The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
Western Union System
Is to Be Extended
NOrthWard.
Will Embrace Every City and
Town in the Sound
Country.
C-be Lines VIII Connect With
Points in Bri ish
Columbia.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

SEATTLE. Nov. 24-Within the next
four months the demands Of the people
in tie Puget Sound country outside
of Seattle and Tacoma for telegraphic
communication with the outside world
will have been granted by the Western
Union Telegraph Company. Superintend-
ent Frank Jaynes, accom- panied by pivis-
ion Superintendent OF Construction D. r.
Dawes, arrived from San francisco to-
niEht for the purpose OF making
thorough inspection of the Puget Sound
country, and when they return they will
take WITH them complete plans for wiring
both the American and British Columbia
territory 10 every point OF any Importance.
At present the only thing definitely de-
cided upon is that line will be run down
the Straits OF San Juan de Fuca as far as
Port Angeles, another to Victoria and q
third to Vancouver. reaching New What
com and the other thriving Towns in the
extreme northwest of this State.
At present small portion of this dis
trict, including Victoria, is covered by
minor company with no facilities what
ever for handling the rapidly increasing
business, and many petitions have been
presented to the Western Union Company
to extend its lines. This has been decide ID
upon. and by spring the entire country in
this section will have adequate telegraphic
facilities.
Mr.. Jaynes will beain his tour of IN
spection proper tomorrow night, when
he will leave for Victoria to investigate
| the most praciica bic route for the ca be
across 10 Vancouver Island. From the re
he will go to Vancouver, on the mainland
in British Columbia, returning to Seattle
! by way of the east shore of Puget Sound
| From here he will take a special boat anc
examine every point on the west side O.
| the sound, south of the straits and down
| the latter as far as Port Angeles.
| Mr.. Jaynes is of the opinion that tht
| Government will make the navy-yard d
| Port Orchard a far more important sta
ton than a IAere drydock in the nea
| future, and the new line along the ives
shore will undo ubtedly extend as far soutt
as there. 1t may be that the cable acros
| the Sound will be LAID to that point, bu
that will not be determined until after th'
whole territory has been inspected.
Port Madiso n, Port Blakeley and Por
! Townsend, with all the intermediate
points, will be covered by this route
! which will terminate at Port Angeles
from which point a Government wire ex
tends to Cane Flattery, the most north
westerly point on the mainland of th,
United States.
Mr.. Jaynes' tour of inspection will ex
tend over period of three or four weeks
and upon s conclusion the Yves err
Union will put large force of linemen il
the field and hurry the new routes tC
early com p!eiion. Only the very best m a
teral will be used in both the cables anc
! overland wires. and part of the ma era
is already on the ground. The remainde1 81
is ready 10 be delivered at various point.
as soon as the rontes are decided upon.
The Western Union Com pany is aIst
strineing a second copper wire, which i
to equal four iron wires. between Seattl,
and San Franci CO. This wire is now il
| operation as far south as Portland an(
| will be completed to San Francisco early
| in the wear.
Mr.. Dawes said tonight that the Victo
ria route might be extended ND Vancou
yer Island as far north as Comox, bu
there was nothing certain about it. 1
this is done it would indicate that tn,
| Western Union is alive to the possibiite
of Alaska and is preparing to extend 1t
| service as far north as Juneau Just a.
| soon as the situation warrants it.