The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
GREAT CABLE COMPLETED
Message Sent Around the World In Nine
Minutes.
Mr.. ROOSEVELT OPENS THE LINE.
Various Other Messages Sent to Governor
Taft-A Storm at Honolulu Had Temper.
ariy Checked the Completion Of the Line,
TO the Presidents Disappointment--Th The
History Of the Great Project

Oyster Bay, N. Y. Especially .-Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent the first message to
Governor Taft over the Pacific cable at
1850 p. m, and received Governor Taft S
reply at II.l9 p. m.
The message read:
Oyster Bay. July d.
To Governor Taft, Manila:
| open the American Pacific cable with
greetings to you and the people of the
Philippines.
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Governor Taft's cable in reply was as
follows:
Manila, July 4, 1908.
To the President:
The Filipino people and the Americans
resident in these islands are glad to pre-
sent their respectful greetings and con-
gratulations to the President of the
United States, conveyed over the cable
with which American enterprise has
girdled the Pacific, thereby rendering
greatly easier and more frequent COM
munication between the two countries.
1t will certainly lead to closer union and
better mutual understanding of each
others aims and sympathics, and of their
common interest in the prosperity of the
Philippines and the education and de-
velopment OF the Filipinos. TAFT.
At 1923 p. m. the President started
his message around the world to Clarence
Mackay. 1t went via San Francisco.
Honolulu and Manila, and was received
back here at 1I.35 p. m. The Presidents
message read:
Oyster Bay. n. Y. July.
Clarence II. Mackay. president Pacific
Gable Company, Oyster Bay, New
York:
Congratulations and success to the Pa
cifc cable, which the genius of your la
mented father and your own enterprise
made possible.
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The official time OF the message from
President Roosevelt to Clarence II.
Mackay sent around the world was IL
minutes elapsed time.
The answer to President Roosevelt
from Clarence II. Mackay sent around
the world occupied nine and one-half
minutes, and was as follows
To the President, Oyster Bay:
! thank you deeply for your message,
and earnestly hope that the Pacific
cable, by opening the wide horizon of the
great East, may prove useful factor to
the commerce of the United States.
CLARENCE II. MACKAY.
President Roosevelt's opening of the
cable was deferred owing to the inter
position OF the elements. A furious storm
which ragged near Honolulu prevented
the cable ship from taking up the ter
minus Of the cable there and making
connections with the Manila lines.
1t was intended to start the Presidents
message on its globc-encircling journey
about Q o'clock a. m and all arrange
ments for transmitting the message from
the executive offices here were COM
pleted early. The Postal Telegraph and
Gable Company placed a set OF instru-
ments in the office, and not having its
own wires between here and New York
connected the instruments with a long
distance telephone wire.
President Roosevelt wrote his mes
sage to Governor Taft, and also prepared
that to be sent around the world TO
President Clarence Mackay, of the Com
mercial Gable Company. Just as every
thing was in readiness in the morning
a message was received from New York
announcing that the opening of the cable
had to be deferred at least temporarily
on account OF the troubles at Honolulu.
President Roosevelt was disappointed
at the delay, as he was particularly anXl-
Gus that the opening Of the direct cable
between the United States and its pos
sessions in the Philippines should occur
on the Fourth OF July, as the completion
of the line would mark distinct effort in
the history az this country.