Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-04-29

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l.u.ain: IT. ro~>lhltit:,-.
III '';;4 W;ntrr uE 1>;.; and early r;:'t
ct IT,; Tie newspapers tnilt:il!:,tl
1n'1r'> a|r>1it he 1n'W Invention titllrt1
Il trlt'l,l!o11,, :;ltl most 1T it WIZ; writ
ttn III vtiA tl'r11i|>!ny tl4, tt'l.4.
phone :ts Il curiosity AMT II Try III
t;tt' n.o,Hll of April. l$111. t;rrr$a' H.
CtM, :n:;na:trr uf $kiti''< u|rr;4 h,i%t'.
anal y. J. iluwty, III ol>r:ltr in ill.,
Atlantic. and P:n'itic Telegraph com
p;nsv. joined IN Ill cn,irayur IL :**>>'
! P1n;s:>>'T i;cll to lecture IL. the trl'..
! p:H'nr II the t'ln1tl hollSH.
i T.r'., w." successful in arranging
an ;''a}",ut" plo51:i;,1>e for t'n'
! evening ol April -, nj: l'%ut'**;:r
! Gt'l l,1:tur>"> 1T til" o,r'%. |ul!:x'.
; while Frederick y. GnNrr, Iicll:
special agent. lcctu1tsl in Hartford
Both pl:t"'~ were connected hv t,;t>
| phone over Il tclt".:.ai,!1 wire l;:tlt*:
! for 1;>' ">t%sioi b. the -\t';:n1ir u..,|
! p:'iIc e''hinn}y. III addition there
w:>:S ::ltt("irlt"'l un,! ts'ltl'|Ioniccunl.
n,1tl1'atiu;1 With 1T, ':r --;;n in \litl,l!t
tuv1l. which Was uln;4r t,n' s,,tr:r
vision III Thomas A. W",stn, IL!
electrician for Professor Nll r..
connections and other ~urk i1r'
dental t. the culnr!t't'':u's>. IT H..
lntthlniral ltt1t Ut the le';'tr" were
un.lrr the supervision ct G,..r.5t y.
Coy. manager Of the .A1lu14tic uut1
l'H,llic company.
The lecture was mt Il financial sll'
cess. tAol.yl, It created 1lu little inter
est among those who attended, Tic
talking between Professor Bell u,ll
Mr.. t;''wt>i' lid not work very we'll.
y >t:'u:.$ hat:"ly WAS ltlutt.l t1l the
wire ami occasionally faint Svunt;:
could h. hGlr'l over it. and words
were not Very intt'lliyiblr. Durin:
tho evening President Porter. TT Iult
cullegc, who was un tho stage. t.
@tthcr with other Yale professors
AMI other celebrities. tried to Talk
with General 1luwlry in Hartford, !
hut they failed. There was Il telc
graphic communication between tie
two theltcrS, 80 that III case the tclo
phone would not work they would
not bc cropping absolutely III the dark
The instrument was resortt,l to t1'e-
quently. The best communication
between Hartford and New Haven !
WIS obtained by sending the Morse |
telegraph code through tile telephone. !!
But most successful Of I'LL was the !
organ playing 1T Mi.lsllrtuwn. This !
could be heard distinctly over thu :
phone. The next day Professor Bell :
and A(r. Coy hal long tall; about !
tho telephone, 1t wis thu, >ccu that
Mr. Bills idea Of putting the ttl.. .
phone IT, usc WIS in li> lectures IT, &:
tic public. H. expected to make his
money out of thu venture in this j;
way. ILL., had no idea III establishing
II rt:ltlal system of txcllun1c; III
tact, he said it could never be ,lo1l,..
M:cns1se it would be necessary 1T all
tinn's have the wires Il goud deal
apart 1. III each other. The ilcu Ut
conducting the wires into switch
board he did not consider feasible.
All the men ct the Atlantic and
Pacific company wtrb enthusiastic
over tho telephone.
LII the next few days announce,
mcnt was n;l'lc that the Western
Union Telegraph urd tho Bell com.
la'lr lut] urisu.
Professor E:il '!il not lingcr long
IN lis lecture :our. The t4t,1rv$,
while interesting ~ i few, were not
81 to the general pui,lit. AMI besides.
the cxl"1a>r ct al,:lll ;'n% wires, etc.,
Wis vcl>' great New Haven Regis.
ter