The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21

A. n mater 81 far, d mas talked for 7co
or MI miles
But u could raceIy. signals n pecesssr"
from a much greater distance provided
the sending station had the rover to
transmit them - 'onset has onlv hor~e-
power aud She plant - all m RAT tinv
cottage ~ South Ncllfeot ~ ape cod
the building containing the equipment
plant - ten times a. large and hat sta
tons normal radius - .Jp1 mics. though
IL has talked hundreds of miles further.
Naturally ocean steamers cannot carry
any such equipment a. that at CAPE Cod.
so that their normal radIus - much less.
But the stations along the coast from
New York TO Sahl. leland are 80 placed
that a steamer - not ont Of ,ommunica-
ton with one before sE" j. III touch With
anOthe- NJ for toe necessity of com
fnunIcatIon with another shin when out
Of reach of land thew il always some ves-
sci generally more than one within the
normal radius. Two Vessels are often in
communication With each other for q
day or more. Several wears ago The
Et-,iria and the Kaiser " ilhelm der Crosse
were in communicates for seventy-two
consecutive hours
The three hours ~ he visit to the sta
ton pass pretty uuIuiy and when an.
other man comes IN 20 Jet NJ Gilman 90
To the house for luncheon Won stand out
side still discussing b" Wonders wittin.
Tor the new man ~ sending and Won
hear the big sparks You ar" standing
nv the window and accidentally touch
the wire screen with Q finger tip. which
YOU preCipi'atelv Withdraw he srrren
il alive with electricity. You put knife
blade close To II and draw miniature
sparks Mr. Gilman laughs
Yes he SAYS. ~ we had q dehcats
enough receiver We could tan" the sig
mails from that screen But il noih hing
I here To what u II AZ the hig Care Cod
station
why. thera you can get a good shock
any time ~ day They got a now cook
there once. a man who wasn't IN to tn.
tricks 81 wireless The first time be
started 10 get a meal he went to the water
faucet 10 I'll \ couple Of pots or uans
" vol take hold Of the faucet quickly
and firmly Won ~ all right but he didn't
know about hat. and ~, soon ~ hIa hand
got Clo~" to the metal - lug .park ap-
parentlv few ~ him. gave hun -barD
shock and a worse scare lie droppeh
his pots aud pans with crash and vowed
he "a never -'av IN such an uncannv place
hut they pacified him and taught him
how To manage without getting bitten
SEAS LONELINESS DISAPPEARING
You bring away With you an old co,nmu-
nIcatIon chart The COMPANY sends one
each month 10 ~ stations II shows the
position on any given day of All trans
atlantic steamers carving wireless "1'iir-
ment Operators need only consult this
chart 10 know with what chips ihe~
should he ahle to communicate
In fact y ship operator y ." rHred To- 90.
tabliSh communication AZ roin's vher~
according ~ the hart his ru -eS-~Hs
tra,k intsr-eris that ~ auoirs" ..,-<sel
carrying wireless IhIs NAV napDen
forty or ffty times ~ the course ~
single voyage from New iorh tn a Euro
pea pog
Tn" recently suactrd ~ - .-Irr
more ships to hc a,rIipp.d with wlTRlass
will neCe-Ei'ate charts I,,Ida vlt"h
spider VEL will looh bao q rhild'S d'twin:
The loneliness ~ the 49, N bs,onns
tradition UrettN soon. and o. CAL ~ 4 -
viii bring a respon-e - II the vfio'~ hov
Of parior matches had been s"Tl'" hsd ~
once