The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-23
MARCONI TELLS OF his WORK.
HAS SENT WIRELESS MESSAGES
TO ENGLAND FOR 4 MONTH.
Sundays the First Omciai Ones-Must
Secure . Contract With British Gov.
eminent Before the System VIII he
Available for Commercial Mesa ges.

GLACE BAY. c. b.. Dec. p. -Sgnor Mar
conf is well pleased over his success In send
ing wireless telegraph messages across
the Atlantic. and planned to have a little
celebration to-day. He sent one Of his
STAFF over to the Cape Breton Yacht Club
house and borrowed a number of flags
with which TO decorate the Table Head
station, but a fierce gale and rainstorm
caused the abandonment OF that plan.
Speaking of Yesterdays achievement
when wireless messages were exchanged
between this station and the one ut Poldhu,
Cornwall, England, Marconi said:
There was one from Lord Mimic to King
Edward and one from myself TO the Hing
IN which ! received very nice reply. con-
graduating me on my success. As a matter
Of etiquette / shall allow the text Of those
messages to he given out in England.
Il also sent a message To the King of Italy
and received a message of congratulation
in reply. Commander Martina Of the
Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto also sent a
message and received a reply. Other mes
sages sent were from DR.. Parkn to tie
London Times and from Richard Cart
wright Of Canada to the Times All these
messages were OF a congratulatory nature.
The message from Commander Martino to
the Italian Government was in Italian.
and despite the difficulty of working with
English operators at both stations, il waA
successfully transmitted.
yes, ] sent all OF these messages myself
and they were received by Mr. Woodward,
chief of the receiving staff at Poldhu.
When did first succeed in transmitting
messages from Table Head to Cornwall?
1t was about month ago. The first mes
sagcs were all in code and were simply
queries such as How is thisl'
we would have been in a position TO
transmit messages much sooner but for
delays In obtaining machinery OF all kinds.
We are, as you can readily see, a good
deal out OF the world here, and often we
had to send as far as Montreal for parts Of
machinery. This, Of course delayed us
greatly Even after the first message was
sent a slight defect was found in one Of
the instruments and it required two days
10 remedy this
Il cannot tell you definitely when we will
have our stations ready for commercial
purposes. All that Ia required here is a
little organizing which Ia merely a matter
OF a short time. Some time ago, however.
the English Government, which controls
the telegraph system of the United King
dom. refused to make CONNECTIONS with
the Poldhu station. and this, OF course.
will have to be done before we can do sue.
cessful commercial business.
1T was rather amusing" said Marconi,
for us to read rlmors Of failure in the
papers just at the time that our experi-
ments were reaching successful conclusions.
Yes, the Carlo Alberto sailed yesterday,
but it was not before her object in being
placed at my disposal had been accom-
plished and messages had been sent from
her commander to the Italian Government
during night before last
Il will remain at Table Head for short
time and then proceed to the Cape Cod
station, and from there to Cornwall, to
make arrangements for opening for COM
mercial purposes"
The staff at present at Table Head are
Marconi. X. n. Vyvyan, managing engineer
for Canada and the Marconi company.
and his two assistants, F. s. Stacey and +.
Taylor. and two Of Marconis personal
staff p. W. Pagett and q. S. Kemp.