Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-02
KgyoIurIoNIzINe rFlEeRApHY.
An Astonishing Invention that Threatens 3.
supersede the Morse System and
the Teleuhona

x kEVOLUfiONiziN6 TELEGRAPHY.
An Astonishing Invention that Threatens <
supersede the Morse System and
+ the Telephone.
An invention has recently been per.
! iected ia Philadelphia that bids fair 10
: revolutionize all existing systems OF
I electrical communication, both tele-
! graphic and telephonic. The secret of
,, II has been carefully guarded by the
inventors, Messrs. George M. Hathaway
and james II. Linville, and by the
snE'il company OF large capitalists who
control 10 while il was being fully eoy.
cred by patents, both American and
foreign. Now that All is secure. ID is
; TO be suddenly sprung upon the pub
lic by an exhibition at the Continental
Hotel probably during the present
week, as one Of the gigantic scientific
surprises OF the century. To state in
brief what il is, il is nothing less than
making telegraphy as simple, rapid,
and easily within the command of ev-
erybo'ly as is the operating OF the cali
graph or typewriter. Efecting what
rs claimed Tor il, it will be the means
OF greatly reducing the cost of tele-
graphy, of enabling the opening of
some 4OOJO new telegraph stations in
railroad and express offices throughout
tile 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 transmit a
message 10y the Hathaway system nc
curately and with n,piditv, ONLY re-
stricted by the speed Of the picking,
while, MS Tor receiving messages, the
instrument does that automatic. W..
whether there is anybody supsrintend-
ing it's operations or not There was
private exhibition OF the system re-
Gently at the cOmpanys office, No. 827
Walnut street, the results attained at
which seemed to fully sustai III that
Is claimed for this most remarkable
invention.
The instrument used is both tnlns-
mitter and receiver. The two instru-
ments used iu this exhibition were
connected by about 100 miles of wire
colled about the offices Each appeared
in its front part 10 be simply AN ordi-
nary type-w writer, with the letters, nu-
merals, etc, on raised keys. Behind
this rises column, with blank paper
wrapped around il and moved up line
as required by a asimple device. Inside
that column is Il small hammer that
strikes Outwardly, SO is tO, whenever
key Is touched, press the paper against
the periphery oI a norIzOniid wheel
that lies between the lIey-bolrd and the
column. On that periphery, in high
relief, are the letters OF the alphabet,
and points Tor punctuation.
The wheel spins around with lightning
like rapidity us the keys are successive
~ touched 10y an expert When it has
u retrUcede in the alphabetical order
il flies back 10 fixed point, as does
the wheel OF gold and stock indica-
tor, but much more swiftly. All the
delicate and intricate electrical attach
ment necessary arc below and, when
are much less complicated
han they seem. their apparent COM
plicaticn being caused 10y their multi
plicity. A separate wire leads from
Zach key to n single common wire, and
zach OF those key connected wires
'erve either for transmission or recep-
ion of messages.
The sending or receiving OF partic-
Ilar letter or figure is governed by the
trength OF current required for just
hat individual end, and for no other.
L seems very strange that all those
'ariOus impulses should be flashed
long wire--even in opposite direc-
ions at the same time without post
ing each other or getting mixed up,
,ut they do. Many messages were
ent and received in the tests by non
xperts at speed OF from 40 10 80
Words per minute with greater accu-
acy than is usually shown by expert
iorse "sound" operators, and That
peed, il WAS affirmed, could be very
realty increased. A noticeable and
aluable festure of the system is that
prints clearly in the sight Of the
erson transmitting q message Just
that is being sent TO the receiver, so
nat errors are avoided or il committed
re readily corrected The message
ent over wire 10y this instrument
Innot he read by sopnd, So that il is
lch more favorable 10 the privacy
ften desirable in business than either
ne nIOrse system or the telephone.
lhsmuch as the Hathaway instru-
rent cam be adjusted to any system of
ire communication and will work TO
X hiF ~ AN1ulAta III WV
ruphy il will be OF inestimable value
railroad and express companies,
mixers, brokers, merchants, and the
eneral public.
There are no formidable complica-
ons in its construction, and expert
ectricians who have examined il pro-
ounce it one OF the most wonderful
hievements of the age. Should il
lily do half what is claimed for il, and
at it shows it can do, it would practi-
lily revolutionize telegraphy.
The company controlling this great
vention has been organized upon
pital OF 81 100000, but no stock Is
r sale, all being held us an invest
ent. The officers are: President
lomas Cochran, president Guarantee
rust and Safe Deposit Company; vice.
$. III. Linville, G. T.. treas
'er, Thomas Il. Butcher; secretary,
lillian Fl. Vile. secretary ). nj
abroad Company. This parent compa-
, will simply dispose OF territorial
yhts and supply instruments.