New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-18

Americas District telegraph Company.
This company, which was first organized
in Brooklyn . little over three years ago.
has 80 proved the great advantages of the
system that almost every large city in the
United States has adopted it. As set forth
in their prospectus 1.-THE object of the Amer
lean District Telegraph Company is to place
at the immediate service of each of its sub
scribers specially trained force of messen-
gers, watchmen and policemen"
The method by which this is effected is
simple but thorough and complete. The
house of each subscriber is connected bv
| wire with the district office. which is cen.
trally located and within five minutes run
| of the most distant limit of the district.
The instruments by which the calls are
| made is contained in q small iron case
| about the size of an ordinary metal match
safe. By it four separate calls or alarms
may be made, for q messenger, for police
man, an alarm of fire, and the repre-.
sentative call which may convey any
message previously agreed upon. To
illustrate: A gentleman whose residence
is on Julia street is down town, say
at court, for instance. His wife wishes
to send him messenger but has no one
about the house that she can send. She
gives the call for messenger, and straight.
way one is sent from the district office.
The messenger arrives on the run, receives
his message, note or parcel and delivers it
ON the run. The whole transaction occu.
pies about twenty minutes. Suppose fire
breaks out in the house, the alarm is given,
and within two minutes q special Pc liceman
arrives with Babcock extinguisher. Not
only that, tho fire department is also mott.
fed as soon as the alarm is received. Should
the lady of the house, during the absence Of
the male members OF the family, be annoyed
by tlamps, OF unruly servants, or from any
other source which may cause her to sum-
mon protection, touch at the instrument
brings policeman.
Should one have cause to believe that
there are robbers in or about the premises
and does not wish to alarm them by rash
advance on his part which would only facil.
itate their escape, he uses his telegraph and
the trusty policeman speedily appears. and,
thus aided from the outside, he has fair
chance at the burglars. The representative
message is that by which even definite In.
struotions arc conveyed. By having it I'M
derstoed at the district station one can
make this call indicate that he wishes his
family physician summoned. In thfs way
the physician will be sent for direct from
the office, and the messenger. having de.
livered che message to the doctor reports
back Immediately when he will be at the
service Of the caller should he desire q pre-.
scription filled, q purse sent for OF q relative
notified
Such are few of the nses Of this truly
valuable invention. The cost is extremely
small, the company putting up the instru.
ments and connecting wires free of expense.
The charge for the use of the instrument IL
81 50 per month. payable at the expiration
of the month. The rates for the employ.
nent OF the messengers and policemen ara
ten cents for twenty minu ties, fifteen cents
for halt hour, and thirty cents per hour.
The company propose to go into opera.
ton in this city on the first day of next
September. Many merchants, all the hotels
and saloon proprletors have subscribed.
The wires will be put up during the coming
month in the First District, which is to be-
bounded by St. Ann street, Julia street, the
front of the city, and the lower side Of
Basin street. The office OF the company is
| at No. 12S Gravier street, and the manage
ment is under the control of Captain w. ii.
Rofinuer