The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-16
From the Baltimore American Of Yesterday
Revolution I'm TeiegrapfainS.


From the Baltimore American Of Yesterday
A Revolution I'm Teiesrapfains.
complete revolution is shortly to take
Mace in the system of telegraphing, the
raniditv and chcapness of transmission
enabling such q reduction in the price that
If will ultimately Inonopolize the business
correspondence Of the country, even II II
should remain in private hands. The pa
tentee of this new system claims the power
10 transmit messages ten times as rapid as
m cxpcrt penman can write, and to do as
much business over one wire as can be done
over ten wires by the Morse system o!
transmission. The rates of charges con-
tomplatcd by the patcntces of this new sys-
tenn are one cent per ocord for oil distances,
the cheapncss Of which could not fail to
draw from the mails oil business CORES
pondence, as we'll as much Of private
character that cannot afford to wait the
comparatively slow postal TRANSMISSION.
We hear of 80 many Of these wonderful
inventions that there is generally dlspo-
siLion to discrcdit their existence, and such
will be the course of all who are familiar
with the present system OF telegraphlng.
Thew, will Mt once declare it to be an impos-
sibility to transmit intelligence over the
wires more rapidly than one person can
write, and that the declaration OF an ability
10 do more than this bears the evidence OF
Ialacv on its face. Having had great
deal of personal experience in telegraph
ing, and being familiar with the Morse,
House, and Balm systems Of transmission,
such was our own impression when we
first heard of this new instrument. We
thought that it must be another OF
The inventive bubbles that would
,rove to be both impracticablc end i'm
lossihle. We had been frequently urged
by the inventor and his friends to visit
New York and witness the operation Of the
new instrument, and delayed doing so until
. few weeks since, when it YVES thoroughly
tested in our presence. We do not know
whether we arc at liberty to explain the
manner of operation, but VIC witnessed the
transmission and reception Of dispatches at
the rate Of nine hundred and forty letters
per minute, which is fully ten times as
rapid as the most expert operator can ma
nipulate the Morse instrument. The letters
transmitted were the Morse alphabet; and
what is most singular is that the transmits
sion is done without any knowledge on the
part OF either the receiver or the sender as
to Ike contents of the dispatch. It is an
automa;on process, and requires no skilled
operators, the preparing Of the dispatches
being done by another instrument, ten OF
which, presided over By girls, being r.
quircd to keep one wire in steady pncration.
ANY one who can read manuscript can work
these Instruments, rs even knowledge Of
the Morse alphabet is not essential. The
Transmitting instruments, rs well as the
copy machines, are worked by magnetism,
and the rapidity and sm0ohDcss with which
they move shows that this new motive
power is essential to the success Of the in
vent;on. We watched this operation in
every particular, and found that our cxpe-
Iicncc in telegraphing could not suggest one
obstacle that had not been provided for by
the ingenious and shilful Inventor, who has
Himself had great experience in telegraph
ing both in this country and Europe.
We watched the working of the reception
Instrument with great interest, believing it
impossible to clearly transmit letters with
euch rapidity. The result, however, proved
that the formation of the letters was more
clear and distinct than We have ever seen
them by the Morse instrument. the record
being made by the magnetic fluid on chemi-
cally prepared paper, the cots and dashcS
being as clear and distinct as if made by Ii
pen. But even the rapidity Of transmits
sion then attained, We were assured, was
not to the extent to which the inventor be-
lieved he could ultimately reach. The
system Of transmission is only limited by
tho rapidity with which the receiving
and Transmitting Instruments can be run
with safety, and the inventor is conf
,jcnt in the belief that from fifteen hundred
" two thousand letters per minute can be
transmitted with all the correctness and
cicGrncss that the nine hundred were
passed through the instruments in our
presence. Those experienced in telegraph
ing will at once cXclaim that this might be
done with two instruments in the same
room, but when tested over long distances,
with the accompanying atmospheric rctard-
alton, failure would be inevitable. To all
such we would say that the test was over
twenty-five hundred miles Of wire, in pre-
gence Of several telegraphic experts, who
pronounced the transmission perfect.
The course Of England in taking charge
of the telegraph business Of the country
viii undoubtedly be followed by Congress
at It's next session, as every day adds
slIellGNu 10 Tue liONcIucLt. 1uC peOplc
want cheap telcgraphing and certain and
Gapid transmission, which can never be Sc
cured so long rs the business is controlled
BY private corporations. The Western
Union now has sixteen or eighteen wires
between Boston and Washington, and they
arc already kept running night and day TO
meet the requirements of the public. when
the rates are reduced, as they ultimately
win be by this new process, hundred
wires, with the present system Of transmits
sion, would not be sufficient TO accommo-
date the increased demand.
That the business community begins to
understand the necessity Of Government
control of the telegraph is shown by the
Iaet that the Boards Of Trade o. Chambers
Of Commerce Of the following cities have
unanimously resolved in its favor Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, ST.
Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Providence, Sa-
rannah, and Mobile. San Francisco will
soon be added to the number.
THE Last Sc " AGER OF BATTI Il We