The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1901, MANY PROMINENT CITIZENS DECLARE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IS A NECESSITY 'EARLY NEWS OF INCOIING VESSELS IS OF MATERIAL VALUE TO COMMERCE 2 EFFORTS of The Call to secure a system of wireless telegraphy between San Francisco and the Farallones have been watched with great interest by the entire business community, and its success in that direction s a source of pleasure to every one interested in the subject. Fodhy : For many vears the Chamber of Commerce tried to secure a cable between the Farallones and the mainland. We live in the age of rapid transit and communication. The benefits_that will accrue from the es- tablishment of the wireless telegraphic system are numerous. Not only will incoming ships be reported, but warning can be sent to outgoing vessels in case of storm on land. Vessels in distress will be able to call for nt 1 tion between the llones when the fog hited It is import ant that the arrival of an incoming and the shore. If the Rio ance rates are ve: iten affected by the non-arrival of a tion that have occupied the The Call on its success m securing rapid communication between the Farallones and this city. June 23. :I'he Call's Advocacy of Marconi System Is Indorsed. Visitingv Elonérssmen and Officials Are been urged to se telegraphic Congress h | the Governm between the Farallones ar mainland. The Chamber of Commerce h many times requested that a cable be iafd on the ocean hed, but while many prem s in Washington of Marcon! and the ess telegraphy by The ized by the commercial that it was but a q tion of time whken the long desired com munication with the Farallones would be secured SYSTEM IS IN USE AT THE PRESIDIO f the country are now cen- « workings of the wireless sys- craphy as carried on by the 1id at Nantucket lightship. me San Francisce will st the honor »f demon 1 wtility of the myvs n electrical pulsations car f man through spuce. tem of wireles telegraphy it tke Preridic. The great- tered on tem of te New York de with ting the prs us Hertz e forbidd 10 the use of apparst With the tnstallation of the most im- proved Marcon! plant at the Farallones and the mainland the enormous possibili- ties of wireless telegraphy will be better understood. The much-discussed cable between the Pacific Coast and the Ha- walian Islands may mot be required, and TeAN it 1s within the realms of possibility that | n a few years telegraphic and telephonic messages will be carried through 3000 | of ether that divide this coast from radise of the Pacific | years ago the world marveled | when Marconl flashed messages through space in conducting hig experiments. In + #pirit of envy and malice certain “yel- W papers” sneered and scoffed when The Call set the pace by first using wire- =8 telegraphy in gathering news. t with marvelous strides wireless tel- cgraphy has gome forward, until within the present month the Cunard steamship Lucannia succeeded in sending messages 1% miles from sea to a land statlon. It mprobable, therefore, that In a rs messages will e sent from to the Hawaflan Islands by the Marconi wireless tele- ystem. of prominent citizens of this a yesterday for thelr views shment of a wireless sys- phy between the Faral- lones and Ban Franelsco, as promised by Becretary of Agriculture Wilson. All were Joud in their praise of The Call's efforts to secure the establishment of the plant, and declared that it would be of great value to the commerce of this city and State CONGRESSMEN GIVE VIEWS ON SUBJECT The presence in Ban Francisco of the Congresslonal Committee on Rivers and Harbors presented the opportunity of se- curing the views of some of the commit- teemen. Those of the committee who were in the eity yesterday consented to speak on the subject. Thelr statements | follow: CONGRESSMASN THOMAS A. BALL, | TEXAB—Whenever the Marconl sys- |tem of wireless telegraphy becomes | perfected to the degree that. its |use will chronicle the arrival of iships, the benefits will be ines- timable, particularly fn such a port as this. The rocks In the entrance to San Francisco Bay would not be telegr: rmation can be secured by the Weather Burea officials as to approaching changes in atmospheric conditions. The loss of the Rio is but one of many reasons for the establishment of rapid communica- had been reported on the night she arrived at the Farallones tugs could have gone out and brought the passengers and mails into port, leaving the vessel to follow ocean vessel be reported as soon as possible. Merchants could make arrangements for receiving and forwarding freight and much valuable time would be saved. Insur- vessel on time. The necessity for a system of rapid communication between arriving ships and the shore is as vital as the problems of rapid transit and communica- attention of the civilized world in the last fifty years. Time saved is money saved, and in the event of disaster aid sent to a vessel would mean the saving of life. Personally I wish to congratulate GEORGE A. NEWHALL, President San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. FMITTING THE LTURE. //’./ KEY TO TRANSMITTER OF TELEDIAGRAPH | 1.—Lamp socket supplying eurrent to wind up motor in Hummell transmitter. 2.—Revolving cylinder on which ple- ture {a drawn in shellac. | 3.—Bpring contact finger. | 4.—Relay magnet. 5.—Pivoted relay armature, i 6.—~Relay contact, 7.—Relay battery of two cells, 8.—Relay spiral spring. 9.—Wireless transmitter. 10.—Indvction coll, 11.—Induetion coll battery, 12.—Onclllator spheres, between which mparks pass. %. E < to navigation If 1t were not for your fogs. A method by which the arrival of ships could be reported from the Faral- lones would make it possible for precau- tions for the safety of the ships arriving to be taken. The Call I8 to be congrat- ulated upon the part it has had in the effort to adapt this scientific discovery to commercial purposes. CONGRESSMAN D, 8. ALEXANDRER, NEW YORK—I have no doubt that if the chief of the Weather Bu- reau has not already the power and ample funds to experiment with this utilization of wireless tele- graphy in the Interests of commerce Congress will grant the necessary power and money If the matter comes properly before that body. The experiments which were carried on by The Call and the New York Herald, and subsequent experiments along the lines lald down by The Call would certainly justify the Government in taking up this experimentation and carrying it on. Wirelss telegraphy has K ok SOME REMARKABLE EXPERI- MENTS CONDUCTED BY THE NEW YORK HERALD., e come to stay, and is bound to be used along the lines opened up by The Call. CONGRESEMAN PAGE MORRIS, MIN- NESOTA—The use of wireless teleg- raphy to report the sighting of ships at the Xarallones would tend to rprevent such accldents as the wreck of the Rio do Janeiro, The re- sults would be most important to com- merce. The {dea is an excellent one. Upon & ship's being sighted and news sent' in by this method a pllot-boat or tug could be sent out if the weathor were thick, or other precautions taken for ‘the vessel's ‘safety. The Call has displayed true enterprise in demonstrat- ing the utllity of the Marcon! system. It has shown itself wide awake in all meth- ods_pertaining to news gathering, and ready to expend effort and money for the benefit of the race. ONGRESSMAN JAMES H. HIIAD, ALAEAMA—Tho Call desarves great credit for taking the Initia- tive experimentation in practicnl use of wireless telography. . As tho sys- tem becomes porfected it will he found to be indispensable to commerce. 1 have no doubt that Congress will en- c:uu.. practical experimentation with “2eNATOR kKo B C. PERKINS-1 BANK- RBCRIVING Twe Prerore JENO v EoNG PiCruRe, + EKEY TO RECEIVER OF TELEDIAGRAPH 13.—Lamp socket supplying current to wind up motor in Hummell's recelver. 4.—Revolving cylinder on which’ pa- per 1s wound to recelve picture. 15.—Stylus for tracing picture. 16.—Battery for stylus. 17.—Magnet that pulls stylus down on paper whenever contact finger in trans- mitter pacses over a line of plcture. 18.~Wireless receiver. 19.—Coherer, . 20.—Magnet of vibrator, 21.—Vibrator hammer which vibrates against the coherer. 22.—Relay magnet. 23.—Relay armature, 2. —~Ri 25.—Relay spring. 2.—Relay battery. * - am heartily in accord with the idea of connecting San Francisco with the Faral- lones by means of wireless telegraphy and T appreclate the efforts which The Call has made to have such a connection established. Connection of any kind with the Farallones is of almost inestimable importance and the value is increased in proportion to the shortness of time which elapses in the transmission of news be- tween the islands and the shore. The only connection now is by means of sail- ing or steam vessel, which is slow and un- certain. A cable has been advocated, but the cable has not been lald. Besides, a ‘wireless telegraphy it would be doubly ex- unufiv:.' ;t"veuld;l- [ lupcfll:n.y. fi I am satisfled that The Call has Teady demonstrated that it is & suocesa cable would be cxpensive. As against | ed. Two years ago: In fact, when I first went to Washington, I felt the necessity of connection between San Franclsco and the Farallones and I endeavored at first to get the project for such a connection indorsed by the Treasury Department, which has the lighthouses to deal with. But it did not see fit to recommend it. because the Interior Department, which has to do with the Weather Bureau, was looking into the matter. I first tried to have a connection by wire established be- tween Point Reyes and then between San Francisco and the Farallones. Last year Mr. Moore, who is under the Secretary of the Interior, sald that the connection woyld be useful not only for agricultural- ists but also to give warning of cold ‘weather and storms. He also said that as soon as the system was perfected the Sec- retary would recommend it to Congress. I sald at the time that it had not been sufficlently developed, but since then The Call and the New York Herald have done a great deal In its advancement, ‘The Herald In the East off Staten Island, 1 belleve, and The Call on the Pacific Coast. If the wireless system works suc- shown by the dispatch in , there is no doubt that that system will be introduced. As to its advantages, anybody of Intelli- gence who has engaged In or knows any- thing of commercial life can speak. Profes- sor Moore of the United States Weather Bureau has stated in his advocacy of the system that vessels coming up the coast, say at San Diego, and other points, and ‘vessels up north in Puget Sound and other places would be able to signal their pass. e doubt which sea captains have ‘when they reach the Farallones as to ‘whether or not they should come in when a fog shuts out the harbor from them could easily be set at rest it the persons interested in S8an Francisco could be com- municated with by means of wireless tel- egraphy through the fog. The disaster to the Rio de Janeiro could have been avert- Tugs could have been sent out and taken in passengers and mail. They could have easily made the harbor, whereas the -twuwwmmwnm . Continued on Page Five . oF MAYOR mSHERILGE ?J‘A'Avr B) WIRELESS TELAGRAPNY ~ T/ROVGH Ar EICHT INCH Wik~ G _ANO RECEIVING IySTRUMENTS FIFTERN FEET APART .. HE latest development tn wires less telegraphy is to send ple- tures through space by means of the Hertzian waves. Recent experiments conducted by the New York Herald in its build- ing In the Eastern metropolis created a sensation in the sclentific world, With a serles of lightning fashes the mysterious pulsations of electrical force Peretrated brick and plaster walls, faithe fully reproducing a photogreph at a dlse tance of fifteen feet. Two years ago The Call gave to the people of San Francisco the detalls of the International yacht races within & few minutes after they had happened. This marvel of news gathering was due to the system of wireless telegraphy operated by the New York Herald between the scens of the yacht races and its office in New York City and then sent to The Call of- fices here by direct wire. The experiments conducted a few days ago to establish the possibility of sending pictures by wireless telegraphy renders it possible that when The Call gives the de talls of the forthcoming yacht races this fall by means of the wireless system of cews gathering It will at the same time be able to present falthful reproductions of the movements of the yachts that will struggle for the America's cup. PICTURES SENT BY TELEGRAPH TWwo years ago pictures were telegraphed from New York to St. Louis by means of connecting wires, the instruments used being the Invention of E. A. Hummel} of St. Paul, Minn. From that time the fme ventiop has been regularly used in the transmission of pictures and sketches, dut . the possibllity of sending pictures, except In connection with a regular telegraphie wire circuit, was not thought feasible une til a few days ago. A The demonstrations of the wutility @ wireless telegraphy started by The Call when the Shermen arrived from Manila have been continued by the New York Herald, and its success In sending mes- sagea without wires by the Marcon! sys- tem led to further experiments as to the possibllity of flashing pictures through space by similar means. The Hummetl telediagraph and the Marcon! Instruments were used In the experiments made by the New York Herald last week, with the mest gratifying results. In a room in the Herald bullding the experiments were carried out. Brass Jointed rods took the place of the tell —_— e —— ' Centinued en Page Five