Show u. u S. S BULLETIN snows POS POS' fAST COT GRO Int Interesting facts conc concerning the extent and cost of ot electrical communication In Inthe Inthe inthe the United States are aro contained In Ina Ina a re recent recent recent re- re cent bulletin buletin Issued b by the department of commerce and labor The bulletin says that more than miles mits mit's of at single wire are used by the people of ot the United States States' over the various arlous telephone and telegraph systems Twelve million milon nine hundred and ninety-nine ninety thousand three hundred and sixty nine miles e are e oper operated operated oper- oper re by th the telephone f ns systems s a and 2 2072 J miles mies by br the telegraph companies This length of single Ingle wire would encircle the earth at the equator more than times Between n 1902 and 1907 1901 there ther was an addition addition ad ad- dIon of miles mies of wire for tor the use of or the tho telephone systems stems as compared compared com coin pared with Ith an Increase of but In Inthe Inthe inthe the mileage of ot owned and leased wire for forer commercial er telegraph l purposes s The In Increase in h a crease In the wire r mileage of si t the telephone telephone tele tele- phone systems during the five years ear re referred referred referred re- re to was more than six nix lb times as great as the total amount of wire added geat o to the telegraph business since 1880 The l bulletin fl gives the tl first statistics IS for forthe forthe th the tho commercial o wireless e systems t already established I and state state-j that t they were operated ll at t a loss IBs of th In 1907 There were six sl commercial wireless telegraph systems system In 1907 1901 operating 12 tower stations located at mo most t of ot the large port sot sor the Atlantic and I oceans the Gulf Gult of Mexico the Great lakes and in Hawaii Hawaii- They transmitted n 6 6 7 wireless messages Their h authorized author author- izel capitalization consisted of stock of ot a apar apar value of 0 of which 32 par Oi 1 g 12 was s the value alue I of t the outstanding issue |