New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
TESTING WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
EXPERIMENTS MADE BY LIGHTHOUSE OFF,
| GALS AT ToMPKINsvILLE.

Washington May 6 (SpecaD.-The experiments
now being conducted in wireless telegraphy are
being carefully watched by the ofnciais Vi ~
Lighthouse and Life-Savine services Win a VIC"
to utilizing this new means OF communicate
soon as Il is considered practicable Dy tne eNp
In n modest way the officials or the LAsn'"o
BOARD are conducting experiments on 'her o".
oo,,n, a, Tomnkinsville n Y. under the super
vision OF the engineer Of the ITO bsn'"o"''
trict. . .,r,aes
oI believe that we are on the eve OF great su'ue'
hevond present methods" said Major HoNe,
eineer secretary OF the Board TINS hl'e'" -,
this department is keeping It's eyes open " an
that is being done In the development OIL 'iii'
less system Of sending messages. We have oone
q little experimentation on our own account
have not gone into the subject Thoroughly MI
Marconi and others who are now meeuns WV,
such success are better equipped thah inc oiii0'",
Of this branch of the service. ana we are con'e'
for the present TO watch and study the prog Csc
thew make. We shall however take the subject
ND as soon as we can handle It, for we do not IN
tend to let any one get ahead of us In the apphca-
t,on OF this great improvement 10 the lighthouse
service We are in correspondence with experts
who have studied wireless telegraphy and met with
more or less OF success. Both al Iompkns'ine
and at headquarters here we are giving the SUD
tect such attention It's great Importance war
rants.
when wireless teleSrapny IL reuuCfu ~ an
science and ships are fitted with the necessary IN
struments the dangers Of the sea will be very
largely reduced, and communication with hght-
houses and life-saving stations will be an easy
matter In of ships in distress TINS VIII oe
In this direction have already been mace one ~ Ua
the notable of this character being OF iIe
coast of Great Britain. The Goodwin shi1tng
sands Of this coast are well known TO mariners
For the protection OF vessels the British Govern
ment stationed lightship on these SANDS tweVe
"As soon as experiments proved wireless te,
egraphy TO be Of some practical use tis snip sa
ments quite number of vessels were saVeu py
this means for in many cases ships ran by ee
graph and succeeded in reaching and pulling thein
off the sands before they had pounoes,e a,a 70
however, was the rescue OF the crew or the Ight-
ship II was run into by another vessel Inc IN
formation was teegraphed 70 the 4gHnou tba eb
ship sank the were taken on Inc sendins vi
messages this distance was easily and specify ac-
Greater distances than this have been covered
in Great Britain. There is one station covering a
distance of thirty miles, and the instrument al
one station is able to ring bell 70 attract inc ne
attention of the operator at the otner All o.
system viii soon be so perfected that it will become
Invaluable and Indispensable. When perIecteu ~
will be the most important addition 10 our service
while as l have said we are watching and study
Ing the saS hSPe to the
The life Saving Service has made no expert
ments only for the reason that there is no appro1
priation to provide funds for the purpose ana no
Contingent fund from which such expenses could
be taken Superintendent Kmbali said tnis a,.e nh
attention for he saw great possibilities in It's ap,
plication the work Of the men VINO were ENGAGE
with disaster at sea Recently experiment was
conducted at the Chicago station. on Lake MEM L.
gan but the Bureau had nothing TO 90 WIN !.
Seyond granting permission to the station and
witnessing the success that was attained