The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-24
ALL OFFICES ARE
UNDER ONE ROOF
District and Local Officials
Occupy Three Floors OF
Travellers Building
TASK OF MOVING
ONE OF MAGNITUDE
Big Operating Room at Top
of Skyscraper Said to Be
Finest in the
Country

The Western Union Teiegrapn COM
many of Richmond, and the Western
Union telegraph company OF the dis
trict, comprising the States Of VIZ
ginia. North Carolina and South Caro-
Ina. will be at home to Its friends
and patrons this morning In it's hand
some new offices in the Travellers
building.
The stupendous task of moving was
efYectualiy accomplished yesterday,
though for the matter Of that, the
work has been proceeding quietly and
by degrees for some time. Today the
finishing touches will be put on
A stapsndeus Task.
The iayman- said District super
fntendent J.. g. Calvert YESTERDAY. can
hardly appreciate what an undertake
ing Ii was. and the fact that we mao
to deal with the cable system mace
II even more difficult. II just one OF
the thousands OF wires that had TO be
changed had been connected wrong
the entire plant would have been oul
OF operation. With the. overhead
wires IL would have been a simpler
task. However, we are here right
side up without Inconvenience to ths
public. The entire cable system VIII
be completed BY December 9Th. and
the overhead wires removed in the re-
stricted districts.
Richmond lis growing so fast fna'
We have been forced to this move, and
UHliey~ now we have an equipment
thar win keep abreast OF the increased
business in the city and the district
for some time to come.
Finest Pfant in South.
And the Western Union has reason
20 be proud Of its new home. From
the simplest ONCE fixture to the mos
complicated nj the intricate electric
apparatus everything is new and o.
the most modern type, and thu con
vsniencex for the dispatch OF business
oaa arrangements for the comfort O
employees are perfect. Experts whs
have looked over the plant pronounce
It the best equipped and most com
plete Of any In the South, and TN
peer Of any. while the big operat'
ing room on the thirteenth acer IL de
ciared to be the best equipped from
every standpoint of any In the entir'
country, the largest cities not except
ed. Lighting. heating and ventilation
are perfect. and the modern pneumatic
tube system OF receiving and deiiy
ering messages - the only one In tn
South
Occupy Thres Floors.
The basement. first. twelfth tt
thirteenth floors Of the skyscraper arr
occupied by the local and district of
fices, with an annex on the third moo
for the bookkeeping department.
The ground door Is devoted exciu
siveiy to that part OF the system. will
which the public comes in direct con
tact--the business OF receiving ami
delivering kilograms and money or
aders. The tiled flooring and poltshes
oak desks. with the ornate oaker
cages fur the cashier and money trans
Ter clerks. convey an air OF quiet eie
gAnce In refined simplicity.
The busy patrons who come in Z
write out a message for transmits
SION or cali for an expected telegram
see nothing beyond the fact tina
polite clerks receive or deliver thei
kilograms and that every convenience
IL provided for them. 1t r. the SIM
pIic!ty OF the system as presented Z
he public which 10 skilfully blend
into the Intricate machinery abov
necessary t.. the conduct OF this grea
business that appeals to the laymar
The Pneumatic Tube SysfSn..
Concealed beneath the counter o
the Main street office are pneumatic
tubes. Ihe messages. taken IN ny IN
receiving clerk and paid Tor at n
cashiers desk. are placed into thes
tubes and SHOT upstairs to the operat
ing room There are nine OF thes
stations in the. building and the mes
eares are sent to the station neares
- the proLer transmitting circuit i
che rear are the receiving clerks VIII
take messages brought In by mes~en
ger boys. who have o. similar pneu
matte tube station at hand. and m
other set Of receiving clerks at sti
another set OF tubes who receive tn
messages destined for Richmond pee
pie and deliver them to the meessh
r,le and deliver them to the inca