Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-02-02
CONVERSATION BY CABLE.
Fresh Wonders of the Telegraph
Time and Space Ami
hiIated.
A London Editor Talks Over the Wires
with His Correspondent In Brit
ish Columbia.
ICable dispatch from Londen. !

lCable dispatch from Londen.l
The Pail MaH Gasette, which has been
called the Ishmael of the London press,
the more its editor is attacked, his motives
impugned, or his newspaper lampooned,
seems to increase what is often called its
Americanesqus enterprise. This evenings
issue contains the following instance. It
is headed, "Telegraphing Extraordinary
interviewing by Gable Across the World"
The article begins:
"An altogether unprecedented feat in
telegraphy was performed last night when
an interview took place by cable between
our special commissioner, now at Vancou-
yer, and the editor at the Offices
of the Commercial Gable Company.
The arrangements in London were
under G.. H. cambridge, Superiptend-
ent of the Mackay- Bennett Company.
Mr.. Hosmer, manager OF the Canadian
Ward, manager Of the Commercial Cable
Company, superintended on the other side.
The origin of the interview was the desire
of our special commissioner to afford the
Old World new and striking manifesto
rion of the extent to which time and space
have been annihilated by the electric tele-
graph and cable. The exact distances
traversed by the electric current convey
ing the messages are as follows by wire:
London to Bristol, spur cable, lao miles;
by spur cable to Waterville, Ireland, 329;
Sc Scotia 2FS6 fro@ alSs Gsnso. 80 S%sU Ne% TOrn, %
and Canadian Pacific Railway telegraph
| lines to Vancouver, 4, 400, making a total
1913 miles. Conversation was carried on,
allowing for breaks produced by storm
that interrupted the wires, first between
Ottawa and Montreal, then on west OF
Winnipeg, consecutively for three hours.
| The private messages on either side, or
course, have been excised from this public
record. This unequaled interview by
| wire outstripped the snn by eight hours, 1t
being / o'clock in the afternoon at Van
couver and 8 o'clock at night in London.
| The conversation began with bon jour
message from the Pacific upon the Van
couver morning, and in few minutes only
the salutation was returned from London.
| Next came. within six minutes time, the
following from the Pacific side:
There are with me the Mayor Of Vancouver.
/ G. Oppenheimer, editor Of the Vancouver Necs-
| Advertiser, and Mr. Cotton, superintendent OF
| the Pacific Division OF the Canadian Paciho
Railroad Telegraph. Mr. Wilson is at the key
AfteF half f,qS- sn hour our Of instructions be-
| latter says:
aSee the Pacinc as I write. In a few Gays I
/ shall start for 4,C00-mile voyage on the Eng
lsh ship Parthia over another ocean yet am
tube in Northumberland street at our Office
During the electric interview Manager
Ward in New York told London:
"The lines beyond Winnipeg have suddenly
given out, but expect them to be through in q
| few minutes The weather was very severe In
| the north. The thermometer in New York last
night was zero. 1t is now 10 deg. above. hope
the conversation has been satisfactory so Tar.
During the interview several Vancou-
verans took part in the electric converse
ton, thus:
"Tho Mayor and corporation Of the city Of
Vancouver send greetings to the Pail Mai
| Gazette. They trust the visit OF his commits
sioner may be beneficial to the Gazette, as 1t Is
certain to be pronta6le 70 Vancouver anu
| British Columbia. ID. OPPENHEIMER Mayor.
"To which London answered:
"Thanks from the editor of the Pail Mall Ga
zette for the kindly greeting and hospitable
welcome.
"The following came from Winnipeg
winnipeg the center of the continent, sends
greetings to the Pail Mall Gazette. 1t Is zero
here to-day, but we are not freezing to death al
in Dakota, Minnesota, aud Montana. No bliz
yards here. Goodnight.
"This was followed by:
Editor OF the Pail Mall Gazette sends hearty
thanks for the kind greetings and congratula'
| ions of Winnipeg her journalistic enterprise
an freedom iom billiards..
There were established seven points fo
the current over the continent. Their,
we're repeaters at Donald, Winnipeg, Por
Arthur, Carter, Montreal, Albany, and New
York"
The Pail Mall Gazette adds these com
ments: AT Waterville, where the cabl,
across the Atlantic connected will
the shore, the messages were takel
off by Sir w. Thomson's recorder
which produces delicate, wavy
penciled line, utterly unintelligible Il
all but the initiated. The curren
, on this side was generated by thirty cells
which transmitted messages from Lon
don to Waterville. On the American sid
the line was worked by a similar or create
number, while relays of an equal numbe
, of cells were established at seven points el
route, the current used in each case havinI
q range Of about 600 miles. The curren
necessary TO cross the Atlantic was mucl
! feebler. A single cell will generate enoug
electricity 10 carry a message from the OIL
World 10 the New. This is owing to th
, much more perfect insulation Of the cable
,, The messages from the special commits
, sioner, therefore, were transmitted by Mors
from New Westminster, read of at Canso, Il
, Nova Scotia, and ret-ansmitted to Water
Vile, where they were read off by an opera
: tor and retransmitted to London, wher
! they were recorded on q Wheatstone re
I ceiver and read off at the same time by a
! ordinary sounder. the click Of which wa
! almost incessant."