New-York tribune., 1879-03-27
A NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

MARVELLOUS CLAIMS FOR THE SYSTEM
ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN RAPID TELE-
GRAPH COMPANY-wHAT IS CLAIMED FOR THE
NEW INVENTIONS.
new telegraph company was recently organized
in this city under the laws of the State to be known
as the American Rapid Telegraph Company The
officers of she company are eX-Mayor Edwin Reed'
of Bath, Me-, president; the Hon. Thomas wallace,
of Connecticut, vce-president, and Major H. ).
Hapgood. Of Boston, treasurer. The capitalOf the
new company is placed at SIS, 900, and its pro-
moters claim that its organization under the advice
and direction of eminent counsel, will render 1t
impossible for the company to fall into control OF
any monOpolists."
President Reed stated yesterday that the CON-
pany had complied with the Congressional act of
1879 aud that it was the intention to proceed at
once with the construction of line of double wires
connecting Boston, New-York. Philadelphia, Balti-
more Washington Chicago and st. Louis and all
important intermediate points. The lines will be
built of cast steel and cOpper-plated conducting
telegraph wires with extra large size poles.
IT is claimed that the company Is the owner OF
American and European patents for machine tele-
graphing which over its own patent wires VIII
transmit 1000 words n minute ana Over tne
4 stated that the new system has been thor-
oughly tested, having been in practical operation
| for four months over circuits of 800 and l,OOO
miles and it is claimed for the system that with
three wires it perform the whole Telegraph ousl
ness of the country. Accuracy rapldity and cheap
nesss are the three principal features claimed Tor
| the new system, but tho company When IN opera
ton propose establish the following new features
| in telegraphln2 =,
| l. Express Messages-TO be dispatched instantly
at uniform rate of 20 cents for thirty words to all
| stations east of the Rocky Mountains.
| 2. Mail Messages-TO be dispatched within one
| hour and delivered through the nearest post office
| OF by messenger, within two hours from date OF
! message, at 25 cents for fifty words.
N,frbf NnSao ZOOS he A. m.
| at 10 cents for fifty words.
4. Press RepOrts-FOr exclusive publication IN
| one journal at 10 cents for 100 words.
8. Stamped Messages-lt Is proposed under an
messages.
g. 10 utilize the street letter boxes for stamped
messages to be collected every fifteen minutes dur
ing the day.
While the new system that is proposed to be in
troduced is said in some respects TO resemble the
old automatic system, that discarded as i'm
practicable in 1876, the company claims that ITS
system is entirely new invention, and says, In
comparing this with the automatic system, that
the wide and most inviting held which was open
to the automatic system from 1870 TIL 1877 has
now been closed by the discovery OF new prlncl-
pies in electrical science, which have been applied,
with the aid Of most perfect machinery, to rapid
telegraphing, and which, practically places the au-
tomatic system where the four-horse passenger
coach of q half century ago was placed by palace
cars and railroad locomotives, aud OF the TWO. the
four-horse coach stands far better chance OF re-
peWed life than does the automatic system or tele-
graphy."