The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-02
Marconi General Manager Pre-
diets Wireless Telephony
With Coast Soon
PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED
APPARATUS ALMOST READY
Device Now In Use BY Telephone
Company But Not Yet
Quite Perfected

Honolulu will be talking through t-s
air TO San Francisco snJrtIy. kLwa /
j. Naliy, general manager OF the MAJ.
conf Wireless Telegraph COmpaDf,
made the prediction yesterday wl.h
quiet assurance.
T. Long distance wireless TELEPHONY
is the next step forward,' sc said,
"and it is coming soon. There is not
the slightest doubt of it, The ruling
principles have been established and
there remains only the detail of per
fecting the mechanical apparatus.
Work Already Far Advances
Work in that direction already has
progressed so far that it is now only
q short step from prediction to reali-
zation. Why, if it were not for the
work wireless engineers have done,
long distance conversation by wire
across the continent. only put into
commercial effect this year, would be
an. impossibility.
1t is only by means of a wireless
device known as the accumulation that
the human voice is carried from San
Francisco to New York. .:..
fThe words spoken into the trans
mitter are carried on the wire until
they become as soft as q baby's
breath. Then the vibrations are pass
cd into the accumulation and built up
until, when they are sent out again,
they have Tegained their first strength.
Only Short Step Forward
Wireless telephony is an actuality
right now. 1t only remains to apply
the principles of the accumulation to
long distance commercial practise to
make it an everyday affair."
Mr.. Nally is here with A. II. Gin
man, general superintendent of the
Marconi company, with headquarters
in San Francisco, to make an inspec.
ton of the plants at Kahuku and
Koko Head. ss. + .
"The only criticism L have to make
Is that the plant is too good, )" he said
Yesterday. Measured by present con-
ditions the criticism is just. In pow
er and Accommodations it is far ahead
of the demands now made on it, or,
in other words, it represents an invest
ment much greater than the volume of
business warrants. But it was built
looking a long way into the future. Mr..
Nally told, yesterday, something of
what the company is planning for.
War Played Havoc
The war" he said, "almost put us
out of business. The United States
government shut down our plant in
New Jersey and our plant in Massa.
chusetts, and the British government
took over our plants in Great Britain
for the navy. .,'-..
AT the same time, the German
plant on Long Island, which is the
only link of communication between
the United States and Germany, was
allowed to remain open for that reas-
on, although there is an injunction
out in our favor, pending determine.
ton of suit for infringement of our
patents.
Then we had trouble with the navy
department over establishing communi'
cation with the Philippines and there
was hitch with the Japanese govern
ment about completing the plant at
funibashi fifteen miles from Toxic.
Service With Orient Soon
THESE last two Inconvenience
have been ironed out, and we expect
to open service with the Orient now
ut almost any moment. The Oahu
plant was built to bridge the lon est
wireless gap in the world, from Homo
lulu to Toxic, 400 miles. That Is why
it was equipped with what is now 40
much surplus power. -.
- AS soon as communication is open.
c', we expect to be running night and
day, double shifts, with our full capa,
city utilized.
1t was suggested to Mr.. Nally that
in the meantime the eompany's dor.
mitory at Koko Head might be opened
as q hotel. He laughed. 'Well," he
said, 'wc have all the conveniences,
as you can see. 1t could be DONE
Mr.. Nally and Mr.. Gilman were
luncheon guests yesterday, at the Pa.
ciic Club, of John A. Balch, manager
Of the Mutual Telephone Company.
They sail today for the mainland in