The Washington herald., 1912-10-28
WIRELESS TOWERS
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Arlington Station, largest IN tie
Wefld, 10 ylash Messages
Tonight
WORKING RADIUS
THREE THOUsAND NILES
Complete it Cost More Than $780,
600 and Was Built BY
Government.

To-day viii mark an epoch in Ameri.
can wireless telegraphy. a. the For.
Myer wireless station. which il the larg-
est in the world. will be inaugurated fol
practical work BY flashing out signal
sparks to the naval wireless stations a
Colon and Key West. This will happen
and orders have been sent 10 these sta.
tons to report to the department what
communication. If any. they received
from the Arlington station.
The working radius Of the station ID
estimated At 5000 miles and its range will
cover the entire Atlantic Coast Of Ncrth
America Daily communication will be
established with Colon and intercom-
miles at sea. and 1t will be possible &
transmit messages to vessels between
1000 and 1900 miles distant.
Signals from the Marconi trans-Atlan-
tic stations At Clifden. ireland. and Glace
Bay. Newfoundland. will bs caught. and
1t Is thought probable that under good
atmospheric conditions communication
win be established with the stations at
Berlin and Paris. Tests in overland
wireless telesraphy viii be conducted
with the Army Signal Corps station at
Fort Leavenwort1. Kansas. BY means
Of relay. the Arlington station will have
world range. There IL no station on
the entire globe which will not be within
talking distance Of the Navy Department
hereafter.
DesiGneA BY Governneat.
There arc three towers. two Of which
measure $50 feet in height each and the
third 600 feet The base Of the tallest
II $50 feet square and the other two have
10 feet bases. The towers and station
buildings were designed by Lieut. Carl
Alexius Carlson, of the Bureau OF Yards
and Docks. The entire station cost about
100000 and Rear Admiral Hurch J. Cone,
chief of the Bureau Of Steam Engineering
Of the Navy Department. has general
supervision Of the station. Commander
who has charge Of the wire
less work Of the Navy Department, had
direct supervision Of the construction.
The buildings Of the station were erected
By Arthur Cowsill Of this city at q cost
o: about $4,000 The steel towers were
by the Baltimore branch of
the Carnegie Steel Company. and the
ing engineers OF the Navy Department
design the station.
The instruments at the station were
Installed by the Fessenden Wireless Tele-
graph Company. The set Is guaranteed
to work 5000 miles regardless of atmos-
pheric conditions.
The erection Of the Arlington station is
the first step Of the navy toward the
Of q great chain Of high-
power wireless stations. Tho naval ap-
bill for the fiscal year has
Al item Of S1.ooo. 900 for the construction
of additional wireless stations. The pro-
posed new stations will he located NJ
Panama, San Francisco. Hawaii. Guam.
Samoa and the island Of Luxon In the
At present there IL a small
station At Honolulu but its range IL
short.
The electrical sending apparatus Of the
Arlington station Is 30 powerful that not
more than one-third Of its full strength
will be brought into use tonight. Naval
experts IN radiography say 1t will prob
IDLY be a month before the new station
las been tuned up to its full strength.
Twice daily. At q m. and at 9 p. m.
he Arlington station will call Colon and
Key West after this evening.