Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-18

ANOTHER TKLEGRAPHIC PRoJECr.-A Line to
Harana Yueatan, Mezico, Tshuantepee, Mica
TagHa, Panama and San Francisco The sue
cess OF the Atlantic cable will encourage the es-
tablishment Of lines with more or less subma Inc
wires, TO other portions Of the globe. Among
these Is the proposed route from KeyWest FLA y
to Havana; thence to Yucatan, across to Tebuan
tepec, and down TO Panama and ultimately tn
San Francisco
In 1856, Horace B. Tebbets, Esq of New York.
well known from his pioneer efforts In the buiId
ing OF the Newfoundland Telegraph, visited
Florida to obtain from the Legislature of tina,
state the charter Of company to establish tele-
graphic connection between Key West and Ha-
vana He did not succeed In getting through a
sprclal act Tor that purpose, bnt achieved the
passage OF general law, broad and liberal
r noISn 20 encourages him In his efforts. Mr..
Iepnets then went to Havana, and enlisted the
cooperation Of Messrs TOrrssas and Sama- and
another gentleman, all large and en,erprIsiDg
Ga phs H .nrons whom application was made
grant covering period OF twenty five wears
fne Goyernor General approved the project in
april, ioa1, and the papers were then sent to
Madrid to receive the royal ratification This
would undoubtedly have been given long ago.
but for the fact that the Spanish Government pfe
ierred to wait for the successful completion Of the
Auantlc Telegraph line, which was then a matter
OF serious doubt. The main advantage TO me a >.
rived by Spain from the Cuban telee raph was
considered to depend on the triumph Of tue gIe,t
ocean enterprise, as Madrid will then be brou ybt
IN complete Geographic communication with
Havana 1t is supposed that the royal assent will
he given immediately after the Atlantic line has
been put into practical operation and thar Nj
Torresas, who has been at Madrid for some time
past to forward the interests of the &c aban T.e
graph Company" will reiu n to Havana with ,b.
ratified documents some T. me in September nov,
when the company will be formed, and 90 To-
work. ~ w
The distance from Key West to Havana i, only
seventy miles, and the cost of laying the cable
" is said, will be about $50 a mile Tb. c,hi.
will be OF the " three pattern-that ia
with three insulated conductors The Magnets
IeiegraPhCompany have az reed to build b, anch
from Savannah, Ga, to Key West so fiat AZ NO
distant day, New York can be put in telee ranbic
connection with Havana The advantages of sncb
line to shippers and traders in New York and
elsewhere are too obvious to need pointing out
Inc same company propose TO run wires from
Havana 10 Cape Antonio, the extreme westerly
point OF Cuba; thence across the channel to YIN,
catan, distance of about 30 miles wber. tb.
line will connect with one already built 10 the
City of Mexico. They also propose to extend
Pacific, about four hundred miles, and south
from Tehuantepec to Panama, about eleven hum
dred miles, passing through Nicarayua-tbus
afording telegraphic communication with the
United States and Cuba for the steamboat and
railroad companies at Panama, the steamboat
company Of Nicaragua, and to all shi ps that NAV
choose TO send messages from those points
Lastly this company propose to construct a
line from Tehuantepec to Santiago, where there
Is already line to San Francisco three humid rod
miles North. The distance from Trbuxntenec
to Santiago Is not far from two thousand miles
The line will pass through a country pretty well
settled. ~
We will 70. undertake to say how soon 70
ever, all this will he accomplished, but il is ali
within the purview Of the company.-N v
JourHa! Of Commsrce.