| Show avy W v PACIFIC CABLE A REALITY thousands of I 1 eople witness the of the shore end of the lone long wire in memory of john W mackay I 1 christen thee pacific cable may it always carry messages of happiness with these words lucille gage the 11 year old daughter of H T gage governor of california on sunday christened the trans pacific cable and breaking a bottle of champagne over the shore end inaugurated a new era in the commercial development of the pacific coast the landing and splicing of the shore end which Is to connect the mainland with honolulu was accomplished without hitch of 0 any kind and was witnessed by 30 00 or 40 people the total of the cable from san francisco to manila will be 6 maliq mile plus 10 per cent allowed for slack to follow the con tour of the uneven sea bottom or 7 miles in all this will be the longest single cable line in the world the link between san francisco and honolulu will measure 2 surface miles the next link between hono lolu and midway will measure 1140 surface miles the third link between midway and guam will be the longest pf all 2293 surface miles the last link ink between guam and manila will be 1360 miles it will reach the island of luzon at its northern extremity it Is estimated that the entire cost of the completed cable from san fran cisco to manila will be in the neigh boyhood of 12 including the various cable stations and regular ex benses of installation and such ex Igen agencies gen cies cles as experience shows must be met inasmuch as the cable company has filed with the postmaster general HS its acceptance of the act of congress of july 24 1866 relating to telegraphs it Is under moral obligations to sell its cable and property to the government at any time at its appraised value the postmaster general has the right an dually to fix the rate to be charged tor for the government messages that will be transmitted over the cable and governmental messages will en loy joy precedence in transmission over all fill other messages |
