New Britain herald., 1915-01-26
CONN. MEN USE LONG
 TELEPHONE CIRCUIT
Officials of Telephone Co. Talk to
 San Francisco From Nv York.

New York, Jan. a6.-The first i've ! Connecticut men to talk over the transcontinental telephone circuit ex- 1 tending from New York to San Fran cisco, which was officially opened in New York city yesterday afternoon, i were J. W. filling, president; J. T. , Moran, vice president and general manager: F. H. Everit, chief engineer; J. w. Ladd, superintendent of plant. and I. G. Osborn, advertising agent, all of the Southern New England Telephone company. MT. filling and MT. Moran were special guests at the celebration.
 Another Connecticut man honored on this occasion was Thomas B. Doo little, whose residence at present is at Pine Orchard MT. Dooltle Is rec ognized as the inventor of hard drawn copper wire-the wire that . made long distance talking a possi- bility MT. Doolittle was sent to San |, Francisco to represent the American Telephone and Telegraph company on the Pacific end of the line on oc- cason of the formal opening.
 The results of months and months of work and years of amending study showed in the celebration of the com- pletion of the long distance line. Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone forty years ago, talked Nom New York to Thomas A. Wat son, who constructed the first tele- phone instrument, in San Francisco,
 Line 3.4OO Miles Long.
 The time required for the actual construction of the uranscontinental line has been two years. The line is 34OO miles in length and runs from San Francisco to Salt Lake City, TO miles; from Salt Lake City to Denver. 5SO miles; from Denver to Omaha, 585 miles; from Omaha to Chicago, 800 miles. At Chicago the line branches. one branch going to Pitts burgh. 545 miles, and then to New York, 39O miles from Pittsburgh. The other branch goes from Chicago to Buffalo, sos miles, and then down to New York, $50 miles. There is a continuation of the line from Buffalo to Boston, 465 miles long. From Pittsburgh there is a continuation ex- tending to Baltimore, 250 miles away on to Washington, os5 miles. Phila- delphia is reached by branch from the line extending from Pittsburgh to New York, connecting at Newton square.
 The diameter of the hard drawn Coper wire of number F.. w. G, gauge used in the line is .165 inch The total weight of circuit con- sisting of two usch wires is 1,4so tons.
 There are 130OOO poles in the line.
 In addition to Messrs. Bell and Watson the mayors of New York and San Francisco greeted one anoth- CT over the wire. President Wilson also spoke into his telephone in the White House sending his voice out to the coast and President Theodore N. l 900 miles up the Atlantic coast from Jekyl Island to New York and thence to san Francisco a total mileage of 4,400 miles.
 The Presidents Message.
 Tt appeals to the imagination to speak across the continent" said the president to MT. Moore. "1t is a fine thing for the exposition that the first thing it has done is to send it's voice over from sea to sea. | consTatuaNe you on the fine prospects for su" cessful exposition. l am confidently hopjnc to take part in it after the adjournment of congress. May | not send my greetings to the management and to all those whose work haj made it possible and made it the great event it promises to be and convey my personal congratulations to your"
 With Mir. Bell listening in on the