TITANIC WELL EQUIPPED
"Do you consider that the Titanic was equipped with the latest improved wireless apparatus?"
"Yes; I should say that it had the very best."
"Did you hear the captain of the Carpathia say, in his testimony, that they caught this distress message from the Titanic almost providentally?" asked Senator Smith.
"Yes, I did. It was absolutely providential."
"Is there any signal for the operator if he is not at his post?"
"I think there is none," said Marconi.
"Ought it not be incumbent upon ships to have an operator always at the key?"
"Yes; but ship-owners don't like to carry two operators
302