Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-09
Telephone -

Telephone
ANOTHER EXPERIMENT WITH BELLS
TALKING TELEGRAPH, OF THE TELE-
PHoNE-MUsIc AND CONVERSATION
THROUGH A TELEGRAPH CABLE WITH.
OUT THE AID OF Az ELECTRIC CUR.
RENT.
New Orleans Democrat
Yesterday another practical test Of
the telephone was made over the line
and cable OF the Crescent City Oil Com.
pany, extending from their Office, 100
Common STREET.-THE the oil-works located
in Gretna, this test or experiment
being for the purpose Of ascertaining
beyond the question ola doubt wheth.
CIR or not the positive magnets described
on Monday last would induce a sufl-
cient current 10 communicate without
the aid of a battery, that test having
been tried on the previous Sunday.
The main line (or cable wire) was dis
connected from The battery about IL
o'clock in the morning, and half a
dozen or more telephones were con-
nected TO the main wire in the Office on
Common street, in order that all who
had been invited to witness the exDeri-
ment might listen 10 the conversation
passing over tho line at the same time.
Right here II would be proper TO mem
ton that by attaching or connecting
fifty or more telephones to one end OF
the line, the conversation or music
from the opposite end can be head By
each OF the fifty persons holding TO his
or her ear one Of the telephones.
AZ already stated, some half a dozeu
or more were connected In The circuit
or line at this end aud as many more at
the other end, and everything being in
readiness, the Gretna end yelled ont
" are you ready?' the words coming so
distinctly without tue battery as TO
surprise even the most skeptical 0!
those at this end who had a telephone
at their ear at the time.
The answer was, Yes, how do We
come p and IN response the listeners on
this side heard from the Gretna end
"Bullv, tip.lop.' Il gunning conversa-
ton was then KEEP, up tor some tine
between various parties on this side
and those in the Grelna office OF the
Crescent City Oil Works, and by l
o'clock in the afternoon upward Of tlhy
%well.kuown gentlemen had dropped ini
aud listened either to the music or con.
versation from the opposite side of tho
river. Included among these were
Messrs. L. r. Coleman, p. A. Barker,
Hon. II. NJ. Lusher, Hon. L. d. White.
John d. Cobb, Col, WIN. NJ. Owen
Col. Glynn, George Behn, j. II. Dug
gan, Col. Joseph II. Harvey, d.
Knapp, Henry Black, Eli Buckner
Hugh Irvine, Thomas j. Irvine, l.. II
Hayward, S. c. Coulon, W. Francis, j
Weis, V. Meyer, a. Meyer, j. Janncy
L. Palms, j. S. ZAchArie, j. +. LoTcii
W. S. Bailey, Geo. W. Mott, Wallac,
Scott, Col. j. S. Walton, Thomas Boy
Ian, NJ. Farrell, 3. McDOnough, Elw
Heine, Hon. S. ]. Smith, First Record
er's Court; Mr.. Crawcour, James Hen
Messy, D. e. Mclean, VIM. Pagan, Jas
c, Murphy, Mr.. Conrad, NJ. Mclean
John A. Stevenson, Walter L. Bell anS
others, and in the Gretna Office durini
the same time was Mr.. Strongly Super
intendent OF the Crescent City Oi
Works Mr.. Parker, chief engineer o
+ the same ; Mr.. Philip Drumm, W. L
Delaney, Frank DuBuch, Joseph kram
mer, Chas. ]. Huck, r. n. CochranC
and seven or eight ladies.
, Sandwiched in the conversation
: questions and answers, etc, that passe,
, during tho experiment, Mcssrs. Della
ney, DuBuCh and Examiner, while o
. the other side, entertained the listen
! ers at this end with a number of popu
lar airs, with banjo accompaniment
a including among those rendered, an
q artisticaily done, too, "God Bless NJ
Dear Old Mother "Sweet Bye all
) Bye" "Sister Patsey Went to Heaven
Goodbye, Biddy Dear" "The Littl
Q Old Log Cabin" and II Want to be
Q Methodist !" besides others, the WORD
0 in each piece, as we'll as the notes {
4 the banjo, being distinctly heard O
o this side when there was nc interruI
d ton by the noise caused by vehiclI
9 passing in front of the Office.
After repeated requests from tn
side land q promise Of q new Wintt
hat) one Of the young ladies in Il
Gretna Office Gang the air, "Then You