The Dillon tribune., 1886-05-01

electric current 10 transmit tn, human
voice is patantabla A good many tclephcne
companies, have been formed. SOM OF THEM
backed by plenty OF money, like the Draw
laugh, some Of them inquest lnabv for |
the n,,rpose OF compelling tna Bill company
to bly or comrronlis,. possibl' soN-@ A;t
the purpose of IN .iing Il confess VIII '!l'
Bell ON which TO ct an opinion lronl tne
supreme court on tn, soumlness OF Ju'ga
L wells opinion, but all OF them coniilc, u
tnst it thcy Only :soj Tlle cnanc' t. WofE III
,h,:.. telsplonc will be us great {, yoli min,
Z, D,l'.. mas bren.
i. - not forgotten bv capitalists though
it /, n.rha-s b, enthusiastic inventors. that
tie Bell COMPANY is y tar better financial
success than Us instrument l. Il pracs. cal
on,. Bill himself, wno is not Il huancIer,
We uld probably have gone tao way oi al
poo- inventors had he nos happened to
m:rry tia daughter oil one Of the mes
sSi!lsul financ.e.; in the country and 81,
ex3ero in t,legraph;c stocks and manage
nnnt, Mr. Gar !ner Hubbard. When Mi.
Hubbard toos hol of tho Boil machine,
ofgl,liz,l the ;om1alv, and manage. 't
sfjer the NAME" Ct men Skilled in t1e de-
veioDm mt o. co"E9ats wea!5, lis financial
srtc,,, was as,uFM NIB ID, .nows low
U4IClI mon mas D'SIA l.IiAlS LII VIC
stoc sholi,rs. bu5 everybody knows that
tlazz ing io"S,,a,s have beel acq'i'ad in
almost 40 t.l' Bls i,obo L; real rs bet
ter than NJ. Bill hit HIS tel2paoae is
not vet ;,eri ,ct,. FL: f"om 1t. l. doe;
not Away, wcr.s sa .siac-oril;, and, a,
general thing, io' .ol, d.s5aa"e; is prac.
tically wO-tll,;, IS : II. It some Is is a
| nuisance. as wil,l TAT u,,.' IS cI5 OF, or in
! other way tina. su: s,'5 themselves to ali
users So Eel i, Il, dig, ,tIJ a. work now
a; when he was frs planning it to sae
where the improvements; can bs made.
O.hs: comDa:;,, doubtless have improve
meats. great ouas. but oles, hav, been
patented, cl.l>u.n th, Dateno' avail little,
beau 80 AL tl,:: telephones MAKE use OF
til, electric current for the trans iii ;slOn OF
! the voice.
Tlare has been Of late rnques.
tionably s"mo:alus OF n reaction
Oh the par Of the public. especially
I. III which go telephone was held This has
been partly ,iu, t, Ia, charges, partly to
inefllc!ency, an 'ar5ly bocaus, nany Gus.
TONERS have en-, to regard these instru.
metit, a NOR. o. bother than q benefit.
In Lowell Holyo,c. Stam;o.l and Green.
wicl vary serious al / or,aniZ,l oppo ,itio l
has b,,n developed, 80 that large percent.
ng. # in ,trum,nts have Desn ortiSrc'l ou,.
Some s.,ook, .pe.; say tlat their telephones
are MUSINGS, o.ca.ls, people are contrll.
VA " ca!ll,.: til IN up on all sorts of foolish,
trivial matters, thereby taking their tim,.
AMI often provoking them to unseemly lrri
ta,ion. Blu, the exp.ri,nce of the elphon
p,orle ha ben that p,op.e who have onc@
used the Tel phone sooner Or later order il
put up again.
There prevails IN impression among clpi.
'a!is.i WHO have given some attention e.
monay possibilities in telephones. that IA,
B,il people donoS expect always to defen
tn 4ir bonanz1. so a. to keep Il a monopoly
Spch capitalists profess, to think that til.
shrewd finan c;crs of the Bell company ar
aware that telephoniuy will he declar,
some day as fr,e 70 all Us telegraphing, all
that all any company can do will b, to p:t
| tect its Instrument by patent. WhaJn'
: this is correct oplaion or not, II prevail!
, and to it, is largely due the willingness .
5 capitalists to look with favor upon an
telephone scheme. Inventors now have IL
, difficulty in getting monaye1 men to OK
} anime ami look into their tale ohone inve.,
tiols. and there are some very snpcriD
ones in the market.
A sergeant i'll the United States S; gina
I corps invented a field telephone. a marve
. OF simplicity . we'll rs ingenuity, an t.
J s.,unent so simple and YET SO perfect tn
) it could BE- e,posel Tor weeks to The weat.
y or in field or lilo buriel in an ash he,,
: use of these instruments daily with perfec
G satisfaction. but soma what to the ammo,
: ance Of the Bell people, who were dispose
6 to make some fuss about it.
. A Washington stove dealer invent,l
u house telephone, q simple little contrivanc:
;; making use of gas and water pipes ilstea
c OF wires, attached to which in each roo.
4 was translniJter and receiver. But /
y was informed that his machine was an i,
Y fringelnent Of the Bell, though, he used Il
j. electrical current, and he aband oned his il
y .ention Of making business of furn ishin
!: ia $50 Instruments in houses.
y The simplest telephone in existence, al,
on, that will probably be left uu'l,sturb
~ the great corporation, is in oper ion
Fayetteville. N. G. 1t is an old 's,egra,
wire. each end fastened into thu, sheet
!, .ood, and its total distance abc", II quart
=. of Il mile, extending from the hc,.! ollie,
c Ill, livery stable Yet, r.rle rs 1t is,
,: serves its purposs admirably, CARRYING tt
IL voice over the wire with pcrfec. ..icarnei
81 though one has to use soI.e considerab
,. lung power.
: There Is now OIL exhibit ion in the Fit
,a Avenue hotel telephone built by low
n IN II, and il Is certainly most inte"estil
1 'sachine. In little box no bigger than
i haii-p mt crpi the traosmittcr and in a
w osne! ltt, box is the receiver They a.
AZ attached IT, handles. Put the transmltt
/ toyou' mo,,l, and the receiver to your ea
IT, AMI you caa, rs the owner asserts. talk vii
4 perfect cas-. through what is measured
n, 100 miles OF wire. There is no battery. e.
n. ccp> ths magnetic armature in the lit
y: lox. lhere is understood to be plenty
hr money Iacso: this instrument, and its owl
BIS are contalenj taat 1t is going 10 prove Q