The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-10-17
GRID WORLD
With WIRELESS
Uncle Sam Will Aid in Work
of the Powers.
United States Would Place Station
At Washington, Colon and
Manila.

covering he Nescern Hens here
with a number Of huge towers ca
pabI= % communicating acruss the
Atlantic Ocean, and thru jne -
Of r.zy stations, from one s.5e q
the Pacific To the other. he uiH let
the rest o; the world take care q The
other IA Of the sphere
Az the last international Wireless
Congress. az which we're represented
practically all the civilized nations
Of the world. it vas agreed that Il
vo1'd b. veil for future generations
II arrangements we're Elade nOE. 80
that a wireless message filed in aay
important city in the world or OF
board any trznsoceauic vessel could
F be transmitted 70 its destination. no
matter ho~ distant. comparatively
. ins;Antaneo1sIy.
Accordingly, il was pIAnIet that
Great Britain should erect q gigantic
wireless tower along the banA q the
Suez Cana and another al Calcutta.
India: that japan should So 20 the
building Of a sky-scrzgang MaS al
Yokohama and that another station
Z be erected Somewhere in the yestft-
erranean, preferably on the high land
near Aessina. Italy. TIE station Tow
er in Paris would form another OF
the series Of rszy points and the
United States would De Ieft To cou-
pIete the girdIe Of wireless points
from which hundreds OF 1essages
could be sent and hundreds collected
every day-thus completely girdIing
the world With belt OF wireless.
/ Plans are no~ under way IN the
Navy Department 70. The erection Of
a number OF other large stations
comparable TO the huge n4sts al Ar
Eng-on, Va. overlooking ste nation
al capital, and their twin spires al
Colon, Panama and Mare H-ind, San
Francisco IL ID probable thai al Ieast
one island station viii - b-ik by
the War Department, PROBABLY al =
Louis or Chicago and thai snsorhs<
: AL BE- placed al NznilA-
Thes<, in eorJznetlol via the sra
tons nou IL op<rziioz by tie Nzsy
Department and the one E-sEe Il VIZ
der say =: HoBoi1l1. Will stfeetiy.fs
take care o. all CLASSES Of Messages.
<hechsr filed in the CnIst States
or re.zyed into our territory by och
er nations for comrnznicarbon else
where.
The range o. the giant vire0~s
towers already in working order IL
tremendous. The station al Arlington
. has many times caught the time
flashes" at midnight from the Eiffel
Tower in Paris, and the sending Of
messages across the continent from
Washington 10 Panama js 50 common
as TO be considered unworthy OF com
ment or report.
The latest achievement OF the
Arlington towers was 10 receive
flash from the Samoan Islands. in
the mid-Pacific. but this vas admit
ed 10 be an accident, and probably
will not happen again for a long
time.
With the placing OF towers al
Washington, so az 20 cover the East
coast and receive messages from the
other side OF the Atlantic, and the
steamers crossing the ocean; one at
Colon 10 take care of wir.;.ess fash
es which come too far south to be
handled By the Arlington station, and
silently 10 guard the entrance TO the
Panama Cana; in the center Of the
country TO relay messages from both
coasts; at San Francisco. Hawaii
and Manila, the Government considers
. that il will have done its full duty
in helping To make It possib't. To
I file message at any point in the
world and have j. reach its destina-
/ tlon in the shortes' possible time.
But the commercial end of the
proposition Is not the one which APP
peals with the greatest force TO the
Z Y nited States Government. The wire
sss towers are erected primarily for
use in time OF war and the ire
mendous advantage which It will be
( 70 this nation 20 have six high-power
I ell -lgible messages 1900 miles can
easily be appreciated. By means Of the
Arlington station the Atlantic fleet
/ is never out OF communication With
Washington, unless the ships take
an extended cruise abroad, The Co
I On station enables Washington 10
talk 20 the warships in Central Am
erican waters with the greatest ease,
the messages Icing transmitted thru
the great inasts at the Western en-
trance 20 the Canal and the san
Francisco, Honolulu and Mani a sta
tions viii guarantee the immediate
Transmission Of all orders 10 Anerlc-
an ships, no matter In what portion