Tesla's "World Telegraphy" Scheme

Unless Nikola Tesla, the famous electrician, is greatly mistaken in his estimate of the possibilities of his latest invention, we shall soon be speaking through the air to friends thousands of miles away. In addition, manufacturing plants in San Francisco will be using power transmitted through the air at almost no cost from the waterfalls of the Rockies. This "world telegraphy" scheme of Mr. Tesla is almost terrifying in its suggested potentialities.

According to the inventor himself, "a telegraphic message, almost as noninterferable as thought, can be transmitted to any terrestrial distance. The sound of the human voice, with all its intonations and inflections, can be faithfully and instantly reproduced at any other point on the globe, and the energy of a waterfall can be made available for supplying light, heat or motive power on sea, land or high in the air." The illustration shows the mysterious tower now under construction at Wardenclyffe, N. Y. This will be the first of the transmitting stations. It will be operated by a 100 horsepower engine, which, however, by certain devices will be so "stepped up" as to develop 10,000,000 horsepower. A successful outcome for Mr. Tesla's experiment would establish his right to be reckoned among the great geniuses.