The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-06-27
A GREAT INVENTION.
REV. MR. CADE'S RAILROAD
TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM.
A Practical Test of the Invention Made
on the Raleigh and Augusta Railroad.
The thing Pronounced a Great Success.
tRaleigh News Observer, l9th.l


A practical test was made yesterday
of the invention of Rev. Baylus Cade
for railroad telegraphing which has
been often referred to in the Meas
and Observer. Mr.. Cade has for some
time been preparing to make test Of
his invention and the experiment has
been looked forward to with great in
terest. The test was made yesterday
on the Raleigh & Augusta Railroad
track about one mile west of this CITY,
A large party, including railroad men,
scientific men, electricians and promi-
nent citizens went out to witness the
experiment.
On arriving at the point an engine
and special Car were found waiting
All preparation had been made. A
set of three wires had been laid along
the sills just on the outside OF the track.
To one of the trucks of the Car had
been attached contrivance by means
of which the connection was made
! This consisted of carriage with a
number of zinc flangs which touched
the wires and were held in contact
with them by means of springs. These
flangs slid along the track and made
the circuit complete.
A wire was run from this up into the
car where telegraph instrument was
adjusted on table ready for the test.
/ The party boarded the car and the
bell rang and the train was soon spin
ming along. Mr.. D. S. Hudgins, train
dispatcher Of the Raleigh Il CASTOR
office, was seated at the table and
operated the instrument. Mr.. Justin
! Jones, of the Western Union, was al
the stationary Office at the end of the
line. Mr.. Hudgins opened the key and
Immediately the instrument began te
fash intelligence from the other Office
The invention was success. The Cal
was running at speed of 81 to g
miles per hour according to the en-
gineer's statement. Maj. r. S. Tuck
er sent the following message which il
the near future will probably be basee
on a reality:
! RALEIGH, N. c., June IS.
Mr.. Jones, Greensboro, ~ e.:
Your boy is here at Trinity Colleg
and is doing we'll. The College is il
prosperous condition.
R. S. TUCKER.
The replay was received as follows
GREENSBORO, N. c., June, I8.
maj. X. S. Tucker, on b0ar1 sbeeiG
train:
All right. Am glad to hear it.
JONES.
Superintendent Young, of the We
, tern Union, then took charge of tn
instrument and Mr.. Hudgins went
the stationary office. The followin
, message was then wired to the train
, "Hurrah for Mr.. Cade" Mr.. Youn
, and other electricians present declare
l the process a complete success.
worked like charm. Three or fo,
e trips up and down the track and
thorough test was made. The Gu
+ rent was never broken at any tin
J. and the communication to and f
q was at all times perfect. The Raleie
: & CASTOR Company will at on
n construct a line from here to Ca
and the process will be put into praCI
v cal use on the road.
r Mr. Cade intends finally to opera
,s the process with his wires up abo
n the train instead of underneath it.
t: The invention isgenerally acknow
n edged to be one of great importan
O to rallroading. 1t is worth a mint
,r Raleigh and North Carolina to ha
l. produced such an invention. n
r. Cade whose home is at Wake Fore
has already patented the process.