Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-29
Great TelegraDhIc Enterprises.

Two yerylarge teaegraphic schemes, both ofwhich
have the ultl nate design of connecting the tTni-
ted states with Europe are now in progress In tls
country The United States telegrapliic company
have construt ted two thousand miles OF teegraph
during the asst year, and intend to erect lioIr-
thousand miles more the coming season Their
liaes are alrca dy IN operation from New York to
milwaukee,, and By way of PHILADELPHIA 10
Pirssbnrg ard Cleveland and, besides being extend
ed Rother western cities, it the intention to car
~ them u e present season through to the gold
mines OF ofColorad0, Salt Lake City and San Fam
clseo, 4 company is TO be immediately organized
IN Cafiada tp connect with this company. and the
utilnate intel ton Is to connect with line To I'm
rope, from tn coast of Labradore via Greenland
iceland and the Farce Islands to- Che north shore
Of Scotland the longest distance thar will have TO
be trayersed " a submarine cable being less than
five hundred ailes. The route has heeh thoroughly
explored and those most interested in the scheme
are confident fits entire feasibility
Another a5It still larger enterprise i'm the tele-
graph iine All one much farther advanced towards
completion, is that of the Western Union tele-
graphic conla ny The stock of the Pacific teeerat-
ie company ha lately been merged in the stock of
this company, 90 that there is but single interest
now between ne Atlantic and Pacific oceans, aud
the wires OF tleeompany already extend to all the
principle western cities This company is also To
have Tor thirty three years, the exclusive right ofa
new llne OF tele graph, which is To pass through
America, I5Gh=
nrng straits and through Asiatlc Russia to ST.
petersburg and thence to all the principal cities OF
Europe. The Russian government undertakes to
construct the hne from ST Petersburg to the
mouth OF the Am0or river, in eastern ASA dis
tanee OF seve thousand miles, aad has already com
pleted about -tourths Of the distance This
company unde rtakes the work here extending fine
lines across Be.lling' straits and through Russian
America and british Columbia, till they connect /
with the great lines OF this company which already
extend to the Pacific Through the exertions Of
Perry McD. Collins, American commercial
agent and corlsul at st Petersburg. who has ieen
at work on this scheme for eight wears both Russia
and England have made liberal grants and eoncos |
sIons TO the company and recent Washington
dispatch amour that Mr. Collins has Just arrived
there from EUROPE, to solicit the cooperation of
Congress, which win undoubtedly be obtained /
and the last llDkin the great chain which binds to-
gether not onl America and Europe but Asia
and Africa too, will be speedily constructed The
Western Union telegraph company is already ma
king arrangements to fulfil their part ofthe work bv
the issue of 80 0e0 900 worth of special stock for
the. purpose Of { onstractitlg the new line.
With these t}Fo parts and the propoSed Allan
TIC telegraph, we have three schemes for connect
ing the old and new world by telegraph. Which
Is 10 be the successful line or whether the future
will open bylSineSs sufficient for all three If they
prove TO be feasible, remains TO be seen. The
practical scheme at present, and the one with the
earliest and talrest prospects certainly seems to be
BY the way OF Behring straits. where connections
can be easiest made with already exiStsng lines and
where the under water passage of the wire viii be
but thirty SIX miles. Springfield N9ss. Rellu6li-
cctR.