The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-01-08
INVENTOR MARCON|
VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
THINKS HIS WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
is BOUND TO ACCOMPLISH
WONDERS.
ny ASSOCIATED rRfss.

Clace Bay. Cape Breton, Jan. 9.-"TwC
hundred words a minute at one cent a
word, aud the general use OF wireless
telegraphy instead OF the mails for very
large proportion of the personal CORE
spondence that now passes between Amer
lea and Europe, are developments that
seen in the near future" said Sgnor Mar
conf to an Associated Press correspondent
this morning.
Il shall leave Tabchead in a few days
for Cape Cod where shall put into oper-
alton al once the first trans oceanic wire
less station in the United States. There
is nothing rash in that prediction, for
having solved the problem here the sue
cess Of the Cape Cod station means only
the application Of the same methods. aud
| expect within two weeks, or possibly a
little longer 10 have II in perfect working
order.
Some Of the newspapers IN the United
States have scoffcd at my experiments,
others. while accepting wireless telcgraphy
Joyiully when II seemed applicable only to
short distances seem 10 be Influenced in
some degree by the fears Of the cable COM
panies and are now decrying and discrcdt-
ing our success here.
Same in England
81 have found the same antaponsm in
England among the representative news
papers. There is 5000, 900, 900 OF English
capital invested in cable stocks. II is no
wonder. perhaps. that the English news
papers reflect the fear Of the holders Of
this vast amount OF property. Really I
think there is nothing TO fear for in
creased facilities always means increased
InGiu,Ea and he nC air
teleRraphy simply means that more people
will communicate across the ocean than
do now, and the cables will get their share
OF the increased business, although they
have a much larger investment TO pay
interest upon and cannot afford to take
the business as cheaply as we can"
How cheaply do you expect to be able
TO send messages across the ocean,"
Il spoke OF a cent "A word fcX days
ago. replied Marconi smiling. That
seems TO have worried some Of the bus-
ness interests connected with Tie wireless
telegraph companies"
There was a twinkle in his eye as he
mentioned the conservative capitalists.
Il blieye it will come, however; | know
1t will come. Or course, we shall not
make any such rate as that at present.
We are under contract with the Canadian
government 10 charge not more than 10
cents word and that probably will be
our minimum for some time, but with in
creased business and increased facilities
We shall some day in the not far distant
future be sending messages across the
ocean at one cent n word.
Had to Reduce.
Look at the cable companies Whe1
the first transatlantic cable was laid the
rate was enormous, something like $40
word, believe Nov il is IS cents. 1t
has taken 80 years to bring the price down
70 that figure. 1t will not take nearly as
long for or rate TO come down from 10
cents TO cent"
How fash can messages be sent and re-
ceivcd by your apparatus at present oper-
aicd"
From 80 to 40 words minute, The
average is about 80 words a minute in
practice. There is where we have the
advantage Of the cable companies again.
They have a maximum possibility of about
IS words a minute with an average of aa.
But We shall rot remain at that slow rate
OF speed very long, Last June. in London,
when first described my new magnetic
detector, ] said that i. was possible that
with such device all automatic arrange
ncnt for sending and receiving messages
could be applied by which speed of sew
eral hundred words minute could be at
tanned. Now | am sure of that. 1t in
wolves no new invention, but merely the
application Of familiar principles. could
have this station equipped for rate of
200 words minute in few days if
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