New-York tribune., 1870-09-24

this enterprise; and II was not until 1869 that
projects for placing China in elegrnphc communication
with EufOpe again attracted the attention OF investors
Tbroe shemes proposed each independent OF the
others she one advocating line southwark to Snga-
more and thonce via Saigon, TO Hong Kong; second
ne 10 carry wire across Siam to some point on
.h cutf ~ Uanan where IL would meet short cable
from the samc destination; tho third being To lay down
cablc from Hong Kong to Shanghai to commence with
aerward extending it to Passette or Posio In Russian
siberia ON the ono hand and possibly to Singapore an
ho otber This latter scheme under tho auspices Of
oomnany designated the "Grcat Northern Telegraph
Company" is the only which has a. yet borne fruit
rh atst China files inform that another line is pro
ected the Spanish Government having just granted
concession to two gentlemen. MessS Hearns and Ora
hon, to Law cable from Hong Kong, via Manila, to
singapore Seven different projects have thus been, or
are ON the taps for placing the p0pulous empires Of
Eastorn Asia in telcgraphic communication with the
civilized West. ... . .
The "Great Northern Telegraph Company" has com
,n.nced operations by shipping board the Danish
scrcw frigate TordensLjold which It chartered some
nine months since for the purpose the frst section or ts
Hang yong and shanghai cable. The entire line consists
- ess nantca miles Of cable 272 miles Of interine
date III miles of ordinary shore end, ana % heSoi
heavy shore end, all o " Ehich mas osgn m ,h oy
Mossrs semens BROTHERS az chaf'oh on ,he n
England from which place III was snlppSu. Iie ioi-
denskiod, which left on tbe i3h ~ J,e 81 VI @ & h' !,
the sez Canal, took only 90 miles Ghleny O siole enu,
the propeller steamers Great Northern ah9 tca
the The former
n,,ii Ies thus making the total length OF the cable
IO98 nautical miles Both vessels & nave py inns n ts
Kong and shanghai will, therefore, before long
be an accomplished TACT, ana ue s,. oot-
pauy thus first IN me nou ot nrobabc w oOag hat
the Chnfe viii Immediately appreciate the ADVANTAGES
Of saving from i've ioseySn Day IN Leir % 4
between tlie ports. but the lhea on,e gSpeu he
Cable will be largely ayaled OF M Dom % oicla,s m :, anu M
such was hG Ge oS S t5e m5epa TIsaS Govern m
meut preferred the Oldiashoned, clumsy l9nk Tor e
tunsp"rt Of uooe ana So h cr naynient Tc
hei0n or support other forces when most 'orely pressed
The CInaman may now say hos dsoms cnagS G 'tSe % @
many steamers being nowadays chartered lOf Inc P-
pose referred 10. - A., -.
The surest means Of bringing China into that imme-
date con act with civilization which Ia SO necessary 10
her substantial progress Is, now tDat peaceial neso
tion with foreigners BY means OF accrGulted epr M
tiyes has taken tho place OF lormeI ee; m =,
repre- sentatves the power OF pr9mpI w iI
ton with their government no tght @ W.,
he afforded by such facility 70 loiegn =,
resident at Pckn So soon as the line from Passets 10
Shanghai is completed the latter cry VIII oo aeeu III
direct ommunlcatiOn with Now Ofk' wa oL resers
burg and London Paris. In view, however, OF the
many hands through which dsPacRes VIII H. nav U
and the mistakes which may arise irom lhe
Of the various operators, IL would seem very
tha the @ oTgas era oI he carried ont That our in
tere-t in China OF less magnitude than those OF
England would matter little, nasmueh ~ tie
superior advantages offered by such line would
insure large amount OF European suppoPrSS
in addition 10 that naturally accruing from commercial
circles in this country; Ihe greaer Po%g0n % oI ie o
might he carried overland, or, II were FOUND oueeuo
able carry foreign territory, short lines OF SUD
marine cable might be laid in safe water from san III an
cisco to the North. The very short portion crossing
Behring's Straits would certainly require to be OF unsu-
ally substantial manufacture 10 lessen the danger or
jury by grounding icebergs; but this danger Is Oy no
graphlsts O be Oyerestimatcd. The RUSSIANS pave l0
since pressed Willingness to extend their telegraphc
line norhward 80 as any line constructed from
the United States and this would, in addition to placing
in connection with China give us means OF com, ON
munication with Europe Independently OF either thc
English or French Atlantic cables. American enterprise
would then have supplied the last INK OF the Geographic
girde OF the globe.