The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-30
MARCONI
WIRED EsS
An interesting Demonstr ltion at the
0peratouse Last Night Another
This Evening Farg 3 Station.

The wonders Of the. Marconi system
of wireless telegraphy the only standard
system in the world, were fully demon
strated at the FaIgo operahouse last
night before an Audience which filled
the house and which was Intelligent and
decidedly 1rtere Sled in becoming in
structed IN the great invention: Tonight
there will be another free exhibition
A full and complete Marconi system
has been installed with instruments the
duplicate OF those used on ocean and lake
steamships and at the Marconi stations
established. over the world.
The exhibition is in charge of M.
Roblnsoi4 and the demonstrations are
made By ]. J. Kelly. assistant chief en-
g1neer fdnd lecturer, and ]. Fl. O'Neil1,
enginf.er The demonstrations are for
the r/l1rpose, of interesting the public in
the Marconi system as the company will
put In a chain of stations which will
me an wireless communication from coast
to-. coast Fargo has been selected for
t0e establishment of what is known, as a
Flain or relay station which means that
Fall messages, from subordinate or branch
J points will be sent to this city for trans
mission to the large centers and stations
Mr.. Robinson says that the station in
Fargo will probably be installed within
! the next three months ~ The allotment
of shares of stock to this city is fast be-
ing subscribed and he expects that all
will be disposed of in the next day or
two. @1 s=49a3 .zs%%e tsElf
I The station Of the Marconi system
for demonstrating to the audience is
on the stage of the operahouse and the
sending machine is in the ladies' wait
ing room off the foyer. Messages were
4 sent to and fro, it was shown how it was
possible to light cities and residences
by means of the wireless system, meth
!. DDS of manipulating railway signals, tire
: alarm bells and fog horns. ..% ~
In his lecture and explanatory 3llu-
, sions Mr.. Kelly stated that the secret
of the Marconi system operated Though
a medium called ether which vikrates,
oscllates and radiates when distuybed by
strange commotion. Electricity gener-
ated in a vertical wire, oscillates this
medium, ether, and vibrates through
walls, and solid substances to be
recorded through delicate machine call
ed coherer. ~; ~ o.
The wireless telegrapfinaJ system is
similar to that used by tfei wire sys-
TEN, dots and dashes. These are regis
tered on tape machine atld the tele-
graphing is apparently ths same as in
the ordinary wire method. No kind
. of weather can affect the, wireless sys-
tenn of transmission of messages. In
connection with the systfm it is abso-
lutely possible to prevent intercep-
ton by having the wireless instruments
adjusted to receive wlYkr two lnstru,
ments are constructed Ito work wher
other wireless stations in the close
neighborhood are not 'neant to hear
these messages. i ~ @-~ s>5't.'tf
On the oceans, where ships are sub
ject to be in DISTRESS Or need Of help
of any kind, all ms truments have a
general time. so that when a ship calls
for assistance every ship in that par
of the ocean, within a distance of abou
. 500 miles, will receive the call and tft
ship nearest the scene of trouble car
make the response and become, at once
in direct communication with the cap
tain and the fullest information can be
exchanged For the useaof 11ewspa.
pers, requiring exclusive reports, fol
instance, tune box is adopted, let
tered or numbered, and through tha
medium the news service is only at thu
disposal Of the pa per ordering it: II
the matter of the cost Of wireless ser
vice the lecturer shows how the Mar
conf system will Irevolutionize the mat
ter OF cost, redltcing it very materially
The exhibition is worth seeing lin fac
valuable from the standpoint Of in
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