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Show IXCJtEASEU SERVICE. HOW THE TYPEWRITER HAS AFFECTED AF-FECTED TELEGRAPHY. U.rLr.1 L, an I lift.. It. l.-l.. Ih. Trie ar.lil. artlt ef Hi v.rluu. nig Im .tMurl.ll.ins ll., i H,,U tlinl..l h, Ihe M.rlilne. l!y far the lmt linporlaiit ami valu ablo Improvointtit In tba efUclency of the eleurlo telegraph In tlio pnat tlirea or four ywra liaa been brought alwut by IIH Intro luctlon into tolt graph work ol a initliino that has absolutely nothing electrical nboiit It the tywwritr. ll lias become nlaHlutclyliidlensiiblelo aovcrul of the uioro Important branches of the telegraph service a n.cliyto the uoinplemeiit uf uory first clasioe triftor, utl siu lis llrcly nutcr will be the unvarying accuinpanimeiit to the brisk clicking of the sounder lueriry telegraph ofllce In the laml Tlio moat slrililng example of the valuo of the typewriter In telegraphy la nIToniFvl by (ho rent stn lie In lul branch It has entln ly n.rlc-d the ln and st)lus tliroiighuut the whole country, and no i rntor Is eligible fm a position on a United I'ress or Aseo tlatcil Im clrcnlt, or rnctlcnlly on any preaa win . iinlees ho Isa typewriter ciji'rt. He simply could not do the work The tjpowrilir was tint Introduced Intro-duced Into the unite of thu AiuwcUtnl TreM aa nu cxivrlimnt about aorcn liars a ss, aud for the luat tnu)eara it lias bci it im-d en lusivcly In all offlt.ua of the United Pints aul the Asaociatotl IVca. Tlio I'nlleil I1 liaa six circuits mo nlng out of Now York, reaching all tin irlin.lpal points m fur west as bL I'uul an I aouth to Now Orliuna. Tlio nuiuUr of oflliM on a circuit vurlea from light to tvunl. Tlio Aaaotlatcd 1'ixss scrtes I mcllcally the same i-olnts bysiilatan tlally similar clrcnlta. Uvir thesv wlrui thu !--; I. il dUiutthnafrnm theruriuiu iwlnta are rncl tod, an 1 th main oluiut of newa collected In New York, the gnat collecting and distributing iolnt, Is soul out for si rvko to tho newai.irs In the uoclutiuns lit foro tlio Introduction of tho typewriter tho "night report" aur-agcl aur-agcl about 8.000 worda on catli nlre, unl tin whole iliy'ework amounttil to ubout IVj words. .Vow Iho night report re-port runa to about 1 1 UU wonls and th holo day s scrt Ico avirugcsaboul Ito.OuO words. irim tub oi-kiutoil A first tl.un otieratori.inixntlnl.mt fcrly vonl, n minute, conliiiuou.1) uud well, but etriilii.o has shown thut It U wry dlllkiilt for a man to v. rite with a jan or stj lus uiore Ihau thirty ur thirty Hie words u minute, steadily and iou tlnuumly, for it niimbrr uf hours. Tl a mice uf the pit's, luaoclaiions In New York rctpilna from twjnty to thirty copli-a to li laki it of e ery ill.atih lu olhir cltin the iiiimW varlos from four tr Iho cvpiee upward Tiny cr formerly made with in Iron oragate atjlus on llwiie arliiier.ivwl with cntl.mated sheels. The laboruf rcmllig through mi uiiny thicliinvK-s of a. r lu uM. r lo wake u Irgllilo copy uu luih ll The atraln, muscular and mtntal, of writing thirty live worda u uilriuto lu this manner for tight ur ulno hours nightly, following the dictation of a at udcr who coul 1 uhvujs griutly excel the writer In rprc-l, haa U-en rswuibl for Iho nervous ami hyslcal breakdown cf hnndrcd4oft.rators. Unthet)pe-writtr Unthet)pe-writtr a srHlcr aetcnty wonlau iiiin. ulo la easily acipilretl un 1 iiialntulliwl, aud with slight iiiu.lillcatloua lu the ma thlno thlrt) copies un I moro can lw tuktu with as much eaao us uue. There la no cramp anl littlu fatlguo in the oji-eratloiiiif oji-eratloiiiif tho typewriter, for eight tin gtra do what was Iho work uf two, or rittlcally eight uiotious lake tho pi ice uf olio. With the Introduction of the typewrit! type-writ! r the sending operator droppM uny In tlio re ir TUni the practice uf I abbreviating came luto Use. aud tha atuder In hit effort to keep up to Ilia taiclilne cllpiod hla ordi an I dropiied out their vowels. Walter V I'liltlliae, general manager ot tho Unite! l'rt.-j. luu dot 1m. 1 and compllcsl u ceslo of abbreviations ab-breviations and logograms, skillfull) ur-rangul-airliaWewto the beat utilization utiliza-tion of the shoittat ami most coincident algtulsiu the telegmihic ulhabct it ; Is a cry extfllcut ytcm of telegraphic shorthand, and Is now lu Meucrul uso for I press work rjCAMiLu or iiil cunr. A few excerpts from the codo will aliow Its character und scopo and gli s an Idea uf what may b accomplUlicd la tho way of spte-d with lis aid. bhort plirsu'it that uecur frttiielill) are ri presented pre-sented by single letters, as "F" meiuii "(f Ihe, MK uiealis "out of the, "V imam "of whlvh, uud so on. There are ubout a 000 abbreviations uu I sjim-Imlsuf sjim-Imlsuf two and thno letters rc rc-.eut-lugiuueh umlvtuidt ur short i linikts. "I'pru" stan Ufor " ren.iratlon,' "hby " 'siibtiutiitlyi" SMi," "neighbor liodtir Ken," "concenlrntlou " Tbcro ore souieoicclally brlt f eolitractlous, oai "Oljal," mtnnlug "only a limited jobbing job-bing dciuin-1," ".Mwdc," "market without with-out dec idnl change." This aggngatlon of letters, "If ou blgi can n alw hv t supm u.lg o rpinte Irml, tyr at leui dllgnt lu thrdion to tujllnee," coming oter uwlro would be wrltteifout by tho tjriritlug oicrulor, i "If our bntdltigs cannot alaus havo the supreme advantage of reprckonting trude. Hit are ut leu-t dlllgout lu tluir I deiiitloiitouglliieu" Willi the ulUfthol'liillliMcotlotho sen ling ojieratur can transmit sixty words n mliiuto wllli greater eaiotluin ho (null beiul thirty without It. Tho welt Ins upontor irltli Ida typowrlbr nu keep up to hla apenl as a pluisaut PAallme. It is hupoolblo to rush him tho actual speed of traiumii.sion has iietn lucrcal from betuetu thlrt) and thirty Hie "roiiU to from llfly to sixty worda a minute I'lectrldt) |
