Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-06
AN ENORMOUS ENTERPRISE.
A Telephone Which Cow Us q Whisper
Many Miles.
Pittsburg Ere.s

Telephone Which Cow Us Whisper
Many Miles.
Pittsburg rre.s
The great Bell Telephone Company has
s rival in the field which is fast ap-
prosching formidable dimensions and
promises to divide the enormous proas
Of thst hitherto invincible monopoly.
The company which rises in the visits
with such promise and seems to be the
bette noir of the Bell Company is the
American National Telephone Company
of New York.
E L Eldreige CT Philadelphia, Who has
been guest at the Hotel Anderson for
for several days past, Is said TO be hesvi-
ly interested in Inc enterprise. A repor-
=, ter Of the Press called upon him this
morning. After considerable fines IS upon
the psrt Of the latter, he WAS fortunate
| enough to &c. the information.
"Our COMPANY, tsid the gentleman,
"Sas Incorporated as the American Ns-
tionsl Telephone Company OF New York.
with capital stock of Sl,000,00 which
| will be raised shortly. The parent
company is in Philsdelphis, and our eff
GERS are chosen equally between thxt city
and New York. Within sixty days we ex-
pect to have the line in Pnilsdelphis In
thorough working order, snd after that il
is the intention to extend the lines all
over the continent"
"Wnat is the p. inclple upon which you
clSim your telephone is without the
bounds of the Bell company" queried
the scribe.
=" he whole system has been thorough
~ Y 5lained," returned the gentleman.
1T OR
1887, contained long illustrated article
e1 sustively covering the patent but this
has been improved upon very consider
ably even ct this early date. In Bells
| transmitter, IS you no doubt know, a
viorntory current of electricity in contra
distinction to q merely iutermitted or
pulsatory current, produces the cleo
trical undulstions along the line
Of the wire. Il also requires the use of
contiu uousse lectricAl current and cannot
transmit if The electropodes are separated
by the action Of the voice. Iu the work
ings Of the B5nta tranemitter, that under
which we work, is very simple. So far
IS external appearance goes there is not
UGH difference between the transmitters,
but internally there is nothing in common.
Attached to thin metal diaphram is an
electrode which touches q carbon ball
electrode I Of an inch in diameter, resting
on an incline plane. Thus when voc,l or
other sounds are produced in the neigh
borhood of the transmitting instrument,
the sound force created thereby made
upon the disporsD, which moves the
electrode obliqusly forward in line
parallel with the upper face OF the incline
table or plane, propels the ball
up the inclined surface Of the latter,
which has an angie of eight or
nine degrees. The impelling force act
ing on the ball Is greater than the weight
of the ball, which, owing to the fact that
the diaphram is secured at its edges, is
propelled beyond the farthest point of
movement of the electrode and causes a
break in the current OF duration equal
To the time the ball Is moving away
from the cleo rode, plus the time the bsll
is coming to q state Of rest, and plus
the time it takes to return down the
incline plsne to the electrode, the ball
rapidly returning down the incline plane,
while the return of the Diaphragm is re-
tsrdea by reason OF its being secured at
the edge.
"The ball therefore has time TO make
contact with the electrode IN time to re-
ceive the next impulse from the diapbrsm
and pass through the same operation.
This is certainly not q constant motion.
So rapid, however, are the vibra
tons OF the elec.rode that they
are hardly discernible to tn
naked eye with lantern which msgnifes
$50 times the pulsations can be clearly
distinguished upon small piece Of pa
per. With the same appliance, which has
also been invented by Mr.. Bonita, we can
make photographs at the rate Of over 200
waves q second, showing the movement
to the very syllable. This, we thizk,
clearly SHOWS saet In current is make
and break one. and the Uaited States
Sup ne curt h:s so decided; SO tba-
We ar open to the same field
with the Bell Telephone Company"
Mr. E!dritge then went on to cite from
the Supreme court decision which seems
to plsinly give the company right TO oper-
ate. SIN Syracuse" he continued, "Where
test has been made, sounds of watch
four or five feet from the receiver could
be heard four miles away, and it is claim
ed thht whisper in room in which an
open receiver is contained csn be heard
distance of mary miles"
Though this gentleman would not ad
NIT the fact, We. the reporter learned
from an excellent source that he was in
this city partly for the purpose Ct inter
esling some gentleman in building q lire
in this city. The stock Of the psrent com
psuy hiss all been disposed Of quietly and
no until this time the whole thing has
been kept dark. II Is Claimed by this
company that message may be spoken
IN low voice In the receiver st Boston
and distinctly heard at the eni OF the
line in San francisco. II such
indeed be the case there is
no reason to doubt that Mr.. Bells inven-
tions will decidedly decline and that the
Bona telephone will take the place of the
telegraph also to . great extent.
This telephone service Is said to be
but one-half a. expensive to operate as
the Bell. It ID said that the Bell COM
pany has made several Offers to tbs on
GERS Of the American company to buy
them ont. but II has been entirely un-
successful.