The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
THE ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER
A Thousand Impressions Made at One
Time by One Operator.

Time by One Operator.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Chicago, Oct H-Typewriting has been
reduced to such a science that 1000 i'm
pressions can be made by one operator.
This is done every day in Chicago now,
but it is only accomplished by the aid of
electricity. Typewriting by electricity to
any considerable extent has not been
heretofore heard of, but there is now
system which is as perfect as 1t IS novel
The electric typewriter is operated eX-
actly like any ordinary make. 1t has the
keyboard with the 'spacer" and other APP
DIiances the only exception (Which is
great Improvement being that the ma
chine works automatically to go from one
line to another,
These electric typewrters, or rather the
machines which are fed by a central ma
chine, have been placed in the leading
hotels, business houses, sample rooms ana
in private residences as well, and gem
eral news report is being sent out to the
patrons from the main offices. The news
which is sent out on the machines
is furnished by local newspapers, placed
on the machine as soon as received, so
that man may stroll into his favorite
resort. whether club, hotel or cafe, ana
by CHANGING over the neat manuscript I'M
folded before him by the machine md
out what has happened. what is happen
ing and what is likely to happen during
the day.
The paper ribbon that comes from the
machine is not the narrow and tender tape
turned out by the old stock "tickers"
that print one continuous line; it is thick
white paper. nearly half a foot in width,
and the matter printed on it is in either
paragraph or tabular form, according 70
the nature OF the news. A section clipped
from a machine roll could not be distin-
guished from a sheet of the same size
| that had been run through regular type
writer.
At Headquarters, where the news is
sent out, a young woman sits at a key
board exactly like that to be found in the
ordinary typewriter This is electrically
connected with the "tickers' each Of
which has a metal wheel bearing the let
ters of the alphabet, numerals, etc. When
the young woman at the transmitter
thumps the letter A, or any other letter,
! the wheel which is linked. promptly
! prints that letter on the white roll And
/ so it continues, the lines being printed
| as they are TO be read. from left to right,
/ as in a newspaper. The shifting of the
| paper is done automatically, and one per-
/ son. the one who plays on the keyboard
/ at headquarters. operates all the tick
ers'' simultaneously They may number
/ LOCO, and some of them may be twenty
/ miles or more away, but all record the
J events OF the udy at one ana AHt Same
/ moment. The machine is about four feet
/ high and occupies floor space about a
/ foot square.
The information sent out is in the shape
I Of bulletins containing the pith of the
news. On momentous occasions. such as
a general election, fuller reports Will De
4 Furnished and the "tickers" operated al
/ night The system has been In operation
/ in Chicago only since last Monday, but the
machines work perfectly and typewrit-
/ ing by electricity Is an assured success.