The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-05
S. TELEPIION1IC."
ANOTHER ExPERyM ErT WITH BELLS
TALKING TELEsaRAPM, ON THE
TELEPHONE.
Music and Conversation TIsreugfs Tsie~
grapls Cable without the Aid sf
an E1eefric CURRENT.

Yesterday another practical test Of tlist.els@
phone was made over the line and cable Of Tho
Crescent City OH Gefnpany, extending fFofh
their Office 100 COMMON street. to the oilwofks
located In Gretnsy this tost or experiment being
for the purpose OF aseertaining beyond Tie
question Of q DOUBT whether or not the positiys
magnets described on Monday last would In
daee saffieieslt ettrrent TO communieate With
otft The aid Of battery that test not having
been tried on Tho previous Sunday The main
line Tor cable wiFsj was
DISCONNECTED FttoM THE BggtfERY
abous II o'clock In the morning, land haR q
the main wirs In the Office on Common street.
in ordtr that all who had been In 7ites to wit
ness tho Ok eriment might listen 10 the CONVEX
sation Rassiua over the line ut the Same time.
Z Right here 1t would be proper to mention that
by attaching or e6nnecting tfty or more tele-
phenPs 70 one end Of the ffne. the eeHteraatiofI
or music from fhe opposite end can be heaWd BY
each Of the fifty persons holding to his.og her
oar ono q the Telephones,
were connected in tho circuit or line at this end
and us meny more at the other end aHa every
thing being in readiness the aretna end yslssd
otts
"Ahg You HEADr?''
thswords coming so distinctly without The brit
tory as to s1rpriss even the most skeptieal gf
those at this end VITO had telephone III their
earff the tiTse.
The answer was Yes. how do we eomegr arplt
IN response the listeners on this side heard
nng conversation was then kspt up foi. some
time between yHrious parties On this side and
thqss ,} in the gFstna oee q q, 4 tho Crescent. City
wards Of fiftg well known gentlemen had
dropped in. and listened 81 her 70 the
MUSIC Oh CONVERSATIONS
from tho opp rite. side Of the. riyer. Included
barker Hon. n. NJ, Ll,sher. H n. b. y. White.
John d.. Cobb, Col. VIM. N. Owen. Col. John
yan George Rehn . II pafgsa sa o9l 4; ys+gnh gg,
u /. Hugh irvine Thomas j. ,fryiqg, T. + Hay
ward SO Coulet4 W. Francis, }. Weis, v Msy-
nsysF s }aanfy gay L Pa% aas IL aS "A ehsgie VIZ
Tqfrs ..i hspiqsnessI5 IdT MgIes g. dsa 9,s,s
eoar G.. sr Js yafaes Hsnnassgy s H. Moeaa. n. H.
gap. jam . G. MurpI,Iy, Mr. Conrad, N. N clean.
John A. Stevenson, Walter L. Bel, and others.
was Mr.. Sironby, annerintendentof tn Gres-
cent Oily 0iI Works Nj. Parker, chit gn gineer
Of tn. saHne; Mr.. Philip Drnmm. w. E 2. 'larey.
Frank DuBfch, Joseph Kramnsr. Cf ,as, }.
Hnck n. Eaochrane. and seven er4eight ladies'.
SandWicfea in TIE varsatisn. que stlons
iment. Messrs. Delaney, ,DuBueh and kra miner,
WHILE ON vHE OTHER SIDE.
entertained the listeners at this on lwth num-
ber Of poptltsr airs, with banjo accompaD iment,
INCLUDING among those rsndered, snd M 2 rtisiie,
Heaven aGeod, bye giady Dsar : aThs 4 Little
a et s pssdss otsrs, s tho wa words Z n each s psee
as well as tho notsssef the bario, being dis.
tinctly b ord on ,his side whe there was ~ n.
passing In front Of tho etIiee.
After repeated reaaests from this side land a
adss n 9 dfss Mas ose n q ns
THEN Youth EEM EMBEE ME-"
each note or word being HEARD distinctly and
eceasioning an encore frord the listeners u Igd
Common street ths6, woui d have satisfied the
young lady that the sis Or seven ge9tlemgn
heard the song through the eabls and tele;
phones duly aprresiate z her effort, and and
hs atgring tsrra rs ay hys
Love-"
management of and.prsp arations. made BY Mr.
| Geo. w. Packard. former Iy ehisf linemsn Of the
City Fire Alarm TelegrsL III, and more rscentlJ
superintendent OF const ructioa and electrician
AMBrmAv DISTRICT II EIReaapH coMrANY.
who by 5he two expert ments now made has
proven THAT the Bell tsi o,phoRs can be made tt
eleetric | current, and. Gy ibe, way from yester
days test i was show. that she positive Inae. mag.
telephone % one was @ hald to bis @ taopssj. Furnished al
the. eurrent necessary to eoaduct tho eonver-
sation.
| to be g. practical success. md. as 9 means ol
communication over sh rt circuits. or lines oi
not more than iiye or ten miles Ia length, may
| be made available FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES Some
three OF four linea .'teIephonc' Fave already
| been constructed in the city sUr business
hou es. and the American District Telegraph
| Company have orders for as many more. In
| putting up the lines q
| MAasETTC CAII BEIiIts
is placed at saof end Of the line, orat intermedi
ate points II necessary; these being worked
without battery to attract attention, or are used
as signals when communication fs ,desiree
| phone itself and the line is all the machinery
| thak Is used, and is so simple in its workings
and yet So Co plete, that it can be readi )
| adapted 10 any business, except that perhaps
where tho noise, like that in stfoundrT or ma
chine shop, would be sufficient TO drown an Or
| binary voice.
| Another experiment. win be, made 10 a few
days, when,
| THE ACTUAL REs1gTAECE
OF the machine will be ascertained, ant
| which when scientifically tasted. as twill be
will show lbs actual strength.
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