The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-04-17

New York World.
This means that ~ 600 messages Of
10 words each can be- sent every day
from New York to Chicago. Mr.. De
lany has figured II ont that at i've cents
for each message OF seventy words
there would be- a satisfactory profit to
the telegraph companies. The two
cents which the government receives
FOR forwarding q letter IL almost equal
~ divided between the cost OF railway
conveyance and local delivery OF the
letter The cost Of transmitting the
words Of letters at the rate Of 1000
words a minute. II the government
should do the telegraphlng. would be
Insignificant. and therefore the outlay
Of the government would not be linn
tied to one cent for local delivery. This
being 20. the possibility OF 40 word
letter delivered ] 1000 miles away In
one hour for one cent ut once becomes
attractive
MIR. Delany's instrument is known as
the chemical telegraph and has been
In existence In q crude form for many
years. II has long been known that
Hensitilod ribbon would indicate an
electrical impulse nifty times quicker
than an clectro-magnct such as IA used
In an ordinary telegraph receiver. 4
practical application Of this knowledge
had not hitherto been made TO amy cx-
tent
The instrument. which was exhibited
before the New York Electrical Society.
spelled out message sent from the
tranamitter NJ the rate OF over 1000
words a minute. when AN artificial
resistance was put In which represent.
cd the resistance OF the wire between
New York and Chicago speed OF 1000
words minute was attained The
greater the distance between the send
ing and receiving point the slower. OF
course, Is The speed.
Mr.. Delany obtained q speed OF 900
words a minute over the telegraph wire
between Philadelphia and Harrisburg.
Pa. some time ago. The wire between
these two points Is very t.H sd the
Resistance az great 90 ~ New
York and Chicago
The reason that a telegram rs nov
! comparatively costly Is the impomibil-
ity Of sending more than av y limited
number OF messages over the line In
day. Time Ia the all important thing
In sending matter over n telegraph wire
and high price must be charged by
the companies In order that the limited
number Of messages may rocoup them
for the large force employed and the
heavy working expenses. When tho ca
paclty OF the line IL Increased twenty
fold without working expenses being
raised the price OF kilograms will drop
to one twentieth OF their present prices.
The principle OF the new chemical
telegraph IN the recording OF the mes
sage In the Morse code on long strlp
OF aensliized paper OF the same size and
shape ~ that seen In the familiar stock
ticker. An operator In New York. for
instance. sending message to Chicago
Just perforates the message In the
Morse code upon long strip OF ordi-
nary paper lie does this by putting
the paper In preparatory machine
which he works by three ordinary tele.
graph keys. one key IL for the dots.
another for the dashcs and the third
for spaces between words. The KEYS
actuate powerful electric bolts which
punch small round holes In the atrip
OF paper at the direction OF the KEYS.
The space key works by moving the
strip along and thus making the re-
quired spaces. These keys can be op-
Grated very rapidly and the message
Is soon perforated In the strip OF paper.
The strip Is then handed 10 the
transmitting operator. who places Il 10
the transmitting machine, between two
revolving rollers, and In contact with
two sets OF hno wire brushes which
connect with the line. These brushes
have a tendency TO come together. bui
are kept apart by the paper As the
paper Is reelcd on the brushes come
together. when one OF the perforated
holes IL reached, and by doing so close
the circuit Thus the circuit Is alter
nately opened and closed the same as
In an ordinary telegraph circuit, only
with enormously greater frequency. be-
cause the paper strip is run through the
machine at the rate OF eight feet sec
Oud.
Such terrific speed as this has never
| been reached before The multiplex
system invented by Mr.. Delany and
adopted by the British Postofice and
the Wheatstone system, used to some
extent by the Western Union, In this
city, beth reach a higher speed than
~ possible In the ordinary way. They
do not, however, obtain a speed OF much
more than $50 or 200 words minute
with the O-words-a-minute system
once established people would send
letter kilograms to their friends instead
OF ordinary letters. and also receive an
answer in rs many hours as II now
/ takes days
Il is predicted that the new system,
when it-or something like it's adopt
cd, will practically eliminate the type
writer a tape perforatoewlil be In
! every business ONCE.