The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14
Messages are Sent From
This Island To
MOlOkai.

the experiments with the kite, and the
kaimuki station and preparations |
were made for the second test which |
took place yesterday morning. Among
those present when the test was made |
were Mrs. Cross. Manager Cross, Ex-
perts Gray and Pletts. and w. r. Far
rineton, secretary of the Wireless Tel !
egraph Company.
Mr.. Gray opened up the instrument
and sent the call for the Molokai sta
tion. A wait Of a minute or two passed
and he called again. Within fifteen
seconds a reply came from Expert
Hobbs. The time was taken by Mr..
Harrington, who. watch in hand, wait
ed for the responsive ticking in the
receiver. The message read:
who are you. and how are you?''
This was the first time Manager
Cross had heard the Kaimuki instru-
ment In connection with the one across
the channel. and he became as enthu-
siastic as a boy. He threw his hat in
the air and demonstrated his pleasure
by allowing a smile to tighten up his
worried features. for months of un-
successful attempts to make the system
work have worried him.
a return message was sent to Mr.
Hobbs telling him that the Kaimuki
station was talking" and telling him
who were in attendance.
Good morning TO Mr.. and Mrs.
lCross." was the distinct answer read
ION the white tape. 1t continued: Send
me 200 feet of two and one-half inch
by steamer leaving this afternoon"
THUS IL was established that the wire
amusement, but mad a commercial
value beyond computation.
Messages pro and con were sent from
pole to pole with success. Not an acct
dent marred the test.
Expert Gray states in explanation OF
the successful tests that the heavy
rains of the past month have caused
damp. thus giving the wires a wet
grounding place. and accounting fol
the present success. Despite this h
says II would never do to leave tn,
pole and instrument in it's present 10
. cation. He told Mr.. Cross that /
! should be moved down near the seasid,
. so that in either the dry or wet seasoi
: the ground wires will not be affected
by being established near the wate
= the wires will always be grounded in
damp place. All the other station
: have sea-grounding connections.
Z Today the pole will be lowered an
Z taken To waialae beyond Diamon
= Head on the road leading to Paul Isen
berg's country place. Possibly a week
I delay will be occasioned by the re
moval
Another important change will ais
occur in the stations elsewhere. A
. lpresent. for instance. there are thre
poles-one on oahu. one on Moloka
- and a third on Lanai. Suppose" say
o Mr.. Cross, that Oahu and Lanai bot
commence talking ut the same tim
n the messages will become jammed o
= the Molokai instrument and message
n cannot be successfully recorded.
& Mr.. Gray believes that two poles o
$ each Island should be erected, these I
be connected by telegraph wires o
y separate Instruments. Thus the sys
:, tenn complete would be as follows: On
station at waialae, oahu, which woul
"A connect with a pole on windward No
a Iokai. thence a telegraph wire woul
n connect IL with a pole on the other sic
n of Molokai A jump would be mao
" to n pole on the near side of Mau
"a thence telegraph wire to conne'
Is with a pole on the opposite side. ar
thence a jump to the pole at Mahl
'e kona. Hawaii. This would cut Lam
" out of the system altogether. Lanai
:. not essential to the system. either con
:, Imercially or scientifically. The syste
:, (which we had already adopted, howe
r. er. made II imperative to use Lana
or with the new system suggested I
AZ Mr.. Gray which will be put into oper
ltion, messages can be sent by wirele
m Telegraph from one chapnel station
at 1.-THE other without fear OF breaking In
n IN message from the other side. II
st overland telegraph wire will take ca
Of the messages between the cham
stations. The messages will go straig
an To their proper destinations. for q
We first pole away from the transmittil
de instrument will intercept them. Tt
will delay the sending Of regular me
sages. but once established. will faci
~ tate the business very much''
OF A telegraph line will be run frc