Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Joined by Bell Telephone Line
Public officials on two coasts join in a celebration as long distance line links New York and San Francisco. President Wilson speaks to President Moore of the Panama Pacific Exposition and to Thomas A. Watson in San Francisco with Dr. Bell listening in New York.
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Atlantic and
Pacific
Bell Telephone Line
New York
San Fran
Linta
Tarst
California
Washington
San Francisco
Little Jeky Island
Georgia
Golden Gate
Boston
White House
Watson
Wilson
Moore
Congress
Thomas A. Watson
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell and Watson talk as transcontinental line opens
The text recounts President Wilson congratulating Bell and Vail on a new long distance line linking San Francisco and New York, the 3 400 mile circuit, and the Bell System's evolution from Bell and Watson’s first instrument to today. It highlights Mr. Vail's IST relations and Dr. Bell’s demonstration from New York to San Francisco.
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Mr. Watson
Watson
Boston
Cambridge
Prof. Bell
Dr. Bell
Transcontinental Bell Line Marks Great Telephony Step
The piece celebrates the completion of the New York to San Francisco telephone line, noting Bell's early "ahoy" and "hello" calls, remarks by A. N. Bethell and others, and the vast engineering effort behind 3,400 miles of line. It highlights the system's growth, the 21,000,000 miles of wire, 9,000,000 stations, and the goal of universal service.
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Bethell
A. N. Bethell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Vail
New York
San Francisco
United States
Telephone Solves Long Distance Sales Problem
An industrial sales manager explains how routing forty salesmen to call customers by long distance telephone cut travel costs and boosted orders over two weeks. He preserved his field force and proved telephone solicitation can complement personal selling during off peak periods.
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Graham
Middlewest
Wire line details from Thomas A. Watson report
The article notes a continuation from Pittsburgh to New York with a Baltimore bound extension to Washington and a Philadelphia branch via Newtown Square. It cites copper wire gauge number 8 B W G at .165 inch diameter, two wires per circuit totaling 1 480 tons, supported by 130 000 poles.
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Theodore N. Vail
America
Bell
Doctor Bell
Kingsbury
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Jekyl Island
Mr. Vail
Mr Vail
Gond-by
Val
Jekyl
American Telephone and Tee Graph Company
Atlantic
Jekyll Island
Philadelphia
Bell Company
Exeter Place
J. J. Garry
John Joseph Carty
Carty
Theodore Mail
Florida
Wei
Thomas A Watson
Mr. Carty
Mr Watson
Mr Bell
Jeky Island
Mitchel
Rolph
Thomas D. Lockwood
Thomas B. Doolittle
MR Lockwood
Mr. Doolittle
Boston and
Lowell
Providence
Pacific Coast
Doolittle
Mr. Lockwood
Colonel Higginson
Henry Higginson
James M. Curley
Elmer J. Bliss
Boston Chamber of Commerce
P. L. Spaulding
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
George E. McFarland
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Denver
New York-San Francisco
Dey Street
U.S. A
Salt Lake City
Omaha
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Pitts
Thomas Watson
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