The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
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 BY PACIFIC CABLE President Roosevelt Sends First
 Message to Manila GOVERNOR TAFT REPLIES Nine and a Half Minutes to Enclrcle the Globe With Congratulations
 Governor Jelks Sends Greet
 ing to Governor Taft.
 
GOVERNOR TAFT REPLIES

New York. July 1.-The Pacific cable was completed at 1o:5O tonight eastern time by the welding together of the cas- tern and western lines at Honolulu, on board the cableship Anglia, thus com pleting the entire line of telegraph from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands A. distance of over 5000 miles, and bring ing to a conclusion the greatest and most difficult of submarine cable enterprises undertaken in the history of ocean tele- graphy
 A message from President Roosevelt to President Mackay of the Commercial Pa cihc Cable company was sent over the new cable and around the world In twelve minutes and MT. Mackays reply, going east from New York was sent around the world in nine and one-half minutes. The best previous time for a message around the world was made on one sent by Senator Depew from the National Electric Exposition. New York City, in 1896. It took fifty minutes to transmit the message.
 The first message over the new Pacific cable was one from President Roosevelt at oyster Bay to William H. Taft. gover- nor general of the Philippines at Manila. Following Governors Taft's reply was the message from President Roosevelt to Clarence H. Mackay president of the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable company MT. Mackay's reply was fol- lowed by a number of congratulatory messages from governors of states and other public officials to Governor Tart. The time for sending the globe-encirclin' message had been set at noon, but the weather conditions at Honolulu were un- propitous and the event had to be post poned.
 Busy Day for Mackay.
 It was a busy day for Clarence H. Maclxay, Vice President Baker, Superin- tendent George H. Ussher and all the oth- CT officers of the telegraph companies. At e:15 tonight President Mackay announced that the ends of the shore and deep-sea cables had been placed on board the An gla.
 At s:2o o'clock. New York time, and $50. Honolulu time, Mir. Saker received messages from the manager of the Hono- lulu office, saying that the last strands in the cable were splicing.
 few minutes later MT. Baker was ad- v,sed that the cable was spliced, and when 1t had sufficiently cooled 1t would be ready to receive the first message.
 At 1O:5O o'clock President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay sent the following message to Governor Taft: The First Message.
 Oyster Bay, July 1. "To Governor Taft, Manila: tt T open the American Pacific Cable with greetings to you and to the people of the Philippines. THEODORE ROOSEVELT" The reply was:
 Manila. July 4.-To the President of the United States: The Filipino people and the Americans resident in these islands are glad to present their respectful greet. ings and congratulations to the President of the United States, conveyed oyer the cable with which American enterprise has girded the Pacihcs. thereby rendering greatly easier and more frequent commu- nication between the two countries. Il will certainly lead to closer union and 6 better mutual understanding of each oth. CTS aims and sympathies and of <theil