New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-01
WIRELESS TELEPHONY
Successful Erhibit at Madison
Square Garden Electrical Shoe.

At the recent Electrical Show IN Madison
Square Garden a practical demonstration
was given of the possibilities Of wireless
telephony. Under the direction of the Collins
Wireless Telephone Company there
erected transmitting and receiving stations.
and tests carried out between these stations
were so successful that Mr.. Marconi, Of
wireless telegraph fame. warmly congratu-
lated the inventor of the system, 4. Fred
erick Collins. In speaking of the tests Mr..
Marconi said:
Il am satisfied that the problem of wireless
telephony has been solved, and to Mr.. Collins
is due the credit for the invention. He proves
that selectivity has been secured. There Is
complete elimination of poles. 1 believe that
in the near future communication can be
maintained over any distance by the wireless
telephone. since success depends entirely
the amount of initial energy employed. There
is a great practical future for the wireless
telephone. 1t will be benefit TO science and
to the commercial world
The tests held at Madison Square Garden
were witnessed by large group of deeply
interested scientific men. including II. Jami-
son Davis. director In the six Marconi COM
panies; John Bott0mly, president of the
American Marconi Company. and the nephew
of the late Lord Kelvin; George H. Guy. sec
rotary of the New York Electrical Society;
A. c. Jessup the president of the Collins
of prominent electricians, bankers and mer-
chants. all of whom expressed great gratiA-
cation at the successful outcome of the tests.
These wireless conversations. in virtue OF
the clearness of the voices. exceeded their
most sanguine hopes and proved the wide
usefulness that lay ahead of the new inven-
ton; however these results only bore out
those formerly achieved between the Singer
Building tower and the offices of the Collins
Company in Newark. ana between Newark
and Philadelphia.
I'm wireless telephony" said Mr.. Collins
the difficulties to be overcome were fer
. greater than in the case of wireless teleg-
raphy. The inventor of wireless telegraphy
found out how TO transmit and receive cleo
tricaI impulses without using wires Ii wa
unnecessary m his case that the impulses be
continuous. the dot and dash of the tele-
graph periodic. but with the wireless
telephone the electrical impulses between the
transmitting and the receiving stations must
be continuous 10 carry the spoken word:
THE science has now resolved itself into a
question of perfecting the purely mechanical
features of apparatus. and continuous work
in our laboratories at Newark is aid
ing rapidly to realize and make it
certainty that within a brief period Of time
the business man in his Office may lift off the
receiver of his telephone, and tuning his
instrument in accord with that Of the party
x,
clear conversation across miles of space. with
nothing but the ether to conduct the eIectri-
cany propelled vibration OF the voice
NO wires, 90 poles nothing but utilization
of the forces of nature 1t seems incredible
doesn't 1t? But not so than when
Morse. with his first telegraph instrument
and Bell with his first crude telephone ap-
paratus. caused the skeptfcal to laugh and
jeer and seriously question the sanity Of
those pioneers in fields Of Cudeavor which .
have resulted in inventions Of such wonder
fuI benefit to mankind
There are some interesting points on the
subject, aside from it's bearing en- the sci
entifc and technical end. and some scientists
predict the day is not very far distant when
each house will have a set of wireless teIe-
phone apparatus. Then there viii BE no more
trouble with Central no noise the wires
to interrupt your conversation. There'H be
no listeners the line, because no one else
can attuue his Instrument To break in on
your conversation. There'll be no interrup-
tions To service because an Inconvenient
snowstorm has tied up telephone wires
by loading them down with snow aud Ice
that they break and you have 10 walt until
things are Strengthened out before you can
get your service back again. The wire tele-
phone is all right and has been great boon
but II has practically reached the end Of its
development The world is progressing and
the day OF the wireless telephone is
here Men are learning more about the why
and wherefore Of the forces OF the universe
and are really becoming able to harness them
So that mankind viii get the benefit IL is
claimed that II the Bell Telephone Company
can make such enormous profits with wires
the Collins Company viii reap even Iarrer
rewards since it does entirely away VITA
wires.
That this generation Will see such rapid
strides In the development OF the Collins
system of wireless telephony that a per
son may walk into a pay station. and
without consulting any one or depending
upon human aid call up his friends and
transact business the phone To much
better advantage than is possible with the
present systems. The captain Of shin
standing on the bridge Of his ship. wants 20
communicate through tho fog with the cap
tain Of another steamer whose Whereabouts