The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-01
THE TELEoRAPHs.

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Messages.
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Tho public Is destined to hear much Of submarine
telegraphy during the next few months. The sue
o. Of
the whole world within the range or electrical
s,ms. Messages to to and from England 's and
Bombay direct may be looked for in March or
81 ses and China Win
England by means OF tue Indian line. This last
extension Is one or the most important Of alL for
e emu 6eyIon, Cochin China. Java and slnga-
pore Starting from Bombay, the terminus OF the
se ns On to % Penang nS
Saigon, besides spanning the Indian ocean to
northern Australia, touching at Sumatrs and Java
the Dutch have already laid land lines through
Sumatra, and arrangements are comRseted 10. ior
conSuS eas WITH Kong Again.
and the southwestern portions OF Australia are
to have lines OF their own, after communication
division or that continent; and recent glance ct
map shows that every corner OF this portion OF the
gIoSs Tn n one schee Nor VIII
there be any great dincuties to surmount. The
Brisbane government ia pushing lines to meet the
at the business centres OF the different countries
are giving 1t their strong support while Post once
and other statistics prove the extent or and neceS
sity for communication between the various points,
and between them all ana India, Europe and Amer
lea. The distance TO be traversed IS considerable,
amounting to several thousands OF miles OF suDma-
rine cable, and some hundreds OF miles OF land
illness; but this Is split up into sections, as from
SG@ps sS Penang miles, and from Singapore
to Hong Kong, 1865 miles. Throughout this line
the so1ndings show the ocean bottom to be favor
able to cable laying, and the only deep water sec
lions will be between the extreme end Of Java and
Cape York and between Penang and Point de Gale.
the route described has been only selected after due
confederation and after another scheme Tor con-
Meeting the Australian colonies with Great Britain
had been examined and rejected This was by
combined land and sea system OF teegraphs from
the frontier station at Rang0On, down the Malayan
Peninsula to Singapore, and from thence through
York. The objections to this were valid, ana will
be readily understood. There was, f1rst the 1ncon-
venlence OF carrying important sections OF the line
through the dominion OF o foreign Power; and,
secondly, the character OF the Floris Sea bottom,
which Is infested with coral and would be fatal to
cables. coral bottom is necessarily irregular and
it is found by experience that cable laid on 1t
hangs in oights from one mass mass. OF vol roc y
to the other mat the coral Danas 90 over heinz
brought to the surface for repair. Coral seas are
moreover full OF live shells, which injure core when
government about Java have been already more or
less damaged by their means. For these sufficient
Will be-humanly speakng-safe from injury, and
the conditions OF making aud laying by the Tee-
and probable tarif for COMMUNICATING to and from
London and China and Australia Will probably be
laid before The public before many days
It Is curious to mark how speedily one gigantic
teegraphic enterprise OF this Kind begets another
and how closely the interests OF the various lines are
intertwined The one described Is Of course supple
mental to the British. Indian Telegraph: and arising
OF the latter Is another cable, the work OF which
Will be nda Tns Gbraar
Malta Telegraph completes the submarine COM
munlcation, so that message may be hereafter
repeat. THIS has been done on the French
Atlantic line from Brest to Duxbury, distance OF
miles and at the rate OF from S -four ITO to Fse
mouth and the British Indian are both open. there
Ill still be short span OF land lines through Egypt
1t Is already thought possible to organize submarine
substitutes for these and so send and receive com
munications from India almost as quickly as man
can write. TINS would have been hopeless without
the Falmouth line. The Anglo Mediterranean Deep
Sea Telegraph had already united Malta to Egypt; but
before Indian messages reached the former place
they would have had to traverse 1000 miles OF wires
through France and Italy, and would be thus liable
to the interruptions and DELAYS which are INSOFAR
when repettions have TO be made. To obviate thi:
q cable will first from Falmouth to Gibraltar,
distance OF l,43l nautical miles, and then from Glb
raltar to Malta distance Of 1025 miles. Thus the
| British Indian cable runs from Suez to Bombay
| the Anglo Mediterranean from Malta to Egypt
| and the Falmouth and Gibraltar from England
to Malta. All three companies are distinct, but
have entered into arrangements for mutual help anc
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS which VIII De particl
prises thrown into the shade-sO far as length
| cable Is concerned-by one which Is now engaging
Il u
| which aims at laying telegraphtc line from Sal
Francisco to Japan, a distance OF 5000 miles. W.
| have say our cousins, the longest railway in thu
| world and we mean to have the longest tee
? graphic cable as well: and 80 calculations hav'
| been made and estimates sent, and If the CON
mttee report favorably prospectus will short!
| appear.
| brought before the public aims at laying cables
between Cuba and Porto Rico and from Havana tt
| Porto Rico Mexico and Panama, as well as between
the West Indies and South America generally
while the International M GsrC Telegraph
Knapp Barrow have been giving much atten
ton latterly, is at last in hand and will b
working between Penzance and a telegraph shi
stationed by the Admiralty between Sicily an
| Ushant, nftyfve miles distant m a few month
| from this time. This last line will enable ships
| which has electric communication with England
As the government statistics show that 373 1853 yes
sells entered and cleared with cargoes at ports In th
United Kingdom in the year 1903, 1t is argued tina
| the kilograms to and from underwriters, owner
| and cOnsignees will be considerable, as well as th
Altogether submarine telegraphy seems destine
| to work many more OF the changes which wer
| sc0ned at as visionary only three snort years since
easily as with Paris Or York, to hav
America and Tasmania speaking to each otht
| through the ocean, and to have ships announcin
their arrival or asking for final instructions Will
| miles and miles away from Shore Is all very wonde
full. But the demand for Geographic communicating
grows by what 1t feeds on. Those at the helm OF u
| great companies already at WORK appear TO len
their powerful aid to all enterprises having IA
promise OF success and up to certain point, who
Is far from being reached yet, II seems certain Uni
laid. These last dovetail into each other and pr
mote their common interest in very striking wa.
Indeed, cooperation Is q leading feature In moder
OF the schemes being developed now are associate
| Ones and SO seem to have nferentially guaranl
| OF success.
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