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Mr. Marconi's compan}^ about a year ago decided to put up two 

 very large stations, at a cost of $70,000 each, at (^ape Cod, Massachu- 

 setts, and near the Lizard, in Cornwall, England, the object being to 

 ascertain how much an application of a large amount of power would 

 increase the practical distance by which it is possible to communicate 

 by wireless telegraphy. 



The stations in Cornwall and Cape Cod consisted of heavy machinery 

 and 20 poles, 210 feet high, supporting a large number of vertical 

 wires. The station in Cornwall was practically destro3^ed during a 

 heavy gale in September, and was only partially renewed. It will 

 not be completelj^ repaired for another two or three months. The 

 Cape Cod Station was also damaged recently. 



St. Johns, Newfoundland, Saturday. 

 Confirm that signals were received here Thursday and Friday direct 

 from Cornwall, receiving wire suspended from a kite. 



Marconi. 



[From the New York Herald, December 17, 1901.] 



To the Editor of the New York Herald: 



I have to confirm the dispatch of your correspondent regarding the 

 receipt by me here of signals direct from Cornwall. The exact par- 

 ticulars are as follows: 



Before leaving England I arranged for our long distance station near 

 the Lizard to signal me the letter "S" r^Deatedly for three hours 

 when 1 had advised them that I was read}'^ to receive the same. I 

 cabled on Monday that all was in readiness and asked the signal to be 

 sent at short intervals between 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock, Greenwich 

 time, and to be continued each day until ordered to stop. This time 

 would correspond approximately with half past 11 to half past 2 here. 



I received on Thursday indications of the signals at half past 12, and 

 with certainty and unmistakable clearness at 10 minutes after 1 quite 

 a succession of " S " being received with distinctness. A further num- 

 ber were received at 20 minutes after 2, the latter not so good. Sig- 

 nals were received Frida}^ at 28 minutes after 1 o'clock, but not sp 

 distinct as on Thursday. 



I am of the opinion that the reasons whj^ 1 did not obtain continuous 

 results, were: First, the fluctuations in the height of the kite, which 

 suspended the aerial wire ; and second, the extreme delicacy of ni}^ 

 receiving instruments, which were very sensitive and had to be adjusted 

 repeatedly during the course of the experiments. 



When a permanent station is installed here I will not be dependent 

 upon fluctuations of the wind, and I am confident of making the signals 

 strong and reliable — that is, not requiring such delicate and sensitive 

 receiving instruments by employing much greater power at the sending 

 station. 



I must go immediately to England to make arrangements for employ- 

 ing more power at the sending station, and I trust in a very short time 

 to establish communication between the two continents in a thoroughly 

 reliable and commercial manner. 



Marconi. J 



St. Johns, Newfoundland, December 16, 1901. 



