The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
IT'S IMPORTANCE TO CANADA.


1t has In contemplation and under con-
sideration large plans for the extension
and enlaI cement Of Its SYSTEM which
will, when realized. make the company of
the utmost Importance to the political
and commercial welfare of the Dominion.
Consideration is now being given to
plans for the extension of the Marconi
system to Pacific coast ports of call and
entry in Canada, which In all probability
will result in the equipment of coastwise
and seagoing steamships touching
thereat.
Its patents, which are basic, and
which underie the art of wireless tel.
egraphy, are conscrvatively estimated
by experts to be worth over $4,000
600. The integrity of these patents
was recently upheld by the United
States Courts against infringing i'm
ventors. sksraseS
A system of direct communication be-
tween Canada and the mother country il
of the utmost Importance to the well
fare OF the British empire, and must ulti-
mately result in closer business relations
course between England and Canada.
There is at present no direct means of
communication by the Marconi system.
all messages having to pass through
America, over foreign cables. The need
for the early extension of the Marconi
system throughout the Dominion must
therefore be apparent. Over $1,000, 900
PER YEAR IS SPENT BY CANADIAN
CITIZENS for cable messages. and this
great expenditure passes into the receipt
column of cable companies owned in the
United States or Europe Why should
this great sum of money go as tribute to
outsiders? OUGHT IT NOT REMAIN
IN CANADA FOR REDISTRIBUTION
in the country where 1t Is expended and
where it may be TURNED TO FUR
THEIR PROFIT? 1t is surprising that this
tremendous branch of industry is not
served by company owned and operated
In Canada.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
pany of Canada, Ltd, has such close
business relationship to Marconis
Wireless Telegraph company, Ltd,
of London: the Marconi Wireless
Telegraph company of America, and
all other Marconi companies wher-
ever organized throughout the world
that the whole may be said to form one
system, each integral part of which is
tributary to the other. The harmonious
and cooperative relations of the various
Marconi companies is assured by binding
contract obligations, through which each.
Marconi station erected at any point in
the world becomes in sense a feeder of
ALL Therefore, each station erected In
any part of the world adds to the earning
capacity of all others, and each steam
shin adds to the list of those carrying
the Marconi system adds another factor
to the progress and earning capacity OF
the Canadian company. as well as OF all
other Marconi companies. An equitable
system of the division of earnings on traf-
flc between connecting companies mas
been devised, which insures to each its
full proportion.
The Canadian company owns the exclu-
sive right to equip all vessels of Canadian
registry with the Marconi system.
All vessels of the merchant marine now
equipped with wireless telegraph appara-
tus must, on their winter voyages between
Europe and America, pass within one hum
dred miles of a Canadian wireless tels-
granh station. and the last point of COM
municaticn on the outward voyage from
America and the first point on the inward
VOYAGE is therefore station OF this COM
pany A very considerable traffic must
necessarily pass through this station.
The great Canadian northwest, includ-
ing British Columbia, the Northwest and
yukon territories, now almost wholly
without telegraph facilities. offers most
profitable field for the operations Of this
company 1t has been found practically
impossible to maintain wire communica-
ton with these distant points. though
hundreds OF thousands of dollars have
been expended in the attempt. The Mar
conf system may be Installed for a mere
fraction OF the cost OF wire systems of
telegraph.
w. n. RYAN,
Lot