September 1, 1001.
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Time Turned Into Money
Every man's tlmo has a certain vaiuo
lo lilrn; that In, ho can so uso It an to Rot
a financial return. Hut It has remained for
una of tho rent rorporatlons to establish
I hi) literal truth of Hi" proverb, "Tlmo Is
money," by actually dcnlliiK In tho HoutliiK
hour an a eommoillty. Arennllm? to care
fully eomiiuii'il tlKuren the Western Union
Telegraph lompany receives annually
marly, If not full, $ 1 ,000.000 from Its trade
lu UiIh IntniiKlblo medium. Ah tho company
pays tioihlim for Uh ikiIm, nnd Is put to no
expense hut that of delivery, the business
Is a profitable one, and an Its operations
extend from border to border of the country
In all directions, the monopoly Is as ex
lenslve us It Is remunerative.
How can ho volatile a commodity as
"cot rod time" be wild?
I'rom tin I'nlted States Naval Observn
lory In Washington tbe correct time, at
noon. Is Klven every day. It Is free to any
one for the simple asking. The computation
of time Is earerully made by a staff of ox
perls employed by the Kovcrtiment, and tho
result of their work Is communicated by
electricity to tho various government do
piirtinents In the capital precisely at 12
o'clock every day. The timekeepers of the
mil Ion likewise touch a button, which
causes a Hpark anil a click In the, olllces of
the Western I'nlon telegraph olllce In every
city In the United States where their tolo
Hrapti lines reach.
Tho Western 1'iilou Telegraph company
has ii concession from the Koverninent to
keep certain Inst ruuientH In the observa
tory. There Is an attachment leading from
these Instruments to a largo announcer, or
electric button, and when the tlmo bell
strikes, the news of the correct noiiiil line,
sent away to the Knverinneiit olllcis. Is
transmitted simultaneously, and without
even the aid of an operator, from tbe West
ern Union Instruments, to points as far west
as San Kraucisco and as far south as Now
Orleans.
As a matter of face, It requires but the
astonishingly short space of one-llfth of a
second to notify every state lu the union
that the noon hour has arrived. In the
very twinklliiK of an eye the little electric
spark Is Hashed over thousands of iiiIIch
of wire radiating toward all points of the
compass.
The wonderful feat Is accomplished only,
however, after an absolute suspension of the
entire telegraph business of the nation,
livery wire Is cleared of work, no matter
how Important It may be, Just before 12
o'cluck noon, eastern time, each day. For
three and ouo-half minutes not a sound of
n Western Union ticker Is heard lu the
United States. Tho telegraph operators lu
every part of the country cease HcndltiK or
receiving messages and arrange tho wires
so that there may bo an uninterrupted and
unbroken connection with Washington to
all points lu the United .Slates to which the
wires e.loiid their Intricate meshes.
.lust before the time bell Is to strlku n
general warning Is Hashed along tho line,
and tho instant the sun passes over the
seveuty-llfth meridian the message Hashes
with the rapidity of lightning to tho far
thest clttcH lu tho United States, In nil di
rections from Maine to California and from
tho (lulf of Mexico to tho Canadian bordur,
so that at practically tbe same Instant
every city lu the United States knows that
the noon hour, at Washington, lias arrived.
This means for (bo western cities, 11 n. m.,
10 a, in., or 9 a. in., according to their longi
tude. The differences of actual tlmo lu tho
minor divisions of tho hour have, for the
sake of convenience, been abrogated, and
the entire country divided Into four per
pendicular Hi rips, each strip setting lis
clocks by the tlmo of the meridian that
bisects It from north to south. So, when
the noon hour Is announced from Wash
ington, It indicates 11 a. in. at Chicago, 10
a in. at Omaha ami ! a. in. at San Fran
cisco. Tho Western Union Telegraph company
has In this commercial device a unhiie
monopoly of news service a service which
sends out hut one Item dally and that Hem
merely nil electric spark. Naturally there
are many hundreds of Individuals and bus
Inesi) concerns lu every largo city of tho
country to whom exact time It of value
and for tho accommodation of such cus
tomers the telegraph contpnny, In return
for a consideration of $1! n year, estab
lishes connection with their clocks at their
hollies or olllces nud malutnliis perfect of
llclal tlmo all over the country by the
electrical circuits centering In tho national .
capital. ,
lu New York City alonu nro 8,000 such .
electric clocks, from which tho company I
derives a revenue of $120,000 a year. Hear
ing in mind that New Voik Is only one of
the nriiiy largo cities lu the country nnd
that all the other cities combined have
eight times as many clocks lu operation as
New York. It would require no grent math
ematical mind to estimate that the amount
of money received by tho company from the
sale of (line would bo more than $1,000,
000 n year.
Considering that the only expenses In
curred arc lu maintaining the Inexpensive
apparatus lu the observatory nnd n few men
lo answer complaints nun iuuko repairs.
It will be seen that It Is a most protltnblo
business enterprise. On tho other hand.
It. should bo borne In nilnil that tho loss
Incurred lu completely stopping telegraphic
eominunlcntlon every day nt tho busiest
hour Is u matter of no small loss lu dollars
to tho company, yet It Is by no means tan
tamount to the gain.
Operators of prlvalo observatories have
hud their cupidity aroused by tho work
of the Western Union Telegraph company
nnd hnvo offered cut-rate terms for guar
anteed correct solar time nnd while It U
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probably the slmon puro nrtlcle, ns time
goes, it Is not olllclal and the commodity,
fresh from the naval observatory at Wash
ington, has the call and tho "scalpers" on
time havo fared but 111.
Tho government Is hut too willing to give
away time to anybody who calls for It
and carries something to take It away In
unit anyone who wants It can hnvo the
very same article and privileges which have
ben granted to the Western Union Tele
graph company. Tho reason why nobody
else can mako money from Its sale, how
ever, Is obvious.
The proccHs carried out by the telegraph
company was one of tho principal objects
of the naval observatory. It was originally
Intended by the government olllclnls that
time balls should be dropped exactly at
the hour of noon In all tho seaport towns.
so that seafaring men might set their
chronometers nt tho truo solar time. This
the Western Union anticipated nnd offset
by their ptesent system of flashing their
noon tlmo to their thousands of clocks
throughout tho length nnd breadth of the
nation, by which tens of thousands of
watches havo their hands turned backward
or forward to tho exact hour mark.
She Knuw Amos Keeter
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Sho was n vory
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romnrkable. Her nephew from tho city
soon realized the strength of both of these
characteristics.
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opening in tho old woman's continuous
chain of reminiscences, "did you ever know
tho Skeeter family that used to live around
hero somewhere?"
"Know 'em all," cried the old woman
without a moment's hesitation. "Yes. In
deed." "Did you know Aiikh?" continued the
Joker.
"Amos Keeter!" cried the old woman
.igaln. "Well, I should say I did. Many's
the party bo's taken to me. Amos Keeter''
Deaf, dear, how his nntuo does call up the
good old limes!"
And then tho wicked nephew hail to go
out behind the woodshed to laugh.
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