Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-15
Survey For Submarine Cable
Has Been Finished.
Government photographers Re-
cord Discoveries in Regard TO
Routes.

American cable service between the
Pacific coast and the new colonial
possessions have at last been re-
ceived at the government hydro
graphic office.in Chicago. The re-
port shows discoveries of subma-
rine abysses and mountain peaks
of greater depths and heights than
were known to the world previous
to the soundings made for the cable
route.
Previous surveys had demon
strated the feasibility of cable
route from San Francisco to the
island of Oahu, in the Hawaiian
group, and from Santa Barbara to
Honolulu. The route just charted
by the photographers of the expe-
dition in command of Lieutenant
Commander H. Nj. Hodges is from
Honolulu to the Midway islands, to
Guam, and from there to the Philip
pines and to Yokohama.
Find an ideal Route.
Between Honolulu and the Mid
way islands the bottom of the ocean
was found to be an almost level
plain of soft mud at an average
depth of 2, 700 fathoms, and, accord
ing to Rear-Admiral Bradford, an
ideal route for cable laying. 1t
was found necessary to deviate
from a straight line from the Mid
way islands to Guam in order to
avoid the great depths.
An abyss-the deepest ever
found-was encountered about
sixty miles east of Guam, bottom be-
ing reached only after $500
fathoms or 81, 614 feet of wire had
been run out. Another sounding
was taken SOTO fathoms of water.
At depth of 5,1O1 fathoms the
temperature was found to be 40 de-
grees above zero Fahrenheit. The
abyss was named the Nero deep.
Peak Approaches the Surface.
For 200 knots from the Midways
toward Guam the bottom was al
mostslevel, with theeXception of one
peak, which rose to within eighty
two fathoms of the surface. The
practical cable route was found to
lie north of Nero deep. 1t is be-
leved that still greater ocean
depths may be found south of the
sounding east Of Guam.
Running from Guam to the
Philippines the bottom was found
to be less regular than east of
Guam, the surface being undulat-
ing at depths Of from l,40O to 200
fathoms for 900 knots. Then a
mountain range was found, from
the crest of which there was a
gradual slope to depth of about
| 3. 500 fathoms, after which until the
Luzon coast was reached the bot
tom was nearly level. This stretch
is described as insuring long lite to
cables, as the bottom is covered
with soft mud and ooze.
The route from Guam north to
Yokohama was found to lie west OF
the Ladrones and east of the BONN
islands. The bottom for distance
of 5000 knots from Guam is de-
scribed as a level plain at a depth
of 200 fathoms. Then subma-
rine mountain range was found, one
peak of which came within 4S3 ia
thoms of the surface, and which
was determined to be similar in
altitude and contour to the volcano
of Fully near Yokohama which
is -, 43O feet high.
After considerable difficulty a
feasible pass across this range was
found. Phs newly found mountain
range is said by the experts of the
expedition to connect the range is
running from the west coast of
Japan to the BONN islands with the
one of the Ladrones.
Ready to Lay the Gable.
Accompanying the charts is the
official announcement by Rear-Ad-
miral Bradford that his bureau is
ready at any time to go ahead with
the laying of a cable. All landing
places have been located and other
prelminaries to the work arranged.
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