The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-13

and the electrical processes which
were used in wireless telephony
across the continent. He replied that
because of the patents, and because
this was not a final test by any
means, he was obliged at present to
decline to do so.
will the wireless telephone ever
replace the wire telephone?"
81 do not think so,' Mr.. Carty re-
piled. I'm my belief, the number OF
wireless telephone calls will remain
in the Thousands, while the wire calls
run up into rne billions. Wireless
telephony is a much more difficult
process. AS I see it now, the great
est value of the wireless telephone
will be in reaching places where
wires can not be strung-for in
stance, deserts, jungles, remote
mountain tops and so on"
How about talking to ship at
sea? How about talking across the
ocean,"
well, as things stand now the
far away engineer answered, "the
editor Of your paper could as readily
call up his correspondent in London
and give him instructions about send
ing war news as he could call up your
reporter in uptown New York. Yes,
l think there is no doubt We could
easily reach ships at sea, if they were
properly equipped, and have wireless
telephone Communication with those
on board"
"Will this be of value to the
navy?" Mr.. Carty was asked.
II want to say" he replied, that
the navy has been most kind and
courteous in allowing US the use of
it's towers and in cooperating with
US in every possible way. While the
invention is the property of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company alone, I would like to say
that the United States navy, and no
other navy, will have it,
would it be possible to send a
secret message by wireless tele-
phony? Would it not be possible for
any one having a receiving apparatus
to listen in'?"
Mr.. Carly laughed.
"Yes," he said. 81 guess it would.
AS things are now, any one who
could tune a receiving instrument in
to the same pitch as ours could hear
everything that was said. In fact, I
suppose Mr.. Wallis remarks to me
were heard by hundreds Of persons
throughout the country. AS & mat
ter Of fact, more persons will be able
to listen in on a wireless telephone
conversation than now are able to
listen in on a party-line wire tele-
phone"
The possibilities seemed to amuse
him.
"But perhaps that may be RENE
died some time" he added.
Asked again about the fascinating
prospect Of talking to ships at sea,
Mr. Carly said:
"We have to contend there with
the same thing with which wireless
telegraphy has to contend-that un-
explained electrical condition in the
atmosphere which is called Static
which makes noises and interrupts
our currents. There is lot to be
done, of course, but I am sure we
will be able to talk to ships. Indeed,
lot Of quiet, unsensational work is
to be done yet with the whole mat
ter of wireless telephony, but it has
been demonstrated to-day as a sue
cess.
Here is something I would like to
have pointed out: we had better re-
suits to-day. talking across 5000
miles of air, than Alexander Graham
Bell, the still-living inventor Of the
wire telephone, had when he talked
few feet in Washington over the
first wire instrument-and that is
really only few years ago."
do you require higher power for
wireless telephone than for wire
less telegraph" was asked.
"That is unsettled" the engineer
answered. "I may say that our ap-
paratus is much smaller than wire
less telegraph apparatus. AS to the
relative power, I'm not sure though
I'm inclined to think we will require
more power"
This interview, although it was
over a span of 5000 miles-and if it
had been paid for, the rate would
have been twenty-odd dollars for the
first five minutes, and nearly as much
per minute afterward-ran on for a
considerable length Of time. Mr..
Carly was happy and enthusiastic,
and was delighted to talk. His voice
was just as distinct as though he had
been uptown.
The reporter asked him to call up
the San Francisco correspondent Of
the paper and have the San Francisco
man send story about how the ex-
pertinent was received on the Pacific
coast. This was promptly done.
AS final question Mr.. Carty was
asked: "Will it be possible to start
a telephone conversation over wire,
then have it go through the air, and
then go across another wire, finally?
Could we call up resident of San
Francisco and lave the message go
by wire to Arlington, by wireless to
Mare Island, and then by wire again
into a home in San Francisco?"
Certainly; that would present no
duQlL1Oud1 uA1ItSOIl1So, IllO ShS'ASSA
replied, chuckling over the amaze
ment of the interrogator, which must
have been audible $500 miles away.
After Mr.. Vail had made the first
experiment, various other officials of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company talked by wireless to
Mr.. Carly in San Francisco. Among
them were Union n. Bethel, the
senior vice president; John I. Water
burg, director, and Bancroft Cher
ardi, engineer of the plant. Several
scientists witnessed the tests.
At Arlington, Va, representatives
of the government eXperimented on
their own account. Cap. Bullard,
chief Of the navy's radio service, Was
in charge of the experimentation. All
those present-as was the case IN
New York and San Francisco-were
equipped with receiving instruments
so they might hear the conversation.
Noi1 Of the