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eminent cable and an amlablc under.
standing had bean arrived at bstweer
the Government and the Commercial
Pacific Cable Company. soundngs which
had been taken by the Navy Depart.
ment were turned over to the company
which organized under the laws OF the
State OF New York on Sept. q, 1901
with a charter authorizing 1t to lay and
operate a submarine cable from Califor-
MIA to the Philippine Islands by way OF
the Hawaiian Islands.
Great Depth Of the Ocean.
These soundlngs showed that the task
would be a gigantic one. The greater
tne depth the greater the pressure and
strain upon the cable, and Investigation
| the route selected was unree miles.
strstches OF g27s 1854. ass sa. and $3.50 i3s5
on the first. between San Francisco
end Hawaii, the mean depth Is $500
rathoms with maximum of 3,073: on
the second. between Hawaii ard Md
maximum. 5,O26; on the third. from ON Mia.
way Island to Guam. the mean depth Is
2,6oo, with maximum OF 1900. and with
SUDDEN and great fluctuations; on the
fourth. from Guam To Luzoa. the aver
age depth is 1900; the maximum. 3 400
fathoms
Some of the significance of these i'm
mtnse nntns1 depths sIo,n n cable laying may be
2~o fathoms. with tho ship steamins
at eight knots an hour. twenty. five
miles OF cable were in suspenion in
the water for two and one-half hours
from the time of leaving the ship to
touching the bottom
How the Cable In Laid.
The cable steamer sllvcrton, with the
board consisting of 2,4is nautical miles.
lish coast on Sept, 2s 1902, and ar
cable was purchased Of the India RuG. L.
ber iutta Percha Company Telegraph
Works Company, of London: because
Of higher deyelopment in this line OF
manufacture In England than IN this
cou3try. The shore end of the cable
having oeen laid, the Sllverton sailed
for Honolulu on Dec. 10. arriving. or
the Islands on Christmas Day. Next
morning the catole was buoyed during
a heavy gale at a point about thirty
Ave miles from Honolulu. During the
two hundred miles of cable were laid
in che day,
on the 9th and loth Of April last the
steamships Colonia and Anglia. belong
with over 5000 miles OF cable in their
tanks The Colonia. which laid the
longest section Of the cable. that be-
tween Guam and Midway. 2606 nautical
miles. is the largest cable snip aaoat
The dimensions OF the steamship Anglia
are somewhat smaller.
Closing Up the Gaps.
The Anglia arrived at Manila on May
22 and arrived at Guam on June . and
established cable communication be-
tween Manila and Guam on June. 4
The Colonia had proceeded direct to
Guam, where she arrived on May "a Al
that point the engineering and electrl-
cal starrs were transferred from the
Anglia to the Colonia, and the latter
vessel began to perform her share ot
the work by. laying the gable, from
Guam 10 Midway The Colonla ar
rived at Midway on June 10, and COM
between Midway and Guam
was thus established. The Anglia had
proceeded from Guam to Midway, kand
on the arrival nt the Colcnia at that
point her engineering and electrical
staffs were transferred back 20 the
Anglia, and the latter began 10 pay oul
the Midway and Hawaii section OF the
An aspect OF the magnitude OF the
work which has been accomplished by |
the Commercial Pacific Gable Com
pany In connecting the United States by |
cable with the Philippines can be seen |
In these weights and measures: