The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-09
TolephoniaC from L,cht,,,n.

foiePhoniaE from Light.hiDs
An experiment OF the grestast ,m
portsucs to the commercial world ia
now Doing made on the oast coast Of
Eogiand by tho Telegraph Construo-
tlon and Msintenauca COMPANY. For
tho last eight months ths COMPANY
mas had several OF it's bsst operatives
coated IA this neighhorhao OF aha
Naz5, on whieh toe most q anpernns
ssnus around England are tn be found.
these gentiemeR are hourly in conn
mnnlcation by telephone with iuht.
snip, which is anchored 10 miles ont
III 1he vicinity Of the Swim passsye.
An ordinary telegraph Cable has bsen
tAlu from Wslpon-0u-lhe Maze to the
sung lightsmp, and Telephone and
,eleRfaphio eppar Atus have been
aihAeu TO oots ends. " was consider
gu Improbable thaS the humaa voice
would % condacsat 10 mites, espsc.
tsllY IN rough weather; but this mas
oeon now proved TO ba thorouvhlv
| practicable. A conversation was cav
'ied on with Nc. Stevenson, ono 81
tho Telegraph Maintenance companv,e
ON clais (Sho was or board the Sunk
Lightsbip), by teieph1as FOR u coasid
cradle tlme. Mr., Stevenson had been
month upon the boat snd had ex-
perlhhced All kinds of weather, duriao
whlcu tlme no had kept SIR, Lewis
stu NAT PtnHerton, his colleagues on
hhose, iuay informed OF tho state Of
the wesSher, fougunesS IF the seR, and
passing crafs, adding frequently fore
CASE OF weather, which usually turned
out TO nscorrect. 4 month upou the
| iign'ship Is trying ordeal, but MIR,
stevenson Was'so satisfied VITA the
success that attended the experiment..
ana knowing, il the advantage OF tel
opnontc communication with lipbt-
SHIPS war understood and gensrsl.y
Soop'ed, what splendid boon it would
ne 10 msrinera aud merchants, tbsJ hs
spent his time bushy In collecting in
formation ana watching tha working
/ or nis electrical maohiaes. La - hack
room or tho Walton poptufiice sre ma
cninss ior utilizing magnetic currents
OF oil descriptions.
A button IS touched, which rings q
pen IN Mr.. Stevtnson's cabin upon the
SUNK L'ghtshtp, 10 miles away; then n
Tolce--thHto ~ Mir. SGeyenson---is heard
inquiring what is wanted, SHOW is
tbe winds" "EIow is the tide?n
Haze you seen such and such snip
pass?" SHOW much wafer IN
there in the Swim Pas
sage" These questions can be an
hUersd stonce. Or the following IN
| irhnsmitted-"Signal such and suc1
shiptha abe Is 10 put in at HirWicl -
EVERY ship passing ia duty signat.d,
ana her name and description tela-
phoned to the Wslton postt flee. On
an average W ships pass i'll tho dsy,
ana u II WAS known that messages
could be- sent shore, no doubt tho ms.
Jority OF these WCuid avail themselves
Of the benefit A considerable nnrn-
Der or the ships passing have come
great distances without passing one OF
lIioyo's signsiuC stations. Ths sig.
nsiiDs OF those passpg the Snrk
LighIhip would be OF great commer-
ciHi ysiue, AZ their time Of srsivsl az
any port they We're b)und fol could ne
timed by the owners III London accu-
rately, and everything could he made
reSdy Tor the landlng and sslo OF The
cargo.
VI much more Importance is tho use
tue telephone could be- put 10 in
storm or In the oaso If ship getting
on the sands. One night THE year, ia
rough sea, ship did get on IL send
o"%"t ehN 'Hblnbply hrT e1hct position
was telephoped 70 Walton from the
liEntship. The gentleman at Walton
1WOko the life crsw GnG teispr8pbe a
10 Ramsgste and Harwieh, whore the
lileboats got ready Tor launching
Just as all three lifabnats wero about
TO start, telephone message came
from tho lightshjp that the
ship in distress had cot
safely of tho sand bank, and
thaS there was 20 need Tor the life
boats To start. the boats wera stop
ped, and If had not been for Tho tsle-
phone they would have been out ou
Tue rough sea All night searching Tor
the snip That sent up distress signal-.
Ii all the lighiehips around she coasts
OF Europe had this means ct COM
| municstion to point out the exact pu-
silon or q shlp in distress, q urent
number of lives wonld be- saved, as the
position of many ships fOunderinr can
not be indicated with any rertsinty by
| the ordinary rocket signals.
| Besides tho above uses of the tels-
phone with lightships, all passing
ships in quest of u pilot 30 navigsts
them through dangerous channels
could Without difficulty telephone
their desires to >hore. Tho Sunk
Lightship is only 100 tons, and yet only
once in tao stormiest sea, wnen she
had bsen tossed about In 3 gallo Of
wind, have the telegraph weres been
broken. The two enda at the break
were picked up and rej0ined within 81
hours. She l. moored IN 10 fa,homs OF
water, and is manned by captain sud
six 10 eight men, all OF whom express
their most earheat approval OF tho in
| recommendation With the shore,
whereby they can make known at once
| their own aud tho wants OF others.
DuriOg the night communication ~ az
open ssin the day London Times.