The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-07
AROUND THE GLOBE IN
Nine AND A HALT
MINUTES,
First Messages Flashed Over
the Wires Of the Pacific
Cable.
WITH TIME
In These Few Minutes the Messages Swet .
Through, Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow
---CompIetion Of Great Work Begun
by John W. Mackay,
by John W. Mackay.
(By the Associated Press.l

made at Honolulu tonight at 1880 (east-
ern time) and cablegram was flashed
around the world in nine and one half
minutes.
The first message over the cable was
sent at 1880 p. m. by President Roose-
welt at Oyster Bay to Governor Taft at
Manila, as follows:
To Governor Taft, Manila.
Il open the American Pacific cable with
greetings to you and the people of the
Philippines.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
AT 1910 p. M, the following reply was
received by the President from Governor
Taft:
ITO President: The Filipino people and
the American residents in these islands
are glad to present their respectful greet
ings and congratulations to the President
of the United States conveyed over the
cable with which American enterprise has
girded the Pacific, thereby rendering
greatly easier and more frequent com
munication between the two countries
1t will certainly lead to closer union and
a better mutual understanding OF each
others aims and sympathies and of their
common interest in the prosperity of the
Philippines and the education and devel-
opment of the Filipinos 1t is not inap-
propriate 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 Filipino
products in accordance with the broad
and liberal spirit which the American
people desire to manifest toward the
Philippines, and of which you have been
an earnest exponent. TAFT
President Roosevelt then sent the fol
lowing message around the world west
ward to Clarence H. Mackay, who was
with Mr.. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay:
Congratulations and success to the Pa
ciic Gable, which the genius of your la
mented father and your own enterprise
made possible"
The message was sent at 11:2s p. m.
and was received by Mr. Mackay at II 35.
making the time of its transmission around
the world twelve minutes Mr. Mackay
replied as follows his message going
around the world eastward:
Il thank you deeply for your message
and l earnestly hope that the Pacific ca
bic by opening the wide horizon of the
great East may prove a useful factor to
the commerce of the United States''
President Roosevelt received the mes
sage at 1904 H. The time consumed in
passing around the world was 9h minutes.
The course of President Roosevelts mes
sages around the world was by the Postal
Telegraph Companys land line from Oys-
ter Bay to San Francisco, thence by the
" n, Ill.
Midway, to Guam and to Manila. From
Manila to Hong Kong. The messages
passed by the cable, which was lifted and
cut by Admiral Dewey in 1893 From
Hong Kong it went to Saigon, n Singa-
pore, to Penang, to Madras. to Bombay,
to Alden, to Suez, to Alexandria, to Malta,
to Gibraltar, to Lisbon and to the Azores.
Between Hong Kong and the Azores it had
passed by foreign cable At the Azores
it was taken up again by the Commercial
cables and sent to Canso, to New York
and to Oyster Bay.
A message starting around --e world at
a. m. today would arrive at Honolulu
at II p. m. yesterday, at Midway at 10
p. m, at Guam at p. m. today, and at
Manila at D. M today. 1t would pass
through India at 8 D. m. today and would
return to New York before 6 a. m. thus
it would have made an excursion from
today into yesterday and have arrived
back at New York within an hour OF the
time it started.
Another message leaving New York at
p m. today would arrive at Guam at
a. m. tomorrow, apparently fourteen
tonrs hitter it started. jConEinuing its
journey around the world it would arrive
at Suez at midnight of today and back
at New York this morning.
On May 16, 1896, at the National Elec-
trlcal Exposition held in the Grand Cen
trail Palace, New York, to demonstrate
the promptness of modern telegraphlc ser
wee, message written by the Hon.
Chauncy Depew, was sent from New York
to Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Vancouver, Winnipeg and Canso to Lon
don, thence via Lisbon to Gibraltar, Malta,
Alexandria, Suez, Alden, Bombay, Madras,
Singapore, Hong Kong. Shanghai, Ma
gasakl and Toxic and back again TO New
= rk where it was received by MI. Ihos.
A. Edison. The time of TRANSMISSION was
fifty minutes.
The Commercial Pacific Gable ls a WORK
which cannot fail to be of great benent
20 the country commercially, politically
ana strateglcally. Prior to the lncorpofa-
ton OF the Commercial Pacific Cable COM
pany, in September 1901. the rate for mes
sages from New York to the Philippine
Islands was $2.95 per word; in November,
1901, this rate was reduced by the Eu-
ropean cable companies to 1856 per word
The simple announcement OF the inten-
ton OF the Commercial Company TO lay
Pacitc cable thus effected saving OF oO
cents per word. Before entering on ths
execution Of its contract the Commercial
Pacific Cable Company bound itselI 10
charge but 81 per word from san fran
CISCO to China; 81 word from san fran
cisco to Manila, and so cents from san
Francisco to Honolulu. the last named
rate to be reduced within two years 70 70
80 cents word This Paclfic caDie WIN
greatly increase the value and elSeiency
OF the United States navy 1t WIN keep