The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-22

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German miles, or 4 900 nautical miles.
Instead Of the aerial lines through Sachane and KANT
schatka, underground lines would perhaps have TO be
substituted, owing to the wdness of that part Of the
country These underground lines would therefore, have
to be considered as cable lines,
TELEGRAPH CHINA AND JAPAN
The aerial line through Siberia which the Russian go
vernment Is present constructing leads Japan and
China and offers the quickest communication with Eu-
rope Messages from Japan be sent to the Russian
ports OF Wlachvastok aud Olga which situated in
the Sea Of Japan and thence teegraphed via siberia to
London and Paris and the whole Of Europe. Messages
from China sent through the Russian Post Once from
Pekin to Kiacha, be teegraphed from the latter
| place TO all parts OF Europe.
If the commercial interests Of Europe should require it,
direct telegraph, either submarine ia could be
constructed TO Japan and China in connection with the
Siberian line A land line would have to be erected in
/ the direction OF kachta
There from Kachta TO China through
the desert of Cobb but tho which Is at present used
by the Russian post traffic would have TO DO chosen for
the construction Of lard line, forming length Of ITS
q 0iJ miles, though half OF this viz, from
Urga to Kagan, distance OF about ,2s5 (735
mies is woodlcss stony and sandy tract OF land, and
only inhabited by nomadic Mongois, who relieve each
other At the post stations yet there would be difficulty
in constructing telegraph ne OF certain places where
there are pasture grounds and water in abundance
lions could be erected for the guarding the line 1t
would also be advisable to substitute iron for wooden
poles, Of the poles should in time be-
useless wood IN this part Of the country is very
difficult to procure.
However expensive such land line would be- it de-
mature consideration whether the vastness of the
commercial interests Of Europe would such
outlay the Of wood for building purposes the
expense OF supplying it, tho erection Of stations in the
and the supply other necessities would
the expense by 500 rubes about ESQ., per vcrst which
would for the whole length Of the IT'S versis
of land line to 100000 rubes g $50 900 francs or
f130000).
But regards submarine telegraph TO China, the first
connecting point with the Siberian line would have TO be
Shanghae the most important poet for the China Euro
pean commerce, from which place alone messages could
be transmitted to Europe extent that the expense of
such cable would in ehort time be covered by tho
traffic.
From Shanghae branch aerial line Pein could be
constructed but the erection Of such line in the
disturbed political state Of China would scarcely be pos
sjbe; and regards the length Of submarine line
thence TO the shores Of the Bay OF Petsheg 1t would &C
cording to the indication Of the map 10 which
only refer) be about 100 versts $3.50 miles, the ex
pense of which would be about ] 1916 900 reals.
IT. investigation it should be found that submarine
line in this direction offers difficulty the expense Of
the whole telegraph line from Kachta, In Siberia to
Shanghai and thence to Pen would 300 900
RS, e, 800 ,000f. or $3.50 0C0).
IT, on the other hand any political object should pre-
vent the carrying out OF this line 1t could be connected
with the Russian ports at Shanghae
From the future telegraph temin Of tho Siberian line
at the ports Of s. Olga Novgorodsky towards Shang
hae there Several small islands, which could be used
resting points for tho cable and stations they lie
besides Japan, that branch telegraph line would
connect Japan with the main The length Of this
BILE line between the Russian shores and the Sea Japan
would be as follows
From the mort of Novporodsky Gulf d. AWHILE to-