The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-09
|IHEODORE N. VAIL
i IS A UTAH VISITOR
Pioneer Telegraph and Tele-
phone Man Stops Over in
Junction City.
TALKS OF EARLY DAYS
Discusses Entertainingly His
Views as TO Future of
Wire Service.
rALKS OF EARLY DAYS

|oecisl 20 The Tribune
'ocnEN Dec s.-OEden has as It's
,ee, tonight the head Of the countrys
10 great wire companies, Theodore y.
AN. president Of the American Tcle-
bone & Telegraph company and the
restern Union Telegraph company. Mr.
-an is travelling in his private car
'Elysjnn," from the coast To his home
4 the cast. He has been visiting Pa
he coast points for three weeks, The
our extending from San Diego TO, Seq
'tlr. Vail Is no stranger TO the west.
II IL particularly well acquainted wllh
|<dsn, the acquaintance dating back
1ore than forty years To The construC-
|on days Of the Union Pacific; As an
mployeA of the railroad In It's carly
AVS. Mr.. Vail got his first acquaintance
|jfb tho telegraph business. and later.
ffer ne had been 9 railway mall clerk
<fween Og0en and Omaha and had been
Fansferred 10 Washington. he got his
ID acquaintance with the telephone
rough becoming one Of Alexander Ora
<m Bells FIRST associates. Since that
he Mr.. Vail has been prominent In
ID Telephone business and today occupies
he foremost position in the telephone
r1d In the country. Although most of
ID tnlc mas been given 10 the lSl'pilbuf.
\ has intcrna tional prominence as
n4noier. due largely TO his handling Of
|tctrical enterprises i'm South America,
\ we'll az the financing OF the Bell sys
.fn Of telephone companies.
+. Early Experiences Recalled.
Mr.. Walls visit 10 ogden recalled 10
u mind some of his early experiences
the west, and he talked interestingly
incidents that came TO his attention
|hen the "U. p was building across the
1fntry.
"a find that my experiences then arc
1hablc 10 me now. as am able 10 tell
|on my own observation how this west
N country Is deYelopinS, he said,
Thai was one OF the objects OF my pres
1t western tour, had not been out
tfc for few wears and ] wanted TO
y why our people in the field had
Hnned To spend so much money. Ny
~ has convinced me that they know
'bai they are doing and that the husl-
tHs is here. Il will take lot OF money
ksep the wire service UP 10 the growth
The country. but We will do our pnrt
n The development. With us It is not
ne building factory and then being
Qne with II. We must keep on putting
'oney into our property every day and
lst condition win aiwaNs exist In the
'lre service What We must guard
Fhins, Is allowing conditions TO arise
|st viii make investments In the wire
Iopeflles unproitnblc and thus make IL
'fossible 10 get the money We must
we 10 keep the plants going and make
'f extensions necessary.
A Telephone an Old Friend.
q have been associated with the telc-
"pne almost from It's birth. and "a me
.Hi,l seems 80 young. SO new a thing
~ J sometimes forget that II seems an
ming 10 the present generation, NV
||IP lS 10 In. U'iYS SsT,siII a
~ and so cheap that business men will
<ter mink of writing a letter, but win
-e6raph or telephone. Our companies
1aine AL they can 10 bring about that
Nr Vail made public tonight a tele-
.tm ne had just received from w. j. =
|nnelly. who sent the first paid message
INC iirst Atlantic cable and was the
person 10 take advantage OF the
rlai cable service and Weekend cable
Eis' lust instituted by the Western
pon' The telegram. sent from Harbour
~ Newfoundland follows.
~ .JulN 1866. sont the first paid
- a oorsee 1 over the Atlantic cable. costing
~ 10y twenty words. ] now send the
ha'd message At deferred rates.
must congratulate sou, on tais
IA ,enuctlon In rates from which the
"oe must derive great advantage"
4 Carries Years Lightly.
n. Vail ~ large man and shows
sfals only In his white hair. He has
acuNiN OF the average man of
EN- Years younger. He is very demo
ic IN manner aud showed tonight AN
"a,e knowledge Of local conditions.
inquired about several local men
~. ne mac met on previous visits and
mn, ,,nu1n interested In what is going on
IL Although he said at hrs, that
VIC not believe he would leave the
ne changed his mind later In the
"'ng and visited the local Offices OF
E ,eIeph"ue company and the telc-
@+r,. Nhn Was a pioneer among cor
--..on cNecutlNes in taking the public