Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-05-27
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to be becoming the order Of the day,
and the entire globe Is destined soon to
be girdled by the cable and the wire.
Two cables already span the Atlantic,
connecting the Eastern and Western
continents. Another cable connects
this continent with Havana, in the
island of Cuba. From this latter point
a land line will cross the island to the
Bay of Boa, where q cable Is to be laid
eastward along the southern coast OF
Cuba to Santiago. Here it will turn at
right angles and cross over to the east
ern end of the island of Jamaica,
whence it will start again eastward
and cross to Porto Rico, thence to st.
Thomas, thence to st. Kits, Antigua,
Guadalupe, Dominica, Martinique st.
Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, and so on
to Demerara and Ivernium ; thus TAX
ing the entire circuit Of the Caribbean
islands. Such is the course Of one
branch starting from Jamaica. An
other cable under another company
starts also from Jamaica, shooting
south directly across the Caribbean sea
to Aspinwall, and, following the track
of the Isthmus railroad, crosses by land
line to Panama, and thus reaches the
Pacific. Here it takes to the sea again,
and stretches away down the coast OF
South America, touching at Buena-
ventura in New Grenada, Guyaquil IN
Ecuador, Tumbez in Peru, and passes
OH the whole length Of the latter cottl-
try, and far down along Chile to VAL
paraiso. There the cable terminates,
but not the telegraph, for by land lines
from Valparaiso eastward 1t crosses the
content to Buonos Ayres thence by
cable across to Montevideo, whence by
another land line it passes up to Rio
Janeiro. All this vast reach of tele-
graph, under the auspices of several
companies, will be completed and in
working order within the current year.
Thus these South American countries
and the entire West Indies are about
to be placed in telegraphic communi,
cation by way of Il continent with
Europe, and so on Ear away into Africa
and Asia.
What, then, will remain but to span
the great Pacific, and thus girdle the
world? Nor is this any longer COIL
| sidered q chimerical idea, but has come
to be viewed as entirely practicable,
and has become n. matter of serious
thought and calculation, rs we'll as to
be considered, on every account
greatly desired. Cyrus W. Field, the
master spirit in these great ocean ell
terprises, Is .already moving in the
matter, and recently came before tho
Committees on Foreign Relations ant
Public Lands of the Senate and House
and the Senate Committee on Com
merce, communicating to these com
mittees important information touch
ing the feasibility and necessity Of the
enterprise. Mr.. +. has also solicited
the views of Vice Admiral Porter OF
the subject of the Pacific cable, and
the reply of that officer was recently
published, in which he expresses HIM
self very decidedly in favor OF thu
undertaking, specifying several grave
reasons of q naval, political and com
mercial character. President Grant l
also. understood to favor the enter
prise, with the two-fold proVlso tina
the starting point shall be San Fran
cisco. and that land subsidies to aid TIN
work shall not be asked Of the Govern
ment.
;, Two routes for the Pacific cable pre-
sent themselves. The shorter subma
rine route is that proceeding from San
Francisco, and tending northwart
takes the circuit of the AlcutiaI
Islands. These islands, 4 little above
the fiftieth parallel, stretch nearly
across the sea to K~amtschatka, ant
would thus afford convenient resting
places rs well rs 4 shorter submarine
route. The path by way of the Sand
witch Islands, however, appears to be
for several reasons, especially Of a
commercial character, in greater favor
than the northern course. For the
southern route the distances would be
about rs follows: From San francisco
to the Sandwich Islands, 1850 miles
thence to the Midway Islands, LILAC
miles; thence to Yokohama, in Japan,
s,260 miles /; thence to Shanghai, China,
l,O35 miles. To this is to be added
ons-sixth Of the whole, to make statute
miles, l,0S6 miles, and also twenty pei
cent. Of the whole for slack, l,52(
miles, thus making the entire length
Of cable from San Francisco to Shang
hal 9,12l miles. What Government
aid, ifany, will be extended to encour
age this great enterprise is, OF course
uncertain; although We are informed
that the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions are favorable to a cash subsidy o
$500, 900 annually for twenty years.
PUGrLIsM.-Jerry Donovan, WHO wal
one of the seconds for Mace In the late
mill between that individual and Ton
Allen, at New Orleans, returned to tn,