The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-21
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.As MANIFEST ADVANTAGES
vsnxton Enerson, . Noted Eagl-
.eer. Lectures Before Alaska Geo.
~~nhical SOciety-1sives Facts
90 Ffgures-Lfne Woula Reach
ntlks, Kadtak and DstcA Har-
nen-weuIa Cost But $1,000 900.

4 lecture Of great interest on the sub
- a transpacific telegraph cables was
&s,~red In the pariors OF Il - Rainier
1sssd hotel last night by harrington
S.erson NJ. A., NJ. E., of Philadelphia.
800 the auspices of the Al kp.a Geo.
@ranhicaI Society
~ Emerson is q civil and mech nicai
.Ssneer OF national reputation, aG1 il
r.. in the employ Of q syndicate OF
snsrican capitalists who propose to lay
Z reh!e TO the far East by the northern
ssses leaving the continent first at Cape
y1ai,ery or some poin, IN that vicinity.
ssrhor and Attu island. the last In the
Siss,tfan chain, thence across Boring sea
= fhe mainland OF Siberia, and thence
= Japan, China and the Philippine is
~ Emerson. who. despite the formula
= series OF capital letters stretched out
sfyrr his name. is modest and un-
.ersua.rg man and convincing speaker.
1ero;ed himself strictly To facts and fig
f.ses and plainly illustrated by means of
ssarss and globes that the proper route
ar the new cable line Is the one to the
sassh and not the one from San Fran
etsca Via Honolulu and Wake island or
Midway island
Facts ut First Hand.
ur. Emerson stated that his facts were
IA great extent obtained at first hand
au-tng two years spent on the coast Of
iaska and among the islands OF the
Alrutian chain obtaining data for his en-
aaoysrs The latter, he stated. were not
srfuased by any motives OF philanthropy.
4 manning their cable 10 the Orient, but
issendet! 10 make money by II. and were
Axh;isg the proposed cable by the south
N route only for the reason that the
eompsny proposing 10 lay IL Is seeking a
enyernmeai subsidy.
- raid hs syndicate could not com
Rte but against an unsubsdixed COM
ANY asked no odds. and would proceed
& once with TIE actual work Of con-
aruction II assured that no subsidy
vovli be granted for a cable to the Phil
tppines by the Hawaiian route.
The facts given by Mr.. Emerson were
not entirely new TO most OF his audience,
sfsf the reason that the Chamber OF Com
s,srre and the newspapers OF Seattle
have pcrsistently advocated the govern
aeai Endorsement of the northern steam
shir route as the shortest way To the ORR
tEs and have finally brought the authori-
In az Washington to a realization of the
hrf that Seattle IL far nearer the Philip
rnss than San Francisco. and that ships
nust sail northward from this city even
d order 70 make the best time.
Not Local Enterprise.
The Pacific cable Is not local enter
rise said Mr. Emerson 1T will employ
tx men and buy no supplies. II matters
not 10 New York or London that the many
NJ are landed on the Wild coasts 81 Ire1
i bad Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. and
sEHs.ark II cannot matter 10 the people
10 the United States, and Of the Pacific
SEa'ss In particular. on wat storm beaten
yet Of the great Pacific the lonely cable
mt Ia erected. as from II. wherever To-
3isd. messages viii he simultaneously
tashed 10 San Francisco TO Portland. tu
Battle and Tacoma, 20 Victoria and VAN
1aser. and from these ceniers reiayed TO
tefy part of the world.
"SH IL does matter enormously that
~ Pacific cable route selected shall he the
ssst possible one. along which the line can
easily laid. readily maintained and op-
saset with high speed OF transmission
as with low tolls.
"A cable from San Francisco TO Hawaii
Aas long been wanted. and should he sub
hsissd or laid by the government bat the
esN cable route across the Pacific is not
way OF Hawaii. because such route
sii be twice rs long and the cable cost
mfee Ia four times as much as along n.
s'sr. shorter, better route lying further
hfh. which has also the three additional
aayantages ~ connecting with the United
Yates the Gu 90 square miles OF Alaska.
rapidly increasing In population and
mportance. of having It's stations along
ss weather track. thus permitting fore
.ss OF inessimable value 90 ths whole
United States to be made with extreme ae-
safAcy nearly week sooner than at pres
snt OF being the shortest best and cheap
- hhe from western Europe To Eastern
Great saving In Cost.
The whole distance from the United
sasss 10 the Philippines by way Of Japan
an he covered by double iinee-a guaran-
Ne against interruption Of traf3ie-~a sep
sia,e line can be laid from San Francisco
e HAWAII and a third line, il necessary
ron Manila 10 Guam. for two-thirds OF
ae estimated cost OF the single cable lima
ss-sasia via Hawaii. A single line OF the
a'saest sffcieney and standard can he laid
70 the Japanese Russian boundary. thence
sshn many manifold connections 10 Man.
for one-'htrd 10 ane~foursh Of the cost
= single line via Hawaii
kiAncs AT the map or at these photo
sapns OF the globe show that the point
ERNEST north and west IN the United
safes, Attn island. IS the nearest 10 the
sasiifplne Islands nearest even to Slnga-
Ms m.e LaN miles farther south; ard that
lana. Korea, Japan and Eastern Siberia
rss ana the short line. ail nearer the
.aaIed States than Manila This short
s aasse also touches the Alaskan islands
- tunes at intervals Of Nh miles
NJ aae aiS'anc" from Cape Fiattery - Dutch
SseWs Is la.-i nautical miles To japanese
1919 M. to thu Philippine islands as
sMhteal miles. From California 10 Janan
ssa. uateh harboF the distance Is only s.SSo
0Gaue4s miles. bat from San Francisco via
= A s, AMI Guam 1; is . ga nautical rifles
nss,sssseiu ',oss TO Yokohama. 1915 70 the
h.
SsAh Is. therefore. 4la nautical miles
A. y rem Cape F1atieTy. AVS shorter
49, sssn taaioruia, or only half as long as the
z Ns.heTn route
sIae northern cable route Will hens
TO The north of the Ideal rhor, line
a. ~ To pass through Sitka, the CAPITAL
~ snf N order Ia follow ali the
-. % dutch hsrSor the s!cpe q. the
~ aad thus avoid extreme ,iepths and
ii IN approved could be selected. frorn
= ~ -" tsthoms. Ant 100 fathou.s win
i kwa.eS As most suitable. The bottom
~Tss'aile being sand and gravel
n. krs'asest stretch OF the northern ca
n ~ S NS nautical miles. from Attti
d 49, 1o3hdsry. and this could be reduced
ra..,t tse distance ~ a station on the
~ IassAfdeF islandS The sea ia also .asar.
sxu,sss az one place = Isl fathurns. Thess,
ess.,'a.e, tie deQth and length should Ia
Ia =. ~ "ii1 she corresponding taaSest
kasas .ss nautical miles between NE;tfsr.s,
ssfsl So so "Gasi. w;sh The astounding ara
ssrss.ss ~ OF ssa !athoms only 10 -