The Pneumatic Despatch Tube System of the Batcheller Pneumatic Tube Co. / Also, Facts and General Information Relating to Pneumatic Despatch Tubes

by Birney C. Batcheller

CHAPTER II.
THE PNEUMATIC TRANSIT COMPANY AND THE FIRST PNEUMATIC TUBES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF UNITED STATES MAIL.

Organization.

—Early in the year 1892 several Philadelphia gentlemen organized a corporation and obtained a charter in the State of New Jersey to construct, lay, and operate pneumatic tubes for the transmission of United States mail, packages, merchandise, messages, etc., within the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The corporation was styled the Pneumatic Transit Company. Mr. William J. Kelly was elected president, and the company is still under his management.

WM. J. KELLY,
President of the Pneumatic Transit Co.

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Fig. 5.
SIX-INCH PNEUMATIC TUBES IN PROCESS OF BORING AT THE SHOP OF A. FALKENAU, PHILADELPHIA, PA.