The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20

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great engines and mighty dynamos a room
full OF powerful batteries and of
people could understand
This is the high power station the Marcon wire
less-the station from which messages be sent
1900 miles to 1t matters not-press dispatches.
commercial messages love words from a her
sweetheart husband far the bosom of the
stock quotations to the business man. this is
the place from which they sent the last limit
where the wireless from the shore picked up
1t is the jumping off place for the United
In bungalow. in the shadow of the mighty towers,
dwell five men-the nwho make it possible to reach
ships at sea. the men who life by imparting
the information they have about disaster calling
other ships to the
Two of them operators -Marconi operators-and
two of them electric engneers-Ginman and Simpson;
Campbell and Nckerson The fifth is the steward.
who cooks the meals for these lonely men so far from
kffne and makes their beds. There is a sixth man.
G. Welby, who. prior to this time in charge of
the station but he going to Seattle to erect another
station there just he went to Jolo in the Philippines
several years to put which the United States
,Ieeded to get in touch with Manila
y But the chief of them there now is Gnman-A H. Gin
man, the man who got the famous &C. O. D.. from Jack
Bnns of the Republic and got to work to get help from
ships far out at
Everybody his hat off Binns, his
ship the last, calling for aid had it
for Gilman, who kept his wits, the would
have reached the land would the ships that
at to the have heard the danger CALL &c.
O. D."
Mr.. Ginman is Just a merited vacation
in England whence he halls 1t was he who received the
famous &C. @. D." at Siasconset the end of Nan
tucket island which resulted in the saving of soul
aboard the Republic.
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the sending of message out to is nothing
more less than pumping at big telegraph key for
terry.
representative of the press Gnman at work and
spent the night in the Office with hmthe first person
ever permitted within the bounds of this station the big
gest in the United States.
What doing?" laughed Ginman. 'Why,
manufacturing lightning that's all! That's what long
distance wireless really means"
And then he led the way to this little station the
bleak confines of Cape Cod to show how it is DONE
The big plant is surrounded by a barbed wire fence
Nobody may enter except the employees Summer Wis
the edge of the fence. because nobody
buy the ocean front but they can't come in.
Nobody them from gazing at the four big tow
ers which be for miles around the desolate,
fiat country. but there can they go and no further
How Marconi send their short distance messages
$50 miles less-s secret That much OF the
Gilman could explain. But what is done when
words are flashed ships half way the
the Marconi the only who do it's
real secret
There rooms in this little building which
SO much with the ways of the world One is filed
with engines and dynamos. Another is crowded with
batteries. third holds the long distance apparatus
fourth is where the operator his messages
and receives them
is strictly against the rules" said Gnman with
smile. ito allow any one to see how we work the long
distance But let show the short distance work
Well let you hear us work the long distance-thats all
Here are!"
He led the way into tiny room with desk and
table On the table was telegraph key. ten times mag
nifed a switch, just large. Attached to two
wires two telephone recevers-exactly the same
things that any office boy might put to his in
Office which had a private branch exchange
To the left was induction coil capable of a
spark and mahogany box in which was fixed
small clockwork motor surmounted by small vul-
canite disks connected by band of iron wire
Now" explained Ginman, this is our short distance
apparatus. with this send and receive for $50
miles in any direction AS matter of fact this is
long distance station and called upon to send
very for short distance Our business Is
to reach ships far out at sea-
Now let me show you. will call up Siasconset, on
Nantucket island 60 miles away. and get him to send
YOU the famous S, the first letter which Mr. Mar
conf managed send clear the Atlantic from the
coast of Ireland the coast of Nova Scotia
Gilman pulled the switch. turned lever which
got him sin tune" with Nantucket and began to se:d.