n m. aa.
! nome in the Tribune building fl7 so,,,,,
Main street and al O'Clock yesterdav
morning was ready to receive the n,,-o-
/ age ana business Of the public IN its nsu
! quarters. Through the efficient r,,,,a.-
rneni and efforts of the exuer, ,,on;97S
| IN charge. the difficult change was -
between Friday and Tuesday o,,ta.',
l'a'Ile incurred the slightest hindraner1
or dsiay ID the service Rv addJrI&
! thousands OF dollars worth Of r.odl ~
| improvements 10 the former fsrjiiii{
% the service. the Company has 80
| OF the local department ore Of the 80
! proficient institutions Of It's kind In 10
part Of the country "
In commencing the hard task of ,,,,
ieIIlnE i'I. il asp separate wires. With opersl
! ing tables and muititudinous coDnee.ln,f
appliances and other eDpa rstue go
| form the equipment Of 2 modem, teis-
grapn station: without interfering with
/ the service Of the company the s,,,,an
was adopted 81 changing but .nsii
\ set OF wires and incidental sDuarat,,s =.
4 time. As the instsiiatlon Of each ssr
| boys was detailed 70 the new offlce sngt
I the sending and receiving Of usssars.
went on With the same regularity -
| puuctuality rs In the former Offices.
:
] been made. and there was nothing Is H.
! m the OLD offices 70 ten the sio-v r.
! FORMER days. except wlre-ends nd
worthless debris.
New Quarters Busy Place.
| On the other hand. the new CONNER
cal Offices on the ground floor and
the operating department OF the sixth
| floor oi the Tribune building present n
busy sight. with an hundred or more
employees a work, elaborate rev fur
nishings and modern apparatus.
Upon entering The Commercial offices
! from the street. n the left is seen
| long row Or quarter-sawed double oak
writing desks with comfortable oak
| the right, equipped with a set OF modern
| Pneumatic tuEes. through which mes
| sages are rapidly carried to the operat-
| ing depa rtTDent upstairs for sending
! Next 10 the receiving counter is the Of
/ flee OF !. J. knight. local commercial
I manager Of the company.
On the ground floor at the rear. be-
mind brass screening. : the office az
George j. Butler. assistant manager and
| cashier. with his office force Of seven
I teen clerks and assistants. in this de-
| psrtment there is Il private telephone ex-
change. connecting the nfteen dinerca ut
apartments of the establishment.
Al the extreme rear Is the messenger
department proper. Contrary 10 the Old
arrangements. the messengers will cone
and 20 through The rear entrance. tirds
doing away With the Objectlonzl feature
| OF constantly having noisy. banging
messenger traffic through the main rs,b- Il
| lie corridor. 4 communicable feature az
| this department IS the school Of tefe-
graphic instruction that has heen e.
| tsolisned. of which messengers may avail
| themselves without charge. For this
! purpose "quartetts" operating table has
! been installed under the direction ~ an
expert operator. who vii teach ieleyra-
| phy u the boys. Il
Cp-to-Date Features.
In connection with the other modern
! features Of this department are steel !.
/ lockers. shower baths and other com
mOditics calculated to make the messsn- /
gers comfortable and their employment
orderly. Manager knight said yesterday Il
that cleanliness and order on the part
of each messenger would be one OF thS 4
first requisites Of the establishment A
stan Of thirty messengers has been en- !.
ployed.
The mos. interesting part Of the es-
, adjustment IS the main section or oper-
atlns department. occupying the rear
half OF the sixth floor Of the Tri5use
. building. in the center OF the oig apart
ncnt have been installed six ''octe;tsv
operating tables, four "qUartstle" oper-
ainS tables and three Of the latest nod
ern repeater tables. the last named hzT-
ing the repeater control over seventeen
overland circuits passing through Salt
Lake from coast 70 coast These tabls5
are equipped with total Of forty nod
srn telegraph resdnatorS and as many
typewriters. besides their fuy operative
connections and appliances.
Instead OF the old d-time Blussto5e bat;
teTy cells for the furnishing OF trans
misSnon power. the company mas coz
structed eleven motor -dynaslos. Ths5
are set IN = re enforced concrete baS
on the icft side of the room. The eoh-
step in the telegraph world % opersrion-
and does entirely away NTH the vIorz
ton which IN past years has often re-
suited in delays and breakdo caused
ism.
Switchboard a Marvel.
This big room with IS mass 0: wires:
connections. cable outlets and inlsts and
other complex mechanism. Is contTousd
from a modern steel framed sTitcloozr.,
which enables the operator TO establish
IS usny alternating circuits 20 various
points as there are wires. thus piacine
the ordinary oyea akdoVn or me dem
aged through storms or other mediums Al
z great discount. II case os serious
breakdown on The direct line betTeen
this city and san Francisco. the Operator
switch or lever 20 establish q G!sunct
circuit between the two cities oy way Oh
other uo!a's.
To the ,-ft and Immediately In front
Of the operating room there IS spa
cious apartment equipped with sleyi
lockers. lounges. easy chairs
This is called the rest room" ant mas
been especially fitted I'D for me emp.eses -
of the cor1rany The main section =
Ia ndIed hv thirty-n!ne day operators asa
fifteen night men
The front half of the sixth hooF : $50. -
cupicd hv officials of the COMPANY. Tss 1-sHsss
Offices ara eisbOra teiT furnished 4,,Ta
arartnnents are occupied Ay T. %.
district commercial sUperini"n cea.. -
& La BaI!e district traffic s1pS'lh-e.r
enf: p r.. Horton. district plant s-.yJ5.
inteadeut. and T. G Dudley al-'
plant chief .-.,orz
The exu-rt mechanics and opsiSS
under whose si,iUlui direction N 81
vsntsgecus change wss made sno de,
haze charge or the rev Ooers'ln-
1arfrnent Include Edward Iarnoh>. -,
perviE0r Of equipment. 9. o FoHosilIs,.-sn
ue--isor Of maintenance; Henry ~ -
\ seistz7t supervisor n equipUsnt'
gioiJ wiring expert from the Ssh 1tl~
~irro office = u. Clements pant s',,JA
ero-p Denver: = r. Horton. chief o., o. ~
local plant: g Z Cansda- Clant s.S,ss5
and J. g DuGley. district planS olD'
Leave or telephone all orders Io'
GUSTAV DINKLAGB.
The German piano tuner. az Coq9
tF Nj. IN II 70 10 kS5- I y