Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-05
OCEAN CABLES IN 1908.
Altogether They Had 4 Length Of 49,.
436 Milee.

Denmark has more prominent place
among countries whose capitalists have
engaged in laying ocean cable lines
than might be expected from her in
ferior commercial importance. She
ranks fourth on the list, even surpass-
ing Germany.
The reason is that the Great North
ern Telegraph company, with It's Offices
at Copenhagen, laid and operates one
Of the most important cable systems
in the Orient-that which connects
Vladivostock with Nagasad, Shang-
hal, and Tong Kong.
There are In operation today 252,4S6
miles Of ocean cables, Of which only
3S,797 miles, or about Is per cent are
owned by governments, the remainder
being In the hands Of private owners.
Englishmen opened the first cable
line-across the narrow channel be-
tween Dover and Calais on Aug. %.
1S50-and the Englishmen still control
larger mileage than the capitals
of any other country, and more than
half the total length Of the submarine
lines,
The British cables which connect
London with all parts Of the world
have a length Of $4,000 miles, OF
which 1893 miles are owned by the
government. OF the 139.136 miles
owned by private companies. the long
est mileage is in the Australian and
Oriental lines. The Eastern Extension.
Australasia and China Telegraph COM
pany controls 27,60s miles and the
Western Telegraph company 1880
miles.
The most important Of the British
cable lines are the five that stretch
across the North Atlantic, and also
the first line stretched across the Pa
cific, which connects Vancouver with
the Fiji Islands, Norfolk Island,
Queensland and New Zealand, and
which was opened on Dec. 8. 1908.
Among the many British lines also are
cables to South America and along
both Of its coasts.
Our country Is second on the list
with 44,470 miles Of cables, nearly all
in private hands, the government con-
| trolling only a short mileage In Alas
kan waters. The most important are
the five lines across the Atlantic and
the second great Pacific cable, COM
pleted on July 25, 1908. by the Com
mercial Pacific Cable company, be-
tween San Francisco Honolulu, Mid
way Island, Guam and the Philippines.
Another great line laid down by Amer
lean capitalists Is that on the Pacific
coast between the Isthmus Of Tehaun-
tepec and Valparaiso, Chile.
France has the third place with
total length Of 24,010 miles, Of which
10,os2 are the property Of the state.
The most important of the submarine
connections Of France are the two lines
which connect Brest with the United
States.
AS already mentioned, Denmark Is
fourth on the list with 9.488 miles.
Germany lags behind with 9,228 miles
Of cable, Of which more than one-third
Is owned by the government. Its most
important cable service Is that be-
tween the Island Of Borkum. Fayal and
New York city.
The seventeen other countries which
take a financial interest in cables, have
altogether only 11,131 miles Of lines,
nearly all Of them owned by the vari-
Gus governments,
The country which figures to the
smallest extent in this list Is Bulgaria
with an ocean cable about three
fourths of a mile long. Roumania
beats her neighbor with cable four
and one-third miles long.-New York
Sun