The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-19
ALL WIRELESS TO
Be CONS0L L|DATED
ORGANIZATION OF TELEGRAPH
TRUST WITH CAPITAL
OF $2ooo0,0oo.
WHITE is THE SPIRIT
That Promoted the Consolidation and
He Will Be Preside nt--Was the
Original Postage Stamp
Bidder.

Washington, Nov lS-From &
postage stamp bidder to the head Of
thp Wirele Telegraph trust capital
lied at $2100000O in ten years the
tposs assor of the NEST magnificent es
tate on ne Jersey coast ANA a for
tune to support itl This is not bad fol
a Young man Of forty-thIee, is it? At
dinner. last Sunday in his palalial
mansion in White Park, 'Vest End.
New Je. sey, MIR Abraham White an
noun ed to his guests tha arrange.
ments had been perfected 60 consoll-
companies Of the English speaking
countries Among those present was a
we'll known Washington correspond
| ent. who says: Il was greatly inter
ested in he announcement made by
Mr. Whit for | have known for sew
era yeals that he has had this pro
ject in mind The warfare between
flhe American De Forest company and
the Marconi company Of America and
Canada was bitter and expensive and
did neither company any good Ad-
vancement of wireless IN this country
was hampeYcd by litigation, both
pending and threa ened. Some time
ago modus viyenJi wa executed TN
der the terms OF which the companies
ceased their ks on each Othe
Since then the harmonious relations
have led to a general desire for
closer relationship Last Sunday Mr.
White announced TO his guests, OF
whom | was one, thar the negotia
dons had proceeded TO such a point
that failure was impossible and that
IN a few days the United States
Wireless Telegraph company would
come into eX X'stence. He Informed me
personally that the new combination
had seemed a controlling interest in
the capital stock of the American
De Forest Wireless company, por
tion Of the stock OF the Marconi Wire
less company Of America and Canada,
ana will acquire conUol of the Mar
conf Wireless elegraph Uimitedl of
England. which is the parent company
can. Canadian and all Marconi com
panies Of Europe OF course Mr..
White is enthu.ias ic over the posi-
biltties of the United Wireless, and
critical examination of the situation
reveals great possibilities Most Of the
transatlantic liners are equ pped
with tine Marconi system The English
and Merchant Marine
usos no other | believe On the other
hand the De Forest company has a |
number of shore station on the |
American coast and has equipped /
most of the coasung vessels having /
wireless. It also equipped the gov. /
errmeut aticns in this country +
Cuba and Panama, as well aa the /
United states war vessels II was this I
system that made II possible for /
President Roosevelt TO visit Panama
without ever being out of touch with
Was hington. The United Wirele
company. by superced ng the Marc0ni
and De Forest companies. thus begins
business with an equipment on eve.y
important transatlantic steamer wi q
coast stations from Maine 10 Florida,
and from the Gulf Of Mexico overland
10 California and thence mp the Paci-
fc coast To Alaska II also has a
'hain of land stations running from
New York 10 san Francisco. via
'hicago and Denver, from Chicaso 20 I
New Orleans, via st Louis. other
stations win doubtless now b.
erected
M. White has been interested in
f.. year. almost ever since
la first came into notice as the
1iaiHal po .tage stamp bidder. That
~1= On years ago. when be bid In
500 600 uf bonds on postage
4amp aud turned them over TO Rus
~ sage al 100000 profit with M
.dyancing ano,her cent Since then
has been bthInd the De Forest
oalpau-. of which be .s pre- i1ent !
.new him when be executed cJn
racf with the govern men fO equip
tatious to send wireless messages q
houssnd miles over land and water
rom Cuantonamo To- Panama. saw |
he check which the government !
ave him when that contract was !
c1mpleed 4 was also ]
resent at dinner AZ the Waldorf
lst spring 90 Nr Walter Weilma1.
he Arctic explorer WIEN Mr. White q
greed t0 equip M-. WeIlman's ex- .
edition with w.ra'css furnish an
parato- l0r the air ship and con 81
.ruct ia Jon af Hemmerfest or
lrraab8at- to receive tue f-sf mes p
age from THE North Pole have just I
stumei FROM visit to White ID
ark which u- White purchased
,su h's profits il fh- recent U. 2. '
nj Southern Pacific SOCKS u is a
.aeafHcent estate. created hr ths