Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-01-11

of common lanterns, two simple tele- phone transmitters and a telegraph sounder. He utilized the ground and atmospheric currents for his electric power Mir. Eddy and his assistants, Henry L. Allen of this city and Dr. William II. Mitchell of Bayonne, con- trived to send and receive perfectly in- tslligible vocal telephone messages and deoipherable telegraph messages duri a period of several hours from points fully 1, 000 feet distant and separated by double that distance of wire.
 The scene of Mir. Eddy's achievement was the Bergen Point section of Bay onne. His aeroplsnes and the wire they carried were sent up from the open lots i'll the rear of his home, on East Third street. The kites carried and supported the wire over houses, streets, telephone and telegraph poles and wires to the point selected for the dis tant connection with the earth. Be- tween the two stations thus established a ridge of sufficient height to prevent the experimentalista from even signal ing to one another with lanterns also
 
 trio stationing himself at an interme- diate point to transmit signals before the aerial circuit was completed,
 When the pilot kite attained an alti tude of 1, 800 feet, the wire and it's low ering device were connected with the kite cord, an eight ounce red lantern designating the place of connection and similar lightweight green lan tern being fastened to the plummet on she end of the wire, The lanterns were sllowed to ascend to height of 300 feet before an attempt to lower the wire was made The wire ran out short distance and then became jammed in the pulley. Efforts to disengage Il . wire resulted in the green lantern be coming detached. It fell and was bro ken to atoms.
 The kite string and wire were reeled in, and white lantern was fastened 10 the plummet. This lantern was also de- stroyed ill @ same manner as the first Mir Eddy and his assistants again haul ed in the eefd and wire and attached a red lantern to the plummet. Line ar wire were extended until the twin Ian texns attained an altitude of 1000 feet and then the lowering plummet and signal lantern were allowed to descend safely to the earth. Dr. Mitchell next carried the lowered end of the wire far down Lexington avenue and grounded it with Q steel rod. Mir. Eddy did like wise with his end of the wire, the tele- phone transmitters were attached, and the aerial circuit was established
 Satisfied that telephone communion tion was practicable, both experiment ters signaled Mir, Allen at his interme- diate station. It was half past o'clock when Dr. Mitchell sent the first vocal message to Mir. Eddy.
 Hello, do you get me?" he queried
 ''Yes, good, h replied Mir Eddy.
 General conversation oyer the wire ensued, Mrs Eddy, Mir. Allen, Freder- ick M. Wilson and a reporter paftiei- pating. Ali times watches were held against tho telephone transmitters, and their tiekings were plainly heard at the other end of the wire. Once or twice the telegraph sounder was attached, and the clicking of the Morse alphabet on the instrument was caxried clearly to the telephone receiver at the other end of the circuit The wind s fluctuations per mitbed the wire to sag so much at times that it crossed the upper wires of the leng distance telephone lines stretched along Lexington avenue, and scraps of conversation were transmitted to the szperimenters. During the operations the lantern at the apex of the wire arch burned out. leaving the point of con- nection in absolute darkness.
 The wire used in the experiment. was thin copper filament, about the size of patent thread, and entirely bare. Bo- ing suspenG d from the kite string and freed from connectien with any surface object except at the ends, 1t was per feotly insulated from every element save the ground and asmospherical electrical currents. This fact made the wire moro potential in conducting the messages transmitted.
 The success achieved by Mir. Eddy fn his experiment. demonstrates the fur ther utility to which his aeroplanes can be put by the army's signal service de- partment. Rivers and straits, forests, towns areas of country where trans portation and telegraph facilities have been discontinued can all be quickly bridged in daylight or in darkness for the establishment of temporary tele graph or telephone system. The use of insulated wire and electric batteries and complete telegraph and telephone instruments in connection with the kites will ,dd to the practicability of the novel idea. The direction of the wind is no hindranoe to the use of such q system, as the aeroplanes can be flown from either of two objective points. It Is even possible to thus erect system extending scores of miles by merely sending alois series of kites and wires at various points and then connecting the wires. One tandem line of Xii can be mas to carry and support wi 3 for distance of several miles. New York Sun,