The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22
ANOTHER MODERN MARVEL.
The LonE.distauce Telephone Lines Cen.
pieted to Albany.

From the Electrical Revte,o.
For months past the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company have been erecting
I:oles to the number Of forty por mile along the
New York.. On Saturday the final gap was
closed. and communication was, established
direct connection was first obtained Be-
tween Albany and Bedford. a distance Of some
III miles s. and each person, from Manager
ment. was astonished at the facility with which
messages were sent and received. The varied
and the words came with more distinctiveness
o W to the metallic circuit, than they would
ing to hear from New York the Albany Office
vas placed IN communication with bridgeport.
Conn.,, an added distance OF sixty-three miles.
nary tones Of voice. sent their: i~nterrogatives
cipient Of their queries. the distances between.
and other impromptu subjects OF conversation.
and Then Tsa5 B9st fssn $50 miles T aws sS0 was called W y
the Boston Police Department was called W by
the, central, Office at Boston. and Chief Willard
some Of. tho Boston officers who are here for
rEs rev Is ! t,S "a and ID prisoners; In talking With
but the words and sounds wore as readily dis
tinGuished as though spoken in a telephone re-
fTsiyH9r rS ssG%ss 81 'h the street ,Hsric GSnf RsiI MIFs sGasHp !;
an 1ttl;1fh from Il" bis r oslo = ace, IN Maiden ieoAMas Mass p''A4ii A.
ttT Lue tN ptrlUItItt WIFI loOStOu. lhlDuTys
Conn" was COMMUNICATED with. and though
over u hundred miles interviewed, yet a remark
addressed In = whisper. inaudible across a
moderate-sized apartment. was received. un-
derstood. and answered in whisper by the oper-
ator at Danbury, tho voice coming over the
wire with the siDilant sound that characterizes
the whispered communication OF individuals
near together. Another curious experiment
was made in communicating with Danbury. ,
Superintendent Gull WAS desirous of ascer-
tanning what wonlf be the enoct Of a connsc.
line is in operation. between the metallic cir:
cult q. tho long distance line and the grounded
circuits of tho loca! companies wires. Accord
tween the regular receiver Of the new line and
an old Edison receiver which hung in tho office
and was in connection through the switch-
hany and vicinity. before establishing the con:
@nection by IA wire. he placed hi! moistened
fingers on tho points OF tho respective, receivers
conductor, found himself able to talk through
limself and receive n message by the same way
from tho operator al Danbury. Conn. Manager
to understand what was said, notwithstand.
human holy. with a grounded circuit.
tw T1s i Spi5n"an and hA NsW YORK 1en WIFI Viz be st n q po 81.
tion to furnish brokers or other i~ndividuals dc;
string it private wircs, which will obviate all
Inconvenience and expense entailed by the
take and send messages. The charge Will be
in the n~eighborhooI Of 81. AS this places no
restriction on the number OF words sent; Al
enabled to converse with their. friends $50
Casino. or Madison Square, or order goods
from the great COInln"rciu port OF our country
without leaving their residences.
During the coming week the work OF continq-
Ing the line TO Troy will be commenced, and II
push forward the construction Of a line between
Albany and Buffalo.