Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-11-16

Between Lloyds and the MarcOnk
Company.
The details CT the agreement between
the Marconi international Marine
Communication company and LloydS
are given in the current number OF the
London Electrician. BY the terms OF
this agreement the Marconi system OF
wireless telegraphy is placed upon
secure and enduring footing for mer-
camille marine signaling and intercom-
munication between ships and coast
signal stations. AS is well known. up
to the advent of the Marconl system
communications between passing ships
at sea and between vessels and the
Lloyds signal stations have been by
flag signals. Against this system,
which has been in use for centuries,
many objections have been made DIS
lance was always drawback, as the
range of vision even on clear day
is limited. and in foggy or stormy
weather or in the night no signaling
eyccpt the pilot flare and the signal
of distress is in vogue. Further than
this. it has often been necessary for a
vessel to go out of her course to sig
nal coast stations, thus losing valuable
| time and often running into danger la
| the effort to get near enough to the sta
| ton to give and answer messages.
| Besides this. the system of flags Is
cumbersome, and only a few phrases
can be sent back and forth.
Now that the Marconi system has
| been proved a success it seems strange
that there has not been more haste in
taking it up on all merchant vessels.
| OF course the question of monopoly
will arise, for. according to the agree
mcnt, Lloyds will employ no other
system of wireless telegraPhy than
that of the Marconi company for the
next fourteen years. but as the Morse
system and the telephone were monop-
olies it should be no drawback. They
will receive commercial messages ar
their signal stations from any vessel
supplied with the Marcohi apparatus
and will also send messages to any
such vessel. but they will Nceivc or
transmit no wireless telegraph com
muncation whatever where Il 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 appa@-
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 or
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 Il center for commercial
wireless telegraphy with ships would
be advisable the existing Lloyds sta
tons ut these points shall be worked
on the Marconi system. or If no station
exists within about twenty miles new
Llovds 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
u about hundred miles of the coast or
America or the British islands
The rental system which has been III
!. force with the Marconi company VIII
a not be used under the agreement. but
s a tariff system will take its place. sig
nal stations will be allowed free use
!. Of the apparatus for the ordinary re
ceipt of Lloyds signals, and vessels
= signaling to one another are permltteC
q certain number of service messages
Int for all commercial messages
y charge of siXpence per word in adul
* ton to all land charges will be mace
There can be little doubt that business
y men on steamers finding that they car
IL communicate with land Il hundred
) miles out at sea, will be prone to us'
the system and that the Dissemination
of important news on the Vessel
likely to promote private messages.
f. With this system in vogue, it seem
"a as if there should be decided III
G. provement in the security of ocean voy
N ages. Vessels equipped with the wire
less instruments may almost always D
4, in touch with other ships on transa'
t. lantic voyages. and any trouble can
I'd once be flashed through the air. con
i. munication being possible for at leas
Il hundred miles. Under these clrcun
O. stances any steamship that hoal
er around disabled and lost to the worn
e. would do so simply because the owner
of the vessel have neglected to equl
her with the wireless system ana thu
re failed to take one of the most oruinar
NJ precautions against trouble and worr.
Overdue vessels will be able to re
'e- where they are and what has deiaye
IS, them. so that anxiety may be allaye
and a call for help at sea from hu'
dred miles away should rarely or new
LIE fail to be answered. Those who