River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-02-11

CtItcf amt as the transmitted sneeo7
was il became at once the marvel ~ ~
The GRID causing scientists a. vel =.
~ men 70 eXcialm with wonder Startiu1
Win these feeble instruments or1U tt39
zen company. by persistent study and m
CeSSant expenditures of immense sums of
money. created an entire new art fnvenf-
lAS. developing and perfecting. MAKING
improvements. great and small in tele-
pa lnorl9 lIiahsmltter line, cable switch
EoaTo ana every other piece Of apo IRA t1ls
eau plant required for the transmission
II 9pGeCH As the latest product n this
, ~ te@aalhS organized effort. there has been
g5uicated 70 the service of the public to-
Gay tIa"scontinental line 340G miles
long joining the Atlantic and the Pacific
an9 carving the human voice instan ~
and distinctly between San Francisco and
NeW York and Boston and washington
MS telephone line is part Of the BeU
yst EN- q HCUC00 miles Of wire correct
lHg 9;V0'VJ0 telephone stations located ev
eFyWEere throughout ne United States
ana giving TO the American people to!a-
phone service unparalleled among the IA.
sons of the earth
On table in President Walls office
ia New York was replica of the
hTSt telephone transmitter to carry
lne human voice It looked to be a
crude enough affair Tie down drum
mead over wooden receiver, join the
center OF the drum head to the free
END OF a receiver spring arrange a
mOuthplece over the drum-head-an
there you have it.
mere was further reminder of the
telephones babyhoOd in a coil Of wire
connected with the transmitter This
was part Of the origina! wire over
which DR.. Be-! spoke the first words
ever uttered by telephone. in his
boarding house at Exeter Place
Boston
J. J. Carly oreets Or. Bell.
One Of the first to greet DR. Bell
as he entered was John joseph Carty,
Chief Engineer Of the American Tcle-
phone and Telegraph Company, under
whose direction the transcontinentai
line vas built. MIR. Carly said;
This greatest OF telephone lines
which today has; been, dedicated to
Ways be distinguished because turou2a
its copper wires the voice Of the Cu.t.
Magistrate Of this nation has for the first
time in our history been transmitted from
the seat Of government at Washington
westward tnirty-siX hundred miles to the
shores OF the P2cif1c. Over this line the
voice OF President Wilson was carried
WITH magic speed across rivers ana pains
and mountains instantly reaching san
Francisco where in clear tones it spoke
his message Of congra tuation 10 men o.
achievement.
Unable to be present with us in per
son, Mr.. Theodore n. Vail has neverthe-
less taken part in these ceremonies. Iu &
ms nner that fills the mind with amaze
ment BY using his wonderful Bel sEs-
tenn Of organized men and organized wires;
he las talk ed to Us here at New York
from an island eleven hundred miles &C
the south. near the coast Of Florida
From here he has spoken through the
length and breadth OF our land TO the
state Of California, fortyfou hundred
miles away, thus attaining the !orae-
n CT A. NV
man
We are filled with grateful feolu.-
that Alexander Graham Bell and TEofna
A Watson have today talked to each oh
er over this now historic line. Doctor
Bell was tie fir. to conceive of tie frue
method and apparatus for transmit tin.~
speech electrically and Mr.. Watson, fcI-
lowing exactly the directions given 70 Ella.
by ectOr Bill, constructed VIII Lis own
hands the first telephone Bell was The
first s,T1ong mcr 10 talk by the electric
telephone and y atson was the first t.
heer
There is before Us an exact reproduc-
ton Of this electric spoa' ing telephone
employed by Pell and Watson vheft fir55
Thro@ gh this instrument Doctor Bel has
again talked 70 Mr.. Watson but this time
how vast IS tie distance and low greaf
'Of course he was not heard by any
means as we'll as when he used our stand
ard transmitter but well enough to be un-
derstood, We may be sure and loue
enough to excite a most pleasing senti-
ment This original type Of telephone
talking over one of our modern lines
spoke across the continent more distinct
~ than it ever DID from one room to =
other ever the best line Of former DAYS.
Thus does this homely first Instrument
give testimony TO the marvellous improve
ments made in its plant by the Bill com
pany during these intense intervenin"
years
Mr. Carly escorted DR.. Bell to the
strange looking transmitter and its in
ventor pressed his lips to the mouth
piece.
Bell end Wetscn Talk.
Alloy! Alloy, Mr. Watson. are
you there? DO you hear me?" asked
Mr. Eell in New York
Yes, Mr.. Bell, hear you perfectly
DO you hear me well?" renlied Mr
Watson at his end Of the line in San
Francisco
Yes, your voice is perfectly dis
tinct." said Bell 1T is as clear as if
you were here in New York instead
Of being more than 5000 miles away
You remem Der Mr. Watson, that eve
ming. SO years ago when we conversed
through the telephone on real line
for the first timer
YES. indeed" answered Watson
that line was two miles long. running
from Boston to Cambridge. You were
overioyed at the success of the exper-
iment."
we are talking over $500 miles as
easily and clearly as we talked over
two miles SS years ago" said Prof
Bell.
The telephone men have certainly
done wonderful things with your in
vention since that first outdoor test. :"
said Mr.. Watson. We must not for
get that the circuit we are talking
over is really $500 miles long. as of
course. the earth cannot be used for
the return now as we used it then :
II want to switch in another tele-
phone and talk to you through that"
said DR.. Bell, and suiting the action to
the word he switched in replica of
his first telephone instrument j am
now talking through an exact dupli-
cate of the f@st telemhoEe which was
made in Tune 1875. continued DR..
Bell. can you hear ma2"
Il hear reriecly though less dis
tinctly than with the other, of course.