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Show t : i Print at Long Distance I According to reports from Ilerlln that progressive city will soon have n now means of communication In tho electric dllstnncc-prlntlng apparatus (Forndrucker), which In many cases will bo a valuablo adjuuet to tho telephone. tele-phone. Through a contract with tho post-oftlco post-oftlco department, of which tho telegraph tele-graph and telephone system Is n part, tho Ferndruckcr company Is nolo to establish a special service for subscribers sub-scribers In Ilerlln and Its suburbs, who can exchange communications In printed typo by way of tho main telegraph tele-graph office Tho apparatus Is similar to a typewriting machine After connection con-nection Is mado communication can bo had by simply manipulating; tho ran-chtno ran-chtno llko a tjpowrltcr. even it tho addressee Is absent tho printing goes on automatically on tape. The text It the message Is duplicated on tho ma-chlno ma-chlno ot the sender, so that a correct record Is kept and mistakes In transmission trans-mission aro avoided. A great advantage advan-tage of this new apparatus Is that by a stmplo arrangoment tho communication communica-tion can bo tent simultaneously to a number of addresses. In this manner, for Instance, a person Is cnablod to communicate with all the newspapers of Ilerlln bv a single writing ot tho message on his sending apparatus. I-argu Industrial establishments, banks and newspapers will bo greatly benefited, and a large number ot such havo already made application for membership. For tho tlmo being, how-over, how-over, the number will bo restricted, with a vlow of Increasing It In tlmo. Tbo telegraphic servlco by this Innovation, In-novation, will also bo facilitated, as the main telegraph ofllco can at once transmit all incoming telegraphic messages mes-sages to any of tho Ferndruckor subscribers sub-scribers over tho new apparatus. Tho git Ing of a speclsl address as, for Instance, "Smith Ferndrucker, Ilerlln" Iler-lln" suffices to have telegraphic messages mes-sages from anywhere transmitted at onco to tho residence ot tbo subscriber. sub-scriber. Tho apparatus has already been In use by a limited numbor ot Arms, nnd so far has worked faultlessly. The nnnunl subscription prlco for Berlin Is COO marks (1119). |