The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-09
NEW PACIFIC CABLE OPEN
President Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay
sends. First, Message Direct to
Parkway Philippines.

A New York special says: The Pa
,iflc cable was successfully completed
1t 10;50 o'clock saturday night. east.
srn time. by the welding together Of
The eastern and western links at Homo
lulu, ON board the cable ship Anglia,
;hus completing the entire line Of tele-
graph from San Francisco to the PHIL
lppine Islands, a distance Of over eight
thousand miles, and bringing TO a con-
clusion the greatest and most dMcile
If submarine cable enterprises under
taken In the history OF ocean teie
yraphy.
A message from President Roosevelt
to President Mackay, Of the CONNER
cial Pacific Cable Company, was sent
over the new cable around the world
In twelve minutes. and Mr.. Mackay'sS
reply was sent around the world in
nine and onehalf minutes. The best
previous time for q message around
the world was fifty minutea.
Message Gent by Presldent
The hrst message over the cable
was sent at 1880 p. m. by President
Roosevelt, at Oyster Boy, to Governor
Taft at Manila. as follows:
ITO Governor Taft, Manila-I open
the American Pacific cable With greet
lngs to you and the people Of the Phil
lppiDes.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
At 11:19 the following reply was re-
ceived by the president from Governor
Taft: -. r.
ITO President-The Filipino people
and the American residents in these,
islands are glad to present their re-i
spectful greetings and congratulations
to the president Of the United States,
conveyed over the cable with which
Americ@, enterprise has gfrded the
Pacific, thereby rendering greatly eas.
Ter and more frequent communication
between the two countries. twill ces,s
tainly lead to closer union and a better
mutual understanding Of each othef's
aims and sympathies and Of their COM:
mon interest in the prosperity Of the
Philippines and the education and de-
velopment OF the Filipinos. Il 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 Filipino products In accord
ance with the broad and liberal spirit
which the American people desire To-
manifest toward the Philippines and
Of which you have been an earnest en-
ponent. = TAFT.
President Roosevelt then sent the
following message around the world.
westward to Claren~e H. Mackay, who
was with Mr.. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay:
Congratulations and success to the
Pacific cable, which the genius OF youf
lamented father and your own enter
prise made possible" - ~ ~.
The message was sent at 1923 p. m.
and was received by Mr. Mackay at
1885, making the time Of its transmits.
sion arsund the world twelve minutes
Mr.. Mackay replied as follows, hie
message going around the world east
ward:
II thank you deeply for your mes
sage, and earnestly hope that the Pa
cific cable by opening the wide horizon
Of the great east may prove useful
factor to the commerce Of the United
States"
President Roosevelt received the
message at 1904 H. The time con
sumed in passing around the world
was nine and one-half minutes.
Course of the Message.
The course Of President Roosevelr's
message around the world was by the
Postal Telegraph Company's land line
from Oyster Bay to San Francisco
thence by the Commercial Pacific ca
BILE to Honolulu, to Midway, to Guam
and to Manila. From Manila to Hona
Kong the message passed By the cable
which was lifted and cut by Admiral
Dewey in 1898. From Hong Kong II
went to Saigon to Singapore, to Plan
gat to Madras, to Bombay, to Alden
to Suez, to Alexandra, to Malta, to Gs
braltar, to Lisbon and to the Azores
Between Hong Kong and the Azores u
came by foreign cables. At the Azores Z
the message was taken up again by the
Commercial Cable Company and sent
to Canso. to New York and to Oyster