The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-19
SELECTED The SPOT
MARCoNTs AGENT RECOMMENDS
INSTALLATION OF A
WIRELESS STATION AT TYBEE.
SUPPORT PROMISED THE ENTER
PRISE.


MIR. Kelly Says That Installation OF
Station Is Practically Assured.
Called on President of Board OF
Trade ana Afterwards Went 10
Tybee Chose an Advantageous
Knoll Upon which TO Erect IA sta
tiOn-BOard of Trade VIII Furnish
the Plot of Ground-PilOts' Assoc
citation Offers to Feed and Lodge
COnpany's Operator.
Mr.. Dan Kelly, representing the Mar
conf Wireless Telegraph Company, said
last might that from the reception Civ
en- him here and from the assurances
he has received from the maritime au-
thorNties and from the President of the
Board of Trade. he thinks the installa-
ton of a station is practically assured.
Yesterday morning he called upon
Capt. D. G. Purse, president of the
Board of Trade. who furnished him
with a chart of Tybee Island, which
greatly aided in selecting a practicable
spot upon which to place the station,
pany.
81 have nowhere been more hospit-
ably received than in Savannah" said
Mr.. Kelly. Except New Orleans, where
our system has already been installed
on the incoming ships, the enterprise
has received nowhere more hearty APP
proval than it has here. In addition,
the Pilots Association proffered all the
aid which is in their power TO give.
even promising to furnish board anG
lodging for our operator. No other city
has offered greater inducements.
when l suggested" said Mr.. Kelly.
that the company might desire To
place a plant aboard the lightship out
side Of the harbor, but that l
feared that the government. always
jealous of its rights, might OPP
pose such a project. 1 was assured
of influence in that, and any other di-
rection. to the end that the system be
established in this port. F."
Mr.. Kelly went to Tybee during the
day and surveyed the beach, explor-
ing the estuaries of the island, in quest
of a 2lace to locate the station, which,
he said. is now a certainty. The place
selected is a common knoll, just be-
hind the government property, near the
lighthouse on this spot he will rec
ommend that the Marconi Company
place the station.
The spot, he said was a most favo-
rable one, better than any he has sue
eeeded in finding in any of the other
ports. 1t affords a commanding view
of the ocean, and even were the in
strumeuts installed only on the light
ship, no better spot could be found
from which to communicate with it.
Commenting on the report that he
had accomplished little by his visit TO
this port and that the brokers had ex-
pressed no desire to receive any earlier
reports of their vessels than they were
now receiving, Mr.. Kelly said: Any
statement to the effect that my propo-
sition has been coldly received in Sa-
vannah. or that I have received little
assurance here is without foundation
and absolutely untrue.
Il did not say. as reported. that the
brokers here do not seem TO care about
any earlier report of their vessels than
they are now receiving. l could not
have made such a statement. for, on
the contrary, those whom l approach
ed on the subject told me that they
recognized the benefit which would ac-
crue from the establishment of a sta
ton, and incidental communication
with their vessels at sea.
The position taken by the factors
Is that their hands are tied, since they
are not the owners of the vessels, and
cannot install the instruments on the
vessels owned by other parties. That
their equipment with the Instruments
would be of vast benefit, they do not
gainsay. Its practicability has been
proven, without the shadow of doubt,
in New York, as any one will know
who reads the wireless reports publish
ed daily in the New York papers, one
of the papers, the Herald, having an
observation station of it's own at Nam
tucket lightship.
THE installation of the system would
be made at a great sacrifice for the
purpose OF introducing it, for once the
stations are established they will he
come almost Indispensable. No one
has made any point on the price,
though il is true that members of the
Pilots Association smiled Significant Y
when l told them that the installation
of instruments would cost them 81 500
They said that they could not afford
ii, but recognizing its utility, would
willingly provide for an operator il
our company. or the City Exchange
and Board of Trade, would pay for the
installation.
Il am much encouraged by m1
visit here. In fact / have met Will
greater success than 1 ANTICIPATED.
have found the people hospitable OF
every side. They have manifested un
usual interest in the enterprise. ant
have given me assurance of their aiC
and support. Particularly pleased wa
l with my interview with your presi
dent of the Board of Trade. / am sur,
that my recommendation to the hom
office will result in the establishment
Of station on the Tybee coast"
Mr.. Kelly leaves to-day for Charles
ton, where he will spend two days. AT
ter leaving Charleston, he will go t
Wilmington, Newport News. Norfoll
and Baltimore before returning to tn
home Office in New York
Woman Charged With Larceny.