Stations near Shangh Announcement was made on 3 ember 6 of the signing of a contract toetiween the Nationalist Government and the Electric Service Corpora-Fed. Inc., U.S.A, of Shangha, calling for the complete erection and installation of two high power radio transmission stations and three receiving stations at an estimated cost over all of $600,000. with all plant to be situated within 25 miles of Shanghai, The contract was signed by Mr. Chang Ching-kiang, chairman of the Reconstruction Council of the Ni tionalist Government, and by Mr. Roy E. DeLay, on behalf of the Electric Service Corporation, of which he is President. The American organization is the China agent for several well known electrical equipment manufacturers of the United States principal among them being the Radio Corporation of America, pioneers in radio engineering, It is understood the actual work on the plants and structure will be started as soon as possible with the erection of the wireless towers following shortly after the arrival of the necessary equipment from the United States. The whole is expected to be completed early in 130 From a technica) standpoint the plants will be the equal of the finest in use in the world to-day, the transmitting plants having 20 kilowatt short wave transmitters and using the Marconi beam system. According to present plans, one station will keep in constant communication with a Radio Cor-
Poration of America plant that will soon be erected in Californi especially for the purpose, The other is planned to be reserved for German business, possibly "hooking-up" with the Trans-Radio Corporation in Germany.
Further arrangements in the deal for the importing from the States of two American engineers who will supervise the building of the plants and who will be on two year contract The receiving stations will funetion on the same arrangement as the sending plants, one for receiving from America, one from Europe and the third to be held in reserve a utility unit.
Though no confirmation could be obtained last night it was understood {rom a well informed source that the Private agreement between the Philippine Government and the French Wireless at Koukaza, Shan, hai, would be cancelled and that a new agreement would be drawn up between China, America and Ger-
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