The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-08-20
COMPANIES
SHOW EXPANSION,
DECLARES NACLE
Commerce Expert Sees
Great Increase in
-s4ss Cable Traffic.


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Communication systems through
out the world were SO generally
affected by the war that the traf-
nc handled on every route in oper-
alton after the armistice was
greatly in excess of any previous
record. says p. z. Maggie. com
munIcations expert of the Depart
ment Of Commerce. In the current
issue of Commerce Reports" This
increased trafic. he states. was
partly due to the suspension OF
service on such important COM
munfcation routes as the Indo-
European Telegraph Company. the
Great Northern Telegraph Com
pany. and the various German and
German-D Dutch cables. and the Of
ncisls of American companies
were generally Of the opinion that
with the restoration of service on
the routes mentioned there would
be a noticeable falling off in the
volume of messages handled by
American companies. Events. ac-
cording to Mr.. Maggie, did not bear
out this view. and at the present
date American cable and radio
companies are handling more traf-
fic than they ever did except dur
ing the war and the two years
Immediately following the armis-
tice.
In the field of radio telegraphy
the provision of American facili-
ties for communication with for
eign countries Is dependent to
large extent on the erection OF
the corresponding stations abroad.
and since, with the possible ex-
ception of Latin America, radio
tefegraphy is government mo-
nopoly In foreign countries, or at
least monopoly of a domestic
enterprise. the development of the
art in foreign countries and the
provision of the requisite funds
is a preliminary to any progress
in the United States.
Permit Erection.
Most Of the latin American re-
publics permit the erection in their
territory of foreign-owned radio
stations for intercontinental work
and at the present date construc-
ton work is in progress at Buenos
Aires on a high power transmitting
station and its corresponding re-
ceiving station and on similar
units at Rio de Janeiro. 1t is said
that the Buenos Aires station will
be completed within the next year
and the one at Rio de Janeiro
within two years from this date.
This service when established will
form the first direct communica-
ton by radio from South America
to other continents although at
the present time wireless press
service is being received at Buenos
Aires from France.
The consolidation and co-ordina=
tion of the system OF high power
radio stations on the Atlantic
coast is going steadily on. and is
keeping pace with the develop
ment abroad. Regular radio serv-
ice from the United States Is now
maintained by commercial COM
panies with the Hawaiian Islands,
Japan. Norway. the United King
dom, Germany and France and by
land wire distribution from many
of these countries to points be-
yond. In addition the United
States Naval Communication Serv-
ice Is handling commercial traf-
fic to the Philippine Islands. China.
Siberia. Siam. Dutch East Indies.
portions of Australia, and to Italy
and Belgium Many of these for
eign centers receive radio mes
sages from the navy and distribute
to points beyond.
One Way Route.
The Belgian circuit is one
way route only. as Belgium has
not yet a high power station cap
able OF transatlantic communica-
ton With the completion of the
new Belgian station near Brussels
and the new Italian station at
Cultsno. the radio traffic will I'M
doubtedly pass into the hands of
American commercial radio COM
panies. The same is true of the pro-
jected extension Of governmental radio
facilities in the Far East
American radio companies also are
developing systems of radio commune
cation with Central America, with
New Orleans as he main center for
American reception and transmission.
"A new high power station is in
~OeAS 80 VI CONSTRUCTION IN roland, an
other is nearing completion near
Christiania. and various others are
projected in the smaller European
countries. A new high power sta
ton has just been completed at st
Assise. Department of Seine ct
Maine. France. which is designed
TO communicate chiefly with the
united States. replacing the Lafay
cite station at Bordeaux. With this
station and with those at Chris
tiania and Warsaw communication
VIII be direct with the United
States.
In the cable field, cables from
New York to Emdem, Germany, via
the Azores, are planned by two
American cable companies. These
VIII restore the routes formerly
existing from the United States to
Germany. and discontinued as the
result of the seizure of the German
cables by the allies during the war.
THESE same two companies are
each planning a new Pacific cable,
one by way of Hawaii and Midway
Island to- Japan. and the other
north by way of Alaska and the
Aleutian Islands to Siberia and the
Orient"
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