The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-17
He PLANS TO
0UTD0 MARCONI.
Tssla's Wireless System 10 b,
Operated Within thrss Months.
MYSTERY ABOUT SHORE PLANT.
Lofty Tower with SuhlsHansan Connection
Is Very Closely Guarded Frsm lnspec-
tlun-- What The Inventor Says.
MYSTERY ABOUT SHORE PLANT.

New York, Feb. i7.-Nikoa Tesla says
that he is nearly ready TO make a prac-
tical test OF his system for wireless tele-
graphhy at long distance He told
reporter yesterday at the Waldorf-As-
toria that he expected TO be able TO make
definite announcement on the subject
within three months.
MIR. Teslas work and plans I'm this direc-
tlon have been surrounded by much mys-
terry. He has been experimenting for sew
eral years Some OF his experiments
were conducted on the top OF Pixies peak.
which gave rise TO report that his send
ing and receiving stations were 10 be To-
Gated at very high attitudes.
in August last however. he purchased
200 acres of land az Mardenclyffe. l.. L.,
and announced that his principal sta
tion on this side OF the Atlantic would
be located there. Wardenclyffe is on the
north shore OF Long Island about
% miles from this city 1t is reached by
the Port jefferson branch of the Long
Island railroad
Since the purchase OF the land work
has been going forward rapidly on the
construction OF buildings. The plant.
when completed will consist OF five or
six separate structures. IL is reported
that Mr. Tesla intends TO remove his en-
ton street In this city TO Wardenclyffe,
but the inventor declines TO disclose his
plans in that respect
TOWER PIG FEET HIGH.
The most interesting building I'm pro-
cess of erection at Wardenclyffe is the
tower. from which wireless messages will
be sent and received. When completed,
it will be PIG feet high. The diameter
af ha hna fa fee af
II IS constructed OF wood and iron. The
secrets Of the interior of the tower are
closely guarded. IL is known, however,
that at the base of the structure there
Is an entrance TO well l2O feet deep
with a staircase leading down into IT,
From the bottom OF the well there will
be four tunnels, each 100 feet long, which
are now being eXcavated. Most of the
electrical apparatus. a portion of which
is already In position. will be located at
or below the surface OF the ground
Mr.. Tesla has recently taken out pat
| ents on several new devices for receiv-
| ing wireless messages. The purpose OF
! his new instruments is to increase the
\ force OF the impulse produced by the
| Hertz waves Speaking of his system
| he said:
TELLS OF HIS INVENTION.
1.-THE current which I will use will be
| OF the familiar alternating type. Inc
| energy which is generated in that form
will be stored in "A condenser, but after
it's discharge therefrom the intensity of
the vibrations VIII be magnified 1000
times These vibrations will be OF the
kind best calculated for transmission
through the earth, which is my real con-
ductor. At the receiving station i will
provide means for magnifying the force
OF the incoming vibrations quarter of
a million times"
IT is not known where the Tesla sta
tion on the other side of the Atlantic
will be located. The inventor Is conduct
ing his work as secretly as possible. be-
cause he does not want his rivals TO learn
OF his plans IL is known among his
friends that he was greatly disappoint-
ed because Marcoui was the first TO send
a wireless message across the Atlantic.
an honor which he had hoped 10 win for
himself lie has declared, however,
that ne expects TO eclipse the perform
ance of Marconi when he gets his sys-
tenn in operation. His only comment for
publication when Marconis success was
announced was:
Il never doubt the statements OF my CO.
workers Iprefer to wait until open COM
munication myself