Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-14
MARCONI SYSTEM ENERGIES WINNER

A few months ago there was vast deal of
ferment in England, over an alleged wireless
scandal. High British public officials were de-
clared to be involved in a scheme to assist the
Marconi company to get the public business.
Rival wireless companies helped to swell the up
roar and the minority party carried the fight
into politics in order to hit the party in power.
In the midst of the tumult the postmaster.
general appointed a committee of experts to ex-
anime the various systems presented and pass
upon them from the standpoint of efficiency
The report has been made public and the New
York Times on May ? gave a summary of it. As
the Marconi system has come to Hawaii and as
its merits are discussed freely and frankly as
compared with those of other companies, the re-
port is of much local interest The Times saws
LONDON May 1.-The report of the technical
committee appointed by the postmaster general to
consider various systems of long-distance wireless
teegraphy. particularly in relation to the proposed
imperial chain of wireless stations, was issued to-
night
The report "The Marconi system is at pres
ent the only system of which it be said with any
certainty that it is CAPABLE of fulfilling the require
nents of the imperial chain, but this not be
taken to imply that in opinion the Marconi
pany must necessarily be employed contractors
all the work required for the imperial chain. In
deed. in respects it might think, be better
for the government themselves to undertake the
struction and equipment of the necessary stations
The committee considers wireless telegraphy to be
in condition of rapid development and thinks it
undesirable that the postofce should be pledged 10
the continued use of any existing apparatus sab
ject any penalty by way of continued royalties
With trained staff and with engineer of special
knowledge and standing the head for testing. and
II necessary, further developing any new invention
or improvement, the committee mo reason why
the postoffce wireless stations should not be uti
Eiately equipped with apparatus far more efficient
than that used in any so-caed system, more
especially the postoffice will be able to combine
in spite of existing patent rights, apparatus de-
vices which, the existence of such rights
cannot be combined by any one else
The committee also investigated the following
wireless systems: Telefunken Poulsen, Godschmidt
and Galette
One of the postoffice requirements is Tor contin-
uous communication by day and night over land and
water for distances ranging from 1000 to $500 miles
The companies controlling the various systems were
invited TO give practical demonstrations The report
says:
Except in the case of the Marconi system we did
not obtain any demonstration on commercial scale
or any demonstration distance of even 1000
miles"
But the committee points out the fact that it was
apparently impossible for some companies to ar
range demonstration within the three months al
lowed for the purpose.
In order to test the Marconi plant continuous
watch kept for week by skilled operators on
the actual commercial working between Cltden ana
Glaze Bay The report says:
.The Marconi company. satisfied, is work