. American engineer and railroad journal . s concerningmessages which were to be sent after him as he sailed west-ward to America. From the first no doubt of their success wasentertained, and the inventor found he did not require spe-cially sensitive adjustments. The messages were always re-ceived in the presence of independent witnesses, and thetape records were attested by the ships officers. What Mr,Marconi has accomplished has been done with a purely tem-porary installation at Poldhu, as far as aerial capacity isconcerned. The electrical energy which has sufficed to sendlegible signals ove
. American engineer and railroad journal . s concerningmessages which were to be sent after him as he sailed west-ward to America. From the first no doubt of their success wasentertained, and the inventor found he did not require spe-cially sensitive adjustments. The messages were always re-ceived in the presence of independent witnesses, and thetape records were attested by the ships officers. What Mr,Marconi has accomplished has been done with a purely tem-porary installation at Poldhu, as far as aerial capacity isconcerned. The electrical energy which has sufficed to sendlegible signals over 2,099 miles is about one-tenth of the supplywhich Mr. Marconi will have available as soon as the workof tower erection in England is completed. The tests on thePhiladelphia show the nicety of tuning which has beenachieved with these instruments. The Umbria, which fol-lowed the Philadelphia across the ocean one day later, failedto receive one of the signals whicn were certainly passingover her. 106 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD Aran, 1902. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 107 NEW SHOPS AT DU BOIS. PENNSYLVANIA. Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. Capacity, 200 Locomotives per Year. These shops are specially interesting because the prelimin-aries and plans were drawn up by i-e motive power depart-ment of the B., R. & -. Ry., with the assistance of Mr. R. , as consulting engineer, and Mr. William Forsyth, asmechanical engineer, although neither of these ■ gentlemenfollowed them to completion. The road is divided into the following principal operating divisions: Divisions. Miles. Rochester to Ashford S4 Buffalo to 124 Bradford to Punxsutawney 104 Reynoldsville to Clearfield 38 Punxsutawney to Butler 62 Butler to Newcastle 40 Butler to Allegheny (over B. & O. tracks) Punxsutawney to Coalfields 40 The shops were located at Rochester, with facilities for anaverage of only about five engines per month for heavy and able for the shop pla
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