The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-14

money makers having paid large divi-
dends to the stockholders who provided
the money for the company's develop
ment.
The initial expense OF installation is
reduced to a minimum. an insignificant:
factor. when 1t is considered that the
Bell Telephone Company appraises the
intrinsic value of its wire lines as $685.
2s6, 900, to say nothing OF the annual ex-
pense they are compelled to incur in or
der to protect them from wire thieves
The difficulties and OUTLAWS incidental to
securing rights of way, etc, from legis-
latures and private individuals. are al
so eliminated.
Then again. wire troubles" so i'm
portant a feature of present telephone
! unpleasantnesses are, from the start,
] cut out, nor are there any more exas-
perating branch and party-wire intri-
cacies. Beyond all this, however, is the
! fact that the wireless telephone is not
in any way affected by weather. working
as well during the worst conflicts OF the
elements as when they are at peace; in
fact, 1t is claimed that an electrical dis
i turbance which usually puts the wire
| telephone out of business, besides ex-
posing subscribers to risk from fire and
electrical discharge. only serves to clear
the air for the improved exchange Of
wireless telephone signals. Distance.
again. is practically annihilated by the
new system, as DR.. de Forests definite
plans for talking from New York to
Paris bear witness.
Successful on Great Lakes.
Another instance Of the enormous CON-
Tnercial value of the Radio wireless tele
phone system is furnished in the work
the Great Lakes Radio Telephone Co., q
subsidiary corporation. with offices il
Cleveland, Ohio, has undertaken. ThL
company is now engaged IN installing
the Radio wireless telephone apparatus
in a commercial manner. at points To-
Gated on Lakes Superior. Michigan Hu.
ron, Erie and Ontario ana the ST. Law.
renee River. and on vessels plying II
these waters. Already contracts have
been entere- into for the erection OF owe
thirty wireless telephone towers. In tn,
chief cities on the shores Of the lakes
$ the number of which will be constantly
Increased until there is no point on thes
great inland seas that cannot be reached
conversationally in a few seconds from
= any OF the adjacent shipping and com
mercial centres.
3 It is the intention OF the company {
} make, throughout the South, rapid
o as possible, additions to the Radio tele
r phone working stations already estab
! lished. Exhaustive experiments. mad
5 in various parts Of the country. hav
fully demonstrated the capacity OF tn
4 apparatus to transmit. above the con
3 slant turmoil of great city. and throug
8 the influences. be they what they may
Il with which the atmosphere surroundin
b them is charged. and regardless Of G.
: matte conditions. distance or direction
I not only ordinary conversat ton. so clear
Q ~ that the tones of the voice are plainl
recognizable. but song and chorus sin
is ing orchestral music. etc. with a MAJ
e velous fidelity.
e Scarcely less wonderful than he Rad
e wireless telephone Is the sparkless. wir
h less system Of the telegraphy. which hl
ie been perfected by this young Americi
NJ inventor a few short months ago. al
Of which VIII doubtless replace ali 9th