The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-26
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| who left Mackinac yesterday, was
suddenly taken i'll on the boat and
she wants her husband to meet
| her at the landing at Indiana Har-
bor"
This sounds like a pipe dream. even
| in view of the fact that the wireless
telegraph Isl a demonstrated success,
but it is a fact that the Indiana cities
of Hammond. Gary, Valparaiso, Michi-
gan City, South Bend, Laporte. Elk
hart and dozen others are to be pro-
vided with a wireless service in the
near future and that an effort is to be
made to compete with the ire SER
vice of such companies as the Western
Union and the Postal Telegraph.
Air VS.. the Wires.
| It is likely to be, the telegraph Of
flee on the main floor of the Ham
mond building versus the aerograph Of
| fee on the roof Of the same structure
| While wireless telegraphy has prov
en- a great success in providing inter-
| communication between ocean steam
ers and the shore, and is extensively
used by battle ships in their maneu-
vers, yet the promoters of the wireless
telegraph have been slow in adapting it
to commercial uses on land.
The announcement that stations are
/ to be installed in the above-named
cities, and several others in addition,
will be of great interest to the people
of this region. The completion of such
servise is sure both to improve the SER
| vice and reduce the cost of sending
messages quickly over great dis
| tances.
The company which will operate in
Hammond, Gary and the other cities of
the region. is the United Wireless Tele-
graph company. The service is prom
Used for 1909, which means that work
will have to begin. on the new system
soon.
Big Order Placed.
The eastern operating department of
the United wireless Telegraph COM
pany announces the placing Of an order,
with the company's manufacturing de-
partment, for $50 complete sets Of wire
less instruments, all of which are soon
to be installed at stations to be es-
| tablished in cities east Of the Missis-
sippi river.
This is the largest order ever placed
for wireless apparatus, and to manu-
facture, erect and put the stations in
operation, Will require an expenditure
exceeding $500, 900. The majority of
the stations will be of only one or two
k W. capacity, with a range Of from
100 to 800 miles, but some. which are
intended for long distance service Will
be of from five to twenty k. W. to trans
NIT wireless messages, under all con-
ditions of weather. for a range of from
500 to 1000 miles overland and from
1000 to 1900 miles over water.
The United Wireless Telegraph COM
panys manufacturing department en-
bracing three complete factories, two
of which are located in Jersey City, n
J., and the other in Seattle, Wash.
have a combined capacity of over ST.
100000 worth of wireless apparatus pei
year. The larger part of the entire
output of these factories has hereto
fore been needed in filing orders from
various governments and for the United
company's marine department. 1t is
, probable, however, that with an extern
sion of this factory equipment. which
; will be made in the near future, the
$50 sets will be completed and the new
stations ready for operation in 1909.
Erect Many stations.
The company proposes to erect sta
lions not only in the states east of tn
Mississippi river, but also in the west
| ern states from the Pacific coast east
: ward, until they complete an inter
t communicating wireless system cover
, ing all important commercial mining
and manufacturing centers Throughout
| the entire United States. Inasmuch a
nearly all of such cities are connects
with many smaller places by local tele
. phone systems, it is expected that tn
VIZ r<I1
will be in position by the end of 1905
to receive and deliver messages at sew
eral thousand points where the wir
companies at present maintain Offices
The operating department of tn
company is now organizing its force
: to begin the selection of locations 70
these new stations. Contracts an
y leases will be entered into and the ad
vance work completed. ready for tn
Installation of tn apparatus, as rapid
:. as suitable sites can be secured an
satisfactory arrangements made.
l. The following are the cities in Ind
ana and Illinois in which will be lo
Gated the wireless stations. While tn
location of the wirless station in thi
city will not add to the membership c
the linemen's union, it will be cor
venience and a distinction to be place
in the wireless circuit
List of Stations.
e Indiana-Michigan City, Ellhar
g South Bend, Hammond, Gary, valps
i raise, Laporte, Goshen, Fit. Wayne, LIZ
gansport, Kokomo, Muncie, Anderson
Lafayette, Charlottesville, Indianapoli
: Connersville. Columbus, New Alban
Evansville, vincennes and Terre Haut
Tlinois-Chicago Evanston, Wauks
gan. Elgin, Aurora, Joliet, Kankake
Danville, Rockford. Freeport, Dixo
Moline Rock Island, La Sale, Ottaw
Streator. Galesburg, Peoria. Blooming
:, ton, Decatur, Springfield, Quincy, Jacl
= sonville Alton, BelleviIle, East S
Louis, Mt. Vernon and Cairo.
The announcement of the wester
operating department will be made
a short time, giving the location of sta
II tions contemplated in the states ar
territories west of the Mississippi ril
err. AS rapidly as thee station al
u. completed they will be put into oper;
10 ton with the stations already estal
at lished, Of which there are now abol
four hundred. including sea coast st;
Re tions and ships equipped. The bus
ness to be handled by this extensi,
wireless system includes commerce.
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