he comfort, regularity, and only by means of electric bells and annunciators, but housed without any overcrowding. dispatch which should characterize the most famous To send and distribute the mail, uewspapers, etc., also by telephones. There is also an elaborate system hostelry in the world, have… … vice for about a year and a half, and, although it runs panying illustration, and numbered. The tubes are tion of some very elaborate and costly appliances. continuously from six o’clock in the morning till mid- Prominent among these are the bell-work system and of 3-inch seamless brass tubing, and…
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