The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21

cad ynllOrm alphabet should 30 Rv.ry whsrs used Do
ssoees are tram mted and rsosiv at ~ the sons Of
snS snion either in German ov FrsAch Thsy ass siso
aacns e are found by experience 70 hsve frequent
nuni ss'on with Great srssin.
Vienna IN oosobsr, ssi, estimated that Aas. IA
has sbout 5000 miles of telegraph I'D Germany 500
on %s ws,s s1o ao nc,s Ia prosrsss Of con.trss
graphic lines OF the Austr GermSDio Teegrsphc Union at
the present tine Il Ieooo miles, We would no, be over
rsLsaRArHs IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
Madrid 10 connected with the French frontier by tle.
srsph, and will soon be united with Lzbon In the same
chain Of Communication Tho extent of tina vhole n ma
from b. onne to Lisbon Is nearly 600 miles.
rELsaRAPHs IN HOLLAND.
The sa extent Of territory by the Dutch les.
graph lines scarcely entities them 10 pAcs Ia our
enumeration Only eight Of the CHIEF towns Of Holland
are connected by telegraph w!res viz: Amsterdam Rot
erdam, the Hague Utrecht, aAarlem, sreda, D,rdrsoh.
Thcso arc connected at tho Hague by seven yubm,r,pe
wires with tho English lines, snt~erp with those OF
Belgium, and at ArnheIn with those Of the German
Union
The whole extent OF the Netherlands telegraph nnes
doss nc. extend 600 miles.
TELgaRARas IN SWITZERLAND.
Although Switzerland Is deAoiont In railways she has
toleraby complete chsn Of telegra pho Communication
Thus Berue Is united with the French Lines by wreI
Besancop, and with the German line at Bale Lausanne
Ia connected with Besancon by al indep snden ne and
also with Berne on one eide ant Geneva on the other
Geneva Is also connected with no French stem al Macon
tnd with that OF sayoy at AK from whence line OF wires
carried across Mount Gents TO Turin From Lausanne
the writes arc carried by vev.y and Sion through the Va
lai to the foot OF st. Go.hard which they
tnued by Belir zops to Milan Aaoher line passes from
Ba by Lucerre, CLAWS and Coe 10 the Ssugsp, whIch
crosses ard carried 10 mee. the former limo at Belnzo
b. Zurich and st. Gal to uok from whence passes
BY Balz and Tfsnie 70 Verona, and by sallzburg and
The Swiss teegraphs combined with tho post ofce
adminraon the posn asier In every village being at
the time the sgrapn operator The OF
the SSss telegraph may be looked upon as enc OF
the mort generally u'eful In existence,
We eztc ci from the report or the federal Postal De
men. for the fiscal year OF 1856 the folio wing statement OF
the number OF miles Of telegraph completed and in
Drogres' within the federation
In tho last fiscal year s55 there constructed 80
leagues 600 miesl OF lines and there rebuilt
lie Leagues GAS miies) of old nessO that the sst OF
oe,eWber 1885, there were In operation Sol leagues 6oS
mes) Of which 367 leagues ~ere lines with SINGLE Xix
with double, and % leagues with triple wires The agyre
gaze n these nes represent capital of 4oe 900 fsncs
(tS0C0G) the administration taking tho cost Of single
wire Line fco fraIcs, OF double wire line oo0 francs,
and Of triple wire lire 1890 francs per league
the fiscal ye Of 1855 there were trans mled 376 In
ternsl &C 1875 International and II sos transit des patches
Total Income Of the administration, Se4 900 francs expen
The Importance of the telegraph Communications In
Switzerland is s.rikngy exhibited by tho folio wing state
Switzerland with o9O lntabltants h,. 500 raie.
OF vire With 10T ttstions and transmits lo9,S76 INTERNAL
{o,lf3 nterrations! and IL 500 transit despahes Bel
g1m. with $500 900 inhat i,an,s, has 45o miles with
4? stations, and transmits Il 21e INTERNAL 34.125 In.
terDateDs and $3.50 transit dispatches Sardinia has
$500 Geo Inhabitants, 200 miles OF telegraph with SO
stations, and transmits 20 Isl inerns, and International
and 1861 transit dispatches Bavaria has saoo coo nha-
tr.psnit. 27l43 International So a5I International and
transit dispatches Holland has coo coo inhabitants 600
miles Of telegraph with 2s slons and transmits So Ic6
Wuremherg has 2oc0 600 inhabitants and los miles OF
telegraph, With ~ s,asons, aud transmits $3.50 Internal
BAT and 2s S5 ranslt Dispatches Saxony
has SEQ goo Inhabitants and s6l miles or telegraph with
70 stations ssS Internal, I12s9 International and Is $40
ransis dispatches.
rELKesArHs IN ITALY.
Italy has teesrapac connection with the north
countries Of Europe at six pon-Sce Mont Cents the
ST. GO,hard the spugen the Tyrolese Alps, through
Janpruck aud by Trieste.
Tho French and Sszs lines are connected with Turin by
tho wires Mont Cents already mentioned the Swiss and
Rhensh lines with Milan By the wires over the st. GothArd
and the spugen and the Austrian and Bavarisn lines BY
round tho 80 Of the gulf to vcnic,.
From ye6loe to Milan line il crried By Verona and
arc two branches going from verons By
hrtua Parma, hodoua, Lucca, Lcghoru, Florence 5en
ma to viterbo and thence to Rome The ether branch
goes from Alexandria 10 Genoa.
IL calculated that the Italian leeg-aphs coyer at pre-
sent an extent or BOO miles.
TRLReRArHs IN RUSSIA.
is dinIoui to arrive reliable In formation con-
nec..on with the internal administration Russia
unable I, form any precise estimate OF the extent OF
tbs telegraph lines completed and progress in that
country. About ave thousand miles will, however we
think, be fornd q teera5ly c!osc approximation to H.
The principal Russian lines thoss connecting ST. Pc.
tersburs With Vienna, Berlin. Moscow AID The Russian
ports on the Baltic and Black Seas
TIE fo,~lng table affords toieSsbly oorrec. estimate
OF The extent In mles OF The European electric ee
eavic out Of the calculation the submarine hnes which
form the subject Of q separate article
srAAAzY OF EUROPEAN LAND THLxGsApHs.