The morning times., 1896-05-17
Message Flashed Across the
World in -Four Minutes.
GREAT TELsGRAPHIC TEST
Chauncey Depew Sent the Note Over
the Postal Lines and Ii Crossed the
Continent, w ent to Europe and Was
Back w lille Ink Was sWet-Greatest
Trial Since Morse's Experiment.

New York, May 16.-Dr. Chauncey NJ.
Depew delivered an Grafton on the PRO
gress and future of electricity" to an
audience of about 10, 900 people, as
semuled in the hall OF the National Elec-
trical exposition, this evening.
To demonstrate the promptness of modern
telv graphic service, Il message, written
by Dr. Depew and addressed to Mr.. Edward
j. Adams, president of the Cataract Gen
cfal Electric Company, was transmitted
over the lines and connections of the Postal
Telc graph-Cahle Company, from New YORK,
via Chica 60. Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Vancouver, Winnipe E,and Canso, to London,
and back, via Boston 10 New York.
Colonel AltCrt B. Chandler, president and
general manager of The '"Telegra PHI
Gable Company, acted as the sendin opera
tor in the north balcony, and started the
MESA ge on its long journey al S:34 O'Clock.
Mr.. Thomas Il. EQlsOn, who. IN his youn ger
days, was also Il tele graph operator, re-
ceived the MESA ge IN the south balcony
when il came back, handn Il copy in
his own beautiful handwriting z, to Mr..
Adams. at S:3S O'Clock, the time occupied
in carryin the message over 5000 miles
of part OF the Postal Company's overland
and cable system being Exactly four
minutes.
TEXT OF THE MESSAGE.
That portion OF the circuit between New
York aud Buffalo was enCrgiZed WIN
electricity generated by Niagara Falls at
the plant OF the Cataract General Electric
Company. Mr.. Depew's message and Mr..
Adams reply were as follows:
Edward II. Adams, Nvw ork, via. San
Francisco. Vancouver. Montreal, CansO,
London, Lisbon, Bombay, and Toxic:
God created native treasures and science
utibZes electrical power for the grandeur
n tnt.
CHA UNCEY NJ. DEPEW.
Reply:
Chaumcey NJ. Depew, New York, via Toxic,
Bombay, Lisbon, London. CanSO, Mont
real, Vancouver, and San Francisco:
Mighty Niagara, natures wonder. serv-
ing man through the worlds electric cir
cult. proClaims TO all peoples science tri-
umphant and the ho"rvotaut Creator
EDWARD ID. ADAMS.
ROUTE AROUND THE WORLD.
When the message reached London, a
copy was handed 10 the Eastern Telegraph
Company and was forwarded by ii over
various lines aud cables, via Lisbon. Gil
hraltar. Malta. Alexandria. Sussex Alden.
Bombay, Madras, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, and Nagasaki TO Toxic Japan
reutrning thence via London, and reaching
the exposition han at 9:24.
The Western Union Company and con-
nections also transmitted a copy OF the
message from New York through Mexico,
down the west coast and up the east coast
of South America, thence to Spain and
back to New York, the time being occupied
being 2 minutes.
The arrangements for Mr. Depe VS.
Grafton aud the demonstrations OF what
is possible in long distance electrical trans
mission were conceived and carried out by
Mr. T w. Ha wiley. vice prcSidenta and general
manager Of the Cataract General Electric
Company. which furnished the current for
the initial circuit
These demonstrations of the annihlIa-
tion Of time and space by meal MS OF modern
telegraph facilities are the mos teXtensive
| that have ever been undertaken.
WHAT SCIENCE HAS DONE.
The invention OF instruments and the
construction OF the vast system OF tele.
graph lines and cables which makes these
remarkable featS possible have all been
the work OF scarcely mere than fifty years
and large portion of it OF the last dozen
years.
No better illustration OF the worlds
| progress during the latter half of the
| nineteenth century could possibly have
! been devised.
| The very men who handled the MESA ge
| re older than the science of which they
| re ~ maSterS. md there are ranv
| present tonight who remember the occa-
SION Of the sending OF MOrse's world
! famous first message, What hath God
wrought?''
The Instruments used were of the latest
/ postal telegraph pattern. with aluminium
! levers. They are handsomely mounted on
| an ebony base. and will lie presented to
the Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
together with attested records as to the
time occupied in transmitting the MESA ge
| and copies of every newSpaper in the world
| in which the occasion may he noticed.
| These will be carefully preserved by the
| Smithsonian Institution as evidence to
| future generations OF the advanced sta tie
| of electrical science in this year of 1886.