The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-21
EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH.

EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH In CHINA.
THE EAST INDIA
TELEGRAPH coMPANY's
OFFICE.
NOs. 90 and 25 NASSAU Street.
ORGANIZED UNDER SPECIAL CHARTER FROM
THE STATE OF NEW YoEK.
CAPITAL. $5.ooo.ooo
$4,000 SHARES, sI0O EACH.
DIRECTORS
Hon. ANDREW @. CURTIN, Philadelphia.
PAUL Is. FORBES, of Russell & Co., China.
FRED. BUTTERFIELD, of F. Butterfield & Co, New
York
ISAAC LIvERMoRE, Treas Mich. q. r. RI, Boston.
ALExANpHR HOLLAND, Treas Am. Ex Co New
Hon. JAMES NoxoN, Syracuse, " Y.
O. H. PALMER, Treas West, U. TEL Co, New York.
FLETCHER WEsTRAY, of Westray, Gibbs q Hardcas-
tie, Y.
NICHOLAS MIcKLEs, New York.
OFFICERS.
A. G. CURTIN, President.
n. NIcKLEs, VicePre ident.
eEoBeR CoNANT, Secretary.
GEORGE ELLIS cashier National Bank Common.
wealthy Treasurer,
Hon. A. X. MoLLURE Philadelphia, Solicitor.
The Chinese Government having (throuoh the Hon.
Anson Bttrliganae) conceded this Company the rivi-
ege of connecting the great SedpOrts Of the Empire 6y
submarine electric telegraph cable use propose commence
ino operations China, and laying doon line Of 800
miles at once bettOeen 1se foLlol0ing ports via
Population.
Macon "'''''''"'".''' ooOoo
Hong 100000
Swatow ZoooOo
N'oco'
Chow
Wan SOOo9o
4oooeo
Hang Chean ,UDOOOO
100000
slOooo
These ports have foreign commerce OF 5000 100000
aud an enormous domestic trade, besides which we
have the immense internal commerce of the npre
iadiatiDg from these points, through It's canals and
pavgabe rivers
The cable being laid, this company propose erecting
land lineh and establishing speedy and trustworthy
means of communication, which must command
there, as everywhere else the communications ofthe
Government, of busn and OF social life especially
in China. She has no postal system, and her only
means now OF communicating information is by
courier on land and by steamers on water.
The WesternWorld KIN Jws that China is a very
large country, in the main densely peopled bat few
vet realize that she contains more than third OF the
hum an race. The latest returns made to her central
authorities for taxing purposes, by the local magIs.
trates make her population -Four Hundred and Four
teen Millions and this s more likely be under than
over the actual aggregate. Nearly all OF these who
are Oy er years old not only but do and
Write civilization s peculiar but her literature
is as extensive that of Europe China is land OF
teachers and traders and the latter exceedinely
quick TO avail Il emselves of every profered facility
for procuring early Information 1t is observed Ia
California that the Chinese make great use OF the
telegraph though 1t there transmits messages In En-
glish alone To-day, great numbers of feet steamers
are owned by Chinese merchants and used by them
exclusively the transmssion Of early intelligence
If the telegraph epropose connecting all their great
seaports were In existence, 1t is believed that
its business would pay its cost within the first two
wears of It's successful operation and would steadily
| Increase thereafter.
No enterprise commends itself as in q greater de.
| gree remuneratlve TO cap alists, and 10 whole
| people 1t is of vast national Importance CONNER
cialiy politically, and evangelicaliy
Shares of this company TO limited number may
be obtained at $50 each. go payable down, SIS on the
LIST of November, and s25 payable in monthly install
| on application 10
DREXEL q CO.,