The age-herald., 1901-06-22

Washington, June H-The most re- markable scheme which has yet been de- vised for the publication of news is un- der consideration here. The plans of it's promoters are being kept exceedingly quiet, franchises will shortly be asked for, and 1t is expected that strong oppo- sition to the granting of them will be made by those interested in the present news system.
 For some time past there has been in operation in Budapest, Hungary a tele- phonic news service, which has proved singularly successful Keen American minds have been busy studying the sys- tenn with a view to improving upon it in such a radical manner that an amplifica- ton of it could be made adaptable to the wants of and worthy of the genius of this country.
 These persons are now almost ready to install the first working plant of their new news delivery system.
 It is believed that a city about the size of Budapest will be selected for the initial venture. The choice will probably fall upon some city which has large resi- dent wealthy population as the cost of maintaining the service will exceed that of publishing daily newspaper and will be considerably more than that charged in Hungary.
 The recent improvements in the printing telegraph and the successful manipulation of the process for transmitting halftone pictures by electricity will permit of these two features being utilized as the princi- pal means for the dissemination of the news.
 rha daa fap a q na n cleaned have a screen of about the size of the ordinary newspaper page, with detachable sheets which will unfold as the upper one is released and upon which the news will be printed as fast as 1t is received at the main office. Such pictures as are brought in relating to the days news will also be duplicated upon the screen.
 The receiving apparatus is to be placed in the general apartment of the house or the principal office of the firm. It will re- veal at any minute of the day the princi- pal occurrences of the moment in all parts of the world. The time between the re- ception of these important items of news will be filled in by the operators in teie- graphing such miscellaneous matter as is now sued to fill up the less important col umns
 When a page Is filled 1t drops off and holders are to be provided in which these sheets can De pldceo IOr IcleicuCS when required A date line Is to be telegraphed with each news item
 The projectors of this remarkable enter prise are said to have secured the patent rights of an instrument by means Of which synchronous operations at differ ent points can be made and any number of copies produced from central dis- tributing source. Phonetic spelling is to be used Advertisements will be inter polated between the items of news in order to reduce expenses, or rather pro- vide a means of income outside of the subscription lists
 The telegraph printing machines will transmit at the rate of a hundred words a minute and will move so fast that their individual movements will be impercep- tible The transmission of the pictures will also be practically instantaneous. If the first plant proves a success the com pany is to be capitalized at an enormous figure and duplicates will be installed in all the leading cities of the world.
 The system in vogue in Budapest has now been in working operation for over