Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-29
Daily genuebet aparnaI.
City and County.
THE ELECTRICAL DIRECTORY.
An Invention in Which Augusta Men See a
Great Future.

Some of our Augusta citizens have al
ready invested and others are looking into
the matter with the same intention. in the
Electrical Directory, an invention that is
attracting great attention in Boston and
other cities where exhibited. The we'll
known good business principles and care
1ul attention to such investments always
given by our level-headed Angustans
stamps the project at once with stability
that will no doubt be fully sustained
The machine is one Of the latest inven-
lions of an ingenious mechanic and cleo
trlclan, and is a wonderful piece of
mechanism. 1t is built in cabinet FORM
seven feet high and three feet wide. In
slde the cabinet is the electrical apparatus
that may be run by storage battery con-
hecteo with an electric light wire
strip OF cloth 49 feet long and so inches
wide, containing printed matter, in the
form OF time tables of railroads and steam
boats, directions to theatres and public
places, advertisements of business houses,
etc., all alphabetically arranged, is
stretched upon numerous rollers that
revolver with remarkable regularity when
the electric current is turned ON.
On the front of the machine near the
top is an aperture 80 by IS inches in
which the printed matter is displayed &C
cording to the desire of the person seeking
information. Just below is disc or dial
with all the letters of the alphabet ar
ranged In a circle. A person desiring to
know the time train leaves for par
ticular place need only turn a small
pointer or indicator attached to the disc
to the letter of the alphabet under
which the desired information would be
tabulated, and instantly the information
is presented for inspection and perusal.
When the pointer is moved to the de-
sired alphabet the electric current is
turned on, and In the twinkling of an eye
the inside mechanism is in motion. The
immense roll of printed matter revolves
before the eyes of the operator until the
required alphabet is reached when the cur
rent is shut off and the revolutions cease.
The printed roll can be made to revclve
either backward or forward as the specta
tor may wish. Anybody can operate the
machine, and it is perfectly safe and rtli-
able. 1t Is unerring in its movements,
makes no mistakes, causes no annoyance,
and information can be obtained from it
much quicker than from any other kind
of directory.
This machine Is the invention of Mr..
Timothy G. Daily of Boston, who has spent
a long time in pertecting every part there
Of, and Is patented. A stock company has
been formed for the purpose of placing
the machines on the market and already
locate 25 at principal points in the city of
Boston. The management of the Boston
g. Maine Railroad has arranged to place
one or more In the Union station in that
city, and will probably place them In
other stations along the line of their road.
Mr.. Daily has associated with him as
directors of the company Mr.. Fred E.
Sanborn, the popular Maine Central con-
ductor, Mr. f. Fl. Peabody of Boston, and
Messrs William S. Baldwin and James
f. Wade of this city.