The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-30
MARCON| WILL BE
HERE NEXT AUTUMN
Will Superintendent Wireless
Geographic Connection
With Duluth.

Marconi, the inventor of wireless
telegraphy, is coming to st. Paul this
fall The purpose of his visit is to look
over the ground with view to estab-
fishing an air line connection between
the Twin Cities and Duluth.
H. P. Hall, secretary Of the Jobbers'
association, is authority for this state
ment. Mr.. Hall and G. j.. Whellams,
secretary of the Northwestern Manu-
facturers' association, returned yes
terday from Chicago, where they went
to confer with Mr.. Munroe, of the
New York firm of Munroe & Munroe,
underwriters for the Marconi Wireless
Telegraph company.
MIR Munroe promised u.s." said Mr..
Hall, that he would bring Marconi
to st, Paul the coming autumn to
look over the ground for himself"
TT is really surprising when one
comes to investigate, continued Mr.
Hall, "to see how much has been ac-
cOmplished by this wonderful young
man, who has already proven himself
the genius Of the century. Edison has
for some years been working on the
problem Of wireless telegraphy, but he
now says that Marconi's discovery is
a success, and he has joined the Mar
conf company, turned over such pat
ents as he had already secured and
accepted the position of technical en-
gineer of the Marconi company. 1t
is a matter of wonder how so much
has already been accomplished, but it
can be positively stated that Marconi
wireless telegraphy has passed the ex-
perlmenta1 stage, and is now COM
mercial proposition with a greater fu-
ture for profit than the telephone, cleo
trio light and other propositions ever
offered to the public, though they were
marvellous in their financial results
''Marconi is but twenty-nine years
old, a native of Italy. Prior to 1896
he experimental at home; he then
went to London and sent messages
from the tops of buildings. In 1897
he had so far progressed that he sent
messages five miles and soon there
after sent them from the Isle Of Wight
to Poole Harbor, q distance of eighteen
miles. Messages are now sent over
5000 miles, and there is practically no
limit to the distance they can be trans
mitted. AS the vibrations flash through
space at the speed of $4,000 miles a
second, distance is a minor factor in
the wonderful work. A regular service
has been established between England
and Italy, a distance of 1850 miles,
and New York and England are cor
respondingly united Italy has placed
$150,0 900 at Marconis disposal to con-
meet that country with South America.
"The possibilities of wireless teleg-
raphy," said Mr.. Hall, s'are almost
more than the human mind can grasp
and vivid as ones imagination may be-
it will be more than realized within
five or ten years.
ALREADY twenty-three ocean liners
carry the apparatus and Lloyds I'm
derwriters' association, of London, has
made a ffteen-year contract for all
the shipping in which that great COM
pany is interested which practically
means all the shipping of the world
The system is in operation in the Ha-
waiian islands, connecting all of the
islands. The United States govern
ment has contracted with the COM
pany to connect Seattle, Washington
and Juneau, Alaska, by wireless teleg-
raphy."