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transmission and for a distance of 2000 miles or a little more, practicable 

 talk could be given over them. Loaded No. 8's would tie this scattered 

 territory together, would greatly redound to the prestige of the Pacific 

 Company and would place the opposition concerns at a very great dis- 

 advantage. Even if no use were made elsewhere of such circuits, their 

 importance in this territory would be so great, looked at from every point 

 of view, that the cost of the work which we propose to do upon this subject 

 becomes an utterly insignificant factor. But it is not only in the territory of 

 the Pacific Coast that these loaded No. 8's would be of importance. We 

 already have wires extending as far west as Denver and with the best data 

 which we have before us now, we are warranted in the strong expectation 

 that by loading No. 8's we could give a talk from New York to Denver 

 which would at least be useful for advertising purposes, if indeed it would 

 not have substantial direct commercial value. But leaving out this long 

 talk to Denver, we have before us the problem of improving service to 

 Chicago to about the same extent as the Boston-New York service has been 

 improved. Over loaded No. 8's between New York and Chicago we should 

 be able to give as good a talk as is now obtained between New York and 

 Pittsburgh on unloaded No. 8's. This would be a very great uplift and 

 would have a most satisfactory effect not only upon the long distance service 

 between New York and Chicago, but upon service conditions in those two 

 cities. What is true about New York" and Chicago is also true between 

 New York, Minneapolis, Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, 

 Atlanta on the west and south, and Montreal and distant New England 

 points on the north and east. Even Pittsburgh and Buffalo, while having 

 relatively good transmission, would have the conditions improved to a 

 sensational extent. 



We have good reason to promise you that we will be able to accomplish 

 these results in a reasonable time after the department is strengthened so 

 that in the handling of the more comprehensive work now being under- 

 taken, we will not be obliged to neglect matters such as these. 



One motive which makes powerfully for the full development of the 

 capabiHties of the Pupin invention should be stated. Its importance is so 

 great that it is worthy of your most careful consideration. It is this: the 

 Pupin patent has already run eight years of its life. Nine years remain. 

 The sooner we perfect the loading of No. 8 lines and possibly lines of even 

 larger gauge, the longer will be the period during which we will have a 

 monopoly of circuits constructed in this manner. If we accomplish this 

 result within two years (I hope we will do it in one), we would have seven 

 years during which we would be sure to exert a dominating influence in the 

 long distance field and during which, by means of this influence and the 



