Show I 1 I 1 AN ODD ODI KIND OF CLUB I 1 1 IT RESEMBLES A FULL FLEDGED 1 TELEGRAPH COMPANY an Arnat amateur eur organization tho member of which have their connect I 1 i ed by wire wires so that they may communicate muni cate with fach other byrele by telegraph graph 1 one of the most novel or unique organizations in brooklyn is one that has recently gained a new lease of life through the infusion of now new and vigorous blood and by a thorough reorganization iza tion it is called the phenix morse telegraph club and is 13 perhaps the only one of its kind in the united states the old organization wae was formed in 18 9 and started in life under the name of the phenix club it was inaugurated I 1 by a number of young people some of whom were engaged in occupation as telegraphers and others of different vocations cat ions who took pleasure in studying I 1 the mysterious language of dots and dashes A private telegraph line was established and connected with the residences of the members A busy wire it was too the hum of conversation if it can bo be termed such was constant throughout the evening stories passed over the electrical current jests and jokes bandied chess and checkers played by individuals who liked this 1 sort of recreation and aud in fact as good a time was usually passed as if the members were brought in contact with each other by person in one room jokes of an innocent character wore were also carried on over the circuit which had the advantage in so far as to allow I 1 the perpetrator to remain unknown or I 1 making it unnecessary to flee from t the he I 1 wrath of the person upon whom it was T inflicted quite a number of those these are stock property among the tue old members I 1 who relate them to friends with as much I 1 t gusto and enjoyment as it if they had occurred only yesterday one of these is to the effect that two members after practicing with another in the early evening during which the sender transmitted 4 the morse characters as fast as he could or as telegraphers would say N rushed the receiver notwithstanding the protests of this unfortunate disciple F of inventor the latter promised himself that a speedy revenge I 1 would follow and sought to find some 11 means whereby ho ile could make the it rusher as uncomfortable as he bad had b IR been previously 11 the practicing finally came to an end and the receiver waited until an unearthly 1 I hour of the morning when he supposed his victim had gone to bed and when the click of a winder rounder would strike the gloom and quiet with the distinctness of a blow froma trip hammer at about 3 in the morning ho be went I 1 to the instrument and began to call his victim inn in a manner which would indicate that a fire had perhaps broken out or that the transmitter had serious need IV of aid in some dire diro calamity he called 1 I in this furious stylo style until he had awakened i I 1 I 1 the sleeper who jumped up out of bed and went to the instrument expecting to hear that something dreadful 1 had happened he ile answered the call I 1 I 1 his ilis indignation can be imagined I 1 I 1 when the query camo came slowly and distinctly will you please tell me the time my cloctt 1 baa has run down his answer is not recorded but it is I 1 4 I 1 safe to assume that the immediate vicinity became as warm as a hot box of an i overheated wheel i the organization went on in the even 1 tenor of its way until two or three years year U 1 ago when it began to languish partly on account of a defection of members I 1 who moved away from tho the city or because I 1 the remaining persons would not I 1 I 1 shoulder in the proper or necessary manner the worry and expense of conducting such and organization then came I 1 another club which was purely social in its character and which was also called the phenix club it may have been that the similarity of names caused I 1 a bond of friendship to bo be established or that some of the members of this body were capable of handling a key and working the electrical current however this may be the two organizations I 1 I 1 izat ions were amalgamated and a new I 1 order of affairs brought about thereby the name was changed to the present one and under which it started out with I 1 I 1 bright and prosperous auspices I 1 I 1 A flat comer of marcy avenue and ana F fulton ulton street has been made the headquarters of the club and which may bo be termed the main office of this amateur telegraph company hero are located locate d the battery room which furnishes the i powerful fluid by which the wire is worked and another which is called the I 1 1 operating room in which are placed four I 1 sets of instruments and a double practicing outfit A whereby the wire is measured so that the whereabouts of any trouble on the line can be 1 detected is also included in this space I 1 meetings and social gatherings are held in a larger room running off from this one eighty cells of battery work the circuit which covers a distance of nearly eighteen milea miles in thi i city mainly in 1 11 1 I 1 the upper residence section I 1 the old string was overhauled by I 1 I 1 an experienced lineman recently and I 1 I 1 put in sufficiently substantial shape III I 1 cider order to enable it to more readily resist t the wear and tear of a line lino in a largo large I 1 and busy city the circuit is placed along the housetops on tho the route and trouble of any kind hind or as an operator would say bug bugs lire rarely met with or experienced twenty three so called offices are on the circuit all of which have bavo their calls in the manner as 1 1 do the stations of a telegraph company among the 1 present members of the I 1 club are practical telegraphers telegraph en of skill I 1 and records for bending and receiving I 1 I 1 considerable rivalry exists between them and it Is 1 proposed at some future time to have a tournament foreast for fast transmitting and also for skill and ability in III receiving rc the morse characters classes will bo be established in order to give ever every y i oo 00 a chance one of tho the fastest senders in the country is the sec secretary y of the organization animation aniza tion mr frank L catlin brooklyn 1 I 1 lyn eagle I 1 |