Show PACIFIC CABLE A REALITY athons thons gilds ot at I 1 eople se the Sp lietzie of the shore IF 0 I 1 of the I 1 onix wire in memory of john W mackoy mackay I 1 christen thee pacific cable may it always carr messages of happiness with those these words lucille gage the II 11 year old daughter of 11 II T gage governor of california on sunday chilton d the transpacific cable and breaking a bottle ol of cham champagne over the shore end inaugurated a now new era in tho the commercial commer clil development of tho the pacific coast the landing and splicing of the shore end which Is to connect the mainland with nith Ilono honolulu lulu was mas accomplished without NIt hout hitch of an kind and ft as witnessed by SO 00 or people the total of tile the cable aiom san francisco to manila will be 6 miles plus 10 per cent allowed for slack black to follow the con tour or of tho the bunei uneven en sea bottom or 7 miles in all this will be tho the longest single cable line in the world orld tho the link between bet Neen san francisco Iran cisco and Ilono honolulu lulu will measure 2178 surface miles the next link between honolulu and midway will measure 1140 surface miles the third link between midway allday and guam will le be the longest of all 2 surface miles the last link between be teen guam gua m and manila will be miles it will reach the island of luzon at its nor northern north thein fin extremity it la Is estimated ti mated that the entire cost of the completed cable from san aran francisco to manila will be in the neigh boyhood ot of 12 including the vailous cable stations and regular expenses of installation and such exigencies igen cies cles as shows allows must be met inasmuch as the cable company has bas filed with the postmaster general ifs is acceptance of the act of congress of july 24 1806 relating to telegraphs it is under moral obligations to sell its cable and property pio perty to the government at any anytime time at its appi alsed value the postmaster general has haa the right annually to fix the rate to be charged for the government messages that will be transmitted over oner the cable and governmental messages mes gages will enjoy precedence in transmission over all other messages |