The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-31
NO DOTS NOR DASHES.
,rsCsrrrrox or MR. BssKox's WoS-
DrxvUL INVENTION.
rx,svrss,ns IL Reproduced Ut ANY Dis
ts.cs By kleotrieity--Thressess'"
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,.~,ous ausd H. the force of power rave
erowd.a 40 fast into the patent office
that the list would, IL printed 'ei""0
book of tremendous dimensions 10 re-
cord IL. The many thousands OF '"eSe
products OF the mechanics pTain h''''
be scheduled under the head Oh Toys,
hauever. Few have been fonnu vi
EVERYDAY practicability, ana sun i w.
have reVolutiOnized exisinB eohu '.D a
Among the latter the teiepnoAS -" s,ost
Illuminating appliances s'ahu ""'
Ever since The use Of electricity oesann
10 he understood the minds OF thou '',ah .
OF Inventors have been tut neu ,,D,.oSaeioe
aolution OF the problem oi iepif ,inss
&c., natural OF artificial hand"HlH's
"a a distance and thus secure ~ hs ~
world a system OF telegrdpny INTO WIZ VIII,
No ,ntsfakes gave those at me tfdha, ~ =
81. ~ md III the wire. could enter. Inc
i,nlon News and Telesrapn rOhpari ~
v,ifh its home Office in New toln' r ~
onened n western department ~ II
8t"n,snk nlock. and is preparing 10 SUI
,rl, a general and public test OF ule WIZ
derfui machine. Electrical lnVehloIs s I
unit in the opinion tnat tne t''sf for
pace-pTinting teiegiapn ihsuunl.n" q, a
M, is the name of the newcomer - "
IN COMPANION in usefulness 10 ins IN
nhone. and that the Invention - ~
sncsf important one since the peVpie -
, the civilized world commenced u "'''
mil their voices over wires. r,a,Js
" n. Stewart, Jr and James a. Da'Is'
who are IN charge OF the WestSIn t r' felec
ynent are men OF long experience IN 49, -,
trical affairs and are possesseu y. i.','an
amply sufficient 70 place the sTeal ati,i,,ess
zion into everyday use. us uSsl W 40
Is so apparent that these fsn u"vst come
into as general use as the telspliDhe'
which IL will prove Il most utsilaDie ,Sbo
junct an opinion winch es. r
has seen the instrument enu uy tIarald
Eepresentative OF the Chicago ife rdlt
xyas t,ermitted to examine the lnsuuthe.. ~.
and 10 submit IL 10 tests mat pioH '.t -
nracticability I'm hundreds OF business
belds and for domestic purposes: one or
,he most remarkable things about the new
tnventiou is its simplicity Inc ,'e
,njttcr Is simply the KeyDoafd ol
writcr containing all the letters Oh 'he
al,bobat and the numerals. In that p9f-
lion OF the machine where the g iih hasa
carries the paper into the typeMiit.r, ,,nayt
Is, in the printing teiesraph i"s ara dxed
as many tiny posts as there arr ig ghess
and numerals on the keyboard; l hent
little posts extend from the shn H. az ~ IN
an eighth OF an inch ana the IiIe ~ 80 -,
snirai form Inside the receiver, or WHg3le
tbe actual writing ~ done, thread ny ~,
that Of a screw Is cut on seCohd 80 $3.50
and this is an exact PUT 9,,n sr 80 ihe spiral
he 81 pogts. 1t Is here that the eiectilS
contact Is made. At the other emu VI
me shaft, in the receiver, Is a circu iIi1.i
containing
which revolyes and prints on e4aetiy -
game princlple as In the "tickers' whlch
NAV be seen IN any brokers' once. nc
Instead Of printing on a long c 11pe. a" n
line 10 be written across a page, ana the
shifting and lining is all done autoh.a-
IDEALLY BY pressing on the desired lett,L
On On .nc fhan the ones which carry the
,ype TO the ribbon in the typewriter. II, Is
Iafsed 10 the shaft which revolve.s VII" VIZ
great rapidity until cohtact MN nd
noint of the arm and the post corfespolia-
Ing with the key is made. 1heh .he
iitfIe wheel stops, bumps up atalhst tne
white paper and leaves the lnlp,r r'aS ~
OF the letter. The princple ih sM,s'rs ted
n 's a music box The little. posts when .s!,
sxtend from the cylinder all have uuss
to perform, and their positlon , Un
,sytth their contact with the forks Ire
spacing is done with the same ACTON 81
APPLIES In the typewriter. Whth we e e,,a
~ the line Is reached the pressing Oh w
lev causes the holder containing ,the
white paper TO shift and at the same tiine
raises IL the space of line .sor,,,
The praetleai ,,i nses ' The machines
NAV be operated at the limit OF distance
10 which electrical force may be cafflea,
and what that distance Is no man ns o,ce
observed at the receiving END OF 'i ne
ocean cables. SO at least 1900 niles Is
M obstacle I'm the way OF transmission
OF characters which convey in,ei,n5s syis
saw the printing telegraph lnsUuhelt
REQUIRES no greater current tnah III
Morse instrument and VIII 90 inc WI n
al as great a distance and far more accu-
rately. -, ,.,.o NAV he
To a single WIRE may ,,,,hor
ATTACHED v.rs as greet to the c %Gm1Ty
81 rgss't Instrument. The machine can
s,oi lie. as the Morse instrument frequent
ly does. Ciimat.c conditions frequently
cause the arbitrary alphabet CT cots anu
dashes 10 become jumbled in transmis-
sion, For one letter another may pc
clicked out. Added To these dangers TO
correct tranmission are the frequent tI-
rors made by the operators thenseivts -
great telegraph companies refuse 10 az e.
nit responsibility unless the mess"se ~
repeated. ~ .,.,,,,h tho
nrinting telegraph instrument. VIII pc
welcomed are almost unlimited II tne
transaction of railroad business Aiot ,
force out the Morse INSTRUMENT w1th1n
"a short time A few OF me auNantsSes
TO be gained may be des ,t1oed a. I.J9Ws:
At the majority OF railway s,aicns ".hs
agent Is the bagSdgen1n, tENet sti'er
aud telegraph operator. 10 the error oi
rural operators many OF the most o.
fressful ACCIDENTS haze been que III tne
mast With hundred duties citWdlhs
mon him at about the hour for tAe ar
rival of trains il is little WHhItf 1a'
he Incomes easily befnddisd and me use
or omission OF so little WORD a. not
In instructions from the train dlsI lSnvr
has more than once lurled ~" III IT, iiIs
trains together in disastrous ccilislC n.
The station agent IS FREQ 1cN atHen'
from his post, or, overworAed, he Tails
asleep. -
netely abolishes all such dangers. The
operator may SO 80 sleep, but the mes,
sage may be delivered Just the SAME ana
when h,. aWakes there are bis 'hNirtcochs
plainly printed for him. lie neei neglect
Ills Instructions viii be waiting fer i'm
when he returns 60 his lar. lr other
words where IL takes two torscns TO
operate the Morse ,nstrumeat--.' sender
and receiver-but one IS necessary TO
perform better work WITH the
known. IL is much easier to
send than 10 receive in tie present
system Of telegraphy. The great ni5or-
ity OF errors occurring msner tEe doi -
system may be charged 10 ;he Cptrs tof
receiving the massage. Tnerv can he
no mistake I'm the new system q. ire re-
ceiVing end The sender OF the mess age
prexSes the letter "B'' and II ~ absolutely
cerS.in that the letter "B' viii Instantly
be printed on the white paper at the
other end of the lire. \ general order
intended for every Office on the circuit
can be transmitted with once senCrg IT,
OR If the order Is intended bu. for enc
ONCE and IL is desirable that otaer Offices
OF the clrcu, should not know its con-
tents all may be switched aside save the
one wanted
All OF the railroads maintain stations
and points usually denominated as cross
roads" for the sole reason that the con
ductors OF trains may be INSTRUCTED