The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-27
ALASKA TO BE EQUIPPED WITH
 AWIRELESS SYSTEM

The Nome Gold Digger prints a two column news story to the effect that a company has organized to install a wireless telegraph system in Alaska; inst stations were about to be erected at Nome and at Fairbanks, which would be in working order by before the close of navigation; that they RoplI be of sufficient strength to effect communication with each other; that stations would be erected at Skagwsy and Seattle and this system would De in operation before the first of January thus insuring the principal points Of the interior against isolation incident to the breaking of the land wires.
 There has been 8 general clamor maintained by the newspapers Of the interior for some form of relief from the freoueEt interruptions to their communication with the outside world suffered by newspapers themselves and ,bs commercial interests. As an illus ,rs.ion of the inconvenience suffered ,broryb broken wires, the Dawson News, which gets it's news service over ,bs Canadian line to Ashcroft has been compelled by this cause to resort to the cable service at this point for two weeks past.
 The interior is dependent upon wires strstched for thousands of miles through a wilderness subject to the chance of falling trees and forest fires. Tho cry has been for the installation oi wireless system to which neither ot these would form a menace or source ot 5sDssr The answer has been that the vfre,ess would not work over land and Cha, in any case the cost would He too grsa,. The latter, to be sure was orsrs5 somewhat tim'dly in view Of the rapid growth of business and the great profits being piled up by the gov errnsnt service. It was seen that such a reason could not stand when con sidered in connection with the develop men, of this vast and rich region. As to the former excuse the Gold Digger dlsmisses it this way:
 "Mr. Wittren, promoter of the ne" enterprise, is sn enthusiastic believer in the efficiency of the wireless system under the improved conditions, and de- riyes great deal Ctpleasure from show ing to skeptics the statement made by Mr. Loeb, President Roose7elts private secretary, in regard to a message that was sent by President Roosevelt to the governor of Ohio, con- corning the accident on the battleship West Virginia, ou which the president WAS cruising, The message and reply were received at 8 distance Of l'5OO miles. Mir. Loeb's statement is as fol- lows;
 |" There was no time from the start to our arrival in Hampton Roads that the president was not in communities lion with the mainland. We had no difficulty in picking up stations almost anywhere. The president sent several official messages to the various depart ments. We can feel entire confidence in the work that has been done and to rely on [ he correctness and promptness of wireless communications very much as we would in land telegraphy. The president was much interested, and studied receiving and sending messages very carefully"
 Alaskans everywhere will watch the progress of the enterprise with great interest, which will be increased by the operations of the navy department which is about to dot the whole coast line with wireless stations to commu- nicate with ships at sea-
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