| Show T i 1 f 1 4 A A waiting writ mg ulac rila riia chines esa caa 3 jio INGENIOUS APPARATUS toro tora T TOr da 0 AWAY atil THE OP OF rt TRE PEN i 1 C 71 as if the problem of a su successful wilting writing machine had bee been n at last lasp solved solve dand and that far the tho future there is to io bo be a great simplification fi and saving of cal cai labor superintendent of the lake shore telegraph line lias ilas now in his chiq office an admirably litt 1 q machine which ich write or rather poin prin tsany cpr t of a letter or document in the neatest endmost and most legible manner and as rapidly if lf not much more so bo tha than h the penmanship could bo be exe exec buted by a skilled clerk the tho maudlue ma hine bine is enclosed in a bok box of japanned pad sheet shee iron nebout about 15 18 inches square and 15 high and mounted on an ordinary 64 sewing ing machine stand in the front tron t part of b hs I 1 i box are a number of keys marked with all the letters of the alphabet the nine n numerals time rals tind rind the cypher espher and the punctuation marks these keys are attached V by wire to little levers ievers upon the end of each of which is a small smail steel letter corresponding to that upon the key upon touching the key thrle ti flies nies ii up and strikes esthe tho iett lott letter ietter i I 1 end agai ngai against rise an ordinary olamp ribbon which moves across the top A roller presses against this carrying rin 9 the the tha paper upon wah wak which the writing jj s to bo be baade made at each tap up of aA anetter a letter etter the roller moves along sufficiently to allow roo ron room m for the e impression of the next letter the touching of akey akoy a key at the end avord of amord acord makes the necessity necess try space between that and the nex next L when near the end of a line a warning bell rings giving notice that only nour four more letters can be added to the line when th the tho end is reached a touch upon the treadle by the foot brings bring 4 back the roller in iea xea diness for beginning the next lineard line and so the operation is continued until the whole document is written the th e letters ra are nil nii camj capitals latee and aud of the style st known ku 4 among aa printers as gothic below is a facsimile of one of bf these them orders 0 TOLEDO 0 OCT oce 1 I isa L MANAGERS YOU WILL ulease PLEASE SEND ME ALL aln THE OLD MENACES yon TOU MAY HAVE ON hand nand 0 6 MONTHS I 1 I 1 olm AT ONCE YOURS ac WN WM nelse neise jn jyl the speed at which the work is done varies much with the practice of the operator operator the machine has now been ee in superintendent klines office but a week or so and the practice upon it has not been very great and yet a speed of twenty six words per minute has been attained this is more rapid than the average of expert pens men and is fully equal we believe I 1 to the tho performance of the usual a telegraph operator A great advantage of the machine mabine c Is ia its capacity to do manifold work it if necessary thirteen copies of any document can be made at once on it by adopting the usual plan of mani Imani folding common in telegraph offices which is by the use of alternate sheets of oiled olred tissue and blackened paper in this way the many orders order sp notices to scents etc required in railroad of offices flees can be produced with a vast saving of clerical labor I 1 and mr kline has already made great use of it in this way the machine is very simple and not at all liable to derangement of its parts but in case such should occur any ordin ordinary light machinist can repair it r readily aai ea ly it Is manufactured by the remington company pany at ilion new now york yerk and costs about toledo elak blaz wet we have received several business letters from the wilson sewing machine maclaine company written or rather printed with tho the remington machine referred to in the at ove article ed D EN E N AS |
