Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-19
JAY GoutD'S NEW CABLE.
To Establish Direct Communication
HetWeen North and south America.

Between North and South America.
Tclegraphic communication between
North and South America, winch has
been carried on in a very roundabout
WAY, is to be made more direct under u
scheme originating with Jay Gould, who
is ut the head of the American Gable
company. Ii has been known that Mr..
Gould sought To get a concession for
landing Il cable ut Brazil, and the Rio
de .Janciro .JOT7lai do GOHImCrriO of Dee.
Is announces that Mr.. GOuld's plan is to
Law a cable through the Bermudas to ST.
Thomas, thence i'll unequal curves to
Paramaribo in Dutch Guiana, and from
that point to the city OF Fortalc2a, the
capital of the province of Ceara in
Brazil. The cable has been ordered ami
the BraZilianS are waiting anXiOusly for
the completion Of the line.
Communication with Brazil and the
South American republics is now carri-
"a On by way of England, and the cost
is about 3 a word to Rio de Janciro.
English companies have cable from
Pclnambuco to England and control the
lines down the coast of Brazil % the
Argentine Republic, across that re-
public and up the western coast ofSOuth
America through Chill, Bolivia and
Peru. Fpr some time the Br2ZilianS
have been dissatisfied with the service Of
the English companies, and when tast
summer Mr.. Gould applied To the
BraZilians government for privileges
equal to those the English companies
en- ioy, he was fortunate in hitting upon
a time when the English companies
were particularly aggre sivC in trying to
force communication over their cables
To puCnCs AyrCs instead ofOver land
lines. He was also fortunate in interest
ing officers OF the Brazilian govern
ment in this country in having the con-
ccssion granted. His cable will shorten
the distance between New York and
Rio de Janeir0, more than two thirds,
and the BTeZiiians will be confined to
the use of one line.
Besides this, te!egraphic cOmmunica-
ton between New York and South
American republics will also be establish
ed 10y way of Vera Cruz and Panama.
The Central and South Americas
Telegraph company is pushing the
construction of its land lines and laying
the cables a rapidly as wires arS suppl
ed. Rear Admiral Balch, command
ing the Pacific squadron, has been
Orpered by the secretary of the navy to
render assistance in laying the cables,
the president of the company having
suggested that an early completion of
the lines is desirable, owing to the
disturbed condition Ofafiairs in Peru and
Chill. 1t is expected that the lines will
be completed by June. The route of
this system is to be from Vera Cruz TO
COatEaeOalcoS and thence by land line
across the Isthmus of Tenuantepec to
the Pacific at Salina Cruz. From that
point the cables are to continue TO San
jose de Guatemala, Salinas bay,
Panama, Buenaventura, Sauta Elena,
Payta and ChOrillOs, were connection
will be made with Eima. At Chorilios
the lines will join the West Coast OF
America Telegraph company's lines
to Valparaiso, where there is line
across the continent. Therefore, after
Mr.. Gould's cable is laid, communica-
ton can be had with Chilli and Peru by
two routes, whereas now q dispatch TO
our minister at Peru has to go to Eng
land, thence to Pernambuco, thence
down the eastern coast to South Amer
lea, and, after crossing the continent,
up the western coast. 1t has been said
that Mr.. Gould wanted TO purchase the
Central and South American Telegraph
company's cable. but he may be satisti-
cd with his cable.
There is to be Geographic convention
in Buenos Avres during the exhibition
there next month, and the indications
are that the emperor of Brazil will
attend, in order to promote a better
understanding of the telegraph business
in the republi 8. The land line OF