Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05
WOnaerfuI TeiephOnfc ana TeIegFa0fifC
) achievements. -.


made In that city and New yak by the
Postal Telegraph, Company who have
thus put IN successful operation the new
Lego system Of te1egTaphy: abRI2 8o
Last night, in the little Office of the
Postal Telegraph Company, was per
formed the most interesting, and at the
same tune most fenlarkable,'a achievements
. in modern; history. Electricians wen
deFed When, by the invention of the tele7
phone, they, were enabled to commune
cate between their offices and their homes.
BY later devices and Improvements they
were able TO talk between cities from fifty
to seVenty+tlTe miles apart The wonder
tul feat performed last night was the car
rYlng on Of conversation between Cleve-
land and New York. sew !3-A ltFs as.f p
The wire of the Postal Company,
which had been leyeled for. several days
by the fearfullY severe sleet-storms that
had been raging in Central New York,
was IN. excellent Shape. By A4eansof the
switchboard the wire was switched first
on to the Morse instrument. The latter
instrument, was the invention of Mr..
OhaTles,J. DOrranee, of New York, who
manipulated its workings in the Cleve-
land office. At the New Y ork end were
Mr.. Elisha Gray, of the Gray Harmonic
system, Mr.. A. D. Hunt, a prominent
Wall street broker and interested in the
Dorrance telephone, and many other
prominent gentlemen Il, ~, .4tn .0'
Mr.. CHI. Dunn, of the Gray Harmonic
system, Officiated at the Morse instrument
and gave the signals when to go ahead
and when to desist: The experiment was
principally intended to prove the posi-
bility of talking from Cleveland to New
York. This is a. much more difficult task
than in speaking from the Metropolis to
Cleveland, a fact due to the fearfully
heavy induction upon the wires. running
into New York City. An experiment
had been made in the afternoon that sub
stan tiated the possibility of speaking
from New York to Cleveland. The line
was cut on to the telephone, fol-, about
ten minutes. Mr.. Dorrance raised the
ear trumpet to his ear and distinctly
heard: - 2aa aeazi .a2ur
"Hello, Charlie, how do you get .me?''
Good, how are you%' ,,...-.,. 81.
GAIL right"
At this point some local station cut in
the wire and began1to operate, which, of
course, suspended further operations.
The conversation was, very audible, al
though not carried on in a tone above the
ordinary pitch.
At about 7:l5 o'clock, after the instru-
nRent had been adjusted, New Y ork said:
"Now go ahead"
"Hello,' said, Mr.. Dorrance, "can you
hear me?" '+ 1g@ f.',
eyes, quite plainly" .6n
Mr.. Dorranee then recited verse from
Mother Goose. 30 ~ .s5 --..
GIVE US something we don't know"
answered New York. I.'.5a- I' ..5...'
FEYou are very slow town." replied.
the Cleveland speaker, "why don't you
come up, to the Forest City?' a., ....E
- think you are a little too tight,"
said the New York man, meaning, of
I2coufse, 1.-The diaphram. a.iE bHs..G.j
"No, / haven't been tight for years"
was the answer. ,.s ....-
Ali this was very audible and distinct,
and the New York gentleman tele-
graphed; ~ sTs' II = asrag .
1T works very well. We congratulate
you on its success"
Thanks" said Mr.. Dorrance over the
telephone. y a. - ~
"There is a reporter here who wants to
listen to you, 'rsaid Mr.. Dorranee to the
New York Office.
Cali right; call him to the phone, %
was In0 response! .'-' ~ +@t--.f 80 3 's- 81. F..
The reporter picked up the instrument
suspiciously. He had often. conyersed a
distance of fifty or sixty miles, but the
fact that the transmitter at the other end
was almost 700 miles away was hardly
comprehensive, The fearful elatter. and
clang of the, great network of wires
through which the postal line creeps into
New York could be plainly heard.
voice was heard that sounded as if com
ing from down through the earth, in the
washee shop of Celestial The tones for
minute We're indistinct, and the earhad
ito be held quite close to the instrument.
After a little the voice could be plainly
heard. ~, ...--.,s-.Ir zr,.,,..-.F 1850
how areal1 the people in Cleg5iee-
land ~ GidJuJ af3uh f11H raisst 4 =
every thing is frozen up here.n volts II
''We1are having our summer in New
York" was the response.
Then the New York man sang bar of
IN theEG CLEANING, the notes being dis
tinguishable.H = lbra4VN 81a lwsQ
Good night, Herald. said the man in
New York
GOOD night" replied the representa-
tive of this Office 3lGf aF blow q lun
Mr.. Dorrance2 then tried everaleKper-.
iments of great interest. At no, time
were over five battery cells used, and at
one time the number was reduced to a
single battery cell. ~
81 have tried all methods said MIR.
Dorrance, Sand have come, to the ,conclu7
sion that the fewer batteries the better.
I have worked with as high as one HIN
dred cells, but it was no palmer than the
condensation to-nighty where 1--WE used
only one or two. y r-..-.lr f-. ~ .-.f...
'FWhat new principle do you claim for
your Instrument" was asked. a.a1os
THE difference in the tension of the
transmitter," replied Mr.. .Dorranee. eu. Id
At about nine o'clock the New York
Office ANNOUNCED that they were satisfied
with the ex periments thus far tried, and
that further trials would be postponed
until the next day. ..graq 10 f1F4
THE NEW TELEGRAPHIC- SYSTEM.
Many very Interesting experiments
were also made during the day with the