Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-01-26 | Page 13 | Radio Experiments Held Years Ago

RADIO EXPERIMENTS HELD YEARS AGO AGOL i L CHICAGO Jan J n. n 26 The The recent recE nt burning of or the old Dearborn station here recalls the tact fact that the clock tower which suffered particularly from the flames figured in the beginning be beginning beginning be- be ginning of radio rado development In th the e summer of ot 1890 according to John TV W. V. V Clarke assistant chief engineer of th the e Chicago Eastern astern Indiana railroad aerials were were rigged up from th the theer e over ower er and experiments were performed performed per per- formed which while only partly suc sac successful convinced the e experimenters s that wireless messages could be sent Benjamin Thomas was was general genera manager then said Mr Clarke Permission was obtained for a professor professor pro pro- fessor from Notre Dame to string aerials from the tower to the Tribune e building Words were exchanged bulle burho bu but rho the lle messages massages were broken It wa was vas s concluded that the aerials were to too d low ow and that th the noises of Dearborn Dearbo rn Street treet interfered J. J E. E Murphy treasurer of or th the e abroad company said he remembered d hat fiat such Buch experiments were vere conducted d from the old tower Mr Murphy and an d Mr r. Clarke ClarIte are among the oldest of officials officials of- of of ot the road In point of service Most lost of the other officials entered enters d J e e service of ot the company since 1890 1890 md rd were therefore unaware of f th the theart tj part art played by the Dearborn tower towe r n the early history of ot wireless s invention