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station recently erected near the Lizard, in Cornwall. England. These 

 messages, Mr. Marconi said, were received on Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day afternoons. He had arranged with the Cornwall station that the 

 letter "S" was to be signaled at 6 o'clock in the evening, which would 

 be half-past 2 o'clock here, and signals were received as arranged on 

 Wednesday and Thursday, though no signal came yesterday or to-day. 



MR. MARCONI DESCRIBES THE TEST. 



"I thought it advisable," said Mr. Marconi, ••with the machinery 

 which had escaped damage at Cornwall, to see wmether it was possible 

 to obtain signals here from England at the same time I tried experi- 

 ments with trans-Atlantic liners. 



" When the kite elevated the wire to a height of 400 feet above Sig- 

 nal Hill on Wednesday a number of signals, consisting of the letter 

 11 S,' which signal was ordered to be sent from Cornwall, were clearly 

 received on Signal Hill by the receiving instruments. We again 

 received the signals perfectly on Thursday. 



"The signals were obtained only when the kite was up to a consid- 

 erable height. For some reason yesterday nothing was received, and 

 to-day we could not get the kite up on account of the weather. It has 

 been blowing too heavily every day for balloons, which would be best 

 to experiment with. 



SUCCESS HAS ALTERED HIS PLANS. 



"The success of these tests will alter my plans. I intend to sus- 

 pend further tests with kites and balloons for a short time and erect a 

 large station here, at a cost of $50,000, having towers, or masts, for 

 supporting wires. This, of course, provided there is no governmental 

 or other objection. This will necessitate my going back to England 

 at the end of next week in order to have the necessary equipments 

 sent here, with suitable transmitting machinery and other require- 

 ments. 



" By that time I hope to have the Cape Cod Station in working 

 order again, so as to complete a regular triangular service. No 

 doubt the success of my experiments here will cause a sensation in 

 telegraphic circles, and many will find it difficult to believe it. 



"I myself had very little doubt as to our ultimate success, but I 

 thought it advisable not to communicate beforehand the exact scope of 

 these tests, as I considered it would be better to assure myself of suc- 

 cess before publishing details eveu of installations at Cornwall and 

 Cape Cod, and what we hoped to accomplish by them. It is right, 

 however, that the public should now know of the grand result of my 

 experiments here. 



"I hope in the course of a few months to have a system of direct 

 communication across the Atlantic in working order, and it can then 

 be easily ascertained whether the discovery is of practical use for 

 commercial and other purposes. I have no doubt in the matter, but 

 I am content to wait and let events prove that I am correct in my 

 belief. 



"The instruments I have at present are extremely sensitive, and I 

 am of the opinion that in order to make the signals absolutely reliable 

 it will be necessary to arrange for more power at the sending station 

 in Cornwall, which I will arrange for on my return to England." 



