The New York herald., 1870-09-08
MORSE VS.. LITTLE TEzEGg.aPHY.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 1870.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD:-
In responding as l do, cordially TO Mr.. Orton's
challenge, In the HERALD Of Wednesday. for test
Of the comparative merits Of the 'Morse" ana
"LttIe" systems Of telegraphy, On my part, and on
behalf OF the automatic system, am willing TO be
bound
circuit or not less than 2S2 miles OF line wire; the
wire being connected and In fair electrical condition
for use by the Morse machines and this point TO be
left to the decision Of Mr. Roid and General Lenerts
Second-1he perforating OF the paper, preparatory
shall be done by girls boys from twelve sixteen
years or age, after twenty to thirty days. practice
upon the machines, ana wlthout any teaching be-
yond what they may receive between the hours Uf
nine ana ten O'Clock on the first day OF their intro
duct1On TO the machines.
Ttfrd-The transmission Of messages shall be
wholly accomplished, 30 Tar as the management Of
the transmitting motor Is concerned, by girl or
boy Of the age Of ten years. who shall receive NO i'll
structiOns alter the first hour from the moment he
or she sees the machines.
FOurtb-The receiving or recording motor shall
be managed by girl or boy not over sixteen years
Of age and who shall receive no instruction beyond
the tests may be made after thirty days OF practice
FUtt-The writing out, printing or manifoldng OF
the messages shall be in plain legble characters for
the printers with three or more c0pies and shall be
| In note or letter paper form.
StTtt-Our automatic or hand machinery shall
cost no more TO make than the Morse machinery,
reference being had TO what the machinery VIII ac
complsh.
VIII complete The needful machines for che proposed
test within four, and probably within two months.
Eignth-All our messages shall, If desired, be
dropped simultaneously to twenty way stations and
the telegraph copy shall be perfect and be submitted
to Mr.. Reid and General Lenerts, and it shall be
corded in plain black and perfectly legibe charac-
Ninth-In arriving at the cost of the days WORK OF
ten hours the committee, consisting Of i've ladies' OF
this city, who have good opportunities OF knowing
tho value OF girls and boys labOr-three to be Sc
lected by Mr. Reid and General Lefferts and two by
Tenth Mr. Reid ana General iefierts shall esIl-
mate the cost OF perlorating transmitting and re-
cOrding machines, and also the cost OF battery and
paper and shall decide how the same compares with
ordinary Morse expenses for the same things.
With the above understandings and IN view OF the
following sentence from Mr.. OrtOns challenge:-'I
Intelligence from washington to New York; can be
done more certainly and at less expense by the
Morse system than by any other'-l clalm:-
Ft,'st-That we can perforate and transmit from
Washington to New York, over one wire, copy oIs
and deliver 10 the HERALD World and tribune, or to
mercantile houses convenient to our New York Oice,
more matter and at less total cost and with greater
accuracy and certainty than can be performed by
the Western Union Company; the test to be for NOT
will make good this CLAIM by depositing $4,000 with
an equal amount by Mr.. Orton and, II we fail, Mr..
Ort0n can take our money and appropriate 1t rs he
may think proper and II we succeed we WILL take
his money and appropriate IL to the building OF auto.
matte telegraph lines for the benefit of the public.
SecOndWe will then double the deposit and be
bound to do the telegraphing as set forth In the
dDOVo paTHRrdpn, III rs CONlpdrcu Wllh lilo
cost OF the same amount or telegraphlny by Ihe
Morse system, OF ten per cent.
Third-1he same amount OF deposit by both par
ties, and we TO De bound to show saving, conf
pared with the Morse system, OF twenty per cent.
FOrfth--Ihe same amount OF deposit and we to
show saving Of thirty per cent.
And 80 on in advances or ten per cent up to
seventy per cent OF savings by the "Lttle over the
.'MOrser system.
Mr.. Orton has on more than one occasion stS sod
that our system was neither new nor valuable, and
that the Western Union Company has I'm the Bain-
HumastOn automatic machnes all that we can
lay claim TO, and much more stuff OF this kind
AS Mr. OrtOn seems anxious about the statue Tor
his friend VINO claimed TO have Invented electricity,
propose that he sh ATTEST his machines 70, ,0O0
words OF intelligence, to be perforated and transmit
ted from Washington to Albany, or any other direct
circuit of 500 miles he TO use one perforaior and one
with q mutually satisfactory Committee 100000 Ii
we do not accomplish the perforatlon, transmission
and writing out by our system In One-iialf the time
that Mr.. Orton does he may take our money. LIZ we
do we will take his; and we Will then double the
amount OF deposit aud be bound to accomplish the
whole work four times quicker than II can be done
by Mr., Orton with his Ban- -HumastOn machines.
One thing further; Mr.. OrtOn seems greatly con-
cerned that somebody may be taken IN by my $50
posting $40 600 with some acceptable party, and II,
alter twelve MONTHS and for i've years thereafter
we do not earn and pay 10 our stockholders ten per
cent of dividends for every one per cent that may be
earned and paid by Mr.. OrtOn's company, he may
claim my deposit, taking his II win. Here is
good chance to test the strength OF Mr.. Oron's be-
lief that we propose to follow In the footsteps OF the
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