New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-11
Tota amount received up % July. ls52 81. 6i AZ

Total amount received up 10 July, 1852 S,25,6il AZ
The capital OF the Company is $4,000 II has six
wires from Washington 10 Philadelphia and seven from
Philadelphia to Ncw.York. The number of messages
sent this line in the last elk months 15l5l4
producing Sos 1@ 90 isperhaps the most productive
The amount Of byziness which well conducted Of
ice can perioTgEis immense Nearly seven lnndrei
mefsages eaSwive OF those for the ies were sent in
one day yer the Morse Albany line, and few days ait
err tc Balm line at Boston cent and received FIVE hun
Afsd communications. Another Office with two wiree
one five hundred the ether two hun lred miles lengtl
after spending three hours the transmission of public
news, tclegrSphed in single day. four hundred and NJ
private messages, averaging twenty 1--WE words each,
besides the address, siNiy If which sent in
ton, without word Of repetition.
The instruments cannot he worked successfully with.
out skilul oTertors good batteries and machines, and
hcrough insulation Of the conductors. The expense of
copper wire which wes az first used has caused !, TO be
superseded by that Of iron, which is found 10 answer
the purpose well though the wire In this must be
Of increased fize About 800 pounds Of iroa wire are
required TO mile, and II Is supported ~ spars posts
from 90 to 50 feet in hight i've feet deep nine inch
es in diameter the base, four and half the top
ard placed about fifteen rods distant from each other
The insulation Of the wire Is effected hy winding il
around glass glazed stoncware knobs, passing il
through caps Of the same material nlcosing it
throughout with gutta percha. The cost of construc
uon including viYe posts, labor, &C. Is about $50 per
mile the average performance of the Morse instra.
ment 70 ensmt from 600 20 1900 letters per hour
In the majority Of electric teesraphs in actual use,
batteries composed Of heterogeneous metals, chiefly
zinc ana platinum, motncncd ny lQuld OF nqlds, are
employed for the generation of force The earth itself
has been made TO furnish supply ofelecuic force in
other words, single pair oil zinc and copper plates
have been buried sufficiently below the surface 20 be in
the wet suhso when the earth, saturated with water,
represents the sand saturated with aci.waer OF an
ordinary battery cell. BY this means acurren, OF low
intensity can be obtained, when the plates are
miles apart The earth rs the return wire 10 auy
given number OF distinct wres without in the least
affecting the regularity OF the action OF any Of them.
The only constant aud economical bSttery which is
used ia the United States l. Groves, of cups OF ziac
with strips OF platinum in earhcnwarc porcelain
cup which cup is hei with nitric acid, which placed
inside OF the 1nc cup in q tumblcr containing diluted
sulphusie acid. The main battery line (fron 30
to 80 cup) requires renewing only in every two
weeks and daily in locol batteries OF two or three
cups.
The usual charge Of transmission is % cents for ten
words less, sent one hundred miles. The following
table has been prepared TO show the rates Of tcsgrpAc
communication between the City Of Washing-oa and
some of the principal cities Of the Union Tnels;lnces
given from the ablepropared " the Pos; Oaice De
partnent
TELEeRnuic CH,RGEe from UasLiagtOa 20 tls ,6i0sc
iSs places for Messages eoa'Gisiss tes sords Or