, 1866-08-10
INTERNATIONAL TEf,i,t{tlArliS.
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lh,mlMy, siu''ras, tInlhi. t'alrsll.u. ahd .,!srr
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hn I" ::Easa. Ti!'"r, AMI stlrr l"ln''tt'; 70
tlr northern c'nhl ut Australia, nlrmI which
latter r!und arn n'reutly ~ "prratI"u ssyrml
th"'I+a'd mIl.s ni wlr,. The lines. 'ntll +"
sa,s"'l III! Australia, art expected 10 ''c
completed ln lst;t.
, ?1t. !s1'rrinn "s A"s.;a. :t*'atic hi"r.-
1..i frk, ..I
lnrx1' 10 the great Siberian city Of lrkauts!<
ll!ure tlnan ytar nEn, Il despatch hnrinE leen
sent IN 1Slgs lrsm Queenstown, on thc western
rtnht Of Irelnnd, to Tint city III two hours
time, a distance Of $500 miles,, Tlis line,
wl4irl, IL to extend to the mouth or the
.Amnor River, ut the Straits Of Tartary, Is
llaetcning rurfl1v 10 completion, anl will he
dune thi:, year or next. Thcrc are live great
subordinate lines, hrnnchfn., snuthwatd from
| this route, contemplate tcl-nnc from European
| from Omsk. through Central Asia, into Cli-
III, connecting with the Aneto-1rsliaM lines
1.-THE punjltlJ q third brnncl from 1rk0otsk,
following the route IF The tea caravans to
| the Chinese Wall Gate, and thence to pckfn
a tanrtl! from tic upper part of the Amoor
naval station Oh the Pacific, and is situated
| opposite tue great Island If Jcsso. There Is
alsu to lie fifth branch, land and submarine,
extending from the mouth Of tue Amoor
q
Island, tlle Strait Of La Porous .Tes-o, the
Strait OF sangar, to Jedlo, the capital o'
Tie Collins 0svr1dnd L:ae, which takes 1t:
name from its protector, who, as United
States Commercial Agent, explored the re.
what has now been accomplished by the At.
lantic linc-thc connection l,y telegraph ol
the Eastern aud Western Continents. III
May, 1873 Mr. Perry MeI,pnough Colli's, oi
Ca'iii,r:'a. secured Tic right from the Rus:
sin Government to rtn his contemplated
linc through Its Territory, \ distance IF five
Thousand miles, and To maintain IL for thirty.
three years. III lstG the British Government
gave lin the sanc privilege thraust British
America, Il distance Of five hundred miles, Ia
The narthrrn boundary Of the United States
III lstai also the United States Congrcs:
granted lin The right Of way across the pub
lie lands, will the privilege IF using all ma
tcila1s Oh such lands needed for construction
Nr. Seward made an elaborate and interest
Ing report 10 Congress fsyurins this scheme
uI'on which Congress nctcd. The length u
cable required at Behring's Strait would bt
about forty miles, with nj extreme depth u
al"'ut unc hundred and rightly feet, irnzct
hnlfihc scar. Tl!c early certain completion
of tho Siherirn line to 1hc mouth Of til,
!AMoor. and tile extension IF thu American
line IL San Fruncisco. and s.' un to Eancou
vrr's 1sfand. lad given his enterprise {wllicl
is operated by tho Western Cnso.s Telegraph
/ AuIHj1l1N.} Eical encouragement, At!u lasl
srar not lrss than fifteen hundred 1ncs,. will
three supply vessels. were rro:cc.stin: til.
work up along the Frasicr River, lit thu
direction Of Behring's >Str:its. The cost of
line l,y tltis raute acr.:s Dcllrfngs Straits t.
the muutll Of the Amoor. connecting will
| the Asiatic line, ltas been estimated hy Mr.
Collins nj $5, ,000, COO. The whole distance b,
this Behring's Strait route from New Ynrl
to London. is about 1000 miles, Of whicl
uot mnre than G,000 miles remains to be con,
I.icted. What the elect Of the completion
| Of the Atlantic line is destined to have npol
the prosecution OF this 1ine-as We have nj
ready in Il general way suggested, whctllc
lie prosecution Of NIL If them will be stlnlu
lated or ettcrwise-renlains to be seen.
The expenditures Of the Atlantic line
which failed last year, WAS estslsat ID at abo1l
ST. 0.o00. and the caritnl sunk in the prcvi
ous sattclnpt was, in round numbers. = ,ooo ,0ot
it is to be presumed that the cost Of tic cabl
now put down Is not lees than that of las
year. This cable was laid IN twenty-five
and not tlirty-two days, as VIC inadyeEtentl
| stated in our last ISSUE.
Among other great lines Of suhmarin
character Which arc projected. and sonlc {
! | which will, If the Atlantic proves II perm.
ncnt srcccss, probably in process of time
6 established. nrc nnc connecting Marscitlt
across the Mediterranean with Tripoli, tt,e,te
running to The mouth Of the Senegal, an
thcncc ncrnss the Atlantic to Brazil. tt
, | width Of the Atlantic lctwrcn tllrsc roin,
; is one thousand four hundred miles. wat,
not excessively deep, with no Ice. rarti,
n in Frsncc, Italy, Srain. Portugal and Br,z
i arc interested In this scheme. Another lir
!, New York, Is contemplated. Still another
- agitatrd from San francisco or P:,l;l,.la
the Sandwich Islands, aud thence ultimatcl
n 10 China or japan.