The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22
WORLD TELxoRAPHs-THR CHINA L1NK

WORLD 1EL&0NAPAB-lHE CHINA A1NBs
lines have been contemplated
and are in course Of construction for J
complete telegraph around the world. One
is to reach from San Frahcisco across
Behring's Straits, thence tothe AMOR, and
by the Russian line to st. Petersburg and
Pekin. Another leaps from Cape Race ia
Valencia on the coast of Ireland while a
third pssses from Labrador, by way OF
Greenland, Iceland, and the Farce Islands.
to the coast of Scotland. OF these lines
one or more 10 likely to be soon completed;
and meanwhile the English papers an.
nounce that line from England across the
European continent, through Turkey and
along the Persian Gulfte Bombay, is near
ly ready to be opened. This and the last
aforementioned Oceanic line, or the line
by Behring's Straits to San Francisco. will
establish complete telegraphic communica-
ton around the world, with the exception
Of break from Calcutta across the empire
Of China to Pekin, which is the point for
connection with the Russian line to st. Pc
tersburg, and the American line to San
Francisco.
It il this break, or large part Of ii.
which "The East India Telegraph Com
by the Legislature of New York, proposes
to ill up. The line from Calcutta to Cam
ton is already undertaken by an English
company, with due authority from the
British Government. From Canton to Pc
kin is the route which the New York COM
pany will take, and which, once traversed
BY the wires, will complete the girdling Of
the globe.
This Company has organized under it's
New York charter in such way as to be
we'll entitled to public confidence. it's capt.
talists and managers being merchants
honorably known in the Eastern trade.
many Of them long residents Of China. and
familiar with the commercial needs Of that
Empire. Its enterprise is based upon two
the immense importance
Of completing the world line, and the local
advantages which the telegraph from Can
ton to Pekin will possess, independently
OF its relation to other lines.
The wires Of this company are first to be
put up from Canton to Macao and Hong
Kong, a distance Of 40 miles, Canton hay.
Ing q population Of one million, Hong
Kong of two hundred thousand. and the
trade Of both cities world-famous. Lying
haoitants, and 100 miles further ia the same
direction is FOochow, a city with popula-
ton Of ], 225O, 900, and within 70 miles of the
black tea district, with q large commerce.
and.with numerous manufactures OF great
value. Beyond it PAS miles is Ningpo, with
SOC, 600 people, and thriving manufactures
of silks. Eighty miles north il Shanghae.
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and possessing . larger inland or native
trade than any city in China. Yet between
these great marts there is no telegraphic
communication whatever, nor is there any
line In any part Of the whole Chinese EN-
pire. The company proposes, therefore, to
connect these great commercial cities, and
having done that, to carry on it's line TO
Nankin, with its 400, 600 inhabitants. and
thence to Pekin, which has population Of
1000, 900, and Is the capital Of an empire
spread over an area of s, 00O, 600 square
miles, and containing more than ~, OtO, COO
souls, who pay TO the Government an an.
nual revenue Of 9l2O, 000, 600. It may well
be understood that for governmental pur-
poses alone, line Of telegraph thus ex-
tending between the chief cities or China
will prove of incalculable value, alike in
Its use and in its profits to those who build
it and receive ito income. The enterprise
- great one, but its rewards will be great,
Its progress seems to be well assured, and
New York may presently expect to claim
the honor of first giving to the oldest Of ex-
listing empires the benifcent invention
which the newest of nations created. and
ct the same time Of taking the final step
for the completion of the one great line
which is to put all the countries ofthe earth
IN instant communications York
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