The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
WONDERS or ELECTRICITY.
A Message Sent on "A $4,000 Mile Cir
cult in Four Minutes.

New York, May 16-Dr. Chauncey NJ. De-
pew delivered an grafton on the Progress
and Future of Electricity" to an audience
of about 10000 people assembled liz the hall
Of the National Electrical Expo
sition, this evening. To demon
strate the promptness OF the
modern telegraph service, a message writ
ten by Dr. Depew and addressed TO Ed
ward ID. Adams, president of the Cataract
General Electric Company was transmit
ted over the lines and connections OF the
Postal Telegraph Gable Company, from
New York, via Chicago, Los Angeles!
San Francisco, Vancouver, winnipeg ana
Canso to London, and back via Boston TO
New York. Col. A. b. Chandler president
and general manager Of the Postal Iele-
graph-Cable company acled az the sena11
ing operator in the north balcony ana
started the message on its long journey at
8:3I O'Clock. Mr.. Thomas A. Edison, Who
In his younger days was also Telegraph
operator received the message in the
south balcony when 1t came back, handing
a copy In his own beautiful handwriting 10
Mr.. Adams az 800 o. CLOCK, tae tl iia, 40
pied in carrying the message over lo,OO
miles of part of the Postal Telegraph's
Company's overland and cable system be-
ing exactly 4 minutes. That portion OF
me circuit between New York and Buffalo
was energized with electricity generated
by Niagara Falls at the plant OF the Cata-
ract General Electric Company. Mr.. De-
pew message and Mr.. Adams reply We're
MAY Is, 1896.-To Edward D. Adams.
New York via San Francisco, Vancou-
yer. Montreal, Canso, London, Lisbon,
Bombay and Toxic: God created, nature
treasures and science utilizes eiectrlcaI
power for the grandeur OF nations and
the peace Of the world. Signed Chauneey
NJ. DepeW.
Reply) TO Chauncey NJ. Depew, New
York, via Toxic, Bombay Lisbon, Lon
DON Canso, Montreal Vancouver and
San Francisco; Mighty Niagara natures
wonder, serving man, through the world's
electric circuit proclaims TO an peoples
science triumphant ana the peneYOleht
creator. (Signed) Edward j.. Adams.
When the message reached London
copy was handed to the Eastern Tele-
graph Company, and was forwarded by
il over various lines and cables via Lis
bon, Gibraltar Malta, Alexandria, Suez,
Alden, Bombay, Madras, Sinapore, Hong
Kong, Shanghai and Nagasakt to Toxic,
Japan, returning thence via London and
reaching the exposition hall at 1924 O'Clock.
The Western Union Company and con-
nections also transmitted a copy of the
messages from New York through Mexi-
CO. down the west coast and up the east
coast Of South America, thence to Spain
and back to New York, the time occu-
pied being tWenty-one minutes.
The arrangements for Mr.. Depews ora
ton and the demonstrations Of what Is
possible in long distance electrical trans
mission were received and carried out by
r. w Hawley, vice president and general
manager of the Cataract General Elec-
trio Company, which company furnished
the current for the initial circuit. These
demonstrations of the humiliation of time
and space by means of the modern tele-
graph facilities are the most extensive
that have ever been undertaken. The in
ventiOn of instruments and the construc-
ton of the vast system Of telegraph lines
and cables which make these remark
able feats possible nave all been the work
of scarcely more than fifty years and a
large portion of It, Of the last dozen years
No better illustration Of the worlds prog
ress during the latter half of the nine
tenth century could possibly have been
devised. The very men who handled the
messages in the han are older than the
science Of which they are the masters,
and there were many present tonight who
remember the occasion 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 alumi-
mum levers. They are handsomely mount
ed on an ebony base, and will be pre-
sented to the Smithsonian Institute in
Washington, together with attested rec
ords as to the time occupied IN trans