Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-27
Triples Power Of Wireless

The big Telcfunkcn wireless station
at Sayv!llc, L. l., tho plant through
which the German government trans
mils most Of its official communications
TO the United States, and through
which the German embassy communi-
Gates with Berlin. has been quietly.
almost overnight so to speak, increased
from a 35-kilowatt plant into one of
lao kilowatts. says the New York
Times. Three 500 foot towers are
ready 10 he placed In position, and
probably before the end Of next week
tho new and more powerful apparatus
Will he worked
The transformation Of the Sayville
plant into one OF the most powerful
of the transatlantic communicative
stations in this part of the world has
been carried on so quietly that very
few persons outside Of the radio Off
cials OF tho Department Of Commerce
ana a few naval officials connected with
the wireless naval servic" have known
what was being done. 1t is said that
practically the entire new plant was
manufactured in Germany, even 10 a
large part of tho tower. The dynamoS.
wireless instruments and antennac. ar-
cordinc to reliable informal ton. we're
made in Germany since the outbreak
Of the present war. The equipment
was sent by rail to Rotterdam. and
thence by "a Holland America liner to
Ioboken. Six large freight cars. ii
is said were used in the transporta-
ton OF the plant to Sayvillc from Long
Island city.
For n few weeks past the people in
and around SayvilIc have been curl
ously watching a large force of work
men rivctinS together the towers, of
which there arc TO he three. They were
all put together on the ground The
base of each tower is secured to its
foundation by great hinge, on which
ii Will turn when pulled to an upright
position. IT was found necessary to
use three sets OF towers of different
heights in order to solve the problem
OF hosting the 5O0-foot towers. First
the towers about 80 feet high were
pulled into position. To these tackle
was made secure, and. using them as
supports. second set OF towers about
200 feet high was hoistcd. The 50-foot
towers were then taken down. and
now the builders arc about ready to
utilize the 200 foot towers in pulling
the permanent 500-foot structures into
position. That accomplished. the 200
foot towers will be taken down. The
wireless apparatus will then be in
stalled, and the station will he ready
for transoceanic business.
The trebling OF the power of the Say
vile station was hurried, ii is believed,
for the purpose Of making German com
munication with the United States Sc
cure under all kinds of static condi-
tons Immediately following the out
break of the European war and the cut
ting OF the German cables by the Brit
ish, Germany found herself isolated. so
far as Geographic communication was
concerned. except by wireless. August
is one OF the months in which static
conditions arc bad in the western At
lantic and for that reason il was almost
impossible during that month for Say
VILE to maintain communication with
Germany except for brief periods, and
then Only during night hours, when
the conditions were best for wireless
work. The summer months are those
in which static conditions are bad on
this side Of the Atlantic. The TRIPPING
OF the power OF the SayviIle station, il
is confidently believed. will overcome
the handicap due to adverse atmospheric