The Washington times., 1901-12-15
MARC0NI SPANS
THE ATLANTIC.
Wireless Telegraphy Works
Over 1900 Mile Gap.
FROM ENGLAND TO NEWFOUNDLAND
A Single Letter Sent, According to
Prearranged Plans, at Stated In
tervals-Heavy Apparatus to Be
Installed at Once.

ST. JOHNS. N F.. Dec 1L-slgno- Mar
conl has communicated by wireless teieg-
raphy with his station at Lands End.
Cornwall, England
lie had previously arranged to have the
letter So sent out from the pole at
Lands End and has caught the letter sew
eral times by means OF receiver sent
up by kites here
Tonight Marconl gave out the following
| statement:
| Before l left England for Newfound-
land to experiment in communicating with
ocean liners in mid-oceaD 1 arranged
with my assistants at my station in
Poldhu Cornwall, near the Lizard. to send
out certain signals on and after certain
days according to detailed plan sup
piled them with.
An Excellent Opportunity.
II had Just hope that the signals might
reach across the Atlantic to Newfound-
land. The distance. 1880 miles. was far
greater than any we had ever yet at
tempted, but the electric power at Poldhu
was unusually great. and the wide. IN
broken area Of ocean without a break un-
til Newfoundland was reached offered an
exceptional opportunity for testing the ul-
innate possibilities of my invention.
The Task Extraordinary.
"Rad 1t not succeeded should not have
been disappointed. because it was an ex-
traordinary task to impose on the appa-
ratus. and failure would not have meant
anything.
"on arriving in Newfoundland, and in
stalling my station on Signal Hill. at the
entrance to st. Jchns harbor. I sent up
kites every day this week. with the YER
tical aerial wire appended by which our
signals are received. 1 had previously
cabled to Cornwall station to begin send
ing the prearranged signal Tuesday, but
my kite broke away and nothing resulted.
Sent the Letter asp
"on Wednesday. however. l had bet-
ter luck My arrangement was for Corn
wall to send at fve-minute intervals, be-
tween and o'clock p. m, the Morse
letter s. which consists of three dots.
The hours named were equivalent to the
hours from noon TO o'clocl, p. m at st.
Johns, and Wednesday during these
hours myself and my two assist
ants received these signals under such
conditions as assured US they were gen.
uine.
I've received them through a specially
sensitive telephone attached to our in
struments, which enables US to detect sig
nails which the instruments would not
record The combinations were perfect.
though faint. The test was conclusive,
though not practically effective. Thurs
day we tried again during the same hours.
and were again rewarded with audible
sound signals, though fainter than
Wednesday.
To Try on Monday.
This attribute to the trouble we had
in keeping our kite elevated, owing to
battling winds, but this test made further
doubt impossible. We tried ON Friday,
but gusty airs made kite flying impossible.
The same condition continued today.
shall try again on Monday, and expect
to receive the signals again. as Cornwall
makes them daily until ordered to de-
sist.
After Thursdays success l wired my
principals in London and am now at lib
erty to inform the press of what I have
accomplished. l have also informed the
Governor Of Newfoundland, Sir Caven-
dish Boyle. requesting him to notify his
Majesty's Government in London OF the
fact. l myself am informing the Italian
Government.
others Also Notified.
"The Russian admiralty. which yester-
day decided to install my system on It's
warships, will also be notified l have
also informed Premier Sir Robert Bond
and the Newfoundland Ministry, to whoni
l am indebted for many kindnesses. and
they have offered me every facility to con-
tinue my work
Next week 1 shall arrange for the
erection here of a pole geo feet high, to
be used for receiving purposes, instead OF
the unreliable kites. My two assistants
will remain here and I will return to Eng
land by the Allan Line steamer Sardinian
70 continue the experiments from the
Cornwall station.
For Permanent Communication.
'I shall enlarge the battery there and
add more electric power. BY this means
l hope to send across signals so powerful
as to actuate the ordinary instruments
and make the working of the system
effective day and night. the whole year
round.
when this Is done I will revisit New
foundland to erect 4 large station here
similar to that in Cornwall Il power and
extent. with that it will be possible for
me to send and receive messages at both
sides OF the Atlantic. and with third
station at Cape Cod l can span the whole
stretch Of ocean between Europe and
America.
Commercial PracticnbiIity.
Though the signals received Wednes-
day and Thursday were not as effective as
those between my ordinary stations. they
were satisfactory 40 regards the extreme
character OF the experiments, and con-
vince me that within reasonable time
it will be possible to carry on commercial
teleeraphy across the Atlantic BY this
method as expeditiously and conveniently
as by the submarine cables.
weIi-GnoJyn Lawyer Dead.
ORANGE, y. j.. Dec. 14.-Albert Pier
Cit. 49,, ,F tho haet-kuou-u law.