The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-12
BUILDING INITIAL STATION
For Wireless Telegraph Between Sc.
attic and Nome


attic and Nome
Edward e. Hail. field engineer in
charge the construction for the Sc
attic firm of Kilbourne & Clark, of
the wireless telegraph station of the
American De Forest Wireless Tele-
graph company that is to establish
communication between Seattle and
Nome and Asia. has returned for a
few days from Cape Flattery, where
preparations for the building of the
1lrst station are being made. The
construction work is under the direc-
ton of w. G. Clark, as chief engi-
neer. but Mr. Hall is in charge of the
actual work at the cape.
The first installment of supplies
has been landed with great difficulty
at the camp, and Mr.. Hall is now in
the city to secure material for the
aerial tram that will be necessary in
landing the heavy timbers and ma
terial for the towers. Everything
possible Is being done by the con-
tracing firm to hasten the construc-
tion, and it is expected that COM
munication with Nome will undoubt-
eddy be opened before another win
ter.
The following account of the pre-
liminary work has been prepared for
the Times by Mr.. Hall of Seattle:
The American De Forest Wireless
Telegraph company has begun active
operations on the site of the station
which is to crown the bluffs on the
extreme northwestern corner of the
union and send its electric waves vi
bratins through space
Here. amid scenes of natures
Wild weird and fantastic creations.
on the heights of Washington's rock
bound coast, with the sea lashing the
cliffs in relentless fury, and the
scream of the cougar echoing through
the unbroken forest, the remnant of
that disappearing race, the noble
red man. and the most marvellous Of
all the marvels of the twentieth cen
turtles meet and clasp hands
AS they stand in solemn silence.
the spreading branches of the males
tic Washington fir seem to pronounce
benediction on the one and a bless
ing on the other. Mother nature
tunes her orchestra and the musical
zophyrs float through the forests.
while man rings up the curtain on a
moder nscene vibrant with life and
action.
The trip over the blue waters of
Puget sound is certainly an enioya-
bic and entertaining one. When
Neah bay, seven miles from the cane,
is reached. the modern method of To-
comOtion is discarded in favor of the
primitive cedar canoe of the Indians.
some or these canoes are quite large
and seaworthy and capable of carry
ing easily "a ton and a half
Our goods were all transported by
this method and landed as near the
cape as possible, which was about a
half mile. and on sandy beach in
a small cove. Here l rugged a tackle
in tree on the edge of the bluff, $50
feet above the beach, and hoisted
everything to the top. We had two
tons of supplies, and it was arduous
work transporting it from there to
the cape. Several engineering diff
culties will have to be overcome be-
fore we can land pound of material
for the towers.
while there made a complete
survey and map of the cape, locating
the towers, and left a force of men
clearing off the point.
Il shall return to the cape in few
days with material for an aerial wire
rope tram, by which we will land ma
terial for the towers on top of the
bluff, 40 feet above the water.
''The towers will be 225 feet high
total height above the wa
ter of 395 feet. They are located in
the form of triangle with wire fly
ers connecting the tops. From these
flyers hangs a screen of twelve miles
of copper wire meeting in a cable at
the base AMI connected with the gen
orator. From this wire screen the
current from a 100-horse power en-
CINE is thrown into the air, and the
message begins its vibration through