Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-07
STILL ONE MORE
TRIUMPH Of THE
WIRELESS PHONE
Voice at Arlington, Va, Is Heard
at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a
Distance of over
1900 Miles.

| Boston, Mass, Sent 3o-Accordlnp 10
oricial Information given to-day on tho
authority of the New England Telephone
&s Telegraph company, communication
| by wireless telephone was established
yesterday between the naval radio sta
ton at Arlington, Va. and n wireless
station at Pearl Harbor. Hawaii a dis
lance OF 1900 miles, The message was
received at Hawaii by Lloyd Espcn-
schied of tho American Telephone &
Telegraph company's engineering depart
ment. This engineering department., in
conjunction with the engineers of the
Western Electric company, devised the
equipment which made this transmission
possible.
This amazing fact impresses itself
moro significantly when one considers
that the distance from Alexandria to
Hawaii is more than one-thrd greater
than the distance from Boston to the
North Pole, and also, as Mr.. Vail points
out in a congratulatory telegram to ]. J.
Carly chief engineer of the American
Telephone &s Telegraph company. greater
than the distance between New York
and such European points as London.
Paris. Berlin and Petrograd.
| There was no sending apparatus at the
wireless station at Pearl Harbor, conse-
quently, tho success of the effort to talk
by wireless from Alexandria to Pearl
Harbor had to be confirmed by cable
message which was received to-day
The following statement from Presi-
dent Vail Of the American Telephone &
Telegraph company outlines IN a general
way. the possible uses Of this new dis
covery:
Il do not think that can better ex-
press my views in regard to wireless
telephony than to quote the telegram
which l have Just sent to Mr.. Carly. the
chief engineer OF this company, with
reference to yesterdays wireless tele-
phone talk; 7 want to congratulate you
on yesterdays climax in the way OF
achievements the greatest in inter-com-
munication that the world has even SEEM
TO you, and the wonderful staff created
by you, the world owes debt To
throw your voice directly, without the
aid Of wires. from Washington TO Hawaii,
nearly 5000 miles, a greater distance
than from New York to Paris. Berlin.
Vienna or Petrograd. and greater than
that between Seattle and Toxic and
Yokohama, was wonderful. but to send
the recognized voice part way over wire
and part through the air was still more
wonderful and was a demonstration OF
the chiefest use that will probably attach
to the wireless, simplifying and sup
, lplementing. not duplicating, the wire
system. and bring into conversational
communication ships. islands and places
which otherwise cannot be reached
Your work has indeed brought US one
long step nearer our ideal, a universal
system.
(Signed) ct. n. VAIL"
AS may be seen from this. 1t is clear
that wireless will never substitute or
supplant the wire system but will greatly
amplify them and extent their usefulness.
1t is humanitarian rather than CONNER
clal, but it Is useful in that it makes
conversation possible between places
md moving objects that could not be
connected by wires AS with the wireless
telegraph it probably never will be de-
pendnble enough except as outlined
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