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and even across the continent with
San Francisco. The chain across the
Pacific is not yet completed though
Congressional provision has been
made for it. 1t will be more than 4
year before the new Honolulu station
will be ready for work.
Much Matter Sent.
BY far the greatest commercial use
Hof wireless, at least so far as this
country is concerned, is that between
Glaze Bay, Nova Scotia, and Ireland
BY this route immense amounts of
both press and commercial matter are
transmitted with great regularity.
Since the government took over the
| Sayville, L. l., plant in order TO in
sure that it should only be used in a
way consistent with this country s
neutrality, the commercial business
there is reported to have increased
very much.
Like almost everything else of an in
| ternatiOnal character. wireless COM
munication has been subjected to diff
ficulties and Interruptions by reason
of the war. Before the war, an INFER
national bureau was established at
Berne, that remarkable mid-European
center for all kinds of cooperative
international activities. to regulate in
the common interest the wireless bus
mess OF the world. 1t publishes in
many languages lists Of all wireless
stations, including those on ships,
with their radius of communication,
systems used, and rates Land lines
and the cable concerns are parties to
this cooperation. so that in normal
times the whole facilities Of the world
for communication by wire, wireless
or cable may be said to be knitted to-
gether in a universal system.
Developing Rapidly.
Very much the most important uses
of wireless thus far are for communi
cation with ships at sea, and forward
ing official messages. But the rest o.
the world, like the United States is
developing systems rapidly, and it is
anticipated that in a few years after
the end of the war the world will be
so studded with stations that theil
share of commercial and news bust
ness will be constantly greater There
are, however, many needed improve
ments in the physical operation of the
service, on which experimenters ant
inventors are constantly working
Ranges of the stations, for instance
, vary widely according to time of da,
or night, season OF the year, atmos
pheric and climatic conditions. Win
ter is more favorable than summer
and night more favorable than day
f for wireless Transmission. The varia
/ tons are SO great that it is said
: plant which will have radius of 2,4O
f miles under the most favorable cond
+ tons Ct winter and midnight, ma
e communicate only 400 or 500 miles il
J midday Of summertime.
l. 1t may be said that wireless ha
e now passed out &C the experimental
g stage. Bigger, more powerful plant
= are being installed at many places b
r the government in lieu of smalle
ones which marked the early stage @
\ this development. Thus a compare
, lively small establishment was opene
Q a long time ago at Guam; another a
g San Diego. A high-power station wa
=. ordered substituted at San Diego 70
J. | the small one, and it is likely that on
, Of the biggest in the world will b
4 erected at Guam; this will be deteI
n mined after the trans Pacific chain I
f completed as to the other links. If
c is found that more powerful rela
II station is required at Guam, it will h
# installed.