The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

- nrere. ( Circuitous and Laborious
Joncrey Before Rcaching New York.
News from Manila, which is perused
so eagerly nowadays by all Americans
and probably by Spaniards also
has to make circuitous and laborious
Journey before it reaches either Mad
rid. London or New York. 1t travels
about IA, 600 miles under sea and over
land, and is passed from station TO
station by more than dozen opera
tors almost each one of them in
different country. In consequence OF
the cutting of the single telegraphlc
cable which connects the Philippine
Islands with China, the news when
has recently been received from Man
lila was carried to Hong Kong by boat;
The distance between Hong Kong ana
Balinao, the cable station OF the rhli-
ippines, is about 1000 miles. balinao
| is 80 miles from Manila.
From Hong Kong, telegraphic news
destined for New York is flashed over
n second cable under the China sea, to
Saigon; thence it goes.to Singapore, az
the end of the Malay peninsula, where
it is taken up by another operator and
sent on to Penang; its next objective
, point is Madras, India, from whence
il is sent overland across India u
Bombay. From Bombay cable taxes
! the message under the Indian oceal
tn Alden; from Alden it passes alons
under the Red sea to Suez, thence t
> port Said and Alexandria successive
= ". Upon leaving Alexandria 1t goe
. through the Mediterranean sea I
}. Malta and from Malta to Gibraltar
% The operators at Gibraltar may the
- transmit the message in either one
two ways; they can send 1t direct
Lands End, the western extremity
Cornwall, England, or they can sen
ID it to Lisbon, Portugal. The usu
y, practice is to send cable message
Id from Gibraltar to Lands End; fro
K the latter point the message go
he overland to London. The Londc
e. generator sends it to Waterville, on Il
he west coast of Ireland, and from the
he Il crosses the Atlantic ocean to Cans
ID. Nova Scotia, and the Canso operat
,as passes it on to New York. All t
of cables used from Manila to Gre
ar Britain are owned and controlled
OF the Eastern Cable company. Conn
de- across the Atlantic, the cables OF
the Commercial Cable company, OF Inc
len controlled by the Western Union
TIL other lines may be used.
| n
i'd from Manila to New York would III
cen to nav 50. 35 for each word. Ii
ing message is sent direct from Hs
fire Kong It costs $3.50 per word.
lee rates between the Philippines
on Hong Kong are higher in proport
the than between any of the other POI
yer, along the route. This fact Is expial
lime by old telegraph men on the the
ling that there is so little cable buslI
city done between Manila and Hong ~
was that the rates must be pretty high
Ed order to make the cable pay.
heir Ordinarily the transmission =. e.
fin message of any length from Mani
took New York will actually consume
the hours of time. One word could
laze, cont through in a little less than
ng it minutes. but in order to accom-
Q es- that feat an operator would.have
on the watch at each station and
the word along. In the regular
of business, however, delays
3 re- greater or lesser degree are lneyl
'outi at each station.
count The difference in time bet
1t oc- Manila and New York Is aoou
hours. While the resident OF
Mr.. CITY is eating his 9 o'clock brea
1 his the person of regular habits IN
ying: liza is wooing slumber, for it is
I this 10 o'clock p. m. If a telegraphlc
enn., SAGE sent from Manila at 10 o'clo
orado the evening could come throue
New York simultaneously, 1t
letter reach here at 8 o'clock In the mo
'ange- of the sameday. But allowing
n was the five hours consumed IN trar
ne he sion. cablegram sent from Mar
ills OF 10 D. m. would reach here at z
laving of the same day. In the orc
y. course of business telegraphlc
ne re- sage will come through to New
other, from Hong Kong in about four
nd, off and half.
aging: Expert handlers of telegraph
# this sav that with q properly eq'
,ntrast caIle shin a cut cable in the dee
rolina, CON he nut together in We
most davs The electricians are a
locate the break within mile
on the octnal point of separation, al
Die for oronnlinp apparatus of the cabl
lcerted % able to nick up the loose end
lad not oohle verv ouickly.-New York