The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-11-07
A New International Telegraph Line.

Col Romanoff, of the Imperial Russian
Engineers, was introduced to the mem
bers of the New York Chamber of Com.
merce on Friday of last week, to Law be-
fore them the project of a telegraph line
to run from St Petersburg to ssme point
on the eastern shore of Siberia, aud from
thence to the Russian possessions in this
country. The following from the Ex-
press explains the project
The great overland telegraph to be
erected will, when completed, form di.
rect chain Of communication throughout
the world. 1t was first started in accor.
dance with an ukase from the Emperor
Of Russia, issued in 1858, since which
time three thousand miles OF it have
been laid, from St. Petersburg to Omsk,
in Eastern Siberia. Moscow, three thou.
sand five hundred miles from that point,
will be the principal station. The wires
will 60 over Behring's Straits, distance
Of forty miles, the currents of which de.
pend on the winds, and are never beyond
three miles. The widest gap in the
Straits is ci ght miles. The line will
cross from Umsk to Orkutsk, then to
kyachto-the great entrepot of COM
merce from Siberia to China; from that
point it will be continued to the Altai
mountains, to Cheta, aud thence to Nj
coleisk, at the mouth of the Amoor riy.
er. This will end the Russian project,
and has been guaranteed by the govern.
men,. The propricty of continuing the
line to the United States is now under
advisement, and the project is consider
ed easily practicable, involving only an
additional outlay of 81 ,OOO, 900 to So
OOo,o0o according to the route taken
The following table shows the number
Of miles to be embraced 10 the whole
line
Miles
st LOUIS TO san Francisco, 1000
San Francisco to Prince OF Wales Cape, $500
behring's Straits (sumbmersed), 40
East Cape to mouth of Amoor river 400
Amoor river to Moscow, 1000
Total, 1900
Cout Romanof states that the line will
be completed to lrkutsk in about a year,
which will enable the merchants of Lon
don to communicate with Pekin in four
teen days
1t has been proposed to extend it from
the mouth of the Amoor to .eddo, Jap
an, which will involve but three submer.
ges-one of six miles, one of eight, and
another of twelve
Count Romanoff also stated that the
cable sunk in the Red Sea by the British
Government to communicate with India
was eaten by insects, with which the wa
t. abounls, after it had successfully op-
Grated for three months, and it is now
considered impracticable to renew the
enterprise at that point. The British
Government had appointed commission
to inquire into the cause of the failure
Am65fw "sn}ts;" psi, etlFv, sail TO the
and the establishment of telegraphic
communication between the L. s. and
that point, and Russia in general, must
tend to increase the trade between both
Col. Romanof will prosecute his inqui.
ries in the United States for about two
and then return to Russia. Mr..
Collins, in the meantime, will give him
many cf the facilities necessary to his
The proposed line will unite all the
tclegraphs in the world, without crossing
the Atlantic ocean, SO that the great sea
ble' enterprise need not be resuscitated.
The cost is set down for two wires at
three million dollars. To maintain this
line, one thousand men at $500 each per
annum would become necessary, making
a total of $500, 600 per annum. To this
force it is proposed to add one hundred
stations at $1,000 per week two supply
vessels at S4O, 900 each interest on cap.
tal at : per cent, $4,000; contingen-
,ies, 100000. Total, $3.50, 900. 1t is
calculated that 100000 messages, at IS
each, would be received, making total
IF 81, SOC, 900 revenue.
sDr The Washington correspondent
of the n y Erening Post says:
"Mr Kussel's statement in his last
etter, that many of our regular army
,fficers disliked the government, the war,
and any attempts to strike at slavery, has
caused commotion among the regular
,ffcers here. They generally deny, in
unmeasured terms, the ipsiuuation of
Mr. Russell-.hat they meddlc with po.