History of the Typewriter

— 92 — ciple of construction, which is, and promises to be for a long time, sanctioned by the largest and most discerning users of typewriters.” That is one side of the question ; the other side we shall see in our second division. The Hartford Typewriter. This machine, named after the place of its manufac- ture, the City of Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, U.S.A., came on the English market at an opportune moment, and for a while, seemed to have a very prosperous career before it. The machine was the invention of Mr. John M. Fairfield, who became president of the manufacturing company This gentleman had been associated with the Caligraph, and was therefore no stranger to the requirements of operators. His own idea, when starting to work on the preparation of a machine, was to produce one which would show increased efficiency, at a decreased price. After preliminary announcements, orders were first placed on file in March, 1895, and the company ceased operations in 1902, having just passed its seventh year. The keyboard was arranged in the Universal order, but the writing line was limited to seventy characters, which experience has shown is not long enough for English requirements, although the carriage would receive paper nearly two inches wider. Fig. 72