The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-11
IcELANDS ISOLATION ENDED.
Connected by Cable New with the Ou,sa,
world.

The establishment OF teleRraphic communi.
cation with Iceland and Farce IL now A,
accomplished fact. and 10 an event Of no lIttIs
Importance to the commercial community No,
only Of Scandinavia. but also OF Great Britain
This country has long had intimate relations
with these remote possessions OF Denmark.
relations which are likely TO Increase a. the
direct result OF the electric link which has now
bound them to the rest Of the civilized world.
To realize how far removed Farce and leo.
land are from the ordinary channels Of com.
m%unlcatlon II Is only necessary TO mentlo,
that Farce lies In a northwesterly direction
from the north OF Shetland a distance NJ 2S
miles. while Iceland Ia further distant stil
from Farce by $40 miles. the total distance Of
the latter from the extreme north of Scotland
being thus more than $50 miles.
As the ordinary means Of communication ia
by steamer from L.eith and Copenhagen. tina
passage thlther Is necessarily a protracted
one. and many things may happen in either
place before q letter can go through the
ordinary course Of transmission. In certain
circumstances. a reply from Reykiavik. the
capital OF Iceland. would take about three
months. practically the same as from the
United Kingdom TO Australia. To such a
remote community. therefore. the telegraph
must come as no ordinary boon-it IL an
event. indeed. in It's history OF momeutous and
far reaching Denmark and
Iceland have put the scheme through When
40 far perfected as to he successfully worked
at long distances IL was suggested that COM
munication by this means alone could be
obtained with Iceland and might be sufficient
This. in fact. was actually accomplished. On
June 70. 1905, Iceland was partially at least
by means OF the Marconi system of wireless
teiegraphy. The messages were sent from
one Of the M9Sconi stations N the north Of
only able to receive the messages, not TO send
them.
ands to Thorshavn, the biggest town N the
EsT tSs islsnd dos: sn 3, from sT,r theF toE goes sSi diTe ct
the capital u Iceland. witch line viii also
touch several smaller IcslAndip towns Il
land sSs I the she.iSp9 end dot Of g.. cable , Vas az
kerwiSk; a small bay on The west SIDE o, The
in July this year by the telegraph steamer
Cambrian; A. hall rsf,t . a. o,GhIo oc o. The
n~ections we're made, and az 5:3s 4. NJ Mr..
hands with Thor;havr ard the remote
communication with the rest OF the world.
The Cambrian thereafter proceeded 10 the
l"yinS 81 the cable lrom E n SeD 70 aS s5 a.
Saturday, August rs, when communication
was established bet'Teen seydisfiord and
The construction of the land wire from
Seydisflord to Reykjnvik is being proceeded
with. Sevdisfiord Is a town with about 900
inhabitants. Reykjavik has u population u
about 1000. As the distance between these
two towns Ia about $50 miles, and as The
roads are practically only bride paths, the
only means OF communica ton is by horse,
the journey occupying from two 10 thres
weeks. 4 telegraph line between the two
towns will therefore be OF immense ad.
vantage. Telephone lines will he used IN
Iceland 70 connect the smaller towns with
the main telegraph line, and the telephone
will also be utilized in Farce for the SAINT
purpose. IL is expected that the land wire
will be completed by the end OF TINS month,
country is 81 pence a word and to Iceland
81 pence a word.
The director OF the Meteorological ONCE,
London, has arran Red with the Danish Gov.
eminent for the transmission. from October !.
OF a daily weather report from Iceland. which
casting purposes.