Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-08-17
Girdling the World by Telegraph.

y
be a continuous chain of telegraphic
communication around the globe. We
give this week on our first page, and on
pages 500. 5O4, sos, and sos, a large
number of illustrations relating to each
Of the three important sections or de-
partments of this worldsurrounding sys-
tenn The three seperate divisions may
be thus designated:
[. The Atlantic Telegraph, from Val
entia to Hearts Content, connecting
Europe with America.
II. The Overland Telegraph, connect
ing America with Asia.
III. The ndo-European Telegraph,
connecting Asia with Europe.
The most important of these three
sections. and at the same time the most
uncertain, is the Atlantic Telegraph
The cable, which was completed on the
goth of May, has continuous and unln-
terruptea circuit of 2300 miles. Every
possible prccauton has been regarded in
its construction and in paying it out
AS the former cable, though not nearly
so carefully wrought, was momentarily
success, it seemed to demonstrate the
possibility Of telegraphic communication
across the Atlantic. The present cable
will bear strain upon it of seven and
three-fourtbs tons. If successful-and
it's patrons surely deserve success for
their perseverance-it will be the great
est triumph ever achieved by mechanic
al art over nature. It's success will be
something more thrilling than the de-
nouement of the most exciting romance,
more poetic than Shakspeare's happiest
thought.
The Overland Telegraph, Of which we
give seperatc description elsewhere, is
peculiarly important to this country and
to Russi;. !; and, in case Of any failure
or interruption in the great Atlantic ca
bic, will afford communication between
Europe and this country across Asia.
Great Britain has granted charter
for the construction Of the line through
her American possessions, and last July
Congress, in chartering the company
directed the Secretary Of the Navy to
detail, for the use Of the surveys and
soundings along that portion of the Pa
ciic coast, both Of America and Asia,
where it is proposed to establish said
telegraph, one steam or sailing vessel, in
his discretion, to assist in surveys and
soundings, laying down submerged cable,
and in transporting materials connected
Herewith. Secretary Wclles "discre-
ton has already assigned the steam
revenue cutter, transferred from the
Treasury to the Navy Department, which
has been reftted and armed at San
Francisco. to the service Of the expe-
dition. Another and larger steamer was
also sent out from this side. With the
vessels already employed, and those that
will be engaged in the constant trans
portation of materials and supplies, the
land and naval force of the expedition will
number not less than two thousand men.
New Westminster, the Gulf of Geor-
eia, British Columbia, is the immediate
base Of operations. The first stretch will
be from New Westminster to Fort Al
exander, thence to Fort Frazer or Fort
St. James, and thence to Fort Bahine, a
distance, as the crow flies, of about four
hundred miles The country thus far
has been explored and is settled Sin
spots by fur-hunters and traders. Far
beyond, on nearly direct line to the
Petty River, are forts and stations, here
and there, belonging to or built for the
Hudson's Bay Company; but the neces-
sity for supplies and materials will keep
the exploring party, and will establish
the telegraph line, nearer the coast, and
the route proposed contemplates an ex-
ploration Of 5000 miles throug h wild and
heretofore almost untrodden territory
from Lake Bahine, the centre Of British
Columbia. to the Yukan River, the ex-
treme limit Of the British possessions in
America.
From Yukan River to Cape Prince Of
Wales, the nearest point to the Asiatic
coast, the route is easy and from this
cape to Cape East, the distance across
Behring Strait requiring submerged
cable, is only thirty-six miles.
On the Asiatic continent the point to
be reached is the mouth of the Amoor
River. The route may extend by land
the entire distance, or only to Penjinsk
Gulf, and by cable across the Okhotsk
sea. To reach the mouth of the Amoor
River will require a period Of at least
three years, and by that time TIE Rus
SLAMS will have completed the con-
Meeting line from this point to Irkoutsk,
which is already connected by telegraph
with St. Petersburg. Then, with or
without the Atlantic telegraph line, the
Puck prophecy of putting girdle round
the earth will be fully realized.
| With the mouth Of the Amoor River
there are in reality two systems of tele-
graphic communication with Europe
the Indo-European and the line passing