Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-05
RAPID TYPE-wRITING.
Reporter AeGurrin Makes a Record
TO Surprise Old England.

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other to his long list Of splendid
achievements on the typewriter.
This was accomplished yesterday,
and was done In response to the fol-
lowing:
New YORK, April 20, 1890.
ME-. &. Ac7vrrin, SAX Lake CSty,
Utah:
Dear Sir: We enclose an extract
from a letter received from our Lon
don office. VIII you please telegraph
US, upon the receipt Of this, whether
you can accede TO the request Of
our London manager in regard TO
transcribing the matter taken from
the London Times, herewith en-
closed? We shall be entirely willing
to make you a proper remuneration
for the work.
Mr.. Earle, our manager nj Lon
don, says further that he would
like it very much II you could ar
range 10 visit England this summer,
and show the old-fogy pen-writers
there what you can do with the
Remington Typewr ritter. He says
ne could arrange n reception for
you at the Houses OF Parliament,
and in connection with them, all
the newspaper people and members
Of Parliament would be invited. be
could also arrange to have you APP
pear before ali the leading societies
Of England.
This would afford you a splendid
vacation, and an agreeable and GER
tainly not Improbable experience;
and perhaps We cosld arrange to
our mutual satisfaction in regard 10
the expenses Of the trip. How does
the idea strike you?
Mr.. Earle seems alsotO think that,
If you cared 10 locate on the other
side, you coun make money, and
adds: ain his line, he would lie the
lion of the town, and could depend
on having a grand, good time"
Please not only telegraph us as
above requested upon receipt Of
this, but also say how the whole
matter strikes you; and we will then
respOnd to the letter Of our London
office, from which we have quoted.
YOurs truly,
WNCKOFF, SEANASs & BENEDICT.
The extract referred to in the fore
going letter is from the London
House Of the Remington Type
writer Company, which is as fol-
lows:
LoSDoT, April II, 1890.
N. n. Benedict. Esq., 325 Broad.
irGy, Nel0 York City; q. S. 4.
Dear Mr.. Referring
again to my request some time ago
that we might have Mr.. McGurrin
with Us for n time, am sending you
/ today a COPY Of the Phonetic Journal
Of April 18th, in which you will
find an article entitled Shorthand
and Longhnnd." From it you will
learn that Mr.. Walpole, one Of the
gentlemen identified with the re-
porters' gallery In the Houses Of
Parliament, has written from copy
for two hours and three-quarters at
the average rate Of thirty-nine
words per minute.
There is not reporter connected
with the House Of Parliament who
does any Of his work with the type
writer. In fact, none Of the leading
shorthand writers here 10 any ex-
tent use the typewriter for the pur-
pose Of making their transcripts.
While We have operators here who
might possibly be able to write from
fifty-five TO sixty words per minute
from copy, We have not any who
can double the speed made by Mr..
walpole.
/ am also sending in this mail,
three columns taken from the Times,
being the same class Of matter
written by Mr.. Walpole, which l
hope you will ask Mr.. McGurTin to
transcribe on the typewriter neatly
and accurately from copy, not from
dictation, Mt the highest rate Of
speed. Ask him 10 do Il under the
watch oftwo witnesses, and, il pos
sible, 10 choose men who have a wide
reputation, who will sign the sheete
and give a certificate stating the
length Of time required in copying
the three columns. For this work TO
be Of real value to us II will be
necessary for It to be written at the
rate Of eighty or ninety words per
minute, az the least
The objection cannot be made to
Mr.. McGurrin that he is n phe-
Eemental man in his line in COM
parison with Mr.. Walpole, and II
win only he pitting n phenomenal
penman sgainst n phenomenal
typewriter operator.
Better still, II Mr.. McGurrin can
do IL without too much loss Of time,
1t would be n good idea to have him
manifold this at the rate Of five
copies Mt a time, and send us the en-.
tire MS, together with the original
copy. Please have this done with
the least possible delay, sending us a
bill for the expense
Mr.. MAXWELL, editor and pro-
prietor Of the RepoTters' Magazine,
has prepared an article on '.Rapid
Transcript . and will hold that
matter back until We can get tins
matter to submit to him. He will
then publish il in his journal, and
will aid us in having the article nj
least reviewed by the different
leading journals in London, ms Mr..
Nankivill is himself a journalist
and has the entree TO all papers.
[Signed. lWYcKoFF, SEANASs
K BENEDICT.
| Per EARLE
AS to making the five copies re
quired, Mr.. McGurrin acceded tC
the request and in the matter Of
speed, he accomplished more thar
was asked for. Chief Justice Zane
Judge Anderson, and Mr.. w. II
Dickson and a member Of the Tri6
aule staff witnessed the performance
which occupied one hour, twenty
minutes anu five seconds Their
were 1900 words OF a debate in Par
lament on the African question,
and the copy included many unu
sual names. The average for the
entire amount was ninety words pei
minute In copying on other coca
sions, from his own notes, Mr.. Nc
Gurrin has exceeded even this ex
traoriinary rate.
IL his business can lie arranged
Mr.. McGurrin will make a trip e
England, as suggested, and
his manipulation Of the type
writer will doubtless be 8
great surprise TO many who insisi
that the pen or pencil is fas'
enough. AS to Mr.. walPole's feal
Of thirty mine words per minute
there are n number employed OF
papers in Salt Lake who woult
make the gentleman look well {,
hts lanrels in n contest and they
unanimously grant the palm In
copying to an ordinarily experf