The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-04

of the Asiactic fleet, and the Panama
Canal station. The latter is to be
unusually powerful, with three 600
foot steel towers for the support of
the antennae. 1t is erected half way
across the Isthmus near San Pablo.
The name given to it, Darien, is the
name of one of the early explorers
OF that region.
The Mexican trouble led to further
extension to take the place of inter-
rupted land lines and for exchanges
with the ships. Isabel, Texas, near
the mouth of the Rio Grande, was
chosen as the central point of opera
tion on the Atlantic side and San Dia-
go on the Pacific side.
There are now 48 naval shore sta
tions, those at outside points being
three along the Panama Canal, one at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; one at San
Juan, Porto Rico; seven in Alaska
and outlying islands. two in the Phil
lipines; one in Hawaii, one at Guam
and one at Pekin, China, with other
projected stations in Samoa and else
where rapidly nearing completion.
The chief work OF the naval sta
tons is to keep the Navy Department
in connection with its ships at sea,
either by direct or relayed messages.
This service extends to all bureaus,
offices and divisions of the Navy De-
partment. those in command OF navy
yards and stations, and to officers OF
fleets, diisions ann ships. The trans
mission of time signals has also de-
veloped to great importance for war
and merchant ships to avoid error in
the ships chronOmeter, etc. Signals
from Arlington are sent out every
day in the year twice a day, at noon
and at 10 p. M, seventy-fifth meri-
dan time. Time signals are now
sent out TO the Atlantic coast only
through the radio stations at Airing
ton, Key West and New Orleans. On
the Pacific coast the time signals are
sent to sea through the wireless sta
tons at Mare Island, Eureka and
San Diego in California, and at
North Head, in Washington.
Weather Reports.
The daily weather reports and
storm warnings, are sent from Ar
| lington and Key West a few min
utes after the 10 o'clock time signal
at night, but important storm warn.
ings are sent whenever necessary.
Warnings of ice bargs and derelicts,
are sent to sea from the Arlington
station following the time signal and
weather reports. At such times ships
are listening on the long wave of Ar
lington, $500 metres, and their re-
ceiving boards are turned to receive
the ice or derelict report. Incoming
ships are compelled. under the Lon
don safety convention, to report in
formation concerning ice and deri-
licts; this goes through the hydro
graphic offices to the Arlington sta
ton, and then seward and to other
stations.
This information being of an
urgent character-icebergs, derelicts,
cyclones and typhoons-is sent I'M
der special signal called the safety
signal, repeated at short intervals,
ten times at full power-(T T ~.
On receiving this all radio stations
are required to keep silent in orier
to let the danger warnings go broad
cast
Recent Developments.
'MpAe ISGeHL developments VI INC
naval wireless work are the fog sig
mails and direction finders, by which
the dangers attending fog are over
come. and the location and direction
of ships are established; also rapid
development OF commercial work by
which tie general public Sqd the
press are allowed to use the wire
less equipment aboard warships and
at short stations, on payment Of land
and sea charges. These charges are
regulated under the London conven-
ton, and the amounts collected by
naval coast or ship stations are
turned into the treasury as m'sceila-
neous receipts.