Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-22
DEtANY'S 1ELAPOST
Destroys TELEGRAPH
The Latest Work of the Man Who
Cultivated the Synehronans Multi
plex Field.

! In a century so fertile of great in
ventions. and characterized by n pro-
gress in the arts and sciences which
cbnfuses statistics and silences pro-
phecy. even great worker i'm the
field of original investigation and ex-
pertinent may well escape public at
! tention. COntemporaneous applause is
monopolized by those who keep them
/ selves in the spot light by premature
announcements of things almost ac-
| complished:" il neither comes to nor
/ is desired BY the real geniuses who.
| like the elder AgassiZ, are too busy
! to make money" in commercial ex-
! ploitations, and who will not turn their
work over to others for this purpose
until it is fully completed and proven.
a few words about one of this class
of great inventors whose name is al
ready well known from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, as well as abroad. will
be OF interest as a contribution to
American Industrial achievements.
In his cottage at Nantucket. sur
rounded b. several tracts of scien-
tifically cultivated farm land, and dis
tinguished from other local farms by
Nnt ilAeiSl VI lHt lptldu- MiItltSS
ton. by telegraph wires running in
various directions and by laboratory
buildings and electrical apparatus
which a farmer would hardly know
how to utilize, the summer visitor who
comes properly accredited will find
Patrick Il. Delan-. He is a large
framed. good natured gentleman.
somewhat distracted and with no time
ard inclination for the qualification Of
intrusive curiosity, but affable and
communicative to those whose err
rands excuse their visits. He was
born in Kings county, Ireland. in 1S45.
but came to this country in 1854, and
is n good American in everything eX-
cept nativity. With limited advan-
tages of elementary education. and
from boyhood under the necessity of
self dependence, he sought employ
ment at 10 as a telegraph operator. and
soon gained such speed and accuracy
as to secure for him at IS the RESPONSE
bile position as press dispatch receiver
at Worcester. Mass. He was able to
transcribe accurately when running
from Is 10 20 words behind the sender.
The difficulty of this will be appreci-
ated by anyone who tries il. AT 20 he
was made manager at Albany OF the
New York and Buffalo wires; later he
became chief operator at Philadelphia.
assistant superintendent of the South
ern and Atlantic Telegraph company.
and superintendent of the Automatic
Telegraph company. His rare mental
endowment meanwhile brought him OPP
portunities in the field of journalism
- .,-l,f oh H.. II, atf tod
but his chief interest was i'm telegra-
ply. and TO this he returned with re-
newed energy and devotion. and chung
to it when his friend and associate,
Thomas Il. Edison. gave up telegraphy
TO pursue the line that subsequently
brought him fame. Since 1850 Mr..
Delany has made many inventions Of
first importance.
The first of these to attract inter
national attention was the Synchron-
GUS Multiplex System of telegraphy,
adopted by the British government and
extensively applied in the Postal Tel
egraph system. BY this invention six
messages are sent simultaneously over
one wire as easily as one might be.
The six first class circuits to each
line created by this invention. may be
worked all in one direction or in OPP
posite directions. thus differentiating
ii widely from the Quadruplex system
which is limited to two messages sent
simultaneously in opposite directions.
The British rights in Mr.. Delany's
MultipleX system were purchased from
him by that government for a large
sum of money. That il was not en-
ployed i'm this country is an interesting
and Illuminating commentary on the
reluctance of a vested monopoly to
recognize value in anything it does not
originate and control-for suppress
sion.
As an instance of the meaning of
the name Delany in foreign countries
brief reference may be made to the
recent visit OF Mr.. John Gavey. at that
time at the head Of Great Britain's de-
partment Of telegraphy. He had never
met Mr.. Delany prior to his visit to
the latter's New York city office. 225
Fifth avenue. After making himself
known. he most cordially grasped Mr..
Delany by the hand and stated that it
was a matter of considerable import
ance to him to personally meet 4 man
whose name was so well known and