The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-05
THE NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Bnllis !, Claims and Marveious Inventions.
CHICAGO, july "a special from New
York says: Keene's New Telegraph Company
wa. formally organized to-day. 1t Is bec"ni-
ing ant. the fashion low- a-days for million
ares aud prominent Wall Street operators To
rontrol orraliizat ions of this cha acter, and
E,llow Ing Vanderbilt and Gotild. ksriie now
comes in f,r Ills share nf the grral tclesraphic
c,,mpe, ition which is sure Ia Use up a. airst
the monopoly of the Western Union. The
new company is well provided with moneyed
backing, rs is eyincrd b, the names of some
of the incorporaiors Robt. Ma"kay, of boz
nanza fame; George ID. Roberts, mine
manipulation; ii. Vict"r Newcomb; James
U'BiieIi. also ,f bcpaiiza nirniuil, ald
others. III. stock Is chiefly In tile La ais 81
California, New Yuik and Boston capitalists,
although considerable portion Is saih 10 he
taken in Eurpr. Its pu, p"se Is 10 construct
a system If lines IN the United States, Can.
a.is and Mexico, ~ d do a general ielrgta pli
business. The prospectus prom srs that lines
rqui, aient 10 king eapaciiy 10 the pres
ent Western Unon system shall he III opera
lion by Jaui.ary, 1853. The new company
recently UDIAllit-i IdtlitifS W tHty
will enable them 10 ,io this " ithout inteifrr-
ing with The rights aud patents held 10y the
Western Union. The inst point gained by
the combustion Was patents on new sys-
TEN /, I authentic aud far smile telegraph,
the paelIlre being W. A. Lego. These
paI EMS have been assigned To tlie Electro
aphlc Manufacturing Company, incor-
yoia ed last October, and the price paid hy
he laLi er for the exclusive rights Z" use tile
Lt.yyo Ailtorna ic and fac smile machine, is
said To he SI,U0O,OOU. The Electro Graphic
did not propose To 90 into general trle-
graphic busiu.ss, but will continue To per-
feet and manufacture na.:hiues. 10y the All
lun,a Ic sysl en messages can he sent al all
aver a 20 If ZOUD ar 300 words per minute,
while by the old iletliod, - words is The ca
pasliy If the Instruments. With pr'per vine
and Instruments la p..f.cI or,ri, the ina IA
gers If The new company say They have ey-
cry ra.ason To believe thai the late Of 1900
worus pei minute Is p' acticabie. The Ainer-
lean Rapid Telegraph Company is similar To
tins III many RESPECTS, but practically the
Speed is limited To less lkaa loo words per
minute. AT the rate of 2jOO words per mill
ute the new company can iiaa,mit more
words III quarter 4 al hour Than The other
| met hod ~ twenty four hours. They eau do
more business with one wire between Two
UtiIlS tliaIi tttt NtSicfb uo ehh
all theirs. The Instrument CONSISTS Of an
| mon wheel about Two AID half feet Ia di-
am-t-r, with a carrfill, turned HAT surface
one foot broad. Above this Is an ilislru-
! uieut like Noise sulIud-r, moving tom left
| u right upon screw, ahile the larger " liee!
| turns around SLOW al right angles 10 the
| movement If lr sUuu,er. Above The screw
Is u can If specially prepared Ink. The OPP
| orator works th- snuIidrr as he w"iIld a
| MORSE Instrument IN sending a message. AS
| the large wheel revolyes a negative of The
message lie desires SEM, appears III Elongated
I Morse characters in auIlihp lux, IA pa ailel
lines around the periphery .f lie large wicel,
| the surface If " hich eau receive AL impress
sion If 500 words. 4 nIrs>ase If this lene til
can Ire put on the wheel III laf the time II
| would take the operator Ia send IL oil, a, IN
| the latter Ease the operator cannot send the
m-s>a-e more Iapdi, than the receiver ca,,
| receive IL and wrIe IL uut. Ii the receiver
! iusrs a word The lime IT both receiver aud
' sender Is lust III repeating IL. The message
| can be put upon this wheel al lie rate III ~
| la l0J words per minute, and while. The mrs-
| sag- is briug vi itIen the wir ca lie used IN
sending other messages. When the message has
! been onipleted a " heel ~ the Mnrsr-like iii
s,IuIneiiL Is thrown back !" the Stating
pn,nt, aud the ink point is replaced 10y a me-
ialIc button oil The hong am which presses
constantly on the wheel. The Wheel aud
button are put in the circuit; the large
wheel is rrvolsed at a high rate. Of speed,
while The U' ton travels h"m left l." 'ish i
arrbss The surface, Keeping constantly on tie
luie If the negative Morse character. When
! the bntt"h Is an the :" IN chaiac'e's, the
i circuit Is broken when on tile wheel iiself.
bel ween he characters, IL Is reversed. By
this system, In sending message of 2,ooJ
! WORDS {" Sa Francisco, which ny The pres
| rht method would lake several h"u's; mfore
the last ~ the message hat reried I'll the
wheel the INST 81 u would DE received, anu
this without increasing the cost 81 tisLsnls'
Sion. he managers say u VIII r''d"'e 'i's
c,'sl 81 trirs'ap,'ihg' !" ira''m'' mere tha''
the ,is"al postal rates. onr .i them sam ,,''
JAY THAI iong dispatches w"iiu e'st p''l i'ile
m"rr ihan SHOT, ones. an rqna' 'a'e' a.
with i-iieis shnnii nc mate i'f All points
east ri the MISSISSIPPI. anu Nv" or thfre
times as much as eharsed 'of points "e'
yomd.