The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-26
Mr.. Pickcring's Great Invention.

LORING PICKERING, one of the editors
aud prOprietOrs of the Eueming Bulletin
and the Morning CAL of San Francisco,
who has just received a patent for an ar
rangeliient by which in few minutes IN
entire newspaper page may be telegraphed,
was in the city few days ago, and gave q
Tribune reporter some additional facts in
regard to his invention and the purposes
for which it is designed. Mr.. Pickering
is about sixty years of age, and his inven-
ton is the result of several years of earn
Lest study. His attention was directed to
the subject of telegraphy from his expert
ence Of the great cost Of Geographic dis
patches for his papers. "Papers must
have news" said Mr.. Pickering, "and we
found that it cost good deal to get it, so
that was led to devise, if possible. some
cheaper method" And he believes that
he has at last succeeded. "By this meth
3D." he continued. page of the New
York Tribune can be transmitted to Chi
cago in twenty or thirty minutes" "And
what about the cost of sending so much
matter!" " Scarcely anything at all, )" re-
piled Mr.. -Pickering--"only the use of
the wires for few minutes
The inventor then explained that the
Western papers would now be able to
make arrangements with the publishers
of Eastern journals to have all the news
sent them very cheaply by the new pro.
cess of transm :ssion. The difference in
time would enable this to be done the
more readily. 1t would be possible, too,
for the New York journals. if they so de.
sired, to get out editions in the Western
cities by having printers there, since the
copy is delivered directly from the in
strument in such form that it can be hand
ed to them. In course of time, Mr.. Pick
ering thought, it would be possible to
have facsimile of the London Times
sent over, but at present the current on
the Atlantic cable was too feeble to trans
NIT message by means of his process. 1t
will prove Of value, in certain contingen.
cies, to the Associated Press also. An
agent of the Associated Press said yester-
day that it was often desirable to delay
sending messages until all the facts in a
case could be ascertained, and then to
send it at once. This he thought the new
process would enable one to do, and thus
avoid sending statements that are contra
dicted in later reports. 1t will be very
dents messages, as they could be sent en-
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received.
When questioned as to the value of his
process in the transmission of private
messages, Mr.. Pickering explained that
probably it could not be used to ad-
vantage for this purpose. 1t was designed
exclusively for the benefit of newspapers
which receive long messages at once. He
said, however, that as no telegraph opera
tors are required at either end of the line
by his method of transmission, and the
message is delivered already printed:
toere n9s1 Oe an se in using
plate, of which it is desired to send fac
sin.ile, is placed upon a cylinder capable
of rapid revolution. By q very simple
process, the depressions between the let
tiers are filed with non-conducting ma.
terial, and the cylinder and plate are then
changed with electricity.-N. Y. Tribune.