The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-13
WOULD NOT Be NOT AIRED
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FOILED
BY A BALLOON.
Sending Pole Could not be Adjusted
This Morning owing to Failure of the
Balloon to Rise.

Molokai will have to curb it's impa-
thence to receive instantaneous messa-
ges by wireless telegraphy. 1t had been
hoped by the managers of the company
that the exact necessary height of their
pole at Kaimuki would have been deter
mined this morning, to enable them to
warm the ears of the Molokaians with
the latest news of the world but this
pleasure had to be postponed, owing to
unforeseen circumstances.
1t had been arranged to make bal
loon ascension today to determine the
exact height to which the pole must be
erected to carry the wireless waves to
the receiving station on Molokai. Work
has been progressing on the balloon
for several days. 1t was beautiful in it's
symmetry. But on trial it wouldn't
hold hot air Hot air was to be the
bouyant force 1t was taken out to the
Kaimuki station. But it will have to
be boiled in hot oil before it will rise
with it's initiation of hot air. Molokai
was on hand all right and so was the
pole but the fault lay with the balloon
Whether it was . worldly wise balloon
or not is unknown but in any event 1t
refused to hold any of the hot air that
was pumped into it. An attempt was
made to initiate the balloon with heated
atmosphere but the warm article es
capped as rapidly as it was sent inside.
attempt had to be abandoned.
1t was decided to fix the balloon in
order that it could hold all the hot air
necessary. The instrument will be boil
ed i'm oil today and it is expected this
will make it air tight so that the eXpe-
riment can be made tomorrow. Mean
while the inhabitants of Molokai are
consumed with a wild desire to learn
whether Teddy has gone to lead the
Americans out of Peking or William
Jennings Bryan has been appointed
plenipotentiary to negotiate peace with
the willy Ii Hung Chang.
This morning Molokai answered the
call from Kaimuki but the messages
are blurred and cannot be clearly made
out. Manager Cross is convinced that
the proper elevation of the wires has
not been reached.
Captain Rosehill, who erected most
of the poles is of a different opinion
however. He thinks the fault is with
the Molokai pole and not the one at
! Kaimuki. He returned Saturday from
Mahukona, leaving all the southern ISL
ands in perfect communication with
each other. Lanai to Maui and Maui
/ to Hawaii are working perfectly; but
from Lanai to Molokai there is trouble.
II feel sure" says Captain Rosehill,
that the trouble Is with the Molokai
station. Lanai and Makena have per-
/ rect COIlneClloI, pul Wheh Lanai vans
Molokai there is blurred retu n. My
opinion is that the Molokai nole is
either not high enough or that lhe"e
has been some error in putting Up the
apparatus. Messages are now sent
without trouble between Lanai, Maui
and Hawaii. The missing link is be
tween here and Lanai l understand
that both Lanai and Honolulu get Mo-
lokai in the same way, and that is what
makes me feel sure that the fault is in
the station on the latter island"
Marconi's experts here believe that If
the proper elevation is reached at ka-
imuki they can reach Lanai and prob
ably Hawaii, direct, anyway, without
the intermediate station on Molokai'
This is one of their projects in intro
ducing the balloon test.