Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
GIRDLES THE GLOBE.
TELEGRAPH NOW COMPLETELY
ENClRCLES THE EARTH.
Opening of Pacific Wire Regarded as
Epoch in Nations Life-AIl Records
of Transmission Are Swallowed by
Marvellous Electrical Feat.

The Pacific cable was successfully
completed at 1850 o'clock Saturday
night, eastern time, by the welding to-
gether of the eastern and western links
at Honolulu on board the cable ship
Anglia, thus completing the entire line
Of telegraph from San Francisco to the
Philippine Islands, distance of over
5000 miles, and bringing TO a conclusion
the greatest and most difficult submarine
cable enterprises undertaken in the his
tory of ocean teiegraphy.
A message from President Roosevelt to
President Mackay of the Commercial Pa
ciic Cable Company was sent over the
new cable around the world in twelve
minutes and Mr. Maekay's reply was
sent around the world in nine and half
minutes. The best previous time for a
message around the world was made on
one sent by United States Senator Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew from the national electric
exposition, Grand Central palace, in New
York City, in 1896. 1t took fifty min
utes to transmit the message.
President Opens the Cable.
The first message sent over the new
Pacific cable was one from President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay to William II.
Taft, Governor General Of the Philip
pines at Manila This left at 1850 p.
m. and was as follows:
Governor Taft, Manila; l open the Amer
lean Pacific cable with greetings . you
ana the people of the Philippines.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
At 11:19 p. IA. the following reply was
received by the President from Gov.
Taft:
Washington: The Filipino peo-
pie and the Americans resident in these
Islands are glad to present their respect
ful greetings and congratulations 20 the
president of the United States conveyed
over the cable with which American enter
prise has girdled the Pacific, thereby rem
dering greatly easier and more frequent
communication between the two countries.
1t will certainly lead to a closer union
and better mutual understanding of each
others aims and sympathies and of their
common interest in the prosperity of the
Philippines and the education and develop
ment Of the Filipinos.
1t Is not inappropriate to incorporate in
this the first message across the Pacific
from the Philippines to America an earnest
plea for the reduction of the tariff on Fill
Pine products In accordance with the broad
and liberal spirit which the American peo-
pie desire to manifest toward the Filipinos
and OF which you have been an earnest ex-
ponent. TAFT.
Message Circles Globe.
President Roosevelt then sent the fol-
lowing message around the world west
ward to Clarence H. Mackey, who was
with Mr.. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay:
Clarence H. Mackay, President Pacific
Cable Company, Oyster Bay, N. Y: Con-
gratulatlons and success to the Pacific ca
Bile, which the genius of your lamented
father and your own enterprise made pos
sible. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The message was sent at 1923 p. IN.
and was received by Mr. Mackey at
11:35, making the time of its transmits
sion around the world twelve minutes.
Mr.. Mackey replied as follows, his mes
sage going around the world eastward:
The President-Oyster Bay, n Y: 1
earnestly hope that the Pacific cable by
opening the wide horizon of the great east
may prove q useful factor to the COM
merce Of the United States.
CLARENCE MACKAY.
President Roosevelt received the mes
sage at 12;041a.
Foreign Cables Are Used.
The course of President Roosevelt's
message to Mr.. Mackay was by the
Postal Telegraph Company's land line
from Oyster Bay to San Francisco,
thence by the Commercial Pacific cable
to Honolulu, TO Midway, to Guam and
to Manila. From Manila to Hongkong
the message passed by the cable which
was lifted and cut by Admiral Dewey in
1898.
From Hongkong it went to Saigon, to
Singapore, to Penang, to Madras, tc
Bombay, to Alden, to Suez, to Alexandra,
TO Malta to Gibraltar TO Lisbon and 10
the Azores. Between Hongkong and the
Azores it passed by foreign cables. At
the Azores it was taken up again by the
Commercial cables and sent to Canso,
thence to New York and thence to Oys-
ter Bay.
These messages were followed ~ a
large number of congratulatory messages
to Gov. Taft and President Mackay from
Governors of different States and other
distinguished men.