El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-21

| N-NdlIOildl OiE anu JUICE
In the early part OF May was an
nounced the consolidation of four wire
! less telephone and telegraph companies
operating in various parts of the
| United States. Naturally this an
nouncement occasioned considerable
! interest, and the public became eager
/ TO learn what the consolidation por-
/ tended in the way of electrical feats.
| During the past few years the public
| has been treated to many surprises
| in this Hne-it has seen the telephone
! rise from an inSi gnificant toy to an
| Indispensable public utility; it has
watched with keen interest every in
/ novation in electrical science; and par
: ticularly has 1t been interested in
every wireless feat which scientific
men have performed.
| Wireless biography by induction
| the transmission of electric impulses
| without any apparent conductive me-
| dium-has been a scientific and com
mercial success. 1t was first suggeS-
ted by DR.. Henry, who, in 1888, when
I a professor of mathema tics and natural
philosophy at the Albany academy, es-
tablished wireless communication be-
tween two rooms in his house. These
rooms Were situated eighteen feet
apart and were separated by two thick
walls.
During the succeeding fifty years
many scientists attempted to solve the
great problem of wireless biography,
but it was not until 1888 that professor
Hertz, of Bonn, by discovering the
waves that bear his name. established
the correctness Of the hypothesis Of
ten advanced, though never with any
great degree of conviction, that cleo
trio impulses might be transmitted to
unlimited distance without artificial
conductiOn. In reality, 1t was a Won
derful discovery, and one that theoreti-
cally, at least, revoIutionized the
whole science Of electrical commune
cation; never before had it been dream
ed that an electric impulse could travel
$4,000 miles second, passing through
every opaque substance but metal, and
making at the same time over 245, 00O,-
600 distinct engagements on any OBJ
ject susceptible to its influence. 49,
Science the world over Immediately
recognized that in the practical utiliza-
ton OF this marvellous force would
lie the se!ution Of the great problem
Of wireless telegraphy, and their eff
forts were directed to this end
Another invention which is destined
to play an important part in the world
of communication is the wireless tele
phone. The wireless telephone has
Deen DFOuRnL To REMARKABLY nlSn
state of development, and is by no
means in an embryonic stage. Thomas
F.. Clark. of Detroit, has demonstrated
the tremendous value of the wireless
telephone and telegraph to the ship
ping interests of the Great Lakes. 1t
has been estimated that eighty per
cent of all the water tonnage of North
America is carried on their waters
This computed, means nearly seven
10 oh ha
mercantile fleets of the world carry
through the Suez Canal. At the pre-
sent time over 1000 freight, $50 passen-
ger, and $500 pleasure and other craft
compose the fleet of the Great Lakes.
Every year there are hundreds OF ac-
cidents for their waters are among the
most treacherous in the world Many
vessels have left their docks never to
be heard from again; storms arise with
out warning-to the sailor. True, the
United States Weather Bureau has
posted warnings hours before the storm
broke, but hitherto it has been imDossi-
BILE to carry these warnings to the sail
or out on the mighty deep, far from
any source of cOmmunica ton.
At present, the future and possibili-
ties of the wireless cannot be predicted.
That it is destined TO be an important
link in the intercommunication, no one
can gainSay.
The consolidation of companies pre-
viously referred to includes the Collins
Wireless Telephone company, of New
ark, New Jersey, the Clark Wireless
Telegraph TelephOne company, Of De-
troit the Pacific Wireless Telegraph
company. of Los Angeles. and the Mas
sic Wireless Telegraph company, Of
Providence, Rhode Island. The opera
lions of the companies in the new cor
poration cover New England and the
Middle Atlantic Coast, the Great Lakes,
and Middle Western region, and the
Pacific coast Ultimately, il is declar-
ed the operation of the Continental
will be extended so as TO allow for the
trans mission of wireless MESA ges from
New York to San Francisco, or a dozen
other places on the Pacific Coast, and
to hundreds of intermediate stations.
In the consolidation of these COM
panies is ample capital to back the ven
ture; there is a volume Of meaning in ]
the combination of four concerns whose
business is the transmission of wire
less intelligence, and it is a significant
step in the worlds progress. Wire
less, the greatest distance eliminatOr
that has come to mankind. Is in its
present state like an unbridled colt.
It's tremendous energies have not been !
fully utilized, and the best method of |
directing those powers is the present |
day study of scientists
Three men, prominent in the art of |
wireless, each of whom has travelled |
ahead of public knowledge regarding |
this new means of communication, have |
now determined on concerted action |
to establish trans continental wire |
less telephone telegraph service and to |
give an immediate wide field of opera |
ton. They are A. Frederick Collins, |
inventor of the Collins Wireless Tele |
phone; Walter w Massie, inventor of |
the Massie Wireless Telegraph system. |
and Thomas r. Clark, inventor and /
founder of the Clark Wireless Tele- !
raph-Telephone system.
Mr.. Collins laboratories are at New
ark, New Jersey, Mr., Clark's at De-
troit, Michigan, and Mr.. Massies at |
Rhode Island These scien-
lists form the technical directorate OF |
the Continental Wireless Telephone e
Telegraph company. which is to furnish
4 means of wireless commune aticn on |
land and sea. but primarily on land
The object of this organization is
worthy, as all such ventures make for
the ultimate good of humanity. 1t will
bring men closer together. expedite |
commerce and serve as savers of lives, |
IN times of danger, by quick cOmmuni-
,afiOn