The Helena independent., 1893-12-23

/ neaA, 40 10 the cARe in EngtNna ana on tht
continent. there ia no competition and nt
transnissi OF Mssspgss over and above
the ,sfunding Of ths actual solle paid upor
the message, whlch may poootbly ho &C.
CURED after . correspondence more or les'
prolonged, and tho governmsnth having
direct control of the tsleRra phs. exercise ~
which would not DO tolerated By ths people
of tho United States. Nov. wish 10 call
attention to the fact that the employee oi
the compstina telegraph. corpantss In this
United States are, IN tbs main, pe1sons
who have been in the busineas all thsis
Ing upon their efficiency. Bnt. 81 the tsls-
4 aph business we've controlled BY the gov
ernment. political loyalty TO tho party tn
power would be mo- apt TO be regarded ~
she gangs OF qualification than ability to
ps 70, N the duties OF tho positiou.
visited this country, and ~ that time !
undsIstood him TO say that there w&s not
an operator In Europe who could read bv
sound. although the sound readtnG system
had bsen IN vogue in this county for MP
ward OF thirty years. On his return 10
England he stated In pager before so
cisty Of which he was msmbs' that Eng.
land was twenty years bshind the United
States In its telecraphic devslopmsnt, and
for this he Was severely criticised by soms
OF the English papers. About eight years
later Mr.. Pfesce again Waited this coun-
sry and stated that thoy were making con-
siderable plogIsss In shs direction OF IN
reading system. He again visited the United
States this rear and informed me that II
would be very difficult to distinguish an
English from . Western Union tsleg nph
office, they were 30 much alike. and that
tho American Morse or souud reading sys.
A. - T.
appears. thsrsiors, that M. Prsscs has In
troducsd the American syatsm Ia HE own
country. and in this he has shown great
wisdom. - it is, and always has been. very
much superior to tho Europsan avstem. II
il had not been for Nj. PreeCs's visits to
tho United States and his ability to adopt
our system and imIroyementa. am afraid
along with the old-fashioned dial needle
inst uments a. they arc slnRularly avsHss
to what they call American Innovations.
During the past summer have met and
conversed with representative Electricians
from nsa ~ all parts Of tho world. who
came here to visit the exposition. Each OF
Office and system in Chicago. and in every
case cas- stated distinctly that the ogrsss
OF tslegraphy in the United States was very
far in advance OF what il was in Europe.
Our inssrumsnts. switchboRfds. ctc., APP
pear to be a revelation to most of them.
Then again, the United Staten 10 the only
country in which telegraph lines are
operated direct from the dynamo current.
In Europe they still adhere to the old bat
tory system Tin some osses using storage
batteries), and the gentlemen who visited
me wore surprised to gee this great advance
We have made In this direction. The
only European inatrament which We have
adopted in this country are the English
L a. nd n
on some Of our long circuits; while in Eng
land they are gradually substituting our
Morse system, including the duplex. quad
ruplsx, etc., for their old machinery. In
fact, an electric manufacturing company Of
Chicago IL shipping teleR.a. .hic instru-
ments TO nearly, all parts Of Europe. Il ap-
pears to me. therefore. that the United
States 10 very much in advance OF all Euro
pean countries in all branches of electrical
the telegraph and telephone in
cIuded, and. in fact. IN all mechanical In
very nearly all Of the great inven-
tions having been made by Americans"
Have you anything to say in reference
to tho electrical exhibit at the Worlds
fair?" -ul
"The electrical exhibit was . very fne
one; but no satisfactory exhibit of cleo
tricxl industries in the United States could
be given within the confines OF amy single
building. To appreciate the extent OF such
one should travel all over tho
country and see the thousands of cities and
towns which are lighted BY electricity and
furnished with transportatipnSf for the leo.
pie by means OF electric street railways,
running at speed varying from five TO
twenty i've miles an honr. This list which
I hand you will give you some figures from
which you can foim an idea of the extent
OF exhibits from the different countries. a.
they appeared in the electricity building at
the Worlds fair" Fa-
Tho list shows the following figures: