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Show I THE fOSTll TEI.ECniftf. I rinlt to l.s In Uie I Ine or Direct I Coramuulratton. I ,NJ?,V YoKK 1Ia3' "Tiie Post-. Post-. al Telegraph Comjony wIU have ' two trauscontiuental lints within i the)ear." This tm the statement I j made thb evening by Hector De-1 castro, vice pntWent of Uie company. com-pany. I ''IIow do you exj.cct lo reach San ! I Franclseo uuh Uinncw lints" I "From tho sauth. We Lave lines i , already dow n to Los Angeles." , Will you continLe along Uie line of Uie Southern Pacific?" I ' We do not know just what course we w ill uke In that parttf the coun-' try." "Will ioubuild from tltat end or' J" We have Just made a contract 1 Vgln a line from SL Loub, . 1 push 11 at onco as far as ' Denver." i "When do you expect ttiat niuclt to bo done?" "Within four months; but btforo Uiatneshall have plans dtfimtily made to carry on the rest of Ihe line." "Aro Uie cllies of t'Uh to be ignored?'"- "No. WeshallmanasBtoiucIudo them and Titer lesir ivtst; ami as there bagovorunieut district pnelically not covered now, weshall take that in and bring fan Iran-ciscolnlocleweroomniuuicaUouttitu. Iran-ciscolnlocleweroomniuuicaUouttitu. many opl who hare Urines deallnss there." "Whit fa tborr"MDi for thJi great extension of tho s) stem" "LargUy au Incarasfiof business with the 1-acific Coast. Our wires are becoming inadequate for Uie volu Le of business. Our wires will bo of -tho best copper, and we expeet to run n line so res to brge'y avoid the dtbys now caused the Pacific, Coasters by heavy snows and storms. Wo shall avoid following follow-ing tho railroads where there te danger of washouts and snow slides and by erecting strong lore properly proper-ly guanJcel, wu bopo to havu the irln-sln good condtlkiu all of tho tiuie. ' Our line will bo thu shortest lo tho coast and the frequent deb) s will bu avoided. In fact much of thu time a message will go direct from New York to San Francisco; in fact through rouimuttjcatiou will be made so that It w ill be an easy nutter for an operator Iu ban Francbco to talk dlreetl) with Ixii.dou." |