The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-02
WIRELESS TEST
SATISFIES ADMIRAL

The San Francisco Call of May 20
says:
Wireless biography on this coast has
proved to be a complete success as was
demonstrated by the transmission of
messages between the station on the
top of Yerba Buena Island and the
steamer Solace when the vessel was
seventy-s1x miles out ar sea. The navy
transport Solace sailed from port Sat
urday morning en- route to the Orient.
She was fully equipped with the SIaby-
Arco system. From the moment she
lett the heads she commenced sending
telegraphs to the island The commune
cation between the two points was alb
solutely perfect. At 8 o'clock in the
evening the Solace sent the following
question to the island: "Will you kind
ly give us the result of the baseball
score OF the game PLAYED to-day on the
island between the navy apprentices and
the commercial nine" The following
answer was Immediately sent back and
was understood and acknowledged by
the Solace: The commercial team won
by score of e to 4"
AT 9 o'clock Commander Bull of the
Solace sent the following communica-
ton to Admiral William H Whiting,
commandant at the island: 1--WE are
now seventy-six miles from the Golden
Gate. We nave communicated success
fully with Farallone Islands. We are
using full power and can hardly hear
you. Good-by."
ADMIRAL WHITING SATISFIED.
Admiral Whiting, who had charge of
the construction of the station at Yerba
Buena, is greatly pleased at the success
of the new invention. 1t has taken some
time to construct the station, but it has
beef III good working order for the last
two weeks. Mare Island has been very
frequently communicated with Since it
commenced operations it has never been
closed night Or day, and an operator is
always there ready to receive communi
cations either from points about the bay
or from the deep-sea-going vessels. Adj
miral Whiting, III speaking of the result
of the experiment, said:
1T can be readily understood that [
am greatly pleased at the magnificent
results of this trial 1t has exceeded
anything that has heretofore taken place
on the Pacific Coast. The communica-
ton was distinct, and the registrations
were absolutely perfect There was not
the slightest trouble in understanding
the communications. The machine we
are using is the Slaby-Arco. With this
instrument, which has been greatly inn
proved since the Navy Department took
hold OF it, we can send dispatches to ard
communicate with any system of instru-
ments used in wireless telegraphy. This
is where we have the advantage over the
Marconi machine. The greatest distance
that has yet been observed in this coun-
try on the Atlantic Coast is III miles.
AS it stands now the tall buildings of
San Francisco of steel structure naturally
Interfere with the transmission, but not
this the work of Saturday
has proved an unqualified success"
The Solace is in charge of Com
nander Bull and Lieutenant George c.
Sweet has control of the wireless tel
egraph communication OH board The
Solace is taking telegraphy masts to
Guam and Olangapo, and
Lieutenant Sweet intends to establish
stations at these different places.
The news of the performance of the
Solace was received with much graft
ication by Secretary of Agriculture VIII
son.