The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-02-23

The RAPID increase of trade between San
Francisco and Sydney, and the immense magni-
tude, present and prospective, of the interests in
volyed, coupled with the frequent Interruptions
OF the Geographic lines and cables already estab-
lished with Europe northward and westward by
way of Singapore and India, are calculated to
turn public attention TO the route from Califor-
MIA to Australia Uia these Islands as being the
most feasible, and in fact the only route by
which telegraphic communication can be opened
that will be secure from the many accidents
which now cause so much annoyance to our Colo
NAL friends. That these Interruptions to speedy
communication have become a serious matter,
especially in the lowering cloud that is now hover
ing over Europe, is sufficiently evident when we
state that breaks on the ocean and land lines to-
gether have occurred at least half a dozen lines
in the last three months. These accidents have
occurred on one section, that of the Darwin-Ban-
Joewangle cable, a third time, showing some
thing radically defective, which would have been
remedied ere now if that were possible. But
these frequent Interruptions arc not confined to
the cables between Australia and the continent
of Asia: the land lines connecting the cables
with Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, across
the long stretch of the interior of New Holland,
are giving no end of trouble and delay, to the
great annoyance and ~vexation of every interest
affecting commercial and political circles. There
is no certainty that doubling or trebling the
present lines and cables will remove all cause of
complaint, and the commercial interests of Aus
tralia must soon be turned in this direction, in
search of a route that will secure to them greater
regularity.
The cost of a cable from San Francisco to
Sydney lover estimated at 80, 900 ,0O00 seems
hitherto to have prevented this route from being
fully considered, Notwithstanding its many ad-
vantages and less liability to accident after it is
laid. The time is close at hand when the people
OF Australia, out of patience with their present
imperfect service, will insist upon some route
which shall come up better to what they require;
and that the route in this direction will be the
one selected We have no doubt, for it is the only
one that will be free from the yexations attend
upon the lines so far established.
The " endless Interruptions Of the last three
Or four months have already produced one good
result the leading business men of Sydney and
now realize that the time has come for
decisive action of some kind, and the public there
have been assured that the Government are alive
to the necessity of doing something without de-
ay. There are various local interests in the diff
,rent colonies that seem to interfere with the
prompt and united action required to lead to a
satisfactory result. If they turn their eyes in
his direction, these opposing interests will no
onger clash, and they will discover that the
cute ria FIJI, Hawaii and San Francisco is the
'nly one to which they can look with an assured
lope that their desires will not meet with disap-
A very large amount of money has been ex-
ended upon the routes already established, with
unsatisfactory results in return; and if a
easible route is to be found the Colonial public
7ill demand its adoption, and will not be back
in furnishing the funds for carrying it out.
Our readers will call to mind the name of
who has for some years been agitating
lie merits of the routes between San Francisco
nd Sydney, ma Hawaii and Fiji:-Capt. Caesar (
Moreno. The Australians, to their loss,
ave hitherto overlooked the labors of Capt. Mo- j
no, but their recent disappointment will, We n
ink, induce them to look into his views and
guments more kindly, and give them the con-
deration they merit. The plan which this gen.
man advocates is this: A single cable from r.
n Francisco to Honolulu, from thence q cable /
'rthwest to Japan and on to China, and another
uthWest to Sydney. with landings at the prin-
islands which each line viii pass; SO that j
separate section will be too long for the sue
ssful transmission Of messages. We have not
figures at hand, but are under the impression -
at no section OF cable will exceed in length that {
I'm San Francisco to Honolulu.
The transcendant Importance of the interests
Volved has lead US to speak at some length
ION this subject, and we are sure that our Colo
al neighbors, as soon as they thoroughly con-
Ter the matter, will come to the conclusion that
route by these Islands is the most direct, fea-
aud, in the end, cheapest, and the only one
will fully come up to their wants and ex- .
Citations. RI