The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-04-14
Wonderful Achievement in relerranhr.

nave watched during the past week the
oPola..ohs OF couple as queer looking
inventions as ever graced the interior of
patent attorneys office. What they
were Tor no one could guess. Cylindrical
III FORM and with polished crank at the
ena, the machines might have been mis-
taken lot peanut roasters, or some other
triiilhg invention, but for their manipu-
lstors' Men of genius, like Mr.. C. F.
otuiiiin and his associates are not likely
to spend days and nights at the handle
OF sucn ordinary contrivances.
On closer inspections couple of bright
copper wires were seen running from
the apparatus, and passing through the
outer wall were fastened to the top of
line OF prodigiously high poles, stretch
ing away toward Brooklyn. The import
ance OF the little room and its tiny ma
enine becomes now significant. 1t is the
cleveland test Office of the American
Postal Telegraph Company.
Inc electricians who were gathered
together there through the week were
engaged in testing the new line that
threatens to completely revolutionize
mouern systems of electrical communi.
eation. Commodore Garretson, the
famous railroader, of New York, was
among the interesting spectators in the
Cleveland office, and Governor Charles
FosserS of Ohio, watched the develop
ments at the New York end The re-
suits, on the whole, were wonderful.
Great things had been anticipated, but
the Developments exceeded the most san
guine expectations.
Modern electrical manipulators stood
awed when. the Cleveland operator
stepped calmly up to the little instrument
and transmitted message of over l, 500
words to New York City and received
his 0. X. from the operator there, the
whole operation taking less than one
minute. But one wire, set of instru-
ments at either end, and the sending and
receiving operator were required to per-
form the business. Little wonder that
operators who have hitherto considered
the transmission of a message of the
above length, occupation for at least half
an hour, marveled at witnessing the
business performed in less than one
minute of time. Messages of 600 or 800
words were telegraphed in from thirty
to forty-fve seconds, and several shorter
messages in correspondingly brief
space OF time. AS the preparations were
made for the final experiment an annoy
ing breakage occurred that necessitated
apostponement. The preliminary trials,
however, had indicated the wonderful
powers of the machine, and would seem
to establish beyond the possibility of a
doubt its complete success for the bust
ness of postal telegraphy. What is
claimed for it and what is proposed to be
accomplished by it have already been
outlined in the Herald. The Cleveland
business mans letter is dropped into the
company s box, a number of which will
be distributed about the city. The letter
will be hurried to the office, and in a
minute or two its duplicate will be de-
livered in New York. Brevity will not
of necessity be studied. A letter dropped
into the box during the evening will be
delivered, like mail, early the next morn
ing excepting that it will be received
nearly twanty-four hours sooner
The experiments just made were OF
the utmost Importance, as testing the
merits of the only line of the kind in
America. Its success, as indicated by
the experiments made in the Cleveland
Office, means complete revision in the
modern methods of telegraphy.
The wire over which this lightning
message was transmitted is of copper
and No. gauge. 1t is the only cop
per wire of that size and length in the
world, and its power is wonderful. The
experiments were conducted between
Cleveland and New York, with but six
common battery cells attached. The
Importance of this is better compre-
hended when it is known than an ordi-
nary iron wire, like those in ordinary use,
require two hundred and fifty cells for the
same distance, or over forty times as
many. The wire was of course grounded
at this place. During the experiments
it was also grounded at Clean, New
York. Messages were sent from that
place to New York City withouta single
battery attached. The earth currents
that sweep from the east to the west
performed the necessary functions. This
could have been accomplished only over
copper wire. The company have their
own wire mandatory, and the achieve
ments resulting from the experiments
exceeded the prophesies of the inventors.
The wire runs from New York City
along the New York. Lake Erie & West
ern road to Salamanca; from Salamanca
along the New York, Pennsylvania &,
Ohio road to Newburgh. A little west
of here the line loops down to Cleveland.
The main line runs along to the Cleve-
land, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianap-
oils road and runs along that to Green
wich, at the Baltimore & Ohio road S
crossing. Itfollows along that road to
Defiance and then runs diagonally across
the country to the Lake Shore road and
keeps close beside that road into Chi
cago. The latter city will be reached in
day or two, the wire being already
several miles west of La Porte.
The experiments made by the project
ors and managers in this city and in New
York have filled them with the highest
anticipations of its success. Two sys-
TENS are used-one the Gray system and
the other the Legrad. One is capable OF
holding six hundred words and the other
eight hundred. The transmission is
almost instantaneous. After the exper-
iments above described had been COM
pleted telephone was attached to each
end of the wire, and although the tones
were little indistinct, the conversation
could be plainly heard. Cleveland Her