Etablierte 1 845 NEW YORK Samstag, 8. Mai 1897. Inhaltsverzeichnis von Scientific American Supplement Nr. 1 1 14. Seite KOSTENLOSE VERTEILUNG VON SAATGUT DURCH DIE REGIERUNG. Das schnellste Schiff flott. Krieg MASSNAHMEN IN FRIEDENSZEITEN. Frieden wie die Gegenwart. Es ist beruhigend zu erfahren, dass die Rechnung wahrscheinlich sehr wenig zu erhalten, wenn die sup Port. Der Sekretär langen Brief an den Kongress in Bezug auf die Angebote in Antwort auf das Inserat des Abteilung für März 10 heißt es, dass die Abteilung nicht gerechtfertigt, die Annahme oder Ablehnung der Bewerbung der Illinois Steel Company fühlen und weist darauf hin, dass die Regierung
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ESTABLISHED 1 845 NEW YORK SATURDAY MAY 8 1897. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF Scientific American Supplement No. 1 1 14. PAGE FREE DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE FASTEST VESSEL AFLOAT. WAR MEASURES IN TIME OF PEACE. peace such as the present. It is reassuring to learn that the bill is likely to receive very little if any sup port. Secretary Long's letter to Congress relative to the bids in answer to the department's advertisement of March 10 states that the department did not feel justified in accepting or rejecting the bid of the Illinois Steel Company and points out that the government is liable to incur heavy expense due to the delay in furnishing armor for the three battleships recently laid down if some steps are not immediately taken to pro cure the needed supply. The secretary closes by recommending that authority be given' the depart ment to make contracts at a price not exceeding $400 per ton ' the rate recommended by my predecessor.' This figure was arrived at as being a just price after as though the recommendation of Secretary Long was the easiest way out of the deadlock. HIGH SPEED TELEGRAPHY. By making use of the alternating current and special designs of receiver and transmitter two well-known American specialists have succeeded in sending mes three thousand and six thousand words a minute may be dispatched by the same systein between points that are a thousand miles apart. The new telegraphy marks a wonderful advance over existing methods. An ope rator using the Morse key sends only forty words a minute and by the Wheatstone system about one hun its early promise will rank as one of the greatest of the century is the result of the joint labors of Lieutenant a 0. Squier and Prof. A. C. Crehore and it illustrations is published in the current issue of the most valuable contributions ever made to the literature upon this subject. The new scheme as we have said uses an alternating in place of a constant current. In the latter a break in the contact
