The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

telegraphy, of enabling the opening of
some 10000 new telegraph stations in
railroad and express offices throughout
the United States where there have
hitherto been none, and OF taking the |
place generally of the telephone. Any |
person who can pick out word on
the keys of typewriter can trans |
NIT message by the Hathaway sys- |
TEN accurately and with rapiditv,
OILY restricted by the speed of the picks
1ng,Whlle, as for receiving messages,the
instrument does that automatically,
whether there Is anybody superintend-
| ing its operations or not. There was
private exhibition of the system to-
day at the cOmpany'S offices, No. 327
! Walnut street, the results attained at
which seemed to fully sustain all that
=, is claimed for this most remarkable
invention.
The instrument used is both trans
mitter and receiver. Tue two instru-
ments used in this exhibition were
connected by about one hundred miles
of wire coiled about the offices. Each
appeared in its front part to be simply
an ordinary typewriter, with the let
tiers, Numerals, ETC., on raised keys.
Behind this rises small column, with
blank paper wrapped around it, and
moved up line by line as required by
a simple device. Inside that column
is a small hammer that strikes out
wardly, so as to, whenever key IS
touched, press the paper against
the periphery of horizontal wheel
, that lies between the keyboard and
the column. On that periphery, in
4 high relief, are the letters of the al
phabet, numerals and points for pune
tuation. The wheel spins around
y with lightning like rapidity as the
keys are successfully touched by an
e expert. When it has to retrocede IN
% the alphabetical order it flies back to q
Y fixed point, as does the wheel Of 9
# gold and stock indicator, but much
n more swiftly. All the delicate anC
IS intricate electrical attachments neces-
n sary are below, and, when understood
: are much less complicated than they
l. seem, their apparent complication be
c ing caused by their multiplicity. A
ID separate wire leads from each key Il
n single common wire, and each o.
II those key-connected wi es serve.
, for transmission or reception of mas
h sageS. The sending or receiving PR
l. ticular letter or figure is governed b
S, the ST. ength of current required 10
,e just tt at individual one, aud for III
other. 1t seems very strange tHat III
N those various impulses should b
10 flashed along a wire-even in opposit
Sc direct ions at the same time-WithGu
S. jostiing each other or getting miXe'
II, up, but they do. Many messages wer
ne sent and received IN tc-day's test b
ne non-eXperts at a speed of from fort
ed to fifty words per minute with great
at er accuracy than is usually shown
be expert Morse sound" operators, an
es that speed. it was affirmed, could
of very e. eatly increased. A noticeabl
"a. and valuable feature of the system
at that it prints clearly in the sight {
j. the person transmitting meSsag
at just what is being sent to the recei7
er er, so that errors are avoided, or,
d committed, are readily corrected. III
lis messages sent over wire by this il
u strument can not be read by sound, s
u that it is much more favorable to IL
in privacy often desirable IN busine
than either the Noise system or II
lir telephone. Inasmuch as the Hathf
no way instrument can be adjusted
as any system of wire communicable
air and will work to as great distanc
&C. as is required in telegraphy, it will
It. VI fu1uC " dAklOClu
he express companies, bankers, broker
he merchants and the general publ
is. There are no formidable complication
20. in its construction, and expert e.e
in tricians who have examined it pr
le- nounce it one of the most wonderf
co. achievements of the age. Should
Ter only do half what IS claimed for
ay and that it shows it can do, it wou
IS practically reYolutionize telegraph
The company controlling this gre
L. invention has been organized upon
lin capital of $2O00,O00, but no stock
I'M for sale, all being held as an inves
ga ment. The officers are: Preside1
IN. Thomas Cochran, President Guaral
Ter tee Trust and Safe Deposit Compan
lrt Vice-President, j. I'll. Linville, c. i
ed. Treasurer, Thomas L. Butcher; Seer
le- tary. William H. Vile, Secretary
il M. Railroad Company. This pare
IL company will simply dispose of teri
us torial rights and supply instrumen
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