The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-24

Government In 1855. This fact lin nd
dition being free from the distressing
lack Of means 30 often found oppres-
sing inycntorsj has enabled him 10 de. |
yelop his Ideas and perfect the later
inventions eminatlng from bis fertile
brain TO the highest obtainable degree
before placing them before the public.
Mr.. Delany IL now preparing patent
papers In large numbers, dealing with
new and important problems in connec-
nection with wireless, automatic rapid
telegraphy, AMI other kindred inven.
tious.
After disposing Of the Synchronous
system, Mr.. DelaHy next turned his at
tention TO cable signalling and several
years ago succeeded in sending mes
sage through the old Atlantis cable
from Newfoundland to London with an
ordinary Morse key--a feat never be.
fore accomplished or deemed possible.
An invention Of great value was a cable
for underground transmission OF elee-
trical current immune to induction,
which is In extensive use. An import.
ant fact in connection with these anti
induction cable patents Is revealed In
the formation OF the well known Stan
dard Underground Cable Company which
has been for many years engaged in the
work Of utilizing to the fullest extent,
for the benefit Of the public, the maryels
Of this particular invention. His in.
yentions Of greater or less Importance
are too numerous to catalogue and have
been the basis Of more than one nun
dred and fifty United States patents.
His work in the field Of synchronous
multiplex telegraphy filed Mr.. Delany
with a desire which became the con.
trolling ambition of his life. that Of
developing system Of practical postal
telegraphy. BY this was not meant
merely q service controlled by the gov
ernment. but one 80 rapid and cheap,
and 50 little dependent upon individual
skill in transmitting and sending that
III should supplement, and to a great
ldegree supplant, business correspondence
by mail. The conditions precedent ID
success in this application were numerous
and arbitrary, but after many years he
met them in perfected system OF
automatic rapid telegraphy which will
be known the world over as the tele-
post. Up to the present time this il
the crowning achievement OF Mr.. Del.
any's career as an inventor; although II
Is yet TO be seen what he will have
accomplished when his experiments tun.
like those OF the Marconi. De Forest
or other systemsl with wireless tels
graphy, now in progress at Nantucket
are completed. Working in his own way
with kites. before his wireless station
was erected. be was one OF the first te
receive what was not intended for him
at all. the official news that the Japan.
ese fleet under Admiral Togo had smash
ed the Russian fleet and broken the
Ipower OF the Gar in the East beyond
repair. But that, as Kipling would say
is another story.
The automatic rapid is now a per.
tected system, complete in every detail
The message is written on a continuou.
ribbon or tape of paper as rapidly a:
an operator can write with typewriter
Anyone sufficiently familiar with the
standard keyboard to "pick out" the
letters he wants, may write his own
message. 1t is recorded in series oi
perfoations. This is sent to the trans.
mitting office and run through a ma.
chine which puts it through the wire at
the rate of one thousand words a min.
ute, No skill in telegraphy is required
for transmission, consequently nothing
depends upon the intelligence of the
sending operator Obviously message
sent at such speed could not be taken
in the usual way, by sound reading
So the receiving device is made equal,
automatic. Another machine receives
the message plainly recorded in Morst
characters, which are easily Transcribed
| by anyone familiar with the Morse al.
Iphabet, matter of few days study
The language in which the message wa
Originally written, ii the Arabic char
acters can be used, and whether tn,
meaning is expressed inteligibly or il
the unrelated words OF core, are neg
libile conditions. AS long as the suppl,
of copy is maintained intelligence ma,
be automatically transmitteds at tn
rate OF speed indicated, received auto
matieally at the same rate with no er
rors than those for which the sender
are themselves resonsible
BY this system one wire is equal t.
seventeen wires used Morse quadru-
plex, twenty-seven used Morse dnple,
and sixty-eight used Morse simplex
This permits telegraphic correspondent
to be conducted at scale of charge
hitherto 'deemed impossible, and per
haps rightly so considering the grea
cost Of the plant and the heavy operat
ing expenses of the established com
panies. The unit charge of the ney
service is to be 25 cents for 25 words