Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-09

r. n. 0isborne. r. H. 8. c.. supsrin-
sendsnt Of the Dominion Telegraph
Service, while In this city last week gave
70 PosT- TxTxELrexxckz representative
some information Of interest conesrr-
iar telegrsphy IN Canada
The Canadian G0vsrnmeut lines are
nov being eosstructed With No. 8 wire
Of only sight ohms Per mile resist
anee, with . breaking strain Of 800
pounds The insuistors are made Of
porcelain npon . pattsra suggested BY
Mr.. Osborne. whose name they bear.
A rexnlt Of this manner Of conssroction
ID that falling timber simply cracks OF
the branches. and the low resistance Of
the wire permits uninterrupted cornFntl-
picafion. although she wire may be IN
coutnct with the earth In several plsess.
Mr.. Gisborne has Just officially visited
The provinces Of British Columbia, where
be personally directed tbs laying Of q
saba across the STRAITS of Fuea, from
Victoria 20 Duneenesa, o distance OF
eeysufeen miiss. This was successfully
accomplished, and connection made al
Du1cenoss With the line OF the Puget
sound Conpany from Seattle. A tariff
has NOS yet been definitely determined
for service over this route. and cannot
be until On arrangement ~ made with
the Western Union for service over the
Iatter's lines. The rates must be identi-
cal, OF course. 20 or frsm Victoria over
the TIVE routes-by way Of Dungeness or
By way Of Sumase.
The Dominion Government have
placed upon the estimates sufficient
sum 70 connect the much dreaded Sable
Island with tbs mainland Of Nova
Scotia, and this much 10 be desired
connection will be made next summer.
This IL entirely humanitarian enter
prise, and rejects great credit upon the
Government. The outlying islands OF
Ansicosti, the Maedalenes and Bird
Rock. in the Gulf Of Sc. Lawrence. have
already been connected with the main
land, and daring the past summer land
iines have been erected on the north
shore Of the river and Gulf Of St. Law
renee below Qnebec, - far as AIingan,
whence succession OF cable Loops will
be continued 10 the entrance OF the
straits Of Belle Isle. IL IL also inland
cd 10 connect st. Paul Island with Cape
Breton, N. g.. thus completing the tele-
graph and signal service around the
eastern coast Of Canada
Telegraph connection between Ottawa
and Victoria will be completed early
next spring. there being gap OF only
20 miles between Kicking Horse Pass,
Columbia hiver and Kamloops. The
| line runs aieng the Canadian Pacific
Railway, the poles carrying three wires
the entire distance.
In Canada there are about 10000 miles
Of poles and 5000 miles Of wire. all
under the Morse system. In the Do
minion are 225s Offices, or one to every
1913 inhabitants.
In 1879, when Mr.. Osborne bought
the British Columbia lines of the West
ern Union Company for the Canadian
Government, the receipts wers $500,
and the expenses 5000; IN 1883, the
expenses we're x32 goo and the receipts
ga 600; from present indications the
receipts Of the fiscal year lSSt-'S5 will
equal the expenditures.
This gentleman went into the tole-
graph business In It's earliest days
about forty years ago. de built the
| first lines In Canada, In 1851, and was
the originator Of the Atlantic cable, Al
which he was working before Cyrus w.
Field. He has lately issned official
maps of the Canadian telegraph system,
showing every station in the Dominion,
all the lines. and giving the exact beds
Of all tbs cables.