The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-30
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the city depends on its holdings in
the country; that is, the greater the
number Of rural followers he has,
the stronger it will be in the city,
Telegraph Service.
Mr.. Dounda's paper was followed
by talk by Mr.. w. c. Handian on
the subject, eThe Use Of Our Toll
Lines for Telegraph Service" Mr..
Handlan urged that an effort should
he made to get as much telegraph
service over the toll lines as possible,
because in the first place, lines are
already strung over the territory.
and are ready for use; second, the
cost of the extra equipment needed
to prepare the lines for telegraph
service is very slight; and third, the
telegraph service means a substan-
tial addition to the revenue OF the
independent companies.
Mr.. Hahdlan then explained, by
the use OF several charts, the method
and cost OF installation OF telegraph
equipment.
MIR. j. w. Smith gave brief ac-
count OF an experiment conducted at
Parkersburg a year ago. when an at
tachment was fitted up at the First
Presbyterian church, which enabled
telephone subscribers who could rot
attend the services, were able to
listen to the church service and SER
mon in the privacy of their own
homes. He added that the only fault
FOUND with the arrangement, was in
the nature of a complaint from the
minister that no provision was made
for the collection contributions of
the absentees.
Letters to Convention.
Several letters and kilograms to
the convention from delegates un-
si5ls,t to attend the convention were
read by the secretary, r., M. Dalzell.
Franklin H. Reed, William wyn, L.
G. schaned, were among those
who had sent messages to the CON
vention.
The report of the committee on
resolutions was read and adopted.
Handling the Service"
The subject, Handling the Ser
vice. was then discussed by j. T.
fHandlan. Mr.. Handlan explained
the method OF representing rings on
party lines by figures, units standing
for short rings, tens for long rings,
and hundreds for short rings again,
and demonstrated the simplicity and
expediency of the method. For an
example, said he, 3s4R-211 means
party line 80, two short rings, one
long ring, and one short ring. He
urged che adoption of this method
by all independent companies.
The speaker also discussed delays
in long distance calls. Many of
these, he attributed to the failure
of the long distance operator TO
handle calls in the briefest possible
time. Often, he said, enough time
was consumed in getting the party
to the telephone to have snfficed for
the transmission of several mes
sages. He made suggestions for the
improvement Of the service. Mr.
Handlan talked in an interesting
manner and received close atten-
ton.
The convention adopted motion
TO hold a short afternoon session
following the return from the trips
to the National carbon plant for the
purpose OF hearing W. Frank
stout's paper on the subject, Our
Legal Rights and considering
other resolutions. The hour for the
session was fixed at 3 o'clock.
Visit Carbon Works.
tat 1880 O'Clock the members of
the convention went out to the Ma
tional carbon works and visited the
plant. Following their return the
final session was begun at 3 o'clock,
at which Attorney w. Frank Stout
read an excellent paper on the sub
ject. Our Legal Rights AZ the
session the following resolution was
being considered:
Resolved, That 1t is the sense of
the West Virginia Independent Tel
ephone Association that so-cal!ed
physical connection of independen.
and Bell lines is detrimental to the
best interests of independent COM
panies, as it will stine competition,
impede the operating service and
tend to the contscation OF property.
The morgan DEAL
The subject of the y. P. Morgan
Deal was briefly discussed by J,
Walter Barnes in his talk late
rr,,,..i.,. oFtarnoor Jn declared