The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-31
|READY To
WORK THE
WIRELESS
System Should be
Fixed for Use
Tuesday.
NEW COHERERS
WORK EASILY
Which Look like
Early Operation Of the
Lines.

kA IRELEss messages win asai.
" essay the passage OF the upper
airs next week, and according to
the hopeful view taken by the Hen
who have their money In the corpora
ton there will be never again the many
delays and difficulties which caused the
failure OF the first attempt to maintain
electric communication between the rs
lands. The apparatus which Is new
working is that OF Manager Cross. and
the name of Marconi might easily be
left out of all future consideration OF
the system.
The station at waialae and the tel
ephone line connecting that Office with
the town Office OF the company, are
now in condition, according to reports,
and there is little work needed to make
the entire system over again. One of
the improvements yet to be made is
the raising of the mast which bears
the receiver on Lanai, by the addi-
ton of some fifty feet to it. This will
complete the working system to Maui,
and connect with the Mahukona office,
thus cutting out OF the line the Molokai
office altogether. The system has been
worked to Maui already, but pending
the completion Of the telephone system
the line for service.
There Yet remains the office at Ma
hukona to establish before there will
be complete working of the line. The
Mahukona station win need some re-
Fairs and these may be made by the
operator who is to be sent over there
tn. first thing the coming week. The
apparatus is practically In condition
for its use and there may be nothing
to be done there but the putting in OF
the new coherers and perhaps the re-
newaI of some of the smaller parts.
This will not take more than part OF
the day when the operators are ready
for the work.
1t is intended to have the system il
operation as soon as possible, to show
to Mr.. Dickinson OF the Pacific Cable
Company what he may expect to have
as a feeder line to the various ISLANDS.
There is a great deal of interest in the
system from that quarter, and the Of
ficers of the company believe they Will
be able to prove the worth Of their
system and thus indicate the availa-
bility of wireless messages for the work
which might under other circumstances
mean the laying OF a cable 10 connect
the various islands. This is not what
the cable people want, as they would
prefer that a local concern take care
of the Island business. giving to the
mainland company the long haul on
the messages which are intended for
abroad.
Manager Cross has succeeded, Rc-
cording TO other officers OF the COM
pany. in making a coherer which works
more satisfactorily than those sent out
here by Marconi. and operated by his
experts. This part OF the machinery
consists OF a small tube, containing
filings which are brought together by
the current. These, however. are ex-
c=edingly perishable, as are all such
affairs. Those of Marconi lasted for
fve months at times, and others gave
but in less time. The plan now is 20
have on hand a sufficient supply OF the
-oherers so that If II is necessary they
nay be substituted each month and the
Inc thus kept UP to the highest efn-
,iency. The small cost Of the coherer.
makes II wise TO have them always
ready to put IN place when there is the
slightest evidence OF slow working on
ne part OF the line. These Instruments
ire Of tire first FORM which has been
is opted bv Mr.. Cross. and he Is said
20 have another and better form which
IL VIII -aOufacture as soon as he finds
hat ~ present ones fan to produce
-he very best results. or TO stand up 10
-la work f. these airs.
The officials OF the company are OF
opinion that there win be only a short