The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-06-13
WONDERS o. ELEcTRlcITY.

90 the Grand Central Palace, of this
city successful attempt was made 10
utilize the electricity generated at Mia
CARA Falls for sending a message
around the world and back, arrange
ments having been made in advance
with the several companies, and it was
a very remarkable feat illustrating the
excellent Geographic facilities now pro.
Vided.
1t was arranged that Mr.. Chauncey
M. Depew should send one dispatch,
which after passing over the globe and
back should be received by Thomas A.
Ellison in another part of the hall, and
at the same time Mr.. Edward Il.
Adams, Of the Niagara Power Com.
panY should send reply to Mr.. DepeN
over the wholaglobe and back from the
box occupied by Mr.. Edison in the oppo-
site end of the hall.
At 1884 o'clock Mr.. Depew handed
the following message to A. b. ChanG-
Ter, the president Of the Postal Tele.
graph Company: "God creates natural
treasures, science utilities electric power
for the grandeur of nations and peace
Of the world" The exact moment OF
the sending of the message on its jour
ney around the earth was announced
by the firing of cannon on the roof Of
the building. In its transit it first
travelled via Chicago, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco to Vancouver From
the latter place it was sent through
Canada by way of Winnipeg, Montreal,
and Canso and then cabled to London
from where it was continued to Lisbon
Gibraltar, through Malta, Alexandria
SueZ and Bombay, to Madras, and
thence via Singapore, Shanghai and
Nagasaki to Toxic, from which center
II was sent back by the same lines to
London and to America. The message
was received back in Mr.. Adams box,
at the Grand Central Palace, by
Thomas A. Edison at 9:2l16, having
elapsed time of just forty seven and.
One-half minutes.
-Four minutes after the dispatch OF
the message, Mr.. Adams forwarded
an answer to Mr.. Depew along the
Western Union wires over the same
route, which read: Mighty Niagara,
natures wonder, serving man, through
the worlds electric circuit proclaims to
all people science triumphant and the
benevolent Creator" The time of tran
sit of this message was exactly the same
as in the previous case, the distance
over which each was sent being q. 500
miles. The same kilograms were sent
also to Galveston Tex, to Mexico right
around the Sjuth American continent.
then to Lisbon and London and back
again to New York, and the distance
which it covered of about 10000 miles
was traversed in twenty-one minutes.
The receipt of the message at the vari.
GUS centers was signaled to the people
in the exhibition by the firing of the
cannon, and each report was met with
a hearty outburst of cheering.
While the messages were being trans
mitted, Mr., Depew entertained the aud
fence with brief review of the worlds
progress, especially as it concerned the
development Of the use of electricity.
Among other things he said:
THE rise, the rule for thousands OF
years and the fall of Rome are con
densed in q few volumes upon the
shelves of the libraries. These events
covered unnumbered centuries, and yet
in the humanization of the people of the
earth they did little compared with the
accomplishments of inventive genius
during these four marvellous decades.
The electric telegraph in 1915, the cable
in 1856, and the telephone in 1876 are
part of the victories We can only
measure the result of these inventions
by estimating their influence upon
commerce, transportation and the
material deyeloment of nations and the
effect upon governments and peoples of
instantaneous communication with
each other, Thirty years ago there
were $4,000 miles of wire in the United
States: to-day there are 100000 miles.
Thirty years ago 100000 messages
were annually transmitted by tele
graph; now there are 6OOOOOOO. In
quarter of century the receipts of the |
telegraph companies have increased |
from 100000 to $25000OOo per year. |
Since the opening of the telegraph the
imports and exports of the United
States have grown from $22OOOO,OOO to
81 900 000, 900, while the internal com.
mercc of the country has grown from
about S1,OO0OOO,OOO to the fabulous flo.
ure of $4,000, 100000 a year.
Said the great English scientist, Sir
Thomson. at our Centennial
Exposition in 1876, after he had exam.
med the telephone; "What yesterday |
should have declared impossible, have
today seen realized" In twenty years
The use Of the telephone has become
such a necessity in our daily life that
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