The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-18

tion of the system to an Advertiser re-
porter yesterday.
Inc analogy between the transmia-
sion or impulses by the wireless tele
SidpH ana the transmission OF sound
iIolii one mans mouth to another's ear
Is very Close he said IF a man stands
near you and talks in a whisper Won
can near him plainly, but If he moves
eWay ne must raise his voice, and the
| Ut rther ne goes the louder he must talk
10 enable you to hear him. Now. the
wireless telegraph works In precisely
d similar 1ashion Impulses are set
up py an instrument at the Executive
pulldlng. let us say The wire "a arries
them aloft and they set in motion waves
IN the ether, that impalpable substance
winch exists in the atmosphere. and in
ueeu III every substance, but of whose
th ph,opeieies we know SO little as yet, and
tnese waves travel out In every direc-
uon, as do the waves in a pond when
stone Is dropped into it, Finally thew
reach another instrument similar 20
the one which set them in motion. and
tnis instrument responds as each inn
pulse reaches 1T. just as the ear responds
to the waves of sound. That. in brief
is the best popular description of the
manner IN which wireless telegram
does Its work that l can give YOU with
out going into technical details regard
ing the construction of our instruments.
O.
trlcians would understand"
Success Attained Elsewhere.
Wireless telegraphy has been used
with great success in England and on
the Atlantic coast of America but yes
teroays experiments were the first that
nave been given on this side of the
ROCKY mountains. A year and a half
ago the English channel was bridged.
ana the distance to which messages
were transmitted then thirty miles.
was considered wonderful Poles over
loO rect in height were used at that time
and almost the limit of distance seemed
10 nave been reached. But improve
ments have been made since that time.
ana now messages are sent from
Chelmsford, England, to Wimeraux.
France, a distance of 100 miles with
poles of the same height as those used
In the hrst attempt to send messages
across the channel Last year the sys-
tenn was used with great success in
me autumn maneuvres of the British
Heet, one of the great events of the
year for Englishmen. 1t was used in
reporting the international yacht race
last taili and proved great success
Advantages to the Islands.
When the Islands are at last connected
by the wireless telegraph one of the
aims that has been striven for for many
years past will be accomplished The
growing business all over the group has
made some adequate means of quick
communication from the other Islands
TO Honoiuiu, the clearing house for the
Whole group, absolutely necessary.
Merchants or planters on Hawai- or
kaual have had heretofore to wait ten
days or two weeks for the filling of or
derS here that would have meant the
saving of thousands of dollars had they
been able to be filled at once. Up to the
present time they have had to send their
orders by the mails on the inter-isiand
boats, and as these vessels ONLY liled
at uncertain or widely separated Inter-
walls, the delays would sometimes be
most exaSperating.
The plan of laying cables has often
been thought of and once ATTEMPTED.
but not with any success, and the pres
ent scheme is the first to offer any
tangible solution of the pre- BEN of in
ter-island communication. Twelve years
ago company in which E. o. Hall &
Son were the chief movers decided to
lay cable between here and Hawaii
A man named Bartholomew was en-
gagged, who had had some experience
in laying cables on the Atlantic coast
Copper wire was brought here and the
cable was made in this city. The
steamer Kaimiloa was used as the cable
ship, and the Oahu end was landed at
Ddy. 1nenCe the wire was
laid to the lighthouse on Molokai. Along
the length of that Island the wire was
strung on poles to Kalauaahua, and
from there a cable was stretched to
Maui. 1t was carried over this Island
also on poles, and from Kaupo, Maui,
cable was laid to Mahukona, on Ha-
wall.
But one message was sent over this
line, and then the cable between Oahu
and Molokai parted. 1t was repaired
three times and then the promoters re-
fused to put up any rnore money and
the line was given no. Tho wire was not
properly CONSTRUCTED in the first place,
and moreover it was laid over one of
the deepest parts of the straits between
the Islands. Other cable plans have
been projected, but none seriously as
the failure of the las, attempt made
capitalists chary of investing their
money in such schemes.
Engagement Announced