The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-02-14
new ARRANGE
MENT BY ". U.

Additional extensions and benefits
to the public by the Western Union
Telegraph company are announced in
connection with the further develop
ment of system by which the Pa
! cific Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany's subscribers may send and re-
ceive kilograms over their telephone;
in fact, all persons who may properly
use subscriber telephone may for
ward kilograms to an open Western
Union Office at all hours of the day or
night Immediately upon the closing
Of the telegraph Office in community,
whether at night, or on Sundays or
holidays, an arrangement is made by
which those who wish to send tele-
grams may secure connection without
any delay with q distant Western
Union Office to which the telegram may
be telephoned, and no charge will be
made for the use of the telephone cir
cut in forwarding such kilograms.
This facility was originally exten-
ded to the public ON January lst, but
certain toll charges in connection there
with were established at that time.
the toll charges are now dispensed
given this additional and cheaper ser
vince. Such charge is the regular rate
for a telegram that would ordinarily
be fled in the local telegraph Office.
/ The Western Union maintains a
great number Of telegraph Offices open
only during the day, or closing at an
early hour in the evening. After the
of oA3 al ,hpn h.
scriber may start telegram on its
journey and be assured that it will re-
ceive the same consideration and at
tention as if filed in the local telegraph
Office.
A very large amount of telegraph
ing is put over until the next day, be-
cause the public feel that after local
Western Union telegraph Office closes
for the night no telegraph business
may be conducted by them until that
Office opens the next morning. The
new facility gives the public the full
use of the telegraph wires at night by
having the telegraph service placed
at their disposal in connection with
the telephone. This new service is
universal, excepting where a telegram
would originate at point where nc
telegraph Office is maintained at all
This procedure is a very simple
one-A subscriber secures central
/ in the usual way and central states
that he, or she, has a telegram
to send; the central Office makes con
nections Immediately with distant
Western Union office which never
closes, and the subscriber thereupon
telephones the telegram to an expert
receiving operator who is capable OF
giving full information in regard to
the charges and the collection of tolls
as well as to receive the telegram
quickly and accurately.
1t is also the intention of the
Western Union to deliver by telephone
all kilograms which may be addressed
to subscribers of telephones or to 9th
ers in their care in communities where
/ the local Western Union Office may be
closed. This is done under system
by which the more important Western
Union Offices, that are never closed
handle the kilograms directly with the
subscribers.
Ordinarily such kilograms would &c
to the telegraph Office in the commu
nifty where the subscribers are located
and be delivered from the Office, but
it is the desire of the telegraph com.
pany to search out and telephone all
parties to whom messages may be ad
dressed in any locality where the
telegraph office may be closed, and this
is done through the larger Offices which
remain open at all times.
In an extensive territory, such al
that Of California, Nevada and Ari
hn OF
points are considerable, and where the
forwarding of telegram with the or
binary toll rates added to the charges
upon the telegram would increase the
cost Of the service greatly, this new
arrangement offered to the public anc
which takes effect at once, will cause
a great saving to all telephone sub
scribers who use the telegraph, and II
will add much to the value of all tele
grams.
In farming and outlying communi
ties. telephone subscribers are giver
the privilege of forwarding telegrams
direct to a Western Union Office and
NAV be assured that that Office viii
ALWAYS be open and receive the tele
gram and transmit it the same as il
Il had been carried to telegraph
Office and fled over the counter in the
usual manner.
The widespread and general use OF
the telephone in connection with the
forwarding and also the delivery OF
kilograms has impressed the telegraph
company of the necessity of more ex
tended and valuable service to the
public, which is now granted.
.rATHER OF NATIONAL"