Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-20
glow COMING WEST.

Wireless has been SLOW coming west
This Is because the De Forest company
II behind in It's contracts to supply the
ships Of the two seaboards, and the
coastvise signal houses. and the max
ing of machines for the overland route
has gone ahead only slowly, Following
the putting in OF the Salt Lake station.
other stations will be placed to the
westward and out across the Pacific,
the relays running from island 10 island
TIL the orient IL connected up and
wireless messages can be sent around
the world, with most Of the cost TO the
company cut on.
WILL BIZ MUCH CHEAPER.
What saving will be made to users
Of the SYSTEM was asked Mr.. Tren-
holm this morning"
We'll" he replied the principal cost
of operating a wire system " In the
linemen the poles. and the wire We
eliminate that, so the cost II much less
At present we offer rates 20 per cent
below the wire rates, and 20 per cent
below the special newspaper rate for
press dispatches We don't want Ia
cut tho life out OF the business AT the
start, but we could cut down 80 or ~
per cent, and still exist, think we will
soon be sending ordinary 25 cent mes
sages for 10 cents
CONNECT ALL UTAH
Explaining the kind Of station
needed here. Mr. Trenholm says that
the bigger station Is the farther
it's message may be transmitted The
custom Is to put In poles with trans
hitting wires and XIV. electric plant
for stations which need not transmit
over zoo miles These sub-stations
Will connect up all Utah towns with
the main station at Salt Lake. which
will connect with tho Denver and sau
Francisco stations. From XIV. plants
the stations run up 10 any desired size,
the Salt Lake office being planned
for 25kw and the Denver office now
being n so XIV. station. Electric cur
rent In each case is procured from the
local power plants, and sent through
O transformer 10 raise it's power IN
static electricity which Is stored IN
Leyden Jars. An ordinary Morse key
sends the message and ordinary tele-
phone receivers take Il In, so that tina
click Of tho key is never heard IN
the receiving office.
OUT NEAR THE LAKE.
The danger OF congestion at the Salt
Lake Office, IL il stated, will be remote
as BY tuning instruments TO different
keys, number OF operators can send
messages at the same time 10 tho
same stations.
where will the Salt Lake station
be2 was suggested and Mr. Trenholm
replied that mountains were not good
things for background to a wireless
plant. While they didn't interfere with
the transmission OF the current. Il was
better TO have the stations away from
them, and for that reason l think our
experts Will locate the plant west o..
Salt Lake, out towards the lake That
IL an Expert matter, however, and our
Mr.. Marriott. who was in charge oc
building the Denver station, will prob
ably be along here within few weeks
with force OF about fifteen men, to
erect the plant. They VIII locate it
definitely, ana will put Il up, 1t will
differ from the smaller plants 20 ba
put up throughout the state. IN that &c
will have two poles, aud the wires will
be strung between them, instead OF
one pole, as In the smaller plants
PREVENT RAILROAD WRECKS.
Wireless biography" continued Mr..
Trenholm. has greater possibilities
IMAM II seemed 10 nave year or 80
ago, New uses are coming In right
along. For Instance, wireless is going
to stop the greater wrecks more COM
pletely than ever block system did. FOR
IN the cab OF every engineer little
clock can be placed which will warn
him whenever another engine is within
two miles Of his train. and whether II IN
behind or ahead. | have heard unof.
hcially from the east that the Hart.
man lines are taking up the wireless
signal system, and tho Chicago and Al
bany lines have put II into operation
already, The system also makes com
municaton possible between trains
while going at top speed, and had Il
been IN operation on either OF the
trains involved In the big Rio Grands
wreck last week the wreck could not
have occurred"
MIR. Trenholm Is stopping at tho Ken
yon, and IL the general agent OF the
company lie Is here handling the pre-
liminary work to putting IN the De
Forrest station.