The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-16
PLEASED With RESULTS
Weather Bureau 5 Experiments in
Wireless Teiegraphy.
sIessareS Already Transmitted and
Received over Fifty sEileS of
Rough and Irregular Su=faee-sec-
rotary Wilson's Hopeful Prcdic-
tions-f'orecusts for North Atlantic

The Weather Bureau reports ms sat
isfactory results from the experiment in
wireless biography recently adOp ed for
the establishing Of communication be
tween vessels al sea and exposed points
On lake and seacCasts. as also between isl
ands along the coasts and The mainland
Recognizing the advantage that would re
suit to commerce and navigation by the
institution OF such communication the
Weather Bureau was directed 10 system
aticaIIy Investigate the various methods
OF electrical communication without
wires New appliances have been de-
yised for the transmission OF signals,
and receivers have been constructed that
probably are more delicate than any
heretofore made Messages have already
been successfully transmitted and receiy-
ed over fifty miles Of land, which pre-
scented a rough and irregular SUFFICE. con
diJiOns most unfayorable for the trans
mission OF electro magnetic waves II is
believed by the Secretary of Agriculture
as well as the officials of the Weather
Bureau. that the efficiency Indicated by
such transmission overland is sufficient to
operate successfully over several hundred
miles Of water. The apparatus used is
moreover. capable of further improve
ment.
i hope" said Secretary Wilson. the
time is near at hand when the great
number of craft employed in The coast
wise commerce of the United States and
over its great inland seas Will be placed
in instantaneous communication with he
numerous stations OF our Weather Blu
reau. which are located at al! important
ports The matter is one Of such great
Importance TO our commerce that 1 have
authorized extensive experimentation,
which from The success so far attending
our Efforts Will be vigorously prosecut-
ed
Another important addition to the work
OF the Weather Bureau in the near future
viii be the beginning Of special storm fore
casts for the North Atlantic Ocean, a
step made possible both BY the use OF the
reports received from the West Indies
the Bahamas. Bermuda. and those to be
received from the Azores and Portugal
through the new cable system connecting
lisbon. the Azores. and New York city
Arrangements have been made already by
which daily observations viii be received
from Great Britain and France The
trans-Oceanic and cOastWLse commerce Of
the several nations will il is believed re
ceive as much benefit from this extension
OF the Weather Service as the commerce
and cur South Atlantic cities has received
as result OF the action OF the United
States in extending its neteoroIogic re-
porting stations over ali the important ISL
ands Of the West Indies. Il is intended to
make forecasts OF wind force and wind di-
rection for the first three days Of the
route OF all outgoing steamers. and for an
equal period for such as place themselves
n communication with the Weather Blu
reau before leaving European ports
The work OF the West India meteoro-
logical service of the Weather Bureau IS
proving more valuable and efficient than
ever before In the case OF the Galveston
disaster. the devastating storm was de-
tected ct its Inception on September / It's
location was daily plated and its course
and Intensity successfully forecast for
eight days before It reached the Texas
coast. during which tine il Travelled about
2.060 miles. Storm warnings again were
successfully displayed in advance Of this
storm before il reached the Lake region.
II is significant fact that. nctwithstand-
ind the great number Of craft plying the
Gulf Of Mexico and the inland seas. the
warnings were so timely that there was
nc disaster upon the open waters.