Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-28
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DIFFICULTIES WHICH SURROUND
LONG, DISTANCE COMMUNICATION.
A ABSOLUTELY Perfect Condition Of the Fle-
ment- Required The Telegraph More
Reliable and Less TrOubIesnme-
Liability to Error.


Granting that long distance telephone
will he forthcoming il VII! rc IuIre an
absolutely perfect condition If the e t
mcnts along the route O.er which the w.re
runs, there must Lc 40 rA.n. no fog. no
slett, nor mist no moisture in the "A mos
phere no electrical storms. and besides
there must be invented more perfect
system Of Insulation of the wires whrre
they come in contact with the poles than
is used or known at the present time 4
means must al-a be devised to entirely
I overcome induction the ill .ueuCe eNerted
by the current on one wire over another
running parallel with and in close prOX-
unity, OF, in other words, overcome
itself, for wherever you have a current
you have also induction, or an induced
current
After all these difficulties have been
overcome there still remain many reasons
why it will not be "A success
II an inferior means of communication
attempts TO supplaut Il superior one what
must be the rcsulty
For long distances the telegraph is as
much superior to- the telephone As the
limited" express trains are superior to Il
canaIboat-not for a single isolated case
but for the volume OF business that is
daily sent over the telegraph wires.
\ telephone wire brtwrcn Cincinnati
and New ork would lie capable of aC-
COmmOdatinG not to exceed six customers
per hour allowing ten minutes TO each
including the time necessary for calling
the eXChaugc here and for the exchange
to call New \ Ork. and for that exchange
to ring up the party with whom the
[ inCinnat customer desires COmmuniCa
tioI
At this ratc-a verv liberal allowance
only six COmmuui cations per hour would
be possible. or SEVENTY odd for every
twelve hours The great bulk of com
muniCatiOns between these cities is Of a
commercial nature and generally of much
importance. nearly all of them requiring
transm ssiOn between the hours of \ "A m.
and p. III. nine hours This would ne
cessitalc one wire for every six persons
using the telephone per hour during tEat
time FOR the accommodation Of the CIn
cinnati customers alone there would have
to he no les, than ten direct wires and
then the anxious customers would have To-
almost constantly face the usual cry of
Wire in use call again.
Now. taking into consideration all the
lies west and south of this place which
TOuld look to incinnatl for their eastern
/ communications, tne number OF wires
would reach well up into the hundreds
At Pittsburg tover the middle routel. at
| Cleveland over the northern route. the
number would be more than doubled, and
this 10 for wires actually needed to sup
ply the western demand for connection
with New York city; not taking into con
siderstiun the great demand that would
arise for wires to all the other important
eastern cities. such, for instance. as Bos-
ton. Philadelphia Washington. Bslt
more, etc 1t would require the dupica-
ton of the present number OF telegraph
wires throughout the nited States and
anada ten times over
No sir. the telephone will never become
a competitor of the telegraph for the trans
mission of the telegraph is quicker. more
reliable, less troublesome to the customer,
and besides. il is or should be, responsi
bic for all errors
The coming long distance telephone will
be a plaything. nothing more Put a
mark on the assertion.