Then he entered the Railway Mail service; in this service he completely revolutionized the system and introduced reforms that exist at the present time.

然后他进入铁路邮政服务；在这项服务中，他彻底改变了系统并引入了目前存在的改革。

In 1878, Mr. Gardiner Hubbard, Bell's earliest backer, and now his father-in-law, became acquainted with a young man who was then serving in Washington as General Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service. This young man was Theodore N. Vail.

1878 年，贝尔最早的支持者、现在是他的岳父加德纳·哈伯德先生结识了一位当时在华盛顿担任铁路邮政总署署长的年轻人。这个年轻人就是西奥多·N·韦尔 (Theodore N. Vail)。