The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-14
PRlcr one CENT
L CABLE In THE PACIFIC
Rear Admiral BradfOrds Report
Tells Of the Survey.
satisfactory Route Discovered for q
Submarine Telegraph Line Gov
Meeting the United states with Its
Colonial Possessions = Expendi-
t'ares in Equippins War vessels.

tHres in Equippins War vessels.
The report of Rear Admiral Bradford.
Chief of the Bureau Of Equipment Of The
| Navy Department. for the fiscal wear and-
ed JuEe 30, was made public this morn
ing The report shows that the appro-
pTiations available and used amounted 70
! 50. 749-9S2.s2 or this total s.. SIS. $50 was
! used for equipment Of vessels.
The expenditures at the Washington
Navy Yard during the year we're 81, $50
"a The manufacture of night signals for
ships is the only equipment at this yard.
During the year signal outfits we're sup
piled for 81 vessels.
Under the head of equipment expenses
abroad, the report says:
There was expended for ships duriHE
Inc nscal year for equipment services and
supplies, not including the purchase of
coal for stean1ing purposes, the sum OF
S3l9.z3z-5S. The necessity for these ex-
penditares is largely determined by COM
m2nders-in-chief Of fleets and comman-
ders OF ships.
a total OF 22S. .395 tons of coal, costing
Si,532, ,65Z-sI. At an average Of $3.50 per
ton, was purchased during the fiscal year.
The cost Of coal is nearly 81 per ton
greater thar during the fiscal year OF
1893, and more than 81 per ton greater
than during the fiscal year 1898 The
amount expended for ccai and the trans
portatioR OF the same during The last fs-
cal year is $25o. 600 greater than the en-
tire appropriation for the bureau during
the fiscal year 1887.
There has been during the past year
almost coal panic in the markets Of the
world, with consequence that the prices
have Increased about 30 per cent Until
the LIST of April, 1900, the bureau was able
to purchase Pocahoutas coal T. 0. b. at
Norfolk for sI-60 per ton On that date
the price was raised TO $3.50 per ton and
continues al that rate The above state
ment concerning Pocahontas coaI applies
equally 10 New River coal at Newport
News Pennsylvania coal was purchased
at New York, delivered alongside during
the Spanish war for s1-75 per ten; Il is
now s2-g5 per ton Georges Greek coal
until The 1st Of April last, was purchased
At Baltimore Z 0. b. al sI.60 per ton, iC
toned prices have been established by ths
Bituminous Coal Trade Association and
are fixed
An appropriation Of sz0, COO has been
made for the construction of coal storage
buildings at the Washington Navy Yard
Under the head Of the trE1s-Pacidc sub
marine cable survey the report says:
The Bureau, IN its last report referred
10 survey by the L. S s. Nero for a
traas-Pacizic submarine telegraph cable be-
tween Honolulu and the Philippine Islands.
An incident Of this survey was 10 discover,
II possible, q practicable route for a braBen
cable between Guam and Yokohama
In the prosecution OF the above-nen-
toned work the Nero had proceeded at the
i'm. Of Trr-@
OF the Philippine Islands on her voyage
to the westward along q route 4812 kLuts
n length, sounding al S5S stations with
intervals Of 10 and = knots, respectively. in
cIuding observations for temperature and
Tor characteristics Of the bottom As stat
ed in last years report, this voyage es-
tablished the fact that practicable cable
could De laid across the Pacific
In general terms, the result of this
survey may be recaPitUlated IS follows:
An almost level plain Of soft mud, at
a general depth of about 27Oa fathoms
extends from Honolulu 10 the Midway
Islands on a route to the norsh ward of
the line of reefs running about west
northwest from the Hawaiian Islands to
point beyond Ocean Island Tn plain
affords an ideal route for a submarine
telegraph cable
IN general, the bed OF the ocean be
tween Midway Islands and Guam is an
other great level plain from S.10e to
3,260 fathons deep. 1t Is. however cma-
what broken by submarine reefs and
mount ain ranges
Between Guam and the Philippines Jhe
bed of the ocean is less regular than to
the eastward For the first soc knots Of
the route selected the depths vary from
1400 to ? 270G fathoms: there are how
ever, no sharply defined ranges OF hills
or valleys. the character of the bottom
being of unduiating nature After 601
knots had been tT2versed, a low noun
tain range was discovered sIoping to the
westward, eventually forming deepsr
plain that extends unbroken to the Phil
ippine Islands. The last-mention5 d plain
varies il depth from 200 tC $500 faith
oms, and is also of gently undulating
nature There Is nothing However to
obstruct the successful laying and work
ing of cables, and the bottom OF soft mud
and oOZe indicates that q long life to
cables may be expected.
The route between Guam and Yoko-
hama lies the westward of the Ladrone
Islands and 10 the eastward OF The BONN
Islands An almost level plain with a
depth of about 2.d00 fathoms sgas found
for a distance OF 500 knots from Guam AT
that point submarine mountain range
was discovered whie5l apparently connects
The range extending from the coast of ia
pan 10 the BONN Islands with that OF the
Ladrone Islands. While crossing this
range a submarine peak rising 10 within
4S3 fathoms of the surface was found and
developed, which, If II could be seen,
would closely resemble the famous VOL
cano FuJfyama, near Yokohama, Japan.
The object of the surveying expedition
was most successfully and expeditiousIy
accomplished. A satisfactory route for an
aII-American cable for the purpose OF CON
Meeting the Pacific Coast with the outIy-
ing colonial possessions of the United
States in the Pacific, and with China and
Japan, has been discovered, thoroughly
explored, surveyed, and mapped In addi-
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