Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-06-20
GREETINGS
EXCHANGED
Phoenix--Los Angeles Teie-
phone in Operation
COMPLIMENTARY TALKFEST
Mayor Christy Invites May
or Alexander to Visit
Phoenix-Board of Trade
Felicitates Chamber of
Commerce.
COMPLIMENTARY TALKFEsT

Yesterday forenoon at IL o'clock
| Manager F. J. Anderson of the local
office of the Consolidated Telephone.
| Telegraph and Electric company. re-
| ceived word that the long distance
| loop from Phoenix to MaricOpa. con-
Meeting with the long distance wire
from Tucson to Los Angeles. was COM
pleted, and u moment later. his melo-
diOus Arizona voice was reechoed in
the busy hum of the coast metropolis.
That marked the actual establishing
Of vocal communication across the
vanishing desert of the southwest.
between this city and its nearest i'm
pOrtant seaport. Immediately plans
were carried out for formal opening
of the line at $3.50 p. m. by the eX-
change of greetings between repre-
sentative officials in the two cities
and an even more pleasant inter
change of compliments between
friends, in familiar tones, with time
and distance eliminated
At 3:30 o'clock a number of Phoe-
nix gentlemen assembled Sn the board
Christy called up Mayor Alexander OF
Los Angeles and 10 his enthusiastic
hello remarked Il am glad to hear
you speak" Mayor Alexander asked
how warm ii was in Phoenix and
Mayor Christy. prompted by DR. Foss.
replied that the sensible temperature
was IS. Mr.. Alexander observed that
Los Angeles had the same reading
Mayor Alexander continuing said he
had heard that Phoenix was a very
beautiful city and he hoped some day
TO visit it. whereupon Mayor Christy
in the name of the city and the
board Of trade. invited him to come
at his earliest convenience. and see
tn liveliest town in the southwest.
The Conversation about temperature
requires explanation for the benefit
Of some readers. The dry bulb or
ordinary thermometer here showed
reading Of 102 yesterday but as has
been explained so often the dry bulb
j. not the proper device for Phoenix
people to use as il makes no allow
ance for the dry air. The dry bulb
is used in the telegraphed weather re
comparative weather records But ac-
tually the climate here is so much
dryer than in the places with which
Phoenix is compared. that the wet
bulb thermometer which shows the
cooling influences of natural evapora-
ton. should be used TO indicate the
relative effect of the heat here. Dr.
Foss has been an enthusiast in i'm
pressing this fact and has come TO
be regarded as an expert guesser on
the wet bulb. He was guessing yes
terday when he coached the mayor
but Immediately afterward he called
that the wet bulb reading was only
s., proof of his conservatism. The
Phoenix citizen yesterday experienced
slightly smaller measure of discom-
fort with wet bulb reading of o..
than the Los Angeles resident sim
ilarly clothed. experienced with a dry
bulb reading of IS.
After the mayors had said good bye
Col. J. II. McClintock. president of
the board Of trade. called up the Of
flee of President Slauson Of the Los
angeles chamber Of commerce and on
receipt of his friendly acknowledge |
ment transmitted the following mes
sage:
This is only starter for the |
that will be continued on
your beaches by thousands OF Ari-.l
who have brought their peck |
etbooks and whose money will talk |
as well as themselves. In return we
want YOU to come over this fall to |
the Arizona Territorial Fair. where |
YOU will see people as good as any |
where and products that are better |
than most with the added attraction |
Of witnessing the finish of the world
famous Los Angeles Phoenix road |
race. We want to express our appre-
citation Of the liberal spirit manifested |
by your body with reference to Ari- |
IONA as 4 back country and to thank /
you for cOurtesies extended our
branch within your building Keep
on the good work. for. it will all |
to the greater glory of both
cities"
DR. FoSs called up the president of /
the Los Angeles county medical as
ISOLATION and as president of the Art
IONA medical association thanked him
for his good work in preparing for
the latter's coming meeting in Los
Angeles and invited him to visit
Phoenix.
The local representative of the AS
sociated Press called up Acting Man
iger Seese of the Los Angeles office
10 report that he was "on the job"
he had no sensations
10 report Mr.. Seese with the news
satherer's instinct observed that the
telephone made one more insurance OF
quick communication in time of need
Colonel McClintock called up the
los Angeles Times for friendly dla-
ogue and member Of The Repub-
leans staff, in its name greeted the