The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-12

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REcEIvING OPERATOR + UNNECEssARY
The printing telegraph instrument
completely abolishes all such dangers.
The operator may 20 to sleep, but the
nis-ssage may be delivered just the same.
and when he awakes there are his in
struetions plainly printed for him. He
need neglect no switch or % fail to fill
the station lamps. His instructions
will be waiting for him when he re-
turns to his lair. In other words,
where it takes two persons to operate
the Morse instruments sender and
receiyer-but one i necessary 10 per-
form better work with the new ma
chine.
As IS generally known, IL Is much
easier 10 send than % receive in the
present system of telegraphy. The
great majority Of errors occurring under
the Morse system may be charged Ia
the operator receiving the message.
There can be no mistake in the new
system at the receiving end. The send
er of the message presses the letter ''B''
and il is absolutely certain that the
letter Il will instantly be printed on the
white paper at the other end of the
line A general or'ler intended for
every Office on the circuit can he trans
mitted with once sending il. Or if the
order is intended but for one office
and it i desirable that other offices Of
the circuit should not know its contents
all may be switched aside save the one
wanted.
All of the railroads maintain stations
and points usually denOminated az
s'crOss roads y for the sole reason that
the conductors of trains may be in
structed whether tOp pull onto the siding
and let 'No. 5" pass. At all points
where sidings are placed there must be
a telegraph operator. The printing
telegraph instrument would do away
with all the wayside telegraph stations.
AT the proper point upon the tracks
could be placed an instrument within a
case similar to Chicago patrol box
and the conductor of each train would
find plainly written instructions await
ing him. The saving To the railroad
companies would lie enormous, besides,
a. the inventor points out, preventing
error.
MORSE OPERATORS NOT REQUIRED-
Another point of vast significance i
that any man, woman or child, who
can read, can operate the machine with
IA few hours practice and send mes
sage a. rapidly - the fastest operator
int he world could take it from the wires
under the present system. Besides that
the accuracy attained i Of vital import
ance. And it i also pointed out that
while many operators can pound oct
40 and $50 words minute on the or
dinary typewriter from dietation the
mechanism of the page-printing teie-
graph instrument will not permit of
more than third of such speed. Hence
the sending operator i forced 10 be
careful. AT all times when he l. send
ing a message the same appears before
his eyes in legible type, this being
another safeguard against inaeeuracy,
besides maintaining correct copy Of
tine message sent.
Mr. Essick declares his invention i
bound To revOlutiOnize pres telegraph
ing The instrument will transmit by
single sender the same news u any
number of newspapers in all the cities
connected, and but single wire would
be required, running from the main
distributing Office. Instead of having
a receiving operator, a. Is Necessary
under the Morse system, press dis
patches, would come in plainly printed
on wide slips, and when the telegraph
editor wanted copy" the office boy
could tear Off'a few yards The system
may also beapplied to special tele-
grams. The Herald employs score of
operators To transcribe the special and
exclusive matter sent in by it, own cor
respondents throughout the world IL
i claimed for the new invention that
instead of these men a similar number
Ofmachines set up in the operating
room would do the work more aecu-
rately, and here again the office boy
would shine. His duties in tearing off
the dispatches might be likened 10 the
farmer who carries away the grain from
the thrasher The machine does il all
but place the copy on the editors desk
SAVING or TINE Il IMPORTANT
Ii frequently happens that important
news occurs in Out-of-way places, for
example, a railway accident five miles
or more from a telegraph station. The
reporter detailed on the work must
drive to the scene of the accident, 81
cure the facts, return To the telegraph
station and write out his report. which
must again be transcribed by the Oper-
atOr sending il and again 10y the opera
tor receiving il. All this takes time,
and when the accident or event comes
at late hour il is largely "A matter of
good fortune if the matter reaches the
office in time for the regular edition.
With the page-printing telegraph in
strument, the inventor declares, all
this trouble would be done away with.
The reporter could take alongan instru-
ment-it weighs about ten pounds
ami IL soon ~ he had gathered the
facts could tap wire and write his
matter, which would appear simulta-
neOusly in the receiver AT his Office
By the Use of the machine court news
could be transmitted TO every lawyers
Office and thus keep all persons inter
ested fully posted as to the progress Of
every ease. One operator could do this.
For transmitting market reports, the
inventor says, the ticker will ere long
BE- superseded by the new instrument.
Ia sporting circles. especially race
t.aeks, the instrument will be found
Indispensable, for the reason that the
wires cannot b. tapped To take off a
message in course of transmission, and
no operator can read the message by
sound. The managers Ofthe new conf
pany say that the machines cannot get
out of order unless Intentionally inter-