Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-01
AL. MoRLocK's INVENTION.
He Has Completed His Telegraphie
Typewriter--A Wonderful Device.

He Has Completed His TeIearaphe
| Typewriter--A Wonderful Device.
A. Il. Morclock. night wire chief at
the Santa Fe telegraph Office. has just
completed an invention which Is at.
tracing a great deal of attention
among those interested in telegraphy
especially operators for II Is that class
of men which will be benefited tho
most by this new invention. says the
Topeka State Journal Mr. More.
locks invention is a device which can
be attached TO any typewriter and
which any one whether they are an
operator or not to send telegraphic
message. the only requirement being
that they know how to operate type.
writer. Mr.. Morelock's invention IL
probably best described in his own
words.
ut Is n combination Of electro mag.
nets with release or trip bars adapted
to release and stop insulated symbol
discs that are loosely mounted on
shaft revolved by a three volt motor
with a variable speed gear for fast or
slow sending rs desired
THE electro magnets are connected
ir series by a comb-llke switch with
one pole of local battery to the indl
vidual key bars of typewriter. the
other pole connected TO an eccentric
switch. thumb screwed to the TYNE
writer under and across all the kew
bars.
by depressing any letter OF thu
typewriter the symbol discs are In
stantly released, causing the make
and break OF the main line which Is
connected to the discs by a split plue
inserted into the Morse key or switch
board"
Mr.. Morelock has been working IN
this machine for about a year. He
really completed Il several months
ago and since then the first machine
or It's Kind has been under process of
construction at the Santa Fe sbops IN
Topeka. With the exception OF one
or Two possible improvements the ma.
chihe Is now completed and Mr.. More.
iock Is now using IL every night at
the Santa Fe telegraph office. So far
II has worked to perfection and all
experiments that have been made
have been successful
In some respects Mr.. Morlock's ma.
chine is similar to the Yetman tele
graphic transmltter, two of which are
now IN use In the local telegraph Office
OF the Rock Island. but in Il are en-
bodied many new principles which are
credit TO the genius OF the inventor
In fac' Mr.. Morelock's machine escells
the fetman machine in nearly every
respect. and 1t is for this reason that
nearly every one thinks that It will
net Its owner fortune The Yetman
machine Is clumsy affair II Is built
inside OF the typewriter thus making
IL necessary for one to purchase type
writer and all when he wishes to buy
transmitter This fact makes the
fetman machine very expensive. and
In this respect II is not a success for
very few operators are willing TO
spend so much money on a machine
of this kind This Is not the case with
Mr Morelock's transmitter. however
His Is small and compact and can be
attached to any typewriter. Conse.
auently II can be manufactured and
purchased for a very small amount OF
money. Mr.. Morelock thinks that he
can put the finished article on the
market for about $40 or SIS.
THAT Is my main object In invent.
ing the machine" said Mr. Morelock
u wish to put an article on the market
which would be within the reach OF
the most humble operator also had
another reason for inyenting the ma.
chine. IL Is fact that there are a
great many excellent operators out OF
work today for the simple reason that
they cannot handle a telegraphlc key
on account of their being paralyzed in
the hand, wrist and arm. This pecu.
liar aifliction is very common among
operators. They can receive a NEE.
sage they understand tn code perfect
iy but on account OF their paralysis
they simply cannot operate a tele-
graphic key Consequently Il Is nee.
essary for them to give up the busl-
ness altogether. This machine OF
mine, however. will do away with that
constant use Of the arm. wrist anG
hand and In the long run paralysis
among operators will be eliminated" I"
Mr.. Morelock's machine excells
other machines OF its kind In one 9th.
er respect With other machines, es.