New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-26
EAST AND WEST
MEET OVER. PHONE
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speaking through the crude instrument
Of his own invention that he had
spoken when sending the first teie-
phone message forty years ago dis
lance of two miles.
Come here, Mr.. Watson, | want
YOU" he shouted.
MIR. Watson, in San Francisco. heard
the same words across continent tnat
he had formerly heard across the CITY
of Boston.
Using four wires and three metal
lie circuits, the messages yesterday
travelled by way Of Pittsburgh and Bui
falo TO Chicago, from Chicago through
Omaha 10 Denver and from there by
way of Salt Lake City to the Golden
Gate. The most difficult of connec-
tons. that of Jekyl Island through
New York to San Francisco, was maze
i'm less than five minutes. Inc WASH
inrton connection with Mayor RolphS
transmitter was also made tnrough
New York. $500
Last night another city and 200 miles
Of wire were added TO the operation vi
tho trsnscontinental telephone system
WneI COIIfGAlVi bNNFNNH
and Boston was obtained.
John J. Carly, chief engineer OF the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. after whose plans the trans
continental line was completed, de-
scribed the improvements IN equipment
which have made the feat possible.
of is the result" he said, "of the
cumulative effects of improvements
Great and small, in telephone trans
mitters. lines. cables, switchboards ana
intermediate connection apparatus. l ne
chief obstacles overcome have been the
imnerfections of the telephone cable
and transmitter. The perfection OF the
loading coil. invented by Professor MI
chael J. Pupin ten years ago, mas mas
tened the work"
According to Mr.. Carly, the trans
continental line will not be READY for
commercial service until March l.
when arrangements for MAKING con
nections between each telephone sta-
ton in the country and the main line
will have been completed. .,
Among those present at the invita-
tion OF the Bell Telephone interests
Yesterday were Mrs. Gilbert II. Gros..
yenor, of Washington, daughter OF
Il DR.. Bell: Controller Prendergast and
President McAneny of the Board OF Al
dermen, both whom talked with Mayor
/ Ro1nh: Dock Commissioner X. A {.
Smith. Hiram Maxim and George r.
i Raker. L. y. Bethel, senior vice-pres :
dent Of the American Telephone ana
Telegraph Company, and 1. T.. 1ost'
nresident Of the Nebraska Telephone
Company. also spoke with Mayor Rolph
and Mr.. Vail.
Washington, Jan. 25.--President Will
son to-day inaugurated the first trans
continental telephone system by SPEAK
ing directly to President Moore, OF the
Panama-Pacitic Exposition, IN San
Fraicisco. With Mr.. Moore, Alexander
Graham Bell. the inventor of the tele-
phone. and President Vail of the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Com
many on the wire, at different points,
The President extended congratulations
OF the achievement.
at appeals TO the imagination TO
speak across the continent SAID the
President TO Mr.. Moore. at is ine
thing for the exposition that the hrst
thing il has done is TO send its voice
over from sea to sea. ! congratulate
YOU on the fine prospects for sue
cessful exposition. | am confidently
hoping TO take part in II after the ad-
iournment of Congress. May ! not
send my greetings TO the management
and TO all whose work has made IL
nossible and made it the great event
: il promises to be, and convey my per-
sonal congratulations to you! :"
With DR.. Bell listening IN on the
line at New York. the President then
spoke TO Thomas A. Watson IN S ,s,
Francisco. Mr.. Watson was DR.. Bells
electrician at the time Of the inven-
tion of the telephone and was the hrst
person TO hear word spoken over a
telephone.
III consider it an honor" said the
President, "to be able TO express my
admiration for the inventive genius
and scientific knowledge that has made
this possible, and my pride that this
vital cord should have been stretched
across America as a new symbol OF
our unity and our enterprise. Will you
not convey my cordial congratulations
TO DR.. Bell, and | want to convey 70
YOU my personal congratulations. sir"
With Mr.. Vail listening in on the
line at Jekyll Island, the President
then spoke 20 DR.. Bell:
"May ! not congratulate you very
warmly on this notable consummauon
of your long labors and remar kable
dCHltNtlUtnlS cdlu NHt
"You are justified in feeling great
pride in what has been done. This Is
a memorable day, and convey TO you
my warm congratulations"
The President said that he could
hear Mr.. Moore in San Francisco very
distinctly.
San Francisco, Jan. 25.-After the
first successful interchange OF mes
ssges between DR.. Bell and Mr. Wat
son over the New fork-Ssn Francisco
telephone line to-day, the original IN
strument used in the first conversation
between the two forty years ago was
cut in On the circuit and the voices
still were distinct.
Boston, Jan. 25.-From this city,
where the telephone was conceived and
the first telephone word spoken, CON
versations were exchanged tonight
over the longest telephone circuit In
the world.
While Major Henry Lee Higginson
here was talking with Thomas A. Wat
son in San Francisco. 1850 miles away,
President Vail of the American Bell
Telephone Company cut in on the line
from Jekyll Island, Ga. adding 100
miles TO the circuit. Each of the sew
eral representatives of state and city
who spoke from Boston said tie words
from the other side of the continent