The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-24

ELxcrae-MAarsric TrLSGRArH--rhs bare fact, that
= man can ~ only occasionally sit In his once or
counting room in New York, and converse with his
friend Ia Buffalo several hundred miles distant at the
Same moment, il an achievement few persons would
have dreamed Of few years back Admitting all the
wonders claimed TOR this wonderful agent still to insure
its regular and permanent utility improv, msuts
required, which future experience may supply
LIST. Complete ut least perfect isolation, is
wanted in the whole length of the wires Frequent in
terrupton is not only annoying correspondents but
must seriously interfere with the receipts the lines
I'd To make the Of the telegraph available to
possible the tolls should not only be uniform but as low
AZ fair business profits will permit From Wheeling TO
Plttsburg understand, the toll for 10 words costs
~ From Pittsburg to Philadelphia so cents
for Is words Or less, and from Phladelph to New
York, % cents for 10 words Now It In said to get 10
words from Wheeling to New York costs 90 GENTS
This conceive to be too high We should like to
all the companies agree upon uniform rates OF
and best method for this purpose would charge
two. three four i've cents for each word in
uicaton and leave II to the writer send many
few rs he pleased The telegraph IL all powerful and
competent to the immediate despatch Of brief communal
cations; but to enable IL to act with electrical celebrity
IL Is necessary to give 1t matter 1t grasp Conds-
sation absolutely necessary For instance could
the Presidents message be condemned for to
ons.fourth or one tenth its bulk every must see
that the telegraph itself well the public would be
benefited So OF commercial news. When the con.
templatsd telegraph lines completed to the eight or
ten principal commercial cities to get ten daily market
reports without condemnation, would prove both
luminous and too expensive A gentleman Of this
for Commercial reporting, which works success
folly 1t comprehends the whole circle Of fig
ures, and enables person to report receipts. ex-
ports stocks sale aud prices with great brevty Our
readers will have observed the teegrsphic reports Of
markets in our columns. Those from Boston, Bal
tmore and New Orleans, have been supplied in ten
words each Those from Albany and Buffalo, giving
markets. freighs anu receipts IN fourteen TO fifteen
these msrEst reports so far from drpivins the lines Of
business have added much which they would not other
WISE have received. Their extreme condensation ena
bles operator to send through in from three to
i've minutes They are composed in plain simple Eng.
ish words which by the fact that II
the telegraph sends word not English 1t Is known to
be The system Of sbbreviation 10 formed
that II word happens to get wrong, It's meaning can
generally be- by the words preceding and fol-
lowing It. AS some frequently used than
others, they become familiar to operators, anu
porting, Is likely also to be- a regular bust
ness the telegraphs than miscellaneous news
merchant stated that reading the dispatches re.
TO send messages Of enquiry conditional orders,
the line that he would not otherwise have done
that these brief dispatches actually created business for
the telegraph. 10 invent abbreviated system for
commercial reporting cost the gentleman alluded to
learn that the question has been agitated with
of the companies of aboishing the OF all systems of
authorizations their lines We sincere friends of
the telegraphs and wish them all possible and
Of the best modes Of securing this end will be the
exercise Of much berslty consistent with their
interest We gratfed u hear that gentleman in
Philadelphia has succeeded in contrivng plan for
eving the telegraph from interruption by atmospheric
We hope It will answer yet we are
led to believe the surest means of protection can
best be secured, BY coating the wires with non con-
Quoting materials for their entire length This would
the cheapest in the end As the companies acquire
means, 1t is probable they may build such lines. Con-
sderng the novelty of the enterprise the limited amount
Of capital owned by those engaged in building the
lines TOR the heavier capitalist in this In most other
new and important enterprises, stood with
the inventor and patentees deserve the highest credit
We consider the whole thing yet IN its infancy, aud
that 1t Is calculated to still further Hsonish the world
As to their preventing thunder storms accidents from
lightning said to BIZ claimed for them by Professor
Uimstead 1t Is more than yet believe The wire
posts trees frequently struck along the lines Of
the teegraphs.