The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-21

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10 HuuC-tv~d 3" - q tremendous hu-ines.
venture
In th. spring - l,,3 ~ wa- announced
that a Telegraph once Sas tn bs opened
n Wheeling Va tckeTt. vino had been
rghuug a.. pppp-itipn ~ ht- Iarents Tor
vstr- d~~it"t ~ g. To- Wheeling and
learn - 30 % t~l"graph~s ~" drew has
stage Tor Nh.'.,linE When 10 got there
ua found that the new in- had penetrated
No further wc-tWard than IhmbeflAnd
-p o. Cumberland the youth went. only
o. md that though the poles had been
erected Co that prlnt the telegraph was
n II
tp get 20 Baltimore ECkert hired out
A. a sag" driver Ia IN. Maryland city
F,Ncr. met a business man from Louisville
Nv Who tpoE an interest in the object
N hiS quest and ~Scured an int reduction
th" manager II IN" telegraph ofiice for
m. raw Mrsterner Rut the manager
laid that h. had his orders direct from
Nr Mor~a nobody was 10 ~ shown any
hing or told anything without the per
mission It he inventor himself. Morse
NaS IN New York. - Eckert decided TO
e to Mor~e himself and get permission
10 enter his new experiment ~ a student.
His money was gone. and he had to
NorA his way 10y shor' -tage~ TO The metrop-
bis once he did not hesitate tn lead \
It ring Of horses TO the State fair AT Tren-
IN. y = IN order that he might get stage
and boat fare enough to complete his
quincy When he finally arrived in New
York with his homely CARPET bag. which
~ had mad" himself Eckert encountered
, hoyhood ChuT who had recently come
rom ,ohImbus 20 New York and was able
o give him letter Of int reduction to !
august w. swan who was then an operator |
u the once If MorSe telegraph company, |
|, Inch had Just been inst allied in the lobby |
4 tho Aston HOUSE ECkert hurried down |
ID the then famous centre OF the city's |
life and there he saw his first |
n v'ighed clo-e TO forty |
sounds
The young enthusiasts stayed in New
'1rk learning the mysteries 81 the new
over until he considered himself a full
rdg.i operator Then he went back TO
Ihrp tu -Ip"ry -" The For Wayne railroad
N'eu~r"n % what was then the newly
rganIlcd Western Union Company
M" de was hailed a. hero and some
mat of a wizard too at his old home
H. STAYED with the Western Union until
so when hl- rest less energy led him To
pliuw ~" lure uf gold tales IN North Caro-
ua there was no gold. hut lots of
-puble FOR ECksrt down IN the old North
tate lie was there when the civil
az began. and he had difficulty in get
ng away alive because VI his known
OTt bern Sympathi"s
EcAart returned 10 Washington and
I"re he was placed in charge 81 the mill
lry telegraph offiCa by Col Thomas
colt A. director 81 the Government
I-cs 20 the front he achieved a great
tFh tf 'IlloNfNi IIle commence OF !
res Id"n' Lincoln and Secretary stanton
D "a d"Er"" hardly achieved 10y any other
'hCit IA IN" Government service. As
reward for his service he was hrevetted
lieutenant 4 olonel in isSt and suhse-
I"ntlg hi- rank was raised to that Of
10 'nr General In tn" same year he was
ppD.Hf"d Assistant Secretary Of War
. "fil,a which he filed until the close Of
" var m 1854 Then he resigned to ac-
.p' the position Of general -upeTintend-
of the Western Unions Eastern
VISION
Con tCk"rt returned to the Western
mon JIst AZ the period " its greatest
pan>Ipn and when u was absorbing
'mpaui'~ which had hitherto been keen
vaIs IN" tranScontin"ntal lines were
'fnpl"t"d M this time and the tremen-
I'D project ~ linking America with
Irop" hy way 81 IN" BerIng straits aud
bora had becn put under way when
T." successful laying ~ the first atlantic
hle neEa'Ived any further work On this
ideraking
In the Early part Of 1870. when a. gen
al superintendent Of the Western Union
mpary Gen Eckert had to cope with
A" great strike Of the TelegTaphers
'oteciIy" League his strong personal