The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-27

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For the past two or three months this importsus
enterprise has progressed rapidly, an the work ~
Los Angeles Ca distance OF five hundred mhes)
from this city wonid have been completed ere now
put lot me scarcity Of wire In the market new
supply has just arrived from New York, and was
Yesterday purchased by the President, and
VIM be shipped on Tuesday next to- San
Pedro, and thence will be conveyed by
teams TO Fort Tejon distance OF ono
hundred and ten miles, to nil out the gap be-
tween the present two ends, which now at tho
Desert station, on the northern side and Fort Te-
jon on the southern. The gap is less tn IN twenty
miles, the poles for which are all set, and in two
days after the receipt OF the wire on the ground
the line will be continuous from San Francisco 10
Los Angeles. The greatness Of this enterprise may
not be generally knovn TO the public, but, that
they may form an idea Of II, may state tn ut tho
poles, in some instances, have been hauled dis.
lance of three hundred and seyenty'hve miles,
round trip. The poles which are OF sawed red.
wood, Of the most durable quality, were obtained
from the redwood forests OF sequel, lSanta CRUZ
county } and thence shipped 10 san Pedro by sail
in vessel, and from thence, by mule teams, hauled
and distributed along The route to Fort TETON at a
cost which TO Eastoru telegraph companies would
be deemed fabulous. being three and quarter
cents per pound-poles costing for freight rom
San Pedro to Fort Tejen from six to eight dollars
each. Add to the above the original cost at the
mill and freight by sea to San Pedro two dollarc
per pole more and we have total cost per pole
OF from eight 10 ten dollars aceor ling TO weight
some OF the poles weighing two hundred ana thirty
pounds.
The hea. during the summer has been intense :
the thermometer ranging from one hundred to one
hundred and ten degrees in the shade-when, in
deed, any shade could be found This feature,
however, renders ii eminently advantageous for
telegraph purposes, the line owing TO the extreme
dryness Of the country, working with almost equal
facility on the ground. Overland mail reporta
have been repeatedly received NJ this office this
summer with two to ten miles Of wire on the
ground.
A curious circumstance, worthy Of note, is the
rift al he nj al
southern portion of the country upon Geographic
wires-only one instance of the kind having occur
red Excepting the action of ths aurora borealiso
since the commencement OF the line. couple OF
interesting facts are narrated in this come xion.
About two weeks since the first influence Of atmos-
pheric electricity was manifested 1t occurred at
APPOINT known as Temples Ranch and extended
distance OF twenty-five miles, the lightning shiver-
ing to atoms five or six poles and setting fire 10 q
message in the Visalia Off g. The other was tho
action of The aurora borealis above referred 70.
This occurred q few weeks since. During the in
tensity of the phenomenon il found that no
battery was required for the practical working OF
the line
We now come to another important subject con. .
nected with the enterprise. We allude to a horse
express over the southern route. We understand
that the parties in interest have written letters 20
the company at the East, urging the establishment
AT once of an express over this route from Lol
Angeles TO Fort Smith, to which latter point tho
telegraph is completed from ST. Louis. The interview
ing distance can be accomplished easily in five
days-from wires end TO wire s end thus placing
rs within that short space Of time in commanica.
tion with the Atlantic cities.
1t was but few years ago that the people Of
California thought themselves lucky to get the
news in twenty. five days. A year hence, we sup
pose, they will be dissatisfied if the news In it's
Lightning transit across the continent, occupies
more than q few hours-for the line is contracted
TO be completed from this city to st. Louis in
eighteen months from July last. The news, how-
ever, will actually como in LESS than no time al
a despatch leaving Washington at ten O'Clock in
the morning would reach San Francisco at fl We of
the same morning following for the difference os
longitude) thus enabling us to place before our
readers events Transporting subsequent, really, To
the publication Of orr paper. These astonishing
results may be reasonably looked for within year
and half.