The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09

Officials OF the Department of Agricult-
ure, espc cialIy those connected with the
Weather Bureau. are greatly elated over
tests that they have recently made in
wireless teIegraphy It is confidently as
serted by the latter that Marconi has been
completely ouJdone and that at day not
far in the future The methods employed
will be fully developed and then the re
suits obtained viii astonish the world.
In what particular the new system diff
fers from Marconi's is not yet made
known. There seems to be d disposition
on the part of those interested in its de-
velopment TO keep this secret for the
time being. All the information given on
This point is that dots and dashes and
receiver OF the ~sounder' type are used
The Weather Bureau began its expert
ments Wit. wireless teIegraphy at BIacki-
ston-s Island. in the Potomac River, sixty
miles from this city, something like
year ago. : station was established
there for the purpose. Prof Fessenden, a
gentleman who. IL is asserted, has for
long time been lmbued with ideas Of the
possibilities OF wireless teIegraphy, was
placed in charge Of the station Prof
Fessenden is not d regular employe of the
Weather Bureau. HIS services were OBJ
tanned to carry out this particular work
The apparatus used in the transmission Of
messages Is OF his conception and there
is great reticence concerning It No Sc
crecy, however, IS attempted IN keeping
from the public his achievements with IL
Il Is asserted by Weather Bureau OIL
transmitted sixty miles over a rough
country This Is declared 10 be greater
feat than AarcOni mas vet accomplished
Willis /. Moore. Chief of the Bureau,
says that messages have been sent for
some distance from . staff only three
feet high.
The most gratifying result was obtain
ed in work between BlacHisJOn's Island
and Washington. Regular cOmmunica-
ton between these points was es-ahl-sh-
ed One Of the employees Of the bureau
lives near Fort Nyer- = stan 100 feet
high was erected on his place, ana at
the top OF this the instruments were
placed. Chief Moore declares thct the
bureau here received messages as .esu-
larry and as freely as though they had
been sent by wire He declares that
the speed OF The waves Was practically
that of light
These messages were read by sound
EhlSf moore hopes mat receiver VIII
soon be developed that will record mes
sages. An apparatus has been compile ed
which. the Chief expects, will be able TO
signal 10 ships 500 miles distant on the
sea. Vessels are TO be sent out soon
equipped with receiving instruments TO
test this invention
An experimental station has Just been
completed al Roanoke. y. c. Others are
TO be established at Hatteras and Cape
Henry All OF the tests thus far made
have been made on land, and over an
uneven eoUntry- It is said they have
been the most difficult 70 which the new
system could be applied
From the stations at Roanoke, Hat
teras. and Cape Henry possibilities over
water are TO be obtained. Chief Moore
and all OF his assistants are confident
plishing wonderful things from these
tests
II is said that Secretary Wilson, soon
after AarcOni came forward determined
that his department should take a hand
in the development of wireless telegraphy
He had faith that efforts IN this direc-
tion would nov be frUitless, but the sue
cess thus far have surprised even him.
These forts have not, however, yet
brought forth assurance that wireless
telegraphy can be used for everyday
business purposes on shore It IS rea-
soned that earth disturbances and the
conditions that surround cities viii prove
obstacles 10 this.