The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-23
SOUNDS kNELL Of
DOTS AND DASHEs
TELEGRAPH TYPEWRTTTRS ARE
NOW In PRACTICAL USE IN
CHICAGO.

The long distance typewriter has
arrived. You can now typewrite all
over the country as well as you can
telephone or telegraph
Chicago will have the opportunity
the coming week to witness the OPP
GRAFTON and service Of this new In
vention by a practical demonstration
of two perfected machines transmit
ting messages between local points
and later In the week machines viii
be In operation between Chicago and
! Detroit, Mich.
The typewriters are of a familiar
pattern. except that there is a round
case on top which holds the special
mechanism. As far as the operation In
concerned the message 10 dispatched
| in the same way that q typewriter IL
run. and all that il seen on the ma
chine is the typewheel spinning, to
make the record. With half the num-
| Der of parts that the standard type
writer has and tho keys responding
| to the iightest touch, any one can use
1t. In the hands OF skilled stenog-
rapher a speed OF 115 words a minute
can be maintained, while an ordinary
operator with no special skill can
/ transmit from SO to so words min
ute at Will. All this the inventor
claims
| The machine Is 30 built that by the
operation of the keyboard on the
| typewriter the message Is transmitted
and reproduced on any and all ma
| chimes that may be attached on the
circuit, or the message can be repro
duced on one, two or more machines
to the exclusion of the others when
| necessary. In other words, II attach
ed to a telegraph wire between hers
4nta a
sary to be sent to every agent in every
office. 1t would be sent simultaneously,
received by them and recorded, all
in plain English: but. on the other
| hand. II the message was only In
tended for one of the operators to re-
| ceive by the simple turning of q
switch. every other machine could be-
cut out OF the circuit.
A letter or character struck on a
typewriter in the sending office 10 i'm
mediately recorded on the typewriter
| in the receiving office. This requires
/ but one depression of the KEY
against several muscular impulses ne
cesshry to send each character BY tho
Morse system. The expert Morse op-
Grafton sends about thirty words n
minute while the typewriter traps-
nits messages more than three times
as fast. Mistakes are eliminated b.
cause the correctness OF the messages
Is not dependent upon the proper
translation of a combination Of sounds
represented by dots and dashes tick
ed on in the receiving office.
IL a mistake is made Ii wifi appear
on the record In front OF the operator,
and by means of a back space al
5ustment the machine will move the
message back to the error. the opera
tor VIII then dcpress the letter y.
marked out the mistakes and correct
Another advantage claimed for the
telegraph typewriter In that 1t is proof
against weather and atmospheric
changes Of any kind and requires no
relay when working at a distance OF
1000 miles or under.
/ 1t can be operates over telegraph or
telephone wires tStthout disturbing
the conversation going on over the
telephone at the same time) or over
any fire, police or messenger call wire
and Is not even influenced by outside
electrical conditions. BY tuning the
typewriters differently four machines
can be put on the same wire and
four different operators can send their
messages all Mt once.
! The experim ents have been carried
on for over year and cover tests
made between New York and Phila-
N''Pisth' aASaf ttpAh, At0&S~
and Pittshurg.
Speed in transmission In only ons
or the many advantages Of the new
telegraph instrument. Under the
present system all messages must be
translated from English into Morse
before being Gent and at the receiving
end they must be retranslated ana
written into English. The telegraph
typewriter does not require the pre.-
ence OF an operator at the receiving
end and the sender can transmit mes
Isages as rapidly an a letter can be
written on an ordinary typewriter.
if he ts an expert Morse operator
and the receiving operator happens
TO be just learning the business tho
Morse system Is absolutely governed
by the speed OF the new operator. He
Ican only take It Just so fast. and the
expert must telegraph slowly or the
man VIII not be able to translate tho
message. With the telegraph type.
writer the message liz received with
out interruption. and never stopped
to have any part repeated. Any one.
the inventor says. who can write a
letter or message on an ordinary Of
nee typewriter can telegraph Tho
machine that Is used as receiving
machine Is also used az sending
machine by the turning Of a key or
switch.--Chicago Tribune.