Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13
TALK WITH A NIGHT CHIEF.
TELLS A GOOD STORY ABOUT TELE-
GRAPHIC IMPROVEMENTS,
And unwindz nn Interesting Yarn
About n ''Bum" Operator, whom
the World Owed an
Easy Living.

enough interest i, The ,na,,ar 10 ascer-
tain how they are race,yed ana semi
The daily rout,ne ~ ! ,e,as,.a,,h of,ca
which is by no menns alvnva monoto-
nous or witbou, inc,dents worthy Of
notice-the work of the "lightnlng
| burlera - tho ,,,ao,,ari,at o,,,t,,,,.,,,
and condpc, =, suoh ,,aca ,nr ,n-
stance ma tho iooaI yvas,ar,, r,r,on ~
| fec may Ina ,a,,,u,nr a., !, ,,a,.,, e,,, 400.
, nIe hui 90 IT, 80, 40 90, -
| know no,,,,ro at an -, ,.,o,,.o,,,,,,
or te,evranhers snor, aooo,,nt ~ ,h.
so,.,,lce VII, IL, ,,,1o,,, ,,,,,,.,',,,,,',',
and so,ro,,,,n,, -, ~, ,,,a,.at,,,., IN,
nrohohl,, ,,a a,,,osta,,,,,,,, a. ~, ,r.,r,,,
tiv.
7, u.,, po,... Dro,,o a.. h,,.,,
pigbt chia, ,,rAor Ntara,er otto who
~
toid Telegram reporter ABOUT the
| Western Union Office up-to-date. Mr..
| Moore's duties keen him SO occupied
~, 10 o,,or 49,, -, ,,,,, ,,,. ,,,,,,
'i'"' ne never nus 'iiuSi 'iiiie ~ iVhs
| conversation, but he had little lei
| sure last night, and having man
an in bis ,,,ace chattad fo,. an hour or
|
|
the facts of which We're gathered In
| ,nnnv teleprapb of,ices In many clitnes.
| -, , No..
ior' ai'houbh ne ID hoUFe ieN"n'
born in williamson county, yet ne mas.
| like Mi of his tribS "rnnda the rornds"
,,r,,,,,s, ,,,,,,,,,.,a. g.. ., 49,,
''aiss evu','iIes -,
""uer" 'c'es'"p"s'
Modern biography" said he, climb
ing ON to stool, has truly come to be
,,.a,,.,s.g,,, -,,.,,,a,,, mi. No., astd
| "''"N'A"' 9N'N"0 ''
with the air of man who loves and is
| proud OF his profession. "Ill take Il
FOR granted tbot neople know. or Mt
''
leest nave reau soiiie'h'Hs aDOue
telegraph Office, so l won't go into
| general Dissertation of everything con-
| -. =, -. -, ,,,.a,.,,.,. H.,
| hecteu WIN II th"' '"e "N''"sS "Naei
| yer can see and Investigate II he SO
| chooses on an occasional visit to an
ofiice
ingenious minds have solved one
10 bs really little room for Improve
| ,1.,t but of course there will still
nrobably pemany improvements in that
science as in ali others Among some
vsrtnns are The 'repeaters instru-
,,r,ts which are so Constructed that
thsv convey signals from one wire 10
| anntber ana vice versa
"Eor instance. we have n wire run
| pinp, moth and south, and at sonnet
nrc,,tt a wire running east and west.
| NM 10 done nv The aid Of the re
| ,,ansa,'s thereby ulnrIng the fotir tor
| ,,,irais of tbe wires ali into one circuit
| ;Thsn comes Inc 'nuadruplex.' n set Of
insfruments 30 Arranged and connected
that one wire Is made TO carry the sig
nals OF four ditefent ana ai5tnet mes
saSes at oIle env .lle sui''e tll''s' VIII
out the ssnas OF one i ,n'., cohHlct-
ing with inc otheis, nus ulNentoh Is
the means OF suVins Oh thISe wires;
"Ihe 'salNahoinetet y uhothsr oI the
| many useiul lhNentions, anu nus
long telt want rms rs an instIuiheht
by whieh INES Oh WIS are uleus urea,
anu ~1s ,,.,,'',.' ~ tasti,,s nnsrstn, ca,,
u point where tne tesSns operator can
not rehcn IL ps otnsr hi,es. r. v .'il.l
measure the ulstunce ps the Iesislauee
shown on the dlnl OF the ihstruinent'
and locate TIE trouoie Wltnih thile
or Two ..-., -. ..,.,... a.. -.
The dynamos are tak1e tne plhce
of liquid batteries 70 eyr.a'h eNts s'
and have peeh iouhu qul'e sa'isiac-
| tory,
| "The Whehts'Vhe hystelh u eie-
| graphy, unlNeIsuliy useu ~ i1hsINnu'
| has been thoroughly tested IN Amerl-
1
saving TO telegraph COMPANIES, nus
not proven as rehapie US our Morse
| system.
"The secret OF me heats.ohe hlso
lies In the mechanism OF me lnstru-
ment. A speed OF Wv messaseA per
hour has been attained, put AFTER an.
four iirst-class Morse operators can
make TINS showing at one emu OF
quadrupleN.
work No Longer DANGEROUS
40. haa,, war;, LONG ago atnce
:. ). mas mS dereb dsnstTot,s 10 worry
u was S,aSt, ,,,oo d,,rin, a ,hnndar
N te'I It,'t,n,,,n bas do,sa ,nore nj,
storm A. ,s,' a., a1s,ore,,t of,ines througb-
less u "a. aa,,rt,y ma have known of
o se,.sr raj, onerat9rs who have lost their
lives while at work But now we are as
safe as "A bug In rug, owing 70
very simple device eallei tuse.
| which can stand only SeTthh amount
OF electricity. When IL beoones over
charged the tuse hsttntdneously
| melts. thus breaking me circuit ana
| rendering the wire harmless,
Operators nave also mace wonuer-
full strides forward, ana nave KEPT
apace with me inVeht9fs. from we oiI
| style registers usel IN the Gays OF
Prof. Morse. when me eharacters or
the alphabet We're ihdentsd upon
tape. which was read ~ sighl ana M