The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-05-19
NV YoaK, May 4th, 1870

|, paw fVASAe " tu0 Oo0tSol O1HCo Oh
ht new Fire Alarm Telegraph, which
rent into complete operation only I
ex months since. The ,ystem seems
9 have been brought Is nearly I
% perfection Is is possible. There
ire s6fty-six lines, with &!ons hun.
artd sadtwelvee wires, ooavsrging H.
thb Office, aud:all under the complete
md instant control Of the Superintend-
ent. These lines include about Eve |
hui dredrmiles Of wire, and are tapped
BY nine hundred and nineteen different
signal boxes, 80 located a 10 be with
ID = moments reach, aud So CONSTRUCT
ed as to be operatsd7by any person Who
may discover aDfre.E Within t,oenty
,ecoad. from the time an: alarm Is re-
ceived at the central Office, the gongs
are struck: in the FIRE eompanys' rooms.
The apparatus is Of the most elaborate
and elegant character, and is apparently
verytintricate. The principal .instru-
;mehtsi are the switch-b board, having al
most five hundred switches; a complete
change of which can be- Infected by /
single movement the ga11iihomete1fss,
+for5measuriug the force of currents on
The line BY sdeaectiod' ofsa. needle, :! and
Registering. it, state o~hethsr normal,
weak or strong; 'thesrsgister or rcceiv-
ing instrument, which'reoords all the
alarms sent into the i Central Office
there being connected with this; in ad::
2ditionosto other: movements, fty-six
pens corresponding In number 10 2,hc:
lines 1.-THE repeater, the supplementary
repeater pand1 the meshanical gong
strikers for seuding1 out ths'tire signsls.
The batteries are compaotIy arranged
on shelves down stairs The Super.
intendentj Charles l.. Chapiu,' EsqY
favored 10 with al hour or more III
Thoroughly explaining tho working Of
tie syst"n. DsMr. @. has spent twenty.
Eve years 10 the study and practiee'"of
his profession; was the 6rst Telegraph
operator who ever visited Russia, and
enjoyed. the proud distinction of :ex-
| planning and illustrstiug the Morse sys-
tenn Of teIegraphine, t'several of tho
courts Of Europe He was ono of Prot.
| Morss's earliest pupils, and is one Of
the most noted and skillful electricians
in the country. Mr.. Sheldon, showed
me the working Of the Police Telegraph,
for connecting all police stations with
Headquarters Ills much less intricate
than the Alarm Telegraph, aud isso sr:
ranged with keys, each one represent.
ing q letter orttigure, that almost any
pera on vouldsbe able to send a,uaasage.
*Fechter is playing at The French
Theatre. Lax. him ~ sMelnotts In
E'sLady OF Lyonss',aad,saas Don "a Cesar
fiji sfDon Cesar do Basaa.'. h il ezili'
cised inylthernost ssppos,ta oaannss-
many raskipg himaa superior to Booth,
'fotherss considering him - little, n0>
than ordinary. He Impressed .nsa n
beiug a:grsat actor times, -, :nagaG.
cent. , His somewhaes broksa aeoent
(which has been objected to, soyhyi h
! means adisagrssabaas Hs es~ords an
certainly - disti1suishnhlsa Is srs tho,
Of most actoss. He miy: atstines b Il
4 little too impassionsd aud oeoasiosallJ
oserdos pasags-but hs b arpowerfal
and ia shssmaia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. q
1the character be assumes,; forgetting
1his own Pe.soaality in The role hessla,
I take .t ale IS Of middle height; I'll
st5utly Il built; i AsE % skosta .ueeky:l,
go6d kssd au,aa. expressive sye,a sad
T 1t ssvssaietimss ssiniadsd: aaSosslzesg
7 gxof pioturisi lAad s<sadat 1Nipolsos
11:h EHs isabl, Supported BY Miss lie
\ clereE ns Her !" Pauliues, md yAlfaii
ftara p Ire 7srcenent ;!.nd:ifa shswould
only powder a'little aostTsxtrsvaeantly
81 a little moro evenly; and cultivate /
'fless ighastly gria,o 1hiea' d. made, Il
sefvetbe purpose ofasmile, uoss:wut
of fault could BE- found with her rep
tesen tation ofthe charactcrsi she h,l
taken "a Thessip i9ces asss'vsf5s hsad
somelJ putodpdu the sssss, especially
+ 'tbe "Lady of Lyobs,'' the garden scene
I ID Which is dharmisg.os .s'*'jsso: a.
"a ybils in stooKbu,o Fs.d the pleas
urs 6igNse~fns9an sequaiat.neso d
soh ye aaip igo<1iitha Mn: '0eHsoBa.
| foigh;; @ho ib5swdsks Q III sisp0hdis,
Isectst.ye Of thsf New Fork :sofosis
I She, iAdesssravtsdly iiaaiiks'di Il the pleas
| lite s'.ad most oeablsaof tie nd,
,Hotarssiis f6f ahso ;asys: sssks shas'b<,s
called ai4be Wssasn Phillips :.n,oni
7 Won en.Tq Tomorrow evening" she Is i
lecture IN this el.5; usder The ',uspiee
IF sorsis, ID "The Rights Of Children. :
Mis-. 'Bur,eigh ibformta5ns Chat ssh'
? ncpptemplstsd :.svisitto Minnesota al
Ing the coming season, ,nd If sh'
J came TO tie State would lecture ats.
;1'tioqd. 6ur'reopld m.yrely upon II.
ceivisg'ssrareireas. sHcr SUBJECT woal,
'1be /. nssrary dne'-s:uoezbest,pg- on W.
man'sRigkk, 6txhiohsassis ,hewsvs
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