The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-08-04
THE GREAT QUESTION.
Admiral Beskuap's Letter Concern
ing the Trans-Pscific Cable.


To THE EDITOR OF THE JAPAN DAILY
HERALD:
Dear Referring TO the edi-
torial in your Issue of the 25th inst.
concerning the proposed submarine
cable across the Pacific, | beg to say
that while the Tuscarora's survey
made in 1874 - did not promise
feasibility for the northern route,
owing to the great depths met at
certain localities of ocean, on the
route taken, submitted the opinion
to the Government of the United
States at the conclusion of that sur
vey, that a more northerly liue of
soundings would probably develop a
route of depth sufficiently moderate
for the purpose in question. Such
route would skirt closely the Eastern
coasts of Dai Nippon and Yesso, the
Kurie group and the peninsula of
Kamschatka to Cape kaslof in lat. of
about 81 degrees, 80 minutes, NJ
thence Eastward to Attou the North
" ee'e'htAosV is'a"a Oh the Aieutian
chain-whence the route Eastward,
alohg 'na' chaln ana across the Gulf
of Alaska to Puget Sound, lis all plain
sailing, easy and practicable.
do not understand that there is
ihsur'lounCapie o1ncolty attendant
upoh l'e successiul aging OF a tele-
graph'c c'"le ID depths or 400O
iaIho'i'' Or fooO iAtho'hs ana more,
put 10 eraPPie ana ra'se caoie Tor
repairs at lnoSc great depths would
TAX me ~klIl and iHg'nuiiy of the
se'mao aod ,n@'nytr to the utmost,
as al "iil nc"s"ze who have ever
had occasion 10 ''"'il bach IRON great
depths "l'y weIght h0"so"yer light.
"ntn 'he tact Is recalled that the
pressu'e increases ton per square
inch -- approximately stated -. for
every mile Of desceht, the enormous
strain and friction upon wire or rope
and appliances, working in four aud
tive miles depths will be more strik-
ingly apprehended.
The point selected for the midway
station of This Northern line was
Glory of Russia Bay, Tahasa Island,
harbor OF easy access, - " anchor
ing depth, safe, capacloH iHd with
sandy be'ch, ana ffesh water IN
abundance close at hahd.
but commercially ana hhahclaliy
coEslueleu' investment ny such l'le
Woulu propaoiy never pay - ana Vie
Nhe''hooa VI q caots "t,ha ia,o across
''''' region Vi 'he 1 ac'hc Is uouo'iess
very ,e'ho,e-u -ui'iess' 'hoeeo' uheA'
peo'e" Poi'''cai 'e'e'oP'ieh's ue'
manu- Ielegrapiilc communication w
'na1 rou'e'
AS regar"s 'ne proposed i''e nor u
capie l,oui lokolalna 10 Tue "eS'
coas' ol .ne oli'eu states via 'le
noi''" a''o ila"aiiah lSiah"s, con-
sloer ~ NOV only Pruct'caoie ou' Ger,
'a'n ''.a' caole "'li pe iaio ny 'ha'
i'u.e III 'pe 'o' uietait i"eure'
liz peopies VINO look upon 'n'
'ae' waters Vi 'he ac'iic as 'hoi'
ooiiuieio'ai ''o'iie anu uo'i'iu'o'i az
aoou' epter'hg al epoch Vi SreaC ant
Var'eo oeVeiopmehV' grown ant
prosperity
Japan on the North West OF thl'
great ocean is daily growing in i'm
portance among the nations and en-
larglng her maritime horizon; to thu
South West great natlon-Austra
lia--is fast arising, destined soon.
with her sister country New Zealant
to dominate commercially and po
litically the greater part, if not all
of Polynesia; to the North East th'
transcontlnental railways and Trans
Pacific steamship lines, coupled will
the enormous natural resources o
that region, are stimulating with tire
less energy and marvellous power th
growth and wealth OF populations oil
ready great all along the west coast
of the United States and OF the DO
mInlon OF Canada, While the dlggin'
OF the canal across the lsthmus Q
Nlcaragua-llkcly to be opened I
traffic within the next decade-open
Of Ift mi