The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-01-31
TelegraphY for Homo Use.

Agents of the American District
Telegraph Company in this city,
headed by L. G. Weir, of the Adams
Express Company, have in operation
now, in aroom of Pixies opera house
building, instruments that give a
practical demonstration Of a portion
of the workings of the system now
in successful use in New York, and
which is to be introduced into this
city as soon as possible. An in
strument oD the table-whieh repre-
sents the station of a district
has connected with it, on either side,
at a distance of a few feet, two in
struments that the observer can sup
pose to be located in private houses
or business houses, a hundred OF
thousand feet distant from the cen
tral instrument. The house instru-
ment rests on a bracket, under a
glass case, and is not much larger
than your fist. Projecting outside
the case are two knobs. Push one
of these knobs back, and press the
other, and the operator at the station
receives the signal instantly that
you want an errand boy. Reverse
the knobs, and press again on the
lever, and he knows that you want a
policeman; and if you press on the
lever twenty seconds or so, until
you see the little dial in the glass re-
volve five times, he knows that there
is fire in your house or close by.
If you call for a messenger, the of
ficer sends you a boy who reaches
you within three minutes. If you
call for a policeman-one of the pri-
vate patrol propesed-the officer is
at your door in three minutes. If
you send in an alarm Of fire, a man
with an extinguisher strapped to his
back reaches you within three min
utes, while the alarm for the regular
fire alarm box nearest you is imme-
diately turned in to the fire alarm
office. BY very simple automatic
arrangement, a burglar alarm can be
attached to your windows and doors
and connected with the bottom of
your instrument. And if, while you
sleep soundly, a burglar forces his
way into your house, without awak-
ening you, he is at the same time, all
unknown to himself, sending into
the watchers of the Office informa-
tion of what he is doing, and while he
prowls through your house the pa
troll surrounds him. Nothing is
wonderful in telegraphy since mans
ingenuity has devised a way to send
messages both ways, on one line,
at the same instant of time, one
mile or thousand miles. This i'm
provement by which lightning is
thus domesticated seems extraordi-
nary. But it isn't. In two minutes
you can see through the whole ar
rangement.
1t is probable that the first "dis-
trict" in this city will be established
for court house communication, for
the benefit of the lawyers; and that
the first for families will be in the
East End, round about Pike and
Fourth streets. Districts will be es-
tablished as fast as subscribers at
three dollars per month per house
are procured. There is no extra
expense on instruments. The only
charge, outside the subscription, is
fifteen cents per half hour for actual
service, when called. The convent
ences that this system places at your
disposal are innumerable. For Ia
dies, in the absence of their protec-
tors, it is of great use. II you want
a doctor in hurry, you can have
him in hurry. If you want to
send simple or important message,
the quick footed messenger can be
brought to your side in a minute.
We can see no reason why this
should not be an immense success
in this city Cincinnati Commercial.
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