Seward daily gateway., 1925-12-05

CTS, and on August l, 1923, when the bids were opened, it was found that only five cable manufacturers had sub- mitted bids, four of them being Brit ish, no American manufacturer having submitted bid. After investigation of the capacity of the various plants, reliability of the manufacturers, etc., a contract was entered into with one of the foremost British cable manu- lecturers on September l, 1923, for 1900 nautical miles of gutta-percha ca ble of various types and sizes.
 Laying of the New Cable.
 In the meantime, route from Seat tie to Ketchikan, via Trocadero Port age, and from Ketchikan to Seward had been selected, and this route sur veyed by the United States Navy de- stroyers Hull and Corry, which had been equipped with sonic depth fnd- CTS. This route was determined upon because of more favorable cable land ings could be secured, and, in addi- tion, large saving in cable mileage would be made. On January 24, 1924, the cableship Dellwood left Seattle Wash, for London, England, to load the first section of the cable, which had been completed by the manufactur- CTS. After an uneventful journey, the Dellwood returned to Seattle, Wash, and commenced cable laying opera tions on May II, 1924. By May 30, 1924, the first section of the new cable, 86S.65 nautical miles, was laid between Seattle, Wash, and Ketchikan, Alas ka, and on June IS, 1924 the Dellwood once more left Seattle for London for the balance of the cable. The Dell wood returned to Seattle on Septem- Der 21, 1924, and commenced laying the last section of the cable on Sep tember 27, 1924. The laying of the last section of the new cable, 738.O54 nautical miles, between Ketchikan and Seward, was completed October g., 1924, the cableship having completed 42,000 miles of steaming in this un- dertaking.
 cableship "DeIlwood"
 The successful transportation and laying of this new cable in such short space of time by the cableship Dell wood, without hitch or flaw and in full keeping with predetermined engineer ing schedules, demonstrated that the United States now has in it's posses sion and operation a cableship capa- ble of transporting 1,8OO miles of deep-sea cable and carrying on cable laying operations in any ocean.
 Cable Influence on Alaska Affairs
 AS a result of the laying of this new cable, and in conjunction with the land telegraph lines and radio stations owned by the Government and install ed operated, and maintained by the Signal Corps of the Army, Alaska en- joys communication facilities within it's borders and with the outside world. Isolation, the bane of any new ly settled country, no longer holds AL aska in it's grip, and the hopes, ambi- tions, and achievements of it's inhabi- tants are firmly bound to those of the people of the United States and to those of the rest of the world. Mes sages may be sent and received by ca ble, telegraph ,or radio from the larg- est town or smallest settlement in AL aska to any point in the United States or Europe equipped with similar com munication facilities. The news of the day is transmitted by cable, tele- graph or radio to inhabitants of towns and hamlets located long dis tances from the main travelled high ways.
 It is not difficult to realize that the cable has had an important share in the development of the Territory, both socially and commercially. Modern business is on such a basis that trans actions can not be conducted and ne- gotiations proceed between distant