ABSTRACT
But with the establishment of the usefulness of wireless telegraphy and the increasing complexity of the equipment, orders increased in size and value, with complete systems or chains of stations tending to replace the isolated 'one-off' order. Gone were the days when an engineer, carrying out an installation, would order his mast from a local timber yard and have it fashioned on the spot. Now, when the next order might require a dozen tubular steel masts, the sections had to be on hand against the contingency. Such a situation, multiplied by a hundred in different directions, called for careful forward planning. Contracts had to be carefully committed to paper and a considerable amount of correspondence entered into. With the growth of its engineering, operative and administrative staffs the Company was inevitably losing some of its flexibility.
