The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-11
HOW ABOUT
MARCONI2
Has He Sold Out To
The British?
4 RUMOR FROM LONDON
General Postoffice Said to Have Bar
gained For His Wireless Tsleg-
raphy System.
Especial TO New York sun,

raphy. II this should prove so. nobody
but the Government will have the
legal right TO operate that method.
The statement Is not confirmed yet.
but an expert commission OF the Postal
Department Is preparing a report or
the question OF its adoption. Whether
this will result in a revolution of tel
egraphy here, or Is merely a Govern
mental safeguard. remains to be seen 8
Under acts of Parliament the postoffice
authorities have the monopoly of tel
egraphy throughout Great Britain and il
Ireland. They could prevent MIR. Mar
cont or anybody else from operating
their own methods on business lines.
Very probably the report now being
prepared will be made the basis for n
offering a lump sum of public morey !,
for the wireless method. The National /,
Telephone Company holds an exclusive J
license from the Government. but II 7
has not been found to work well and
will not be renewed.
The postOffice commission is nego- /
tiating with France and Belgium on
the attitude TO be adopted in event Cf
purchase.
: The Marconi system was tested twice I
this week during stormy weather from
the over-Ostend packet boat TO anu
. from points on the English and Bel
gian coast. The Princess Clementine.
the packet. made the voyage from Do
yer In about four hours, going head to
wind. The Marconi apparatus was
built up above the mast. Throughout
the tempcstuous voyage the communi-
cation with the coast was perfect. ard
quite a number OF messages werc
transmitted for passengers. One mes
sage was received on board from Brus
=. sells and delivered TO passenger.
p Among the messages was one fO- Get
many and one for Glasgow.
Already the authorities have found
the installations or board the Princess
: Clementine OF the greatest advantage.
- Twice In the course of the week tho
cPptain of the ship has beel warned
from the shore OF the approach ot Fog.
and has regulated his speed according
liy SO as to avoid undue delay. More
a than that he was able TO calculate
i and report 20 n nicely the time his
vessel would reach the port Of Ostend.
The British Government, % protect
ds rights. will not permit a wireless
message 90 be sent or received with
In three miles OF the English shore.
some Belgian tclegraphers are being
instructed In the Marconi system ON
board the Princess Clementine and on
shore.
When a reporter asked Mr. Marco1i
recently N he hoped soon TO cnmmuni-
cate with America. the inventor smiled
as N to mean that trans-oceauic wire
4 less teiegraphy Is still very much IN
the air. but IL has been shown TO b'
n good thing on land and privacy o
Il cmmunication has been established
l Every town and village in the countr!
might have Its wireless receiver
and transmitters. The number o
lines that can be worked simultan
eously is only limited by the numbe
OF instruments. The wireless system
would abolish blocks on the line; bust
ness would be immensely cheapened
for the cost of installing the system
the cost OF buying transmtters. Nj
Marconi recognizes the difficulty OF al
ranging for the adoption OF his meth
od and the reason for the Govern
ments delay OF many months In maj
ing "A decisive settlement. The Gov
eminent has To safeguard itse
aRainst purchasing something whic
has no exclusive patent value. E'
10 erybody knows that there are sewers
IN methods OF wireless telegraphy. and
Mr.. Marconrs Is TO be purchased
prccedent Is created which migi
make the adapter and modifer OF II
ventions an expensive national nu
sance. correspondent who was
telegraph operator In the general pos
Office writes as follows against u
adoption Of Marconfs system:
1T Is suggested that the Brius
postofiice could not avail itself OF wir
Nrftf
''" Marconi's patents; that there is son
doubt as to the postofiice monopo
extending 90 the new system. and tn
In order TO make things comfortab
All round her majesty's postmast
reneral. acting on the advice OF a d
nartmental committee has decided
buy out Marconi with a large suns
4 money. II Is quite true that a depar
Ill mental committee OF the postofhce n
~' been making inquiries into the su
feet OF wireless telegraphy. but tn
also have been making experimen
!. which have demonstrated that Marco
has no monopoly OF that system; al
IN they should, as reported, recomme
the purchase OF any particular scher
or system they will have made blu
der worthy 20 rank with that comm
ted In 1870 when the postofiice W
bamboozled into giving three times
RAIs nncS FOR the then existing telegra
as system, owned by companies, as u "
~ worth. There are at least half a doz
rs wireless telegraphy schemes In
market. and the engineers OF the DO
-, Office also have one by which they q
~. understood TO set great store.
CAS- for the postofiice monopo
there II no reason whatever for
!, a doubt. The postal telegraph act
In is6s IL perfectly clear in giving
nostmaster general the exclusive rii
10 means OF communication by ell
m trlclty. Therefore. no system OF wi
IlneA less telegraphy can be operated In 9
-s1 country without the permission OF