New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
ELECTRICITY MANS SLAVE.
MR. EDISON RECORDS AND PRoPHEsIEs.


yug TELEGRAPH, THE TKLEPuoNs' III
LIGHT AND THE ELECTRIC MoTok'
+,,o many factors which have devei-
f,''o oIr,ssce and industry and stimulated all the
- :, nroeress during the last half centary, houe nos
,,avea n mart so radical and essentiai as eeo" -
U.rlly a single nerve or fibre Of tnat c'''pIN n,aa
which VIC call society that has not thrliieu 'N Co.
with It's influence Ithas strengthened Tue .,
ternational amity; 1t has quiekened all the h'e'io
trade and lent ten-old precision ana ceerS ,oa
,,or,hle ,genc,es by which 1t works; IL mas oio"
new vitality into the arts and sciences " w ,t
warmed and strengthened thet sociai iolVoo ,i,o
word one may Justly claim for IL sueh -, a hvs,cal
ulus, as cannot be credited 10 any '
agency in the worlds history ..,; % tho
IL is not yet dfty years since 'uo h' 80 q T. u
e,cc,ro-magnetic telegraph, made oy frooSsoi ,,n
Morse was first put into operation pe'wson ,os so
and baltimore To-day there IS hsruy =" , ,,,
small and remote that telegraph sta'i'u 80, ,d
,ts inhabitants with every point of the -, los
Tic crude apparatus first used by Professor " a.
been again and again Improve" ~
veators in the field -, profexsor
Only few years elapsed after the s'Vo. 80, n,.a in
Mor.e before the first submarine c"'io of'- -. %
.r,oa va. laid between Cape Ray ana ene sno'es " "
-, ybis achievement in 1852 suggested 10
c. W ,s,.d ", believe, the connection ot tnc NC"
WA ,v,b tho Old by means OF submarine capic AZ
history 81 tho first Atlantic cabo iad' tno l''.eo
fts triumphant completion on August D. io''' ,.,ad
,,f, Of less than a month the pluck ana eneiSS -,
nv oan,taIss in their endeavors to lay seeono 0a0
nine wears later; the failure OF TINS sceon" VA
,,,,.,o success attained by the LAY ing oil 'ne '.iH
.,orc,n re,egraph Coinrsny's; and It's hhd opeue %
. ,ns,,.n of public traffic on August 20 Ao'V w m
,hoso tI,ircs are sufficiently well Known " ii'' VI ~
readers. ,o. q, the tale
- ,ho invention of the speaking telephone
-, -, ,,,o ,orical consequence of the former ""
a, WAS ouce found possible TO transmit s'sno -
leogth of wire by means ot the eieeuie"i "', ~
.ar,aip that sooner or later experiments "o"'" " -
,,lti,oat.ly with view TO employing luo e'ui0
,nr,us of trausnittng artiouiato speech 10 ione We
60 Tbese expc riments reached successful ee'eiu
;n Is7G,77 by the invention OF the maSheIo ic0t 40,
ts,,nhoue of Professor Alexander orah"'n '' - ,,s
carhon Transmitting telephone oil the "li'ei v 80
,,o, Many others have laid claim to the m'en''o"
",a.N '. ,,o or to so-caled iuproy ements on the
,,aI Iey;ces But so far the only instruments Gun"
aIi successful are the Bell receiver ana the io'So
-, ,r,nsmittor now universally aceepteo 'Nio"sA
out the world ,o,, q, the s,eak-
A., ,eIcphone. the electric light was hrst orouSn'
ihs .,, s,cosss hv the illumination OF the Avenue
" rH.,a an paris by the JablOchoh candle IN lo'o
p-,or q, this but little hal been done III 'uo way "
electric illumination on an eKtepdeu sche' a.e
hilton uadc In Paris gave great impetus W 'e"
. nus,,ess From thas time To the present 'he po
na hoen marvellous anu rapid, only second 10 tna' %
the telephone c,.. p,nc Yoss,oa.
c., an, SAWYER mad previously been cxpernen',ns
with a view to making useia! lamps gym 49,,
means OF incandcscence. But 'heeo 0Ai ,s,oo
bean based on fallacious theories ana wcre 49,,
a. t,,lnre The writer led to the Invention W No
-. ,,,,, nv keepinr In mind the comnercia
o.vui,i,s o the case a. applied 10 lamp orihs ou
ons unit Of complete system. his OBJECT 'heioo''
xras N VI merely the device of an eleetrlc lamp N'
20 invent a system Of electrical illumination "'"'"
.o,d he operated exteudei scare III Vho ~
,nanper As is tbs. business OF gas ulumihauon' 70 ~
- ,ooan. bv which electrical energy conld be trheu
too uyht and that light be used for honschoio purposes
..a sola bv meter-reeorls-in short system s"po'
q, that Of Gas and able to compete Win IL co"o'e'
The final result OF these experiments was t"c
az a cempeto incandcscent system ana 'iie s"i
central station I'm New-York at ~ on sep'epoer -
1850 Then for the first electricity for the pro
a,.ton of light was supplied and sold OH meter. tiis
,a,,,n has been in operation since, night and uaS'
and has been followed by the estabishmeht VI ohoi
s,a,iops both in this ccuRtry aud Europe
I, addition TO the foregoing. electrici'y "''s 80
,ah, IN the aid Of tal-workers for the ru'poS''
~ eectro-plang aud electrotypng; 1t has asSuheu
race In our houses for the operanon VI o'i' o.,
aanunciators for protection against ouIs'"i9' ""N
,,a correction OF our clocks and otiler PURPOSES
ye, thong h so gluct has been already doae III 0 '
., - in the way of electrical development the
4, ;nGdent that far greater progress VIII oe 'io
i, the future We stand to day only OIL the VI
II. tremendous probabilities. the uses 10 """ -"
s,ectrical energy can be adapted arc so NUMEROUS ~
,ho rcsont generation hardly dreams of them. Ne'ns
., any startling character can be expected OF 'he eco
-, .,a,r,ob The business has been 50 long estaD-
n.d the ianrcyenents numerous that very tte
c,no,ps to be dore. Some day there Will he nc DOUBT
sextupex SYSTEM which Will make one "lre uo 'ho "o'"
fsix While none far tried mas succcedeu oolH''i
c,al,y the expanding magnitude OF teegraphy AeS "
= .a..,tv This will enable the present Geographic
do
ossorv for ,bc instalrlent OF any future plant The
reoessity for econcic running expenses must ea 10
,e .s. Of system of autographc telegrapBy when VIII
enable the telegraph companies TO dispense Win ihoS'
OF their skilled Labor
fancy In the first instance those in the centre ci cities
alone had the advantage Of telephone serce tuo the
srrbs were reached, and later on towns adjacent Inc
service in cities by means satisfactory ana between
i,ia and ty,s adjacent It is far inefficient TIE
business has reached snen Je cnaSnsny ~ o,n
ir1lline the telephone business III ms country Iny
rc,gnza, this and Is working with all the talent whch
,oncY and Interest can obtain 10 improve tie service
,rhe result will lie greatly 10 The a ani-e Va VIC
Tie efforts uado with view TO long distance ele,
,,,.n,,iro have already proved quite satisfactory III
rn,nrsTcal way and promise exeelient results Con,
yorsaiioR has been eonduciea between ooveiahH anu
Eex-Yo,, and is now daily carried on between new
Work ami Boston Hiited extent Tbe great i.ineuiy
in telepSoning Is tue loss OF the .eai Dy
II wire could DC PLACED siciehty ils1 d.
clear AL The , eun.Sa ops ss one or II wire could BE-
stretched from tho earth 10 tne noc. tse
ohiaincl on a Government line in Arizona,
Sisnce OF abont thousand miles, the wire stretching
aver tf,less space country, more perfect lar than
can now Ee had between New-York AND Hartford The
loss OF the electrical energy by staic abseipiioh anu
tnc yning tog ether OF the electrical waves 10 the fact
that utterly rreelades the possibility OF sas iarlne
teiephoiDs across the ocean one tLiY however ishox
rtan tbat tie close al hand wien tue telephone
SI e perfectly successful in an unbroken circuit for