The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-12
QWADRWPuMG WORK OF WIRES
AND TELEPHONE SYSTEMS.

an electric current. There can be no
Interruptions Of this nature with the
new system, because the wire is used
as a conducting medium only. with
the exception of an infnitesimal pc
riod of time. during which the signal
being subject to outside influences. as
there will be no current outside of
the Office. There will be no such thing
is Impotence. leakage or induction:
therefore. the instruments will always
be in adjustment.
Because of the liability of the pres
emit method to become subject to these
frequent Interruptions. that prevent
the elements OF perfect signals reach
ing the receivers sounder, messages
are now sometimes so changed as to
be either unintelligible to the receiver
or to mean something entirely differ
ent from h original. The Morse all
phabet is composed of dots, dashes
and spaces. The letter "a" for in
stance. is a dot and a dash. If in trans
mission the dot should drop off, the
dash alone would signify the letter
g.: fuse the dot into the dash and
it would render the letter 81" drop
the dash and it would be "e;" drop
part of the dash and it would be &C.
In fact. it is impossible to give all the
mutations to which it is subject.
1t is necessary for large Offices ia
employ a number of clerks to make
corrections. This is accomplished by
sending what are called Service
messages to the Office at which the
telegram originated. causing great de-
lay and often serious consequences
In some cases the corrections are
made at relay points. Mistakes are
especially disastrous and annoying on
the exchanges and in brokers' ofices
An error or delay In an order to sell
or buy is ex~asperating to the receiver,
and frequently causes great loss. So
cial messages are subject to the same
kind of disaster. In fact. the receiv.
ers of all kinds Of messages are liable
to a variety Of moods.
imagine the perplexity of a husband
who received a message that was
changed from Mary has typhoid few.
er" to Mary has tipped over" or The
anguish Of the wife who received q
message that had been transposed
from John dined on the American
side of the falls" to John died on The
American side of the falls"
The purpose Of this new telegraphit
system. as stated by the inventor, is
First. to eliminate the necessity 70,
having r central electrical plant t.
furnish power suitable for telegraph,
purposes. Any house lighting plan,
can he utilized and Is sufficient. Hence
a subscriber can own his w tele.
graphic and telephone system b,
renting a single connecting wire onl,
from a telegraph or telephone com
pany. He can talk by telephone t,
his manager al the other end of tn,
wires without in%terrupting OF interfer
Ing with the working Of his TELEGRAPH
operators.
Second. to furnish a. Geographic sys
tenn that will operate independent,
Of the conditions that render the pres
ent methods inadequate. one that |,
not DEPENDENT upon delicate adjust
ment' for its operation. but which
like the telephone. will work whe,
connection is made without the neces
sity OF the constant attention of an ex
pert to keep it adjusted.
Third. to furnish a Geographic sys
tenn that is similar in operation, mex
pensive to maintain and one that vii
not. in the telegrapher's vernacular
lay down" every time 1t rains.
y The inventor has served, in yariou,
capacities. the telegraph and telephon,
companies for thirty years, which ha,
AFFORDED him opportunity to deyelo,
Improve his system until he hal
evolved a method that seems practi,
n eery detail.
The fundamental scientific principle,
upon which the invention is based ar,
very complex and are scarcely men,
toned in electrical literature, hayins
never been applied before.
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