River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-02-11
ard transmitter and continued the con-

ard transmitter and continued the con-
versation.
What wonderful progress has been
made by the Bell System since then
to enable our voices to be transmit
ted over a circuit of 5000 miles, with
out the least apparent distortion or
weakening"
Their work has been superb" de-
clared Mr. Watson, land superb also
is the discipline of the organization
that watches every inch of this long
circuit to safeguard those feeble vi
brations."
All honor to the men who have
rendered this great achievement pos
sible. concluded DR. Bell They
have brought all the people Of the
United States within sound of one an
others voices and united them into
enc great brotherhood
When the telephone had grown SO
that it could be taken outdoors on Oc-
tober 8 1876. DR. Bell had called
"ahoy' across two miles Of wire, just
IS he was calling now across three
thousand and it was not until some
time later that hello" was used
Mayor Mitchell of New York and
Mayor Rolph of San Francisco ex-
changed greetings
Statement by Mr.. Bethel
in speaking of the new transconti-
rental line. y n Bethel, senior vice.
president of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, said
The completion Of the transcontlnental
line is not only an epoch-marking event
in scientific Development but also the
opening door to better conditions com
n-ercial and social throughout the nation
Il means the breaking down Of old bar
riers BY facilitating the exchange Of in
mote points in the country closer to-
geTher than were points lying within a
single state a quarter Of a century ago
i hrcadens mutual understanding and APP
praCf1t.On and thuS aids tremendously
IL the advance Of civilization This is
one Of the romantic and inspiring steps
II the progress Of the art as developed BY
our great ard always mutually helpful
crganizati ton which embraces in its ranks
more than 80 0Qo men and women To the
organization as a whole this ever.t viii!
mated It VII exert an Influence that " Il
not end with day but go on working for
to come II some way. directly or mai
rectly every efficient man and woman liz
the organization has contributed some
thing 70 the achievement. and therefore
gratIlat!Ons +"
Greeting From Boston.
The following conversation took
place between Thomas D Lockwood
in Boston. and Thomas q Doolittle in
San Francisco
MIR LOCKWOOD speaking GOOD
evening, Mr. D0olitte, l send you greet
Ing from the birthplace of the telephone
II is worth while TO have given the best
part of our lives to the te,eph one service
to realize that we have reached this no.
table day and are privileged to take part
to fI,~
b, ldine the Dostcs anJ Lowell line. the
Boston and Prov. len e ines. and the
ifrst e&per.f- entat tine between Boston
8Gd New ! )rk tbs 'sf sup. rVised BY
yourself the first steps in the march Of
long distance telephone communications
in my memory, and yet here we are cele-
bratng the completion of the system @
the Pacific coast. the crown and culnna-
ticn. ard that has been made possible by
Effort in engineering and Invention. and
constant profit by the teaching of expert
erne.
,IR DOOLITTLE, IN san FRANCIS
co. speaking: clad to hear you. NJ
Lo-l wood, and to exchange greetings ans
co.Cra tulations. / recpr0cate your en-
pr ssoGs Of satisfaction IN the success.
FIJI accomplishment of this great WORT
SrceEing of and looking backward ovey
the history of telephone progress. we car
oofh say. as did enc Of ancient times al
Of which I saw and part of which I was
Bvt are YOU not going to invite me t
9iunnr?"
MIR LOCKWOOD, replying: Certain
". . an happy 10 invite you to dinner
but don't forget that times ana con9i-
tions are changed When in 1870 we
opcn@d he Lowell line if you were T.
Lowell YOU would have heard my iavita
ticH while I was giving it. and could hav
Joined mo inside Of an hour but now
ana where you are while YOU will hes
with your own ears my invitation thre,
hours before I give II YOU cannot roach
the table unit! four or five DAYS later"
Colonel Hieoinson Talks.
Col. Henry HigginsOn spoke to Mr.
Thomas A Wat en- in San Francisco
and was followed by Mayor jones NJ
CUrley and Mr. Elmer J Bliss. Presi-
dent of the Boston Chamber Of Com
merce
Mr. P. L. Spaulding, President Of
the New England Telephone ADD TeIe-
graph Company and George E Nc
Fsriand President Of the Pa cifc Te!e
phone and Telegraph Company ex
charged greetings
In New York it was o'clock when
Doctor Bell sent his "ahoy" across
the continent, and one Of the
first Of the guests to speak af-
ter him asked the time in San
Francisco EACH one looked at his
watch as the answer came back: "One
o'clock This started a furry Of fig
uring. Those who know sound waves
and The rate they travel said that it
would take four hours for a mans
voice, unaided, granted the possibility