The San Francisco call., 1899-10-05
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

I 1IRELESS telegraphy IS no longer a matter OF
\Aj speculation 1t has been accomplished and
now takes its place among the forces that
serve the needs OF the civilized world The splendid
demonstration OF the effectiveness OF the Marconi
system in reporting the yacht race on Tuesday ior
The Call and the New York Herald puts an end %
the doubts OF the most skeptical on the subject and
establishes the teegraphy among the utilities OF
business lie.
1t IS but few weeks ago since The Call made for
itself the proud record OF being the first newspaper
in the world to obtain news ahead OF any OF its CON
temporaries by wireless telegraph, and what
was then but an experiment di5trusted by many peo-
pie has become service so thoroughly worked out
that it can be relied upon transmit accurately
few sentences only but endless number of words
across wide spaces OF land In the OF
the yacht race there transmitted from the steam
ship Ponce as she followed the yachts fifteen miles out
at sea upward OF $500 words in successive bulletins
long or short as the occasion required, and per
feet was the operation of the system that not one
single word had to be repeated in order to make it
clear to the receiver.
The speed OF the system is marvellous. From the
ship the messages transmitted to the land
station in time so brief as to be virtually instantane-
ous and from that station a special leased wire
they were forwarded to The Call and buletined here
WllIlll Two OF Illee HlllultS dlCI DelS written on
the Ponce In other words, the public in San Fran
cisco watching The Calls bulletins had information
OF every tack every shifting OF sails every incident
OF the race within three minutes after the incident
occurred. Such feat may we'll be accounted among
the supreme marvels OF the closing years OF century
full OF marvels.
From this time the development of the new
telegraphy will go forward by leaps and bounds 1t
will not be left to individual enterprise exploit and
extend the potences that lie within it. The Govern
ents of the great nations of the earth will take it ND
and apply all their vast resources to carry it at once
to its highest possibility OF attainment The British
are already actively pushing the work. They have
made tests extending over hundreds OF miles and are
even now arranging to make trial Of sending dis
patch through the air from England to Spain Should
a war occur in the Transvaal at this time it would
matter little the British if the Beers should man
age to cut the telegraph wires communicating with
Kimberley or the Cape Already the British War
Office knows how to transmit messages over the
heads of Beers from one military force to another
with efficiency and dispatch
As he has finished his contract with The
Call and the Herald Marconi will confer with repre-
senatlyes OF our Government for the purpose OF in
Producing his system into the service of our armies
and navies. Such telegraphy is needed now in the
Philippines and will soon be applied there and Of
course will be developed to the utmost.
10 man now living can set limits to the potences OF
such elegraphy Since wires are no longer needed it
will be possible for to eventually send message
to as great distance he generate electrical
energy to carry it The tests already made show that
neither tall buildings, mountains, storms nor the cur
vature OF the earth nterferes The electric message
goes on its to where the prepared receiver awaits
it, finding no obstacle to check its course Who can
say what may yet be done by in the possession
of such power?