The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-09
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
COMPARED WITH CABLE

LONDON. September 25.-The an
nouncement that the Marconf company
intend TO open a public service of wire
less telegraphy between ireland and
Canada: this month ait the rate of 10
cents word (pius land eharges) has
not, 50 far. alarmed the cable COM
panies. whose charge is Is cents a
word Foremost among the reasons
why they are not dismayed by the
prospect is the fact that i'm order TO
believe in it they have first to see the
results Of the wireless service. 1t has
been coming for so many years that
now when it is precisely announced to
begin in few weeks. there is some
skepticism as to what it's actual
achievement viii amount to- This, of
course, only makes Mr. Marconfs OPP
T,ortunity for distinction all the great
err and renders the occasion generally
all the more interesting.
MEa Charles Bright. F. r. S. E.. N. I.
E. E. welI-known authority; and the
author of standard work on sui
marine teIegrapay. has just been inter-
viewed, and he expresses the opinion
that in connection with wireless teleg-
raphy some OF the statements made
publicly have been frequently in adj
vance OF the facts. He did not say
that it was impossible to. send trans
atlantic messages by wireless, provid-
ed that sufficiently high power was
used. But, for one thing, the speed
of wireless could not compare with the
speed Of the cable.
THE speed of an Atlantic cable is 100
words minute continued Mr.. Bright.
'.The wireless telegraplly we know of
at present is certainly not capable of
ANYTHING like this Twenty words a
minute. I think it is. There are seven
teen Atlantic cabIes-the Anglo-Ameri- /
can and the Commercial have each
I'VE. If the traffic warranted it the Ca
bIe's speed Of transmission might be
Increased, because the
limitations set on it are only due 10
the type of insulated conductor-if
necessary one could fayfa cable with
bigger conductor. On account of tha
iyeIy low wireless speed OBJ ]
tanned. IL a transatlantic wireless COM
,aanv were to secure sufficient traffic |
10 effect a success commercially it |
could probably only be by the estab- /
lHshn1ent of several stations at each /
end. and these, by reason of the high /
rover used. would be liable TO inter- |
ference.
Besides holding the field in the mat |
Ter Of speed over any system of wire /
less biography for some time TO come, |
The cable is likely. in my opinion. 10 /
hold the record also for accuracy. We 1
hear all about the successes Of wireless
we don't hear Of the diff /
al4Ities, Of the number Of repetitions /
1eeessary before they get message /
Through correctly. on the other hand, /
The immediate accuracy in cable teleg-
.araay is at about as high pitch as
lnything could be.
Wireless at present is well adapted
;or the interchange Of compliments.
sut not for considerable commercial
messages involving elaborate codes.
whether the cable companies could
produce a great development Of trans
atlantic telegraphy by reducing the rate
h ssxpance a word is another matter
land. of course, there is such thing
K creating a demand But | think
l,e main effect Of a successful wireless
ervice in the near future would be TO
ming the idea Of transatlantic teleg-
an,1v of any sort more forcibly TO the
4tblie mind. In oeher words, 1T GER ,
a5rlv wouldn't be likely TO hurt any
asdy.'' :
YOU mean that shareholders in ca .
+. ..e.v,,-,es, MICS have nothing TO fear?'
Nothing whatever. replied MI
Fright. some years ago / expressed
his opinion in an article in the Nine
2enth Century, and nothing has hap :
ened 10 change it =