Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-24
"THE TELEPHONE FfGHT.

"ArrORNEY-GENEBAL aARIAND's STIR
AGAINST rnE BslL TELEPHONE COM
PANN--F. u, RRowN's INVENTION.
"rhe suit brought under Instructions OF
Attorney-Gen. Garland In the United
States district court of Tennessee to test
the validity of patents OF the Bell Tcle-
phone company, alleging fraud In their Is
suunce, has caused great deal of discus
sion among electricians In this city.
Coupled with other things II IN regarded
as bad blow for the company.
"ln July last the superintendent and as.
slsant superintendent OF the company,
Theodore n. Vail and o. e. Madden, re
signed their positions because of differ.
ence In policy with the managers. They
are both broad-gaugc men, and had too
liberal ideas TO suit the management as
to the treatment of licenses and the pub
lie. The new magnetic telephone, in
vented by +. II. Brown Of Fort Worth,
Tex, which has been tested by Austin
Corbin on the Long Island railroad tclo-
graph line within day or two, Is anoth-
or item that enters into discussion.
No batteries are used. The wire ends
are grounded The transmittcr Is com
mon magnet, the poles wound with line
wire. The armament Is n disk Of steel
which transmits the sound TO the magnet
and wire. Mr.. Corbln's tests were from
llicksyillc 10 Port Jefferson, n distance
of thirty-elght miles. The telephone
worked perfectly The inventor has sold
the patents for a million dollars 10 a
company IN which Mr.. CorblD, John j,
Safely OF Indiana and some others are
Interested.
"The Bell people say the Tennessee suit
| Is simply a piece OF blackmnil. They
charge that all the parties 10 II are Inter-
csted in the Southern Telephone colnpa.
| ny. The Brown telephone they do not
consider as in any sense Il perfected rival.
! GEN Madden, the late assistant superln-
tendent, who II in the city, said to a
! Graphic reporter yesterday that the Bell
company would win the Tennessee suit,
and that Il would only demonstrate by
additional evidence how great an inrcn-
ton the telephone Is"
The New York Graphic is published
near Austin Corbin's home, but up to
date he has not rushed irantically In
PRINT to deny the Graphlc's publication.
| Nor has Mr.. Corbn denied The lengthy
press kilograms published In London
papers in regard to this wonderful invcn-
| tion'and his connection with IT,
! Mr.. shutter who with Mr.. frnnkel
owns the right TO England has been In
| New York for some days and Will be home
tonight lie has sent the most encourage
Ing reports of the tests aud the way the
invention is received.
j. b. Brocknan has been rendered q
position with the New York company
and the other day he received letter
from j. j. Safely paying hima portion OF
the salary agreed upon ms u retainer.
The immense instruments beng made
for the international cable test are being
worked on by the most skillful electrical
manufacturers In Baltimore and New
York, and Il is thought they viii be coill.
pleted In time for the test 10 he made on
sunday next,
Mr. Brown and family, Mr. Kaye, Mr.
Robinson and other friends are all IN New
York city, happy Ia their success thus lar,
and very hopeful for the future.
The Graphic well says that Mr. Brown
Invention cutters largely into the dis
cusslon of The telephone light.
10 the gentlemen who are Interested n
the invention, and TO Mr. Austin Corbli
aud associates, TnE GAZETTE extend
congratulations.