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Show nUN I1Y THE GOVERNMENT, Ulliloii't Iixturnie TolriiliuiHi brattoi Jleniljr rnr Oiierallun. 'lho advantages of a tclcphono system sys-tem which Is run by the government will bo well llluitnited in tho telo-phono telo-phono servlco which the Uugllsh post-oirico post-oirico will operate In I-onilon beginning begin-ning In August It will covet n territory terri-tory of about C10 square miles, which Is about the slza of n Held 25 miles square To Americans perhaps, the I reatetit interest In this government tclcphono Is In the rates Tor 112 M a year any one enn hnvo a telephone Installed III his house Then ho will haio to pay n small fee for every message mes-sage that lie sends To n man whose use of tho Instrument Is limited this method, it is certain, will bo found to bs of enormous ad-v ad-v nutate. In place of tho threepence, three-pence, equivalent to six cents, now chnrged to non-subscribers, for every call of three minutes' duration, tho chargo In the new system will be only a penny a message, and after a certain number of messaged have been tent tho chargo will bo reduced to halt a penny each On tho other hand, a subscriber may pay, as nt present, a certain lump sum a year, and Itaio no further charge All tho telephone wires are laid under ground, and tho conduits are largo enough la provide for double tho number of ducts that will bo requires! Immediately Instead of tho expensho gutta percha Instillation Instil-lation under ground the dry core cable ca-ble Is useel J'aper Is wrapped around tho wires and theso are twisted In pairs In cable formation and dried Then a leaiien sheath is plnred over them nnd they nro ready to bo laid In tho pipe and ducts These dry core cables not only are cheaper than gutta percha, but they are mors effective livery district postoftlce will be a call oltlee. and other centers will be established estab-lished ns the necessity arises |