WASHINGTON, July 31.—According
to a report just issued by Director Sam
L. Rogers of the bureau of the census,
department of commerce, the twenty
one commercial land telegraph sys
tems in the United States in 1917 op
erated 241,012 miles of pole line, com
prising 1,888,793 miles of wire; sent
151,725,228 messages, and employed
47,227 persons, to whom were paid
salaries and wages amounting to $36,
392.140. This report, which is issued
under the title, “Telegraphs and Mu
nicipal Electric Fire-Alarm and Police
Patrol Signaling Systems,” was pre
pared under the supervision of Eugene
F. Hartley, chief statistician for man
ufactures, and is the fourth of a series
of quinquennial reports on the tele
graph systems of the country.
^ The pole-line mileage in 1917 was
less by 2.6 per cent than in 1912, but
was greater by six-tenths of 1 per
cent than in 1907. The wire mileage,
however, showed an increase of 4.41
per cent as compared with 1912 and of
19.7 per cent over. 1907. The increase
in the number of messages was much
greater—45.7 per cent—during the last
five-year period and 43.1 per cent dur
ing the ten years from 1907 to 1917.
The number of employes increased by
39.2 per cent between 1912 and 1917
and by 84.9 per cent during the period
1907-17, and the corresponding percent
ages of increase in their salaries and
wages were 59.2 and 124.2.
The number of telegraph offices in
1917 was 2S,S65, a decrease of 6.2 per
cent as compared with 1912, and of
seven-tenths of 1 per cent as com
pared with 1907. The total income
from telegraph traffic was $91,312,567.
an increase of 74.5 per cent over 1912,
and of 140.8 per cent as compared
with 1907; the income from all other
sources was $1,641,803; the total ex
penses, including charges for depre
ciation and sinking funds, were $80,
S2S.970, an increase of 52.9 per cent
over 1912 and of 111.4 per cent over
1907; and the net income was $12,125,
400, an increase of 253.4 per cent as
compared, with 1912 and of 113.7 per
cent over 1907. The par value of the
outstanding capital stock of the com
panies was $106,360,237, a decrease of
1.7 per cent as compared with 1912,
but an increase of 4 per cent over 1907.
The foregoing figures relate only to
commercial telegraph companies, and
thus exclude the wire and pole lines
wholly owned and operated by rail
roads, and also exclude the equipment
and telegraph business of the various
press associations which lease and op
erate wires for dispensing news.
The Postal-Telegraph Cable Com
pany transacts some little telephone
business in addition to its telegraph
business. Its development of long-dis
tance telephone service has been par
ticularly rapid in the South and South
west.
The Printing Telegraph
During the five-year period 1912-1917
the printing telegraph came into ex
tensive use by telegraph companies,
press associations and railroads. The
printing telegraph consists essentially
of a sending instrument equipped with
a keyboard similar to that of a type
writer, electrically connected with a
receiving instrument in such a man
ner that the latter automatically re
produces what is typewritten on the
sending instrument. Without the
printing telegraph it would have been
difficult or impossible to handle the
increased telegraph business during
the great war.
Train Dispatching by Telephone
A special feature of the report, re
lating to train dispatching, is of some
interest. The first installation of tele
phone and selector equipment for train
dispatching was completed on the lines
of the New York Central railroad in
October, 1907. The use of the tele
phone for this purpose has increased
rapidly. The report shows, for 1917,
105 lines employing this method of
train dispatching, as against 42 in
1912. The mileage of telephone pole
lines for train-dispatching purposes
was 95,268, an increase of 67.6 per
cent, as compared with 1912; and the
mileage of wire was 201,662, an in
crease of 55.7 per cent over 1912. The
total line mileage of railroads report
ing the use of telephones for trans
mitting train orders in 1917 amounted
to 110,404. It is asserted that not a
single accident has resulted from the
use of telephones in train dispatching.
Wireless Telegraph Systems
All the wireless telegraph systems
in the United States were taken over
by the federal government under au
thority of an executive order issued
April 6, 1917, for which reason the fig
, ures for'1917 give little indication of
the increase in commercial wireless
operations during recent years. The
systems reported for 1917 numbered
3, as compared With 44 in 1912 and 5
in 1907; and the number of tower sta
tions was 63, as compared with 74
in 1912 and 117 in 1907. The number
of messages handled prior to April 6
was 122,244. No exact record of the
number transmitted during the period
of government operation is available,
but it is roughly estimated that 330,
000 messages were handled between
April 6 and December 31, 1917. This
number, added to that already given,
would make a total of more than
450,000, representing an increase of
approximately 58 per cent as com
pared with 1912 and of 191 per cent
over 1907. ,
The total income and the net in
come increased greatly. The former
aggregated $1,385,060 in 1917, repre
senting a gain of 107 per cent over
1912, and of 1,197 per cent over 1907;
and the latter amounted to $609,526,
as compared with a net income of
$4,738 in 1912 and a net deficit of
$53,538 in 1907. The employes num
bered 586, a decrease of 38.8 per cent
from the corresponding number in
1912, but an increase of 233 per cent
over the number for 1907; and their
salaries and wages aggregated $461,
402, an increase of 17.2 per cent over
1912 and of 464.3 per cent over 1907.
In addition to the commercial shore
stations, there were in operation dur
i ing the early part of the year 6,089
| general and restricted amateur sta
I tions, 88 special amateur stations, 75
experimental stations, and 47 train
j ing schools.
The records of the bureau of navi
gation of the navy department show
that on June 30, 1918, there were in
operation 134 commercial shore sta
tions and 838 commercial ship sta
tions. Of the shore stations, 97 were '
in continental United States. 28 in
Alaska, 8 in Hawaii, and 1 in Porto
Rico.
Government Wireless
< The government has erected wire
less plants at various points along the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts and at
Pearl Harbor. Hawaii, and Cavite, in
the Philippines. The government
shore stations, according to the re
ports of the bureau of navigation, num
: bered 135 on June 30, 1918, of which
| 88 were in continental United States,
20 in Alaska. 19 in the Philippine
islands, 3 in the Canal Zone, 2 in Ha
waii, and 1 each in Porto Rico, Guam
j and Samoa. The government ship sta
tions totaled 470.
The station at Arlington, Va., has
been in regular communication with
the station at Cliollas Heights, near
San Diego, Cal., since May 1, 1917.
Direct communication with an Italian
government station in Rome was also
established. On September 29, 1917,
radio communication was established
between Arlington and Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, via Sayville, N. Y. Messages
are now transmitted between Arling
ton and the Philippines through San ,
Diego. Cal., and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Under favorable conditions, at night,
the Arlington station can communi
cate directly with the Pearl Harbor
station, but the usual practice is to
relay through San Diego. 1
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
PUBLIC HEALTH NOTICE
The city scavenger has been in
structed to remove and destroy all
barrels and other wooden receptacles
| which are being used for garbage pur
poses, and the ordinance which pro
vides for a regulation covered metal
garbage can will be rigidly enforced.
These cans may be procured at any
of the local tin shops.
DR. W. H. CHASE,
City Health Officer.
Dated July 21, 1919. 5t
notTce^of hearing on final
ACCOUNT
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, Cordova Precinct, in Pro
bate.—In the matter of the Estate
of John King, deceased.—No. 113.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned administrator of the estate
of John King, deceased, has filed in
the above court his final account; and
that Monday, the 13th day of October,
1919, at 10 o’clock a. m., at the office
of said court, is the time and place
for the settlement of said final ac
count, at which time and place any
person interested in said estate may
appear and file exceptions in writing
to the said account, and contest the
same. H. I. O’NEILL.
First publication, July 15, 1919.
Last publication, Aug. 12, 1919.
Tjotice to creditors
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court in and for Cordova Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.—In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of Michael
James Costello, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Michael James Costello, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de
ceased, to exhibit them, with the nec
essary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this no
tice, to the said administrator at the
office of Frank H. Foster, at Cordova,
Alaska, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of said
estate. WILLIAM HAYES,
Administrator.
July 8—5w
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that, pur
suant to an act of the territorial leg
islature, there is hereby made, iiu
posed and levied upon each male per
son, except soldiers, sailors in the
navy or revenue cutter service, volun
teer firemen, paupers, insane persons,
or territorial charges, within the Ter
ritory of Alaska or the waters thereof,
over the age of twenty-one years and
under the age of fifty years, an annual
tax in the sum of five ($5.00) dollars,
to be paid and collected in the manner
provided by law, and deposited by the
treasurer of the Territory of Alaska
in a separate fund called the “school
fund,” and used for no other than
school purposes.
Said tax is now due and payable
and becomes delinquent on the first
Monday in the month of August cf
each year.
All persons subject to this tax are
hereby notified to pay said tax to the
school tax collector, and In case of
failure to do so the penalties provided
in Section 6 of Chapter 29 of the ses
sion laws of Alaska will be imposed.
K. G. ROBINSON,
School Tax Collector.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the ac
cumulated baggage at Smith’s Room
ing House will be disposed of unless
claimed by its owners within thirty
days. W. L. SMITH.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership of Charles Auer and John
Gillis, who own the Cordova Cold Stor
age Company, has been dissolved by
mutual ^consent, Gillis disposing of his
interest to Auer, who assumes all obli
gations and to whom all outstanding
accounts are payable.
CHARLES AUER.
JOHN GILLIS.
BIDDERS TAKE NOTICE
Proposals for bids for the painting
of the city hall, two coats, the work
to be finished in fifteen days from date
of letting the contract, weather per
mitting, will be received by the un
dersigned on behalf of the Town of
Cordova between the first day of this
notice, July 23d, 1919, and the 4th day
of August, 1919, at the hour of 8 p. m.
The plans and specifications of said
work may be seen at the office of the
undersigned. The council reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
A. J. ADAMS,
Mayor of the Town of Cordova.
Attest:
K. G. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
BIDDERS TAKE NOTICE
Proposals . for bids for the regrade
)f First street north of D street will
be received by the undersigned on be
aalf of the Town of Cordova between
the first date of this notice, to wit,
July 22d, 1919, and the 4th day of
August, 1919, at the hour of 8 p. m.
rhe plans and specifications of said
ivork may be seen at the office of the
ndersigned. The council reserves
he right to reject any and all bids.
A. J. ADAMS,
, Mayor of the Town of Cordova.
Attest:
K. G. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, Cordova Precinct.—
In Probate.—In the matter of the
Estate of Elizabeth McLaughlin,
deceased.
The undersigned, having on the 23d
day of May, 1919, been appointed ad
ministratrix of the estate of Elizabeth
McLaughlin, deceased, within the
territory of Alaska, notice is hereby
given to the creditors of and all per
sons having claims against the said
deceased or her estate to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, within
six months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said administra
trix in the town of Cordova, Alaska,
the same being the place for the trans
action of business of said estate in the
territory of Alaska.
The first publication of this notice
is published on the 16th day of July,
1919. IDA DOWALDER,
Administratrix of the Estate of
Elizabeth McLaughlin, Deceased.
First publication July 16, 1919.
Last publication August 13, 1919.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that I, the
undersigned, have been duly and
regularly appointed by the district
court for the Territory of Alaska for
the Third Judicial Division, receiver
of all the property of Alaska Anthra
cite Railroad Company in the Terri
tory of Alaska. All persons having
claims against this company are re
quested to present the same with
proper vouchers to me at the law
offices of Donohoe & Dimond at Cor
dova, Alaska, within thirty days of
this date.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this first
day of July, 1919.
CHARLES A. SPOMGBERG,
Receiver of Alaska Anthracite Rail
way Company. July 3-20t
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