The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-12-30
Telegraph Around the World.

In our issue of December 9th, in an article un-
der the head of ga Trans-Pacifc Telegraph we
stated that the question now engaging the at'en-
ton of those most interested In the reaiiza.ion y,
the magnificent project of connecting emma anu
japan with the United States, by means Vi On
ocean cable, was the selection OF a route " 70
taken, there being two indicated. ltno" aPPe
likelv that not only will both routes be aoopeeu,
but a third one is projected in addition. "enno
the following interesting statement Id our -
changes:
The London Da,,v Eets gives on good authority, q pro Pr,
gramme by which our Continent is % pe u axs nh sbat three lines
Of Geographic cable are about to be lad. 9noeI r. ~ to Ho-
MI. Cyrus w Field: One VIII Dc dnS , y to Yokohama,
S 573 miles. Another will be from Victoria,
land. 10 IIakoiadi, Japan. thence to Aslauc aNS a., ,atagraIh
cs,ine with Possirtte. which is already connected oy teesLs ~
with 81. Petersburg. From Atcns, y M Communicate
ing with China, While from Yokohama a line Is 10 90 ba ~ 3 a rs
hon, thence TO POssiette, n Russia sIam san ~ + Francisco to Possiette,
Russia. by the first line. BY the other line, from Tic.ortn 10
Honolulu 10 Australia viii join San Francisco and Meioourne'
touching at the FIJI Islands thence me IN 80 With NIL
edonia and Brisbane, which is already conneGteu VIZ" ond !
bourne, Adelaide and Fort Darwin on , Z " mort Go eG JSTa. j a
contract has been made for a line from m "a al China hin
is already in communication with lndia u OHiu~"
From the foreooing. coupled as it is with the
name of Mr.. Field, who may be fairly regarued
as the father of ocean telegraphy, we may CONN.,
IDENTIFY and without fear of being regarded as vi
sionary, look forward to the speedy advent OF the
day when Honolulu will be in communication by
electric telegraph with sail the rest OF man
kind" The thought is somewhat startling to US
in these quiet and remote isles of the sea, and IL
we have any lingering somnolent desire to retain
our solitude and isolation, reflection will convince
us that we must perforce go with the wondroue
current of the worlds progress and Improvement.
Recent events in this ocean may be easily IN
stanced of the great convenience and commercial
value that would have resulted were there q tele-
graphic line between us and San Francisco but
that of the Arctic disaster is one that is peculiarly
apparent and needs no remark. The painful
anxiety and suspense which was suffered by some
in this community during last week on account of
the Snon-arrival of an expected steamer, might
have been spared-and sosalso might have been
the extra items of insurszee effected on consign-
ments,-had we a telegram to inform us that she
did not leave port until the 18th.
In our opinion the time has come for our
Chamber of Commeree to inform itself officially
of what is doing, or is intended to be doing by
the projectors of this enterprise. That extraordi-
nary encouragement should be given to induce
the early completion of this great work, would be
fully warranted we think, by the circumstances of
the case, and We hope that some action will be
taken soon by our leading business men to show
the " outside barbarians" that we desire a place,
as a nation, in the front rank of progressive civil
~liZation.