El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-26

+bo +ele,bone and placed the receiver !
10 his ear, he said in very cledL 80 -
impressive manner; 10 ~ -
Moore of the Panama ana Pacl iL.l. 80,
Dosition. it appeals to the mas lI.'' -,
10 sneak across the continent IL Is d
60 o11eD for the exposition that the
first thing it has done is 10 setl 'l, 70
Z-nice from sea to sea. I conglaluIdCS
Won on the fine prospects IoI . 5.1 81
cessful exposition. am COIAl -. -
hoping to take part IN II az II send
io11rnment of congress May nOt go
nv greetings to the management any ~
to all those whose work, has mace -
possible and has made II tile 80,
event it promises to be ana 10 Collr0'
nv personal concentrations 10 YOU
f-iesr as a hell came back president
Noore's reply: 1--WE are LOOKING 1ol
ward To y-5lr coming here. / thlhk YOU
will be well pleased with WhaI we - -
doneA I assure you, Mr.. fresluelll' - -
you will never receive W. erfr,usi-
viii be more cordial and more eHlll Ii-l7
astfc'' President Wilson then IdIhSu
to Mr.. Watson in San Francisco WIN
-. Bell listening in on Ihe Inc
New York. President wilson saIu. 80
ct consider it an honor to be aple "
evnress my admiration for the lnNeh-
tive genius and scientific knoWleu5o
that has made this possible ana my
pride that this vital cord should H sa-e.
been stretched across America as d NJ! ~.
VIII YOU not convey my corHlal - -
ordinations to Mr.. Bell and l want 20
convey to you my personal cohsra' ui"
tionS?' =. 41,a In
ven+0r of Nthe telephone, DR.. Bell az
Nayr YORK. MAY 1 not congratulate
Won very warmly on this notaoIe cor on
summation of your long laDors anu .I
msrkabIe achievement You are jug
fled in feeling a great pflue IN " ~ ~,
has been done This is memoraDIe
dav and I convey you my warm cOll-
eratulatiOns, sir.
Beats Sound Waves.
l. One engineer who knows SCUM waves
and the rate at which they travel sald
il would take four hours Tor a man ,
| voice granted the possibility OF such
: titanic lungs, to travel to san iran
cieco through the air. on the wires
it takes less than lis of a SECOND.
| Electricity was driving Dr. Bell S
.,abov'' at the rate Of $4,000 miles per
! second. while sound uuaided hmps
! along in comparison, making only 44oU
/ when tbe novelty OF hearing San
! E7rancisco's voice in New Yorks re-
! cefver had died down a bit the Sclen-
! fists and engineers fell into discus
! sion of the actual achievements lney
I had witnessed. They were loIu Ind
: the actual work Of constructing the
! line had taken approximately two year s
! and that while it is now completed
| there is. considerabl BILE field work to be
/ done before it can be opened for COM
! mercfal use It is an important step
J i'm the elimination Of that ideal OF
universal service which Mr.. Vail be-
! gan preaching away back in the tOs
( and which the American Telephone q
! Telegraph company has been pounding
| away at ever since.
Universal service.
Universal service" AR Vail said
/ the dream of the telephone pioneers
means that anyone anywhere in this
! country can talk over his telephone Il
4 anyone anywhere. Now that the en-
/ e;neers have filled the gap between
I Denver and the coast mighty steI
/ forward has been taken and those WHIT
/ had THAI dream 40 years ago are herr
/ today to see it become potentially
/ true.
/ 1T was not the mere setting of tn
I thousands of poles from one end o
/ the continent to the other nor tn
! stringing of S. 600 miles of wire tina
made such service possible, becaus
t-1rbile that construction work has Sc
the standard for the world, a grea
/ deal mere has been required. The sue
! cess Of the line has depended upon tn
! exercise of the highest engineering
and technical skill, and the solutio
was found only in the cumulative ef
] fort Of the Improvements, great an
small in the telephone. the transmittei
the line cables and switchbOards. an
every other piece Of apparatus or plan
! required in the transmission OF speech.