, 1879-07-18

til ha has achieved success bsyond bis expects
tlons. lie Is still In appearance under 30, talt,
strongly built, athletic, Is President Of tho Mar
faxnuaett Bout Club at P:oyidouce, and Nell
known among the a,nntcur oarsmen on tho
Seine. Receiving the Herald representative with
an easy courtesy, he Rave 10 clear m account Of
matters tint tho Interview Ia heru given as near
iy as possible as 1t occurred:
ar seems, a1r. Cover, that the Government
h.vo taken step IN advance IN regard to tho
"Yes; they appear to be ready to move, at
la.t.,'
"Is It correct, at reported, that they have au-
thorlzed you % to ran r. wires Tor your telcphone;
gll electric c0mnlunicat[0n1h ~
t'That Ia about tho sizu OF tn ..-
.ltas aug such privilege ever been granted
pcforo1"
~" Ns i P9as.s ts1 that this Is the first case of
"Thia seems TO be very b!ah compliment to
you, hlr. Cover, and, considering that you area
foreigner, l. ts quito astonishing: A good many
70 know about it, and should be glad to have
aome pAstlcnars.h
"Well, the iacts arc simple enough. Detl'B
telephone was RS not m taken up or any large ssalo
1t vas not 1outl enough, and tho other that the
patent was unfortunately too tate to be Of legal
vntuc: Edtaon's telephone, through wondcr-
fully Ingenious instrument, rsqlircd the Use Of
that Tie matter Of regulation has since been
much improved, but ot course .he bat
tery Remains, and Tint Is u serious ohjccsion in
thts country fh THO popular mind. When 1
came here In juno, 13l8, | had been studying
for scar or lnore 1t ideas q increasing tlie
loudness Of telephone IN tile Bell, OF nagnotc
principle aud also Of making II give its own
signal to attract attention. On thth last point
made several experiments at tho Mason Il Hmm
lin organ factory, At Cambrldeepost, in Au.
gust, 1877, without coming to anythlnE OF
value. found here Mr. Cornelius Roosevelt, Of
New York. who had taken up Prof. I,elI's in-
amount OF money in finding out that Bells
patent had no leEnt value here, because tho
telephone had BECOME wsll known bsforo the
patent was Issued. Tn bearing Of my expert.
tnents he took an interest iu them, Furnished
results TO the attention Ut the Governmont.n
tIow ,s d9ss ! your Invention differ from Bells
ut differs from Bells In everything but the
| Mt all to Edtson's. Prof. Bell in Boston aI,l
Elisha Gray In Chicago conceived the tdes Of
| throwing current Of electricity Into wayes or
undu!ations, instead of breaking 1t into shocks
o.. pulaatLons. as Is donc In the Morse aud other
teleRraphic srstcms. l don't know WHO Ind
Me idea first, but Bell made the frat s1eccss-
ftl instrument to transmit the human voice
on thts plan ne used a plate Of iron bstoso
| tha ni.4. ttrn,x II lw..s ~,h.nt,nn - tEn-c
1fS-ou.s, uso r.,H nd,,,ntns. mnm .'oeS
siectrty 4 ths eas ,pnn tiy,c nnles oi ,Se
GssT s9,,nT ~ to sta upJ,, .au po'ns ~ t"o
it.. .aIss, ~nu e.n. Iusat ~ AaonE o '.no ~
a =. tno ,a oaef at"'o; m
m1m nna. ~ ~ III i ~ py
is hioscmen. ~ oa ule iron piasa oeaote tie pole5
,rcns. soIa ~ no .nned ~ afo ~ tran"nl ts su a
na,, ,a 70 spp.h ~! " s!noai1tItnS I eho
nan 1,., snGu ~ asepG the ms: bc! aa ray pIo
ero ,bn ssrc both r. rscavin ,nd .ramsi
atu .in u'1 i.ns, ..aa iSs tS a.u ts4ns
es; tstu h.,t ~ naee .reso tasstua,ets sos TO-
ha,ter3 or! 1'aeedin r. sfrcmit nfams ,.
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"i,,int. s"sInst fhi. orrauootnsnt "a. ~
frnnt n,ts imtn v;hrat,on md vare. thn nra,' yo
atom' Ra.o H. H. o.rh" ~ 9,ad .,at III.
susG c,anras ti,s .1nas,os .s
"rre.s nnnn ia 1fns ~ II ia 11a1nat f.,e.
s9llet,+ apo" LII ''"e' ~ ~ A'o n'sene' 'e'o'
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'aIn ~ osaG ts IT, saeA ] ~ te 'asgna.
p!ncsple, aa1 70 ploauso nlagnot stlong
an9nsH - ALLOW @ ,s!s PaStery 1o ~, w atspsnsea
VIII. !eat my enae snou,u % sn1n in ~ ausn y
make tne telepnone e1f@e @ eouna iotd onouga
~ Atttact httehtion. nc consnon iorn u
nofsosnoo tna9net eecinca 10 no all Wrong
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