wenty-five Cents a Year.
1911
Vol. XII. No. 2
A Wireless Station
On
Wood island
For month* we have heard rumors
th.it i Wireless Stilton was to he set
i Kodiak, hv there had been
i:■ tiy rumors <i various other itn
vements that were to l>e made,
- h as t [tetter steamer servire and
i_rht house, which are sii'l, . ml
ire .ikely for some time to be. among
the coming events, we did not pay
m h attention to the report. Hut
« ne Saturday afternoon when the t'.
S. Steamer “Huffalo” came si >wiy i 11
• nd dropped anchor opposite Wood
nd we began to think something
a - a! out to happen.
'>11 hoard writ' Lieutenant h. II.
i >< d 1. of 1'. S Na rv, ( )fti.er ini charge
of Wireless Stations; Mr. G. K
il.iurrotn, Kxpert Electrical Aid, in
i ut- of the iastolation of Wireless
Instruments, and a full force of elec
n i ms, uu ehinests, carpenters and
• "i workmen; besides material of
rv discription necessary for the
ft ion of the station.
After going ovet the possioie sites
I”, the station at Kodiak, the party
visited Wood Island and decided that
'1 • ‘pc.grttphica 1 advantages were
1 * i here for successful work than
at !<■ diak.
ill any one told ns a month ago
that we would see the A. C. Co*b
old office building and mess house
repaired and lighted with electricity,
we would have told that person that
he w.ts tel line fairy stories.
< )ur School has used one large room
in the building (01 the • • n a) Ti
ing class The benches and t os
weic removed to the next house.
Then the huiidinj w .>• thoroughly
renovated, carpenters, pointers and
papei hangeis were put to work, and
soon made it look like nether place
Two wooden lattice masts 22s ft.
high and 400 ft. part have b.en ele
cted The antar.e.-.e contains approx
imately 5900 ft. of wiie. A J5 II. P.
ITiion engine has been installed to
1 mi the 5 kilowatt motor generator.
The receivers are the Wireless speci
alty apparatus I 1* 76.
The gentlein n detailed t» t..ke
charge o( the station are Messrs H. li.
Martin, Electrician ist Class, G. G.
. ensoii, Klee. 1st Class, R. .'1 Inzer,
Klee. 2nd Class, \V 11. Sperlock.
Klee. trd. Class W. K. Apple, Chef,
and dog "Kelly”, Mascot.
A sub-station has Keen out in at
Kodiak, with Miss Hurt as opeiatoi.
The Ituffalo will leave early in June
fm Piildof Island in the Ieiiug Sea
where at other station will le located
and then will return as far as I n.
alaska and i u one up it. that plan
The pfacing of the Wireless Station
on Wood Island will not onlv enable
( Continued pa^f 4)