Show I COMMUNICATION IN INTHE INTHE INTHE THE PAST AND NOW INI I Giving a brief history ot of postal posta I C pros pres pros lent lent ot of the tho ho United States Stat cli ch 11 I lon tells ol ot the tho ot of conveyIng messages thoI I by tue tho Inca at the tho time r f tho Spanish conquest Quoting ing tag from Prescott B s history he be sa s there thero were eU nel organIzed postal routs routes along alone all alt tho the great treat trails that lead load to the capital All along the ho routes route small smail buildings sore ere erected at nt distances ot of less Jess than I ve mile miles In each ot of which a Dumber ot of runners runner were sere stationed to carry carry- forward the th dispatches ot of the government The Tho dIspatches acre ere long lone strings peculiarly knot hnot knotted ted according to a code res reBorn em- em the th Morse alphabet for telegraphy hy These The strings string were wen about the tho waIst WA I ot of the run run- runner mer jer who ho was uniformed to show his official errand The Tho runners wore Tela ed at short distances 10 o that It was a possible tor for Important taut tant ness ces cew ce s from Crom rom out outline Ing provInces to be b carried to 10 the tho I Inca at tho rate of oC ISO miles a 1 day Mr Deming lives a paragraph to the th pony express as s On April 5 3 i 1850 ItCO the th pony express was sat U established with St Joseph Mo and anti San Iran cIsco deco as a it eastern and western termini The time for tor the tue trip was eight days day each day fhe pony express was Vas one ot of o the tho most thrilling and anti romantic von von- tures In the th development of oC tho th fir far west siest est and It was A most har undertaking Its rout route la lay through a thousand miles mile ot of ter er Infested by hostile Indians and nd casualties among amone the th riders w were ro ot of frequent occurrence An Ar 1 excellent description ot or the tha I express Is I contained In Twains Twain's Roughing II It Ho He H graph graphIcally graphIcally describes describe tho the scene cene of or the arrival ot of tho the rider ata at relay sta ata station ion tion the tho change chango of o horses hones In a afew tow few seconds and the swift departure ture tore Into the tha of oC o the tho I Iture night all In a little more time than Is consumed In the telling I TIme The orIginal rate tor for mail by way of tho the pony ponT express was S 5 55 for tor tora fora fora a half halt ounce Later tin thIs wa wat ro roI I to 2 2 50 The Tho regular pony pony express was discontinued upon the th completion ot of the line JIM or of the Pacific Telegraph company In October 1861 Then camo came tho first transcontinental railway In 1869 1859 and an l with the th railway ns as OU know the th real development or of the west began and the east east- ern em rn and western coasts ot of Amer America ica ICIl were brought closer and closer dav day by bT dy dry d y Thoro There are ar men alive aUve today who were In la h he servIce of oC o the th pony Within the th life lite lit ot of o one man what treat great changes have been made Today the th air mall mail carrIes letters from New v York to San Francisco o at 24 cents an ounce and covers cover tile lIle th distance in n 31 hours Mr Doming DemIng gives Ives a short sketch ot of the th he first state stage which departed from Crom San Francisco midnight September Sep ember 14 H 1858 1653 and arrived at TIpton Mo the terminus ot of the Pacific railroad at 9 05 a 1 m Oc Oc- Oc 9 Th The journey required 24 days 18 is hours and 26 minutes for tor the difference In time ow l l ow messages are sent ent out ont from Kansas City Mo and they reach San San Francisco co by radio In the sm small ll fraction ot of a second Tho The commonplace In transportation tation and communication of oC to today day would have ben been a n miracle In the lie das da s when hen was sas belu settled and the sest had large areas ot of unexplored I |