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and acknowledged within a very few 

 minutes from points as far away as 

 Adelaide, Guam, and Mauritius. 



PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS 



Western Union Telegraph Co.: Full 

 instructions have been given covering 

 general distribution of the special mid- 

 night time signal tonight and the ex- 

 change of messages with the Naval 

 Observatory relating thereto. Direct 

 connection has been arranged with the 

 Tacubaya Observatory, Mexico City, 

 the Cordoba Observatory, Argentina, 

 and the Greenwich Observatory, Eng- 

 land. The British Post Office Depart- 

 ment has arranged for a direct wire 

 between London and Rome, over which 

 the signal will be sent to the Royal 

 Observatory. The Great Northwestern 

 Telegraph Co. has arranged to make 

 the desired distribution in Canada, as 

 has the Great Northern Telegraph Co., 

 which is our connection for Sweden, 

 Denmark, Russia, etc., and efforts are 

 being made to have the Russian Tele- 

 graph Administration continue the dis- 

 tribution. The Eastern Telegraph Co. 

 promises distribution over its lines and 

 that company's cooperation in endeav- 

 oring to get the several continental ad- 

 ministrations to distribute the signals. 



Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable 

 Co. : We shall be glad to transmit the 

 time signals and final message over our 

 Pacific system to Manila. Will depute 

 an operator to be in attendance at the 

 Observatory at Washington for this pur- 

 pose. Cable companies beyond London 

 say with regret that they can not under- 

 take transmission. 



Ce?itral and South American Telegraph 

 Co. : I have yours of August 3 1 , and 

 take great pleasure in forwarding same 

 to our Galveston manager, with instruc- 

 tions to act on the night stated, Septem- 

 ber 8, in accordance with your request. 



Telegraph Department, Canadia7i Pa- 

 cific Railway Co. : Shall be very pleased 

 to assist by transmitting time signals 



over the entire telegraph system of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway, and have 

 wired Superintendent British Pacific 

 Cable requesting that signals be for- 

 warded over that system. A similar 

 request has been made to the Superin- 

 tendent of the Halifax and Bermudas 

 and Direct West India Cable Co. We 

 will also forward the signals from Van- 

 couver to such stations as can be reached 

 in Alaska. 



Government Telegraph Service, Domin- 

 ion of Canada : With view to complying 

 with your request, have telegraphed 

 Superintendent Yukon Telegraph, Van- 

 couver, to make arrangements for trans- 

 mission of time signals midnight Thurs- 

 day, eighth instant. . . . Earnest 

 congratulations upon the success that 

 has attended your efforts in the demon- 

 stration of a world-wide cooperative sig- 

 naling system. 



Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army : 

 Have instructed the Signal Officer, De- 

 partment of the Columbia, Seattle, 

 Washington, to extend such courtesy 

 to your service as may be practicable in 

 transmitting the signals over the Seattle- 

 Alaskan cable and lines of military tele- 

 graph in Alaska. 



Hydrographer to the Bureau of Equip- 

 ment, Navy Department : Copies of your 

 letter have been forwarded to all of the 

 branch hydrographic offices with direc- 

 tion that, if possible, they will observe 

 the time signals and report the results. 



TELEGRAMS RECEIVED IN REPLY 



President Diaz, of Mexico, per Western 

 Union Telegraph Co. : I respond with 

 thanks to your generous salutation, and 

 shall see you with pleasure when you 

 come to Mexico. 



President Francis, of the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., per 

 Western Union Telegraph Co. : The 

 time signals and message of greeting 

 from the Congress are received during a 

 reception to the international jury of 

 awards. The officers and the interna- 



