Show Ike Dec meetings held simultaneously In Chicago and New NewYork NewYork York last evenIng papers on a Pacific cable tie ns projected b by the United States were given ghen before beCore the east eastern ern em and western branches ot of the Amen can ot of Electrical l Engineers The papers read b before roro the New York and Chicago meetIngs were presented b by Capt Ge Ceo 0 SquIer ot of Washington The papers were compo composed ed principally ot of the technical points of the thO several proposed routes across the Ocean surveyed by this country and the limit Ish government The cardinal point for both the government cables ns as project projected ed cd Is that the they touch nowhere but at possessIons ot of the government controlling control controlling ling them which point was urged strongly by President McKinley In his last annual message Mr Squier advocates a combInation between the two powers Great Britain and th the United States as to the proposed pro proposed posed cables Such plan dan would permit either to use the wires controlled by bythe bythe the other In iii case ot of nn an Interruption Speaking ot of the recent government surveys Captain Squier said As to the route rattle westward from hawaiI to I the tho Philippines the preliminary survey surey the government in no now making makinI shows two to unusual physIcal features One Is Isn Isa n a submarine mountain rising from 1 a depth ot of 2200 fathoms to within SZ Z fathoms ot of the surface and the other Is one ot of the deepest abysses yet et found In the world situated tOO miles west or of Guam and more than fathoms In depth These obstacles can both be avoided b by detours Captain Squier said It if 1 a cable was laid the government ought to see that t two complete repair ships were kept In Pacific waters He sAId that It if the whole ot of the required cable could not be made In the United States In a rca rea time it Il w would uld be wise policy for tor the government t to encourage 1 a deep sea cable industry In conclusion he len emphasized the commercial importance ot of the tho cable cable |