The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-28
THOUSAND WORD A MINUTE
TELEGRAPH IN OPERATION.
Mayor Of Boston Inausurstes Tslepost
ssrviee-one Cent Word the High
est Rate For Any Distance.

mayoT. " RosNNU 'Hdb9uTatea telepcSt
ssrviee-one Cent Word the High
est Rate For Any Distances.
"In sending you the first Telepost
message between Boston and Port
land l extend congratulations upon the
successful inauguration Of quicker and
cheaper means of communication which
automatic telegraphy has now brought
about and which cannot fail to be
great boon to the people of our own
and other municipalities"
With this message to the mayor Of
Portland, Me-. Mayor George A. Hib-
bard of Boston announced the opening
of the lines of the new telegraph com
pany, the Telepost. This system,
which sends and receives wire mes
sages at 1000. wards n minute, makes
possible so many economies that the
new company is able to make rate
of 25 cents for twenty-five words be-
tween all points. On Teleposts delIv-
cred at destination through the mails
the rate is % cents for fifty words,
tclecards 10 cents for ten words.
One of the best descriptions Of the
Delany automatic system controlled
by the Telepost is given in the report
Of the Franklin institute, just made
public, awarding Patrick y. Delany the
Elliott Cresson gold medal. In max
ing this award the Franklin institute
authorities describe the Delany sys-
tenn as "the latest development in au-
tomato telegraphy."
The system embraces both electro
magnetic and electro-Chemical methods
of receiving messages and transmitting
them by perforated tapes. Referring
TO the main features Of the Delany
system, the Franklin institute report
says: Is
Gould Killed Former Automatic Co.
The most notable use of the chem
ical system was by the Automatic Tel.
egraph company, which built lines In
1871 from New York to Washington
and Charleston, with Offices at Phil
adelphia and other intermediate
points. 1t continued In business for
about three years with fair success,
when Jay Gould obtained control Of
the stock and sold It to Vanderbilt and
Western Union interests. Delany, Ed
ison, Johnson and some other well
known electrical engineers were prom
inent in that company, Mr.. Delany be-
ing It's general manager. He has new
CT wavercd In his belief that automat-
ic tclegraphy must eventually become
universal.
The principal difficulty encountered
by all high speed telegraphs and which
gave the old automatic line the most
trouble Is 'retardation," or the "static
charge" or "capacity," of the circuit.
The most Important Of the Delany
patents deals with the Objectionable
I static charge. In this patent Mr.. De-
lany describes q method of utilizing
/ the capacity" of the circuit in produc-
ing the record on the receiving tape.
! The capacity of the line as dis
turbing factor having been removed, 1t
/ is short step to increase the speed
' aDd distance over which chemical tele-
graphs may be operated.
( Tested at 1900 Words a Minute.
The committee saw the Delany ap-
paratus In operation on two occasions
and tested the speed of transmission
of the chemical system at 200 words
minute The record on the tape was
perfect, much more uniform than could
possibly have been made by hand
transmission
The commercial Importance of Mr..
Delany's completed system of high
speed automatic telegraphy and par
ticularly Of ais elimination Of that bane
of telegraphy, the static charge, or re-
tardation, becomes more and more cv.
ident as It's application to existing con
ditions Is considered. High speed upon
long or short lines Is now assured The
carrying capacity OF n line is made
eixtyfold greater than hand worked
lines. Expert service is reduced to q
minimum, Errors In. transmission are
eliminated. Line maintenance is de.
creased In proportion to increased
speed As n result Of these conditions
! the cost of service can be made so low
that the volume of business should be
very great.