The Phonogram, Vol. 2:3 (1892-03)

THE PHONOGRAM. merit to warrant its introduction into su< h offices as mine. I do not know that I can say anything further. I have personally recom- mended its use to a great many persons who call at my office, and to friends and acquaint- ances who desired to know something of its operation. So far I believe that generally their experience with it has been satis factory, but I can only state definitely as to my own. I am entirely satisfied, and would not like to* get along without it under any circumstance^ As an illustration, would say that prior to the- use of this machine in my office, I formerly employed two stenographers. Since that time I have employed one, and our business has been on the increase. As a matter of fact,, the one stenographer turns out more corre- spondence than we formerly did with two. Yours truly, W. E. Davis, G. P. & T. A. Chicago and Grand Trunk Rail- way. that they find the phonograph so useful in their office, that “ it has become a fixture.” The firm of Harris & Newberger, of Parkers- burg, say: “We have used-a phonograph three years. It is the coming amanuensis. In one case alone we have done 2,500 pages of typewriting from it.' 1 From the Crescent Coal Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., we learn that in their office one has been used over a year and they cannot get along without it. Letters can be dictated to it, and in the writer’s absence will be faithfully copied, which saves much time to the official. This comes from the treasurer, Mr. J, W. Ailes. Department of Electricity, World’s Fair. We have received a pamphlet containing a birdseye view of the coming World’s Fair and a ground plan in which all mechanism is to be exhibited. We prophesy that the interest in this department will be not only intense, but almost universal. The science of electricity, under the judi- cious tolerance of American institutions, has assumed a latitude and an importance hitherto unparalleled ; not that men of other countries have been unable to conceive and execute plans by which the agency of electricity has been employed to effect objects impossible to the powers of the human race, but that our American geniu*. Mr. Edison, has distanced all competitors in this field by his invention of the phonograph and other instruments. The Edison's exhibits will probably present instruments and machinery of a more varied character than any at the Fair. Election of Officers The following have been elected associate members of the American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers: F. DeLand, Chicago, 1 1 : Elisha Gray, Highland Park, III.; Adolph Graner, electrical patent agent, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. N. James, Electrical Naval Observa- tory, Washington, D. C.; A. F. McKissick, Professor of Electrical Engineering, tlfe A. & M. College of Alabama; L. M. Summers, As- sistant Electrician Western Union Telegraph Co.. Chicago, III. Chicago Notes Chicago, January 5, 1892. W. S. Guay, Esq., Manage! Chicago Central Phonograph Co., Chicago, III. Dear Sir I have your favor of December 28th, in which you ask what experience this office has in relation to the use of the phono- graph, and in reply would say that we com- menced its use in February, 1889, and since that date up to the present time I have used it exclusively for my own dictation, all letters written by myself or dictated by myseK, and I find it, for the purpose that I require, in my judgment, more convenient than the ordi- nary stenographic writer. It is always ready for use, and this fact alone is of sufficient 4