170 LABRADOR 
she still loses time. Day and night, when possible, she 
travels, but the scarcity of lights, the miserable survey, 
and the absence of artificial assistance to enter harbours, 
leave no question that she has far more work than she can 
accomplish. 
The passenger traffic alone is far more than she is able 
properly to undertake. The improved conditions of the 
fishery enable fishermen to get cash to pay for passages 
home by steamer so as to save time in the autumn. Thus, 
so many travel that even the available floor space is at 
times all too small for those crowding aboard. On some 
trips the gangway has had to be kept up to prevent more 
passengers coming aboard. For care, courage, courtesy, 
and efforts to please, the crew of the Labrador mail vessel 
cannot be beaten; but they cannot create space. The 
irregularities thus caused and the uncertainty as to the 
time of her arrival are also a great source of loss of time 
and money. Moreover, considering the importance of the 
fishery to the country, one mail per fortnight is not nearly 
enough. 
Five Marconi stations have been placed on the coast, 
and these are of very great value. They cover two hun- 
dred miles of coast, but do not yet connect with New- 
foundland, and only very indirectly with anywhere. When 
the Canadian station on Belle Isle is working, then Labra- 
dor can talk with the outside world vid Canada. But none 
of these stations is opened except in the summer months. 
The government proposes soon to extend and complete this 
line of communication, which will then be of infinite value 
to Labrador, its trade, its people, and its visitors. 
In the wireless system, the problem of communication 
