Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-22
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Three Thousand Words in One Minnie


From the New York Times
The valuable paper read by Mr.. Osborne OF
ottawa, electrician to the dominion govern
ment, at the recent Montreal meeting Of the
Royal Society of Canada. is well worthy Of ex-
tended notice. The subject of Mr.. Osborne
remarks was automatic and multiplex te-
.egraphy. Unfortunately the rules of the SO.
cietv prevent the publication of its msnuscripts
before the minutes of the meeting are printed.
ana Tor this reason the Times is not in posses
sion OF al the statements made. The few facts
given here were obtained from an English
gentleman who is now stopping at the Astor
House, having Just arrived from Montreal.
where he attended the society's meeting.
Mr.. Osborne showed that the late imp-ova.
ments have rendered it quite possible Tor tn.
Telegraph to compete successfully with the
postal service. thus emphasizing the Frequently
expressed opinion that the time is ripe for the
combination OF both services in the hands q.
the government He said that Postmaster Gen.
erai Wanamaker had taken the initiative in this
matter and that the experience gained had
already Justified the course adopted some years
ago by the British government
MI Gisborne stated that 5000 words per
minute had been transmitted BY a roundabout
New York and Washington. and 800 words over
similar wire 1000 miles in length between
New York and Chicago, and that 500 words DER
minute had been transmitted BY repeaters 10
places beyond that distance. As a sequence 10
ms paper upon The Inception Of Electrical
science and the Evolution of Telegraphy," read
before the Royal Society five or six wears ago.
Mr.. Osborne expressed the opinion that the
most successful telegraph companies of ths
future would abandon their present system Of
multiplying Of wires in favor of the one or
two wires now sufficient to transmit the entire
business Of Canada between any important
centers, with time enough and to SPARE
he also showed that by the late inventions
which he described a message of 100 words
could be transmitted for rs cents with a large
margin OF profit for 1000 miles distance. Fl
nally he showed by statistical information re-
ceived from telegraph companies and the
postal service that the volume Of business Was
ready for the accomplishment of his estimated
Psof. Barker OF Philadelphia and other gem
tlemen in the room expressed highly favorable
Opinions as 70 the practical Importance Of Mr..
Gisbornes views and the novelty of the inven-
tions to which he referred. The inventions
are OF American and Canadian origin the .au-
tomato machine telegraph" being that of +,
Anderson, Connecticut electrician, and the
other that OF an inventor in the employ of the
dominion government at Ottawa. The Ander-
son transmitter and receiver are simplicity
itseh The trausmitter is worked bya perfo-
rated paper band passing over o drum. A plain
paper band also passes over the drum OF the
receiver. An mixer gives the dots, dashes, &c.
Of the well-known Morse system. 1.-The Keeley
interchangeable way wire multiplex system" Is
very elaborate.
1t was the sentiment Of the meeting that q
new era of cheap telegrsphy seems to be at
hand, when companies can send 100 words for
rs cents and make a handsome profit. This is
not the dream Of an enthusiast, but the practi-
cal deduction Of q veteran electrician. who
proves his interesting statements BY an abund
ance Of figures As stated, the United States
government has taken the initiative on this side
of the Atlantic in the matter of adopting these
new systems.