Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1915 — USE WIRELESS ON TRAINS [ARTICLE]

USE WIRELESS ON TRAINS

Cheaper Than Wire Telegraph and Less Liable to Break Down, Say Lackawanna Officials. All trains on the Lackawanna Railroad between Hoboken, N. J., and Buffalo, N. Y., are to be operated by wireless. The regular telegraph system will be maintained only for use in emergency between the two points. The cheapness in operation when compared to the old wire system is given as the main reason for the adoption of the wireless. A test of wireless on running trains, showed that x all difficulties concerning the general installation had been removed. The Lackawanna officials agree that the wireless, in addition to reducing the cost of maintenance, will insure service at all times of the year. The metal towers in Hoboken and Buffalo are constructed to withstand all storms. Government experts have returned the instruments at Hoboken so as not to interfere with the wireless station at the navy yard.