The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-26
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across &c a.. 5 @S9 80 pace % % lssP
- - Fancl-cn Ner~ connected bf trl.-
phone lmprezsiv~ly. almost .ei.r,,,i--
haired man ~ Isasi' ,,,I - 20 whits-
IN = yploal patriarchal LOOK. -rsok.
Ne urst words over the spar 81 "a %
listening 20 this fir .sns slsT ths-s sJ
message. the man WHn airr.-f -
.ears ogo heard Dr. BELL sp.ak the fir.,
a ahls man Sas Thomas \ Watson. Ipr
- assistant Uheu he Invented a..
telephone IN 1855
-mai. wonder shat Few % IN. new,
Nl-hese-u this formal ugsrln. = ~.
ne~ coutlueut-spaunIrs H.. A..'ta -
"a. their emotions Here w. hfs,l.-,.
,Nne mAsing a. we'll a. a conrirr,a-
tory rereats itself U.r. 49,. ,t ~ .ls-
men Who In their Nnufh - s...'.-.f. = !.
~na 'tvated the poch-naking tei.pho8.
= Reserved FOR the few b..s -. -. 80
trsilng the cruwuiug arhi.v.r,s-f - 81.
h.o.e ensin~crs Who. following Ia
- I1olstep- % the inventor arI ~.
assistant took the firSt Itftfe t'l.,l, ~ !
Shu created for % lines ana svyif,.b
rs and inuuH.rsble pieces 81 an
- ACROSS the entire nation fror, ',,.,,
- 80, MS indeed VAS a wonder
illtiilment Co h. crowded into ~.
such we're the thouEhts q, fbo.. -,
Witnessed this irnpressIy. tra5,,-T,-.' . :
~" Van s-con tineftal telephone ssrvics
~ the otflce - the President OF M.
American Telephone and Tsissraub ,.,',,,.
ANY a. Is Dsv street
IN San Francisco. besides M Wat
tntIe we're the Mayor. the President
OF the Panama Pacific ENposftton ana =
S 1,i.st group Of other much-lnter-St.d
Al the White Hous. pr.-f5.,, UNI
SPOKE into the nouthpiecs ~ his - -
Lnon" and his voice was whfrled arrcgs
Dhsirtern states 20 the shores of the pa
Thomas y Van. the President OF the
american Telephone and Tsl.uraub
sr, .'l tisiny, vas unable 20 be present out
lermitted him 20 be connected with she
~ nN-enntlntal line from hts stopping
plaee at Jekyn Island on the Fioridl
coast IN this way hs was able TO Co.
verse with Dr. Bell and Mr. Watson and
mus three men who have contributed
TO-, - me making % telephone his
torL were all present although ser
arattd nv hundreds Of miles. AZ This
significant event
Ahoy, Ahoy, Can you hear me-.
asked DR.. Bell and instantly there u.s
murmur Ia the receiver audibI. 20
everyone In the room. out in san Pan
Ctson N the offices Of the Pacific Tsie.
Gnone q Telegraph Company. Thomas \
Nat-on had heard the voice of his old
time associate signalling IN IN. ruanpa-
the{ had employed tn their earliest ex-
periments. ana had Answered. = ca,.
hear perfectly"
The telephone used by Or. Bell ia his
talk was the same crude Instrument
which transmitted the first message. ant
mere was an added touch OF continent
IN the fact that there hal been splfr.d
10 the line some Of the wire which was
used In IN" first sustained talk almost
40 years ago
The new coast 20 coast line has antv
been constructed after the .xpsnSe Of
vast sum OF money and the taxing to
th' utmost Of the powers 81 the $50 or
=" engineers and scientists who solve
IN" telephone problems - the BcIl Sys-
TEN.
he line itself has required over Igt.-
90" poles and $500 miles OF very heavy
hard drawn copper wire were used FOR
eaCh or the two circuits. To nreSsrye
ana guard the dimiuutive telephone c..
rent used In talking. which Is 80 small
that ~ Is hardly more than a breath
10 preserve Its slightest vibration 80
mat % may speed across the continent
~ l-lS 81 a second and register As sound
$500 miles away. has required the tn
staliation OF many sorts OF apparatus.
description or which would only con-
fuse layman. Even the iusulators are
OF q special kind being made Of porce-
lain instead Of glass
This opening - the new line was
merely formal. a. IL viii not be tnrown
open Tor commercial use until a number
or hnal details have been completed.