The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-11-27


the ,rication company and Lloyds
COl aivpn in the current number of the
are son Electrician. By the terms Of
L1nu agreement the Marconi system Of
'n issIess telegraphy is placed upon a
VIZ VIZ and enduring footing for mer-
SELL .i,o marine signaling and intercom-
cs,ca+ion between ships and coast
n oI stations. AS Is well known, up
ss tho advent Of the Marconi system
nominations between passing ships
'V zoo and between vessels and the
a. I,ovds signal stations have been by
anT signals. Against this system,
Itch has been In use for centuries,
~arv objections have been made. Dis
.o was always a drawback, as the
40 Of vision even on a clear day
:" limited. and in foggy or stormy
..otber or in the night no signaling
evcept the pilot fare and the signal
- distress is in vogue. Further than
tnic If has often been necessary for
rosseI to go out of her course to sig
.oI coast stations, thus losing valuable
limo and often running into danger in
thp effort to get near enough to the sta
.ion 70 give and answer messages.
resides this, the system of flags Is
cumbersome, and only a few phrases
oon he sent back and forth.
Now that the Marconi system has
noon proved success it seems strange
+bat there has not been more haste in
taking it up on all merchant vessels.
M course the question of monopoly
will arise, for, according to the agree
ment Lloyds will employ no other
cvstsm of wireless .telegraphy than
that of the Marconi company for the
next fourteen years, but as the Morse
system and the telephone were monop-
oips it should be no drawback. They
will receive commercial messages at
their signal stations from any vessel
sunp,ied with the Marconi apparatus
and will also send messages to any
such vessel. but they will receive or
transmit no wireless telegraph COM
munication whatever where vessel is
equipped with apparatus not supplied
by the Marconi company. By this
agreement the monopoly is established,
for it will be necessary for vessels de-
string to communicate with shore in
that way to get that particular appara-
tus. 1t would be interesting to know
what would be done in the case of sig
nails of distress. but it is more than
likely that this great possibility of the
system will not stand in the way of
humanity and that the stations will
promptly report any vessel which may
be in difficulties whether or not she
has the Marconi apparatus on board.
The agreement further provides that
whenever center for commercial
wireless telegraphy with ships would
be advisable the existing Lloyds sta
tons at these points shall be worked
on the Marconi system. or if no station
exists within about twenty miles new
Lloyds station will be built and OF
course be placed in ordinary telegraph
ic communication with the British
postoftice lines Arrangements have
been made by which Atlantic liners fit
ted with Marconi apparatus will be
supplied with all the latest important
news as soon as they come within
about a hundred miles of the coast of
America or the British islands,
The rental system which has been IN
force with the Marconi company will
not be used under the agreement. but
tariff system will take its place. Sig
nal stations will be allowed free use
of the apparatus for the ordinary re-
cept of Lloyds signals, and vessels
signaling to one another are permitted
a certain number of service messages,
but for ali commercial messages
charge of sixpence per word in addi-
ton to all land charges will be made.
There can be little doubt that business
men on steamers, finding that they can
communicate with land a hundred