Arizona republican., 1907-08-19

| should work under the worst condi-
tions as well as under the best. 1t has
been found to be operative wherever
the key and sounder of the Morse sys-
tenn are and it has been found to work
as well in wireless experiments as they
do
The gentleman is well acquainted
| with Schaar the inventor. visits him
| frequently in his shop at Los Angeles
and was present at the first test OF
| the "Telautoprint." Ii was made over
thousand miles of wire from Los
Angeles to San Francisco and back
and through two cables under the bay
, The sending and receiving machines
were placed side by side in the Postal
office at Los Angeles. When the wires
were adjusted. Schaar touched the key
and in an almost imperceptible space
of time, the receiving machine record
ed the sound. Then the actual test
was begun. The written message was
sent and the receiving machine a few
feet away seemed to be recording 1t
simultaneously. Since then numerous
tests have been made under the most
difficult conditions.
The gentleman was a frequent Wis
itor to Schaar's shop and became
more interested in the "Telautoprint'
as it grew. The laboratory machine
developed into a great piece Of mech
anism. The inventor was constantly
discovering that it could be simplified
but he never removed any of the SUI
perfluous parts but merely disregarded
them so that when he had the machine
brought to a state OF perfection more
than half of il was not used in the
operation OF it. An accurate account
of the cost of the laboratory machine
showed that it cost $3.50 but il has
been ascertained that the machine in
its perfected state ready for actual use
will not cost more than $50. II is
about the size of a typewriter and it
can be operated BY any one who is
able to sac the keys.
Before the machine had been
brought nearly to a state of perfection
the question of finances arose. The
telegraph companies could not be in
terested. They held aloof from II as
the newspapers did from the Morgan
thaler linotype until the New York
Tribune was driven by industrial dis
turbances to an encouragement Of the
inventor.
company for the development OF
the "Telautoprint" was formed and the
enterprise was finally financed by
Chris Buckley the famous Blind
Boss OF San Francisco. shop was
set uD there and rapid progress was
being made when the earthquake and
fire came. Everything was destroyed
and the progress Nof Schaar was de-
layed for months. Finally he set up a
little shop in Los Angeles and slowly
began the reconstruction of the ma
chine. But for that earthquake and
fire there would now be no telegraph
strike
There is only one detail of the in
vention which has not been worked
out By the inventor and that il has
not been is because il is so compare
lively unimDortant that he has given
no time to il. That is the automatic
discharge Of the receiving machine. As
il stands now Il is required that an
operator shall be in attendance upon
the machine to remove the printed
sheets. But there are already several
devices in successful operation on ma
chimes of various kinds which can be
applied to the "Telautoprint."
The gentleman said that the effect
of the introduction of the machine
would be sweeping. The results OF 1T
will be many. In the first place It
will guarantee the telegraph companies
against strikes for an operator could
be instantly replaced by another who
might not be quite so fast but would
still be fast enough for an emergency.
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be greatly increased. The limit of
speed of the telegraph operator is
about thirty words a minute. Bv the
"Telautoprint" ono can send as fast
as he can manipulate typewriter. The
expense of sending will be more than
cut in two since not so manv operators
will be required as at present and the
salaries will naturally be less.
The machines will find their way
into more newspaper offices for they
can be attached to the linotype. Their
use will also be applied to the type
writer. the stock ticker. burglar and
| fire alarm systems, telephone systems,
wire and wireless and to the wireless
telegraph. The gentleman predicted
that they would in time entirely dis
place the telephone on account Of their
greater convenience and their ability
to leave a message whether there Is
any one to receive it or not.
| It was also pointed out that among
the advantages 1t possesses over the
present system of telegraph is that of
absolute secrecy. Many a business
man sends an important telegram with
an apprehension that the operator viii
leak" With the "TelautoDrint" he
can send IT himself and he can be sure
that II will not be diverted by tapped
wire for the receiving machine and
the sending machine must both be set
at the same key. A machine set at a
different key would not record it.
90 As to the time when the "Telauto-
print" will entirely displace the KEY
and sounder will depend upon the scale
on which their manufacture VIII be
conducted. Enough factories could
turn out enough machines in very
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