The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-11
WASHINGTON
CORRESPONDENCE.

0r01s97sDao4seA 1a04s1Ho9D
WASHINGTON. Maria xs-TEx suhma-
rine trssgr1phs Of the world. and especially
1Ae ptaetI1ab-asy % \ submarine ssasgrapa
| aerxNs Ire PaGzfc, are discussed az coz-
ssss&r*ase length IL the January number Of
sns Summary Of Commerce ard FsaS nSs.
faSs asszseG BY ths treasury sarsau Of ssAi-
axsfe& TIE statement shows that TIE sub
Marie fesegr2pls % TIE world sassa5~s
A,SsA Their aggregate Length Is 1880
nsS4sEs taesr sataa essss Is EEst1x7te4 AZ ga
tsssssn and the number Of messages an
nE1slss sganssn tied ever them syssu,s0 Al
rae grand divisions Of the earth are COW
connected ~ their wires. and from coun-
tsy 20 country ard island 10 Island the
Thoughts AM EcTgt& o. mankind are IN
simultaneously transmitted Benesta al
oceans save the Pacific the universal Ian
guaga wasch tbs system has created news
usssnseryapfsst.y. ard man sa-k~ as face 10
face WITH nh fellow man II s:se antipodsx-
Darkest AsrEa nov eonverSes with en-
/ Hvszssnea Europe or America. and The
greaE events of the morusne are kFsowa in
tae evening throughout the inhabited
World Adding 70 the Submarine Lines the
land telegraph syssens By which they are
connected and through which they bring
iasersor possss OF the various continents
INTO frssfs 1s2nerEs communication. the To-
sst length 0t telegraph lines Of TIE world
- 50 SO miles. tie lengsn OF their single
wsFe@ or conductors 400 op5 miles. and the
total narnser ~ messages annually sent
OVER fhern 3sa.00.s0 or an average OF
l0sa 60 each day. OF the aTa.no MES Of
submarine teesrap.is, about $4,000 neiong
70 thirty five companies operating the COM
Enerelai ssabies. which number about 10.
s1a remainder are mostly short lines con-
trosied by governments. and connecting
forts, batteries, signal stations. light
houses, etc. the aggregate Of government
Hines being about i.fN ard their total
length about ea00s miles In addition 10
this, the governments OF the weird hold
about 6G.fs9 miles of cable In stock for
waz purposes. ready 10 be laid al a mo-
Faens's notice
In the saDrt half century since the prar-
tteansaiEy Of submarine telegTarhy Was
demonstrated the electric afreS have in
vacei every OCEAN except the Pacific.
| Nearly score of wires have been laid
acroes sae Atlantic. OF which no less than
thirteen pow successfully operate bet@sea
th@ United States and Europe. while three
others ssFars the comparatively short dis
EAtsee between South America and the
| African and South European coast Lnss.
| TiaroagApsst the Indksn ocean lines connect
tie far Eazt with Europe and America by
way Of the Red eea, The Mediterranean.
the western coast Of Europe and the great
transatlantic lines. The Mediterranean is
| crossed ard recrossed In rs entire length
ard BREATH by numerous cable lines. and
the .Mssliserre ssean Of America the Gull
| Of Mexico ard the Caribbean sea, II ira
yersssi in all directions By lines which bring
sts Islands and colonies into speaking
saslons with each other and with South
| America, Central America, the United
states and tEsnce Europe. Africa, Asa
the whole world. Along the eastern coast
OF Asia cable lines loop from port to port
and Ls.ard 20 sand. receiving messages
| overland from eastern Europe by way OF
the Russia Siberian land lines and for
waraing them TO Japan, China. Australia.
| New zoaiand. the Straits Settlements,
H0ngkong ard the Philippines. All send
| ing others III return. South America 10
Sklrssd with cable lines along its entire
border save the extreme south. where they
ara brought into intercomsEuncation by
land lines Along the entire coast Of Az
rsca caf,sess loop from place 10 place and
colony 10 eplony. stretching along The en-
tire circumference and penetrating the In
terror BY land hines at various points
Every bodg of water lying between the
inhabited portions Of the earth. with the
ssugse exception Of the Pacific ocean. has
been crossed ard recrcss%sd by submarine
telegraph lines. Even that vast expense OF
water has been invaded along liz margin.
submarine wires stretching aiong It's west;
eru border from Siberia 10 Australia. while
It's eastern h1rsiers are sksrted with iine~s
whien stretra along the WESTERN coasts Of
sae swo Americas. Several adventurous
pioneers In racific tsiegraphy have ven
fgrel to- considerable distances ard depths
in shat great oeeans ora cable line running
from Australia TO New Zea and. a distance
~ aseT ffsa miles ard anotaer extending
from Australia "a the French colony Of
New Caledonia. So miles seawsFi.
TIE chief oseSsaole iH the pas, to the eon-
ss.suct<on 81 = grand trassraeiii: cable was
found in the fact that nala~oeean resting
PAGES ctaasf not I've satisfactorily obtained
or arranged for. no single government con
sr0sftns- sufficient number ~ suitable
.anssYuz plaees - make shis seem praeti~
eahas 10 view 81 she belief that the ds-
fancxss fvytn which messages could he sent
and cables controlled were limited. With
tanffnv places AZ Hawaii. Nake Island.
Guam ard fne Philippines. however. 10
werffngs og a cahls stretching from the
fF,sttesi ssAtes 20 Asia and touching AZ these
pusnts woa1sd nave lengfo equal to that
tow r. aasiy s.sssf4tion between France ard
saa n6te1 STATES Tne length Of the
fsresseb sxsass ff0n Breet, France. - Cape
God NaNs So & - NILES. while ts4e Gr&ar-
est asatanss from land 10 land on the pro
rsss%Ss pae3a- route wcalla ~ That from san
k=vanca~ess "a Hawaii, ss~s miles that from
ssawan 10 Wake slanf befng s,ltsa miles.
from Wake island re Guam -ss1 miles,
yesssr tstgara IA Manila 1880 miles and from
~ sns}a so ehsr Astaftc coas; SD miles.
White yna fsvth nf ths paessin Is syTne~
wsai greater than iAaf "a wahcs sEsy cable
has A4ea fa3l ths 3fTererce between ts
asefh and ffse greatest reached bS cables
sa is4a Atansfs ~a8ki tAe very slight. tnss
"a eAs, recently aaia frasn Eaga "a me
<St;ssxAF,s ssands tse.ng IN lssa feet af
wgssew whs4e she Creates depth isfse
san bra a.iss-s and EgAwasl = 1850 feet,
ara 49, greatest a@rfr between Has ali
ana Nansta - estimated a. ls.@sa feet.
tsssacs thss estimate - vet - ~ verified
rs fssaslf1a sss,ana'fgs s}tie krumHel,
ehe w.a sfse Mrsf - sssessss shs ha.aynse
/ s4ss ssasa an8 calculate TIRE AREA afG vol
ssss Il sA~ yagsSus CREAMS etstns, rsFts
fnsz ss,ssss death Il fhe tssemssc 81 s.sse tash-
ems agra ,rss 1ess fsT ere AsanfAc. IN
~sa..a eskses h&Se asyssszY besvTs ~ ssA'~
ss-sxsf.ssv isss ami h&ser researches ssssf
tssssa3 s1euasstw ga ~s8ia tA.y b>sYe d~vet-
,s.zse ssfrutsae sterth~ at certain f-o5nt@ IN
sge Faetg3s hKva s0s- N 'h~ eFNFsssss n1 sx~
s-srts Aeen sue0 rs "a warrant ths ns8fss
rnms tass geasas sss@g yssa Esssss@ssl 2iHe
ssfuss ~ CONSIDERABLY CREATED ssan tAss~s
s.. lHe. la