Tesla's Tower for World Telegraphy

The marvelous construction shown in the accompanying cut is part of a great scheme by which the electrician, Nikola Tesla, says he will have in operation before a great while and which he calls "world telegraphy." From this tower, which he has been building at Wardenclyffe, on Long Island, for some time, and which he has recently completed, he hopes to send and receive messages from all over the world irrespective of distance or intervening obstacles. The construction of the upper part of this tower is said to be so delicate that it will detect the slightest impulses that come to it through the air. He says that he will be able to deliver the electrical current anywhere and in any amount by the use of certain artifices which he has discovered and which he will make known in due course.

While Mr. Tesla has been responsible for a great many electrical inventions, some of which were of a revolutionizing nature, he has made a great many promises which he has failed to redeem up to the present time and for this reason some of his electrical associates have referred to him as a "very promising young man." It has been said that in his present work he is receiving support from some very wealthy and influential persons. It is said that through his connections with George Westinghouse he has J. Pierpont Morgan among his supporters.