Many passengers took occasion to Marconigram friends of their whereabouts and their probable arrival at Montreal.
Passengers by the St. Lawrence route are now enabled to communicate with friends three days after departure and before arrival at Montreal by means of the Marconi telegraph system. All the Marconi stations are connected with the Canadian telegraphs.
Mr. McGee also stated this was his first trip as operator with the Marconi Company.
He had attended the company’s Instructive School in London for a period of three months, at the end of which time he was considered duly qualified and was appointed to the “Parisian.” This shows the wonderful and mysterious wireless telegraphy is acquired more rapidly than the Morse system, which takes from six months to one year to become fairly proficient.
The operations of the one is very similar to the other; each ship or station has an individual call or signal, and should the current affect any instruments within range, no attention is given unless its own particular signal is heard.
Many objections have been raised against wireless telegraphy, for the reason that any one with a wireless outfit could intercept a message.
The very same thing can be done on land by any competent operator if he feels inclined to gratify his curiosity and incur the penalty for so doing.
Taken altogether, the wireless system on shipboard will prove an immense convenience to ocean travellers and shipping interests, and will ensure greater safety to both life and property.