The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

departure.
 The Haimum Restricted.
 Later the Japanese government for bade the HAIMUM, whose news-gather- ing propensities were considered inimical to Japanese interests, to proceed into the theatre of naval action. This re- striction was also said to be due largely to the fact that the Japanese, using a metal filings coherer found the greatest
 difficulty in effecting any sort of com munication in the same magnetic field with the DeForest instruments, through continuous cohesion. The DeForest in- strument is radically different, the mes- sages being received through an electro lytic responder and telephone gear, with a speed limite.. only to the capacity of the operators. The filings coherer is slow the process of cohesion and decohesion of the filings being necessary to produce every dot and dash in the Morse code.
 The Times service was finally abandon ed in July. 1904 but not before the HAIMUM equipment mad served its pur- pose and pointed out clearly to the Unit ed States government the value of a sys- tenn like the DeForest for Atlantic coast defence. It was in fact demonstration for the whole world that wireless tele- graphy is no longer theory, but an estab- lished factor to be reckoned with py gov ernments and every branch of commerce
 Ten stations of the DeForest Company have already been built along the Atlan- tic coast. They are located at Froyi. dence, R. l., Quogue, l.. l., No. 42 Broadway, New York City, Highlands of Navesink. N. J.. Cape May, N. J. Lewes, Del, Hatteras, N. C., Key West, Fla, Havana and Washington, D. O. The The Atlantic DeForest Wireless Tele- graph Company, headed by Charles C. Galbraith. formerly Eastern manager for Armour & Co.,, Is preparing to take over these stations from the parent Ameri- can DeForest Company. and to build oth- CTS at every point of importance along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Main to Texas The Atlantic Company is or ganzed for purely operating purposes, a large interest in 1t being retained by the present concern, in addition to receiving royalties for use of instruments. The parent company manufactures all appar- atus and owns all patents.
 Other Companies Organized.
 In the same manner the Great Lakes, Western and English DeForest compan- les have been and are being organized for operating purposes, the groups being organized on the same principle as the Bell telephone companies, each company operating separately, exchanging busi- ness at points of contact, and presenting an united front for Its practically ex- elusive sea business and competing in many instances with land and cable lines.
 It is not proposed to begin the equip ment of coast wise vessels until the cir cults of land stations are complete. It will then be possible for passengers to keep in touch with business and home, for the owners of any vessel in the coast trade to keep in touch with their captains from port to port; ships will receive storm warnings and "ball time", enabl- ing shippers to regulate their chrometers a thousand miles from shore as easily as on land.
 On the Central American coast, at Port Limon, c. R., and Bocas del Toro, Panama, two DeFores. installations have done away with the old cable ship be- tween these points and wireless com munication is kept up day in and day out for months with much less trouble than even would be experienced with land wires. These stations are the property of the United Fruit Company, and are the nucles for an extensive Central Ameri- can and Mexican wireless system.
 Another Achievement.
 Another distinguishing achievement of the DeForest system in government use of wireless telegraphy is the communi- cation established between Nome and St. Nichaels, Alaska, ac-oss Norton Sound where a cable is impracticable. All other attempts at rapid communication had failed until August g, 1904. shortly after their installation. Gen. A. w. Greedy, Chief Signal Officer U. s. A., received a message in Washington direct from Nome. This travelled altogether 3.500 and for the first time the officials at Wash ington received communication direct from the far north without the interven- tion of foot messenger or boat,
 In addition to contracts for equipment of Navy vessels wiln DeForest wireless, the system Is in use III various artillery districts, notably between Forts Wads- worth and Hancock. in New York liar bor. The distance is little less than 12