 The Association of Voluntary Firemen was created in 1851, a telegraph service to Santiago was operating by 1852, and Chile's first telephone service was set up in 1880.The British Hospital was founded in 1897, and the British Arch, "Arco Británico", was erected in 1911.However, by 1895, Italian immigrants exceeded the British, and both the Italians and Germans were in larger numbers by 1907.