The Submarine Cables of the World. (From report issued by the International Bureau of Telegraph Administrations.) THE following table sets forth the entire system of submarine cables of the world, including those along the shores and in the bays, gulfs, and estuaries of rivers, but excepting those in lakes and the interior watercourses of continents. The list includes all cables operated by private companies, and in addition thereto under the name of each nation is given the list of cables operated by the government of that nation. Telegraph Rates BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY AND PLACES IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA. EXPLANATION: Day rate, 40-3, means 40 cents for ten words and 3 cents for each additional word; night rate, 30-2, means 30 cents for ten words and 2 cents for each additional word. and signature are free. Rates given are Western Union rates. Address MANITOBA MARYLAND: Aberdeen, Aiken, Annapolis, Ashland, Baltimore, Barclay Sta., Black's, Centreville, Chesapeake City, Chestertown, Childs, Colora, Conowingo, Cordova, Cumberland, Elkton, Frederick, Goldsboro, Golt, Greensboro, Hagerstown, Hancock, Havre de Grace, Henderson, Kennedyville, Lambson, Leslie, Lynch's, Marydell, Massey Cross Roads, Millington, North East, Octorora, Perryville, Port Deposit, Price's, Queen Anne, Ridgely, Rising Sun, Rowlandsville, Singerly, Sudlersville, Worton.. Berlin, Easton, Federalsburg, Salisbury. All other places MASSACHUSETTS.... MICHIGAN: Ann Arbor, Bay City, Detroit, East Saginaw, Flint, Mount Clemens, Port Huron, Saginaw City, So. Bay City, Ypsilanti... All other places. 75-5 60-4 OREGON 1,00-7 1.00-7 MINNESOTA: WEST VIRGINIA: Parkersburg, Duluth, Hastings, Minneap olis, Red Wing, St. Paul, Stillwater, Wabasha, Winona Piedmont, Wheeling. All other places. 50-3 30-2 WISCONSIN All other places. 60-4 40-3 WYOMING.. 75-51 60-4 TELEGRAPH RATES-Continued. TELEGRAPH RATES TO FOREION COUNTRIES. These rates are from New York City. The address and signature are included in the chargeable matter, and the length of words is limited to fifteen letters. When a word is composed of more than fifteen letters, every additional fifteen or the fraction of fifteen letters will be counted as a word. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE STATISTICS. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Statement exhibiting the mileage of lines operated, number of offices, number of messages sent, receipts, expenses, and profits for 1866, 1870, 1875, and 1880, and each year from 1887 to 1897 inclusive: The average toll per message in 1868 was 104.7; in 1889 was 31.2; in 1890 was 32.4; in 1891 was 32.5; in 1892 was 31.6; in 1893 was 31.2; in 1894 was 30.5; in 1895 was 30.7; in 1896 was 30.9; in 1897 was 30.5; in 1898 was 30.1. The average cost per message to the company in 1868 was 63.4; in 1889 was 22.4; in 1890 was 22.7; in 1891 was 23.2; in 1892 was 22.3; in 1893 was 22.7; in 1894 was 23.3; in 1895 was 23.3; in 1896 was 24.0; in 1897 was 24.3; in 1898 was 24.7. GROWTH OF THE TELEGRAPH SERVICE IN THE WORLD. Number of messages, 1870: Norway, 466,700; Sweden, 590,300; Denmark, 513,623; Germany, 8,207,800; Netherlands, 1,837,800; Belgium, 1,998,800; France, 5,663,800; Switzerland, 1,629,235; Spain, 1,050,000; Italy, 2,189,000; Austria, 3,388,249; Hungary, 1,489,000; United States, 9,157,646; Great Britain and Ireland, 9,650,000. Number of messages, 1895-6: Norway, 2,000,000; Sweden, 3,000,000; Denmark, 1,502,965; Germany, 32,134,472 Netherlands, 4,385,010; Belgium, 8,307,193; France, 52,000,000; Switzerland, 5,000,000; Spain, 4,084,704; Italy, 8,842,383; Austria, 12,602,632; Hungary, 9,969,844; United States, 70,000,000; Great Britain and Ireland, 78,839,610. The length of the world's telegraph system in 1897 was 4,908,823 miles, of which more than half was in America. TELEPHONE STATISTICS. The following are the latest statistics made public by the American Bell Telephone Company, which practically monopolizes the telephone business of the United States. The figures are for January 1 of each year: Exchanges.. Branch offices... 1895. 1896. 1897. 1,637 1,856 2,028 2,813 353,480 396,674 459,728 536,845 205,891 212,074 237,837 264,645 10,421 11,094 11,930 14,425 237,186 243,432 281,695 325,244 838 867 927 967 Miles of wire submarine 571 572 686 832 Total miles of wire...... Miles of wire on poles.. 214,676 232,008 260,324 286,632 Total circuits. Miles of wire on build' gs 16,492 14,525 12,861 12,594 Total employés.. Miles of wire undergrnd 120,675 148,285 184,515 234,801 Total stations. The number of instruments in the hands of licensees under rental at the beginning of 1897 was 772,627. The number of exchange connections daily in the United States is 2,630,071, or a total per year of over 847,000,000. The average number of daily calls per subscriber was 81-10. The company received in rental of telephones in 1896, $3,589,044. It paid its stockholders in dividends in 1896, $2,616,307. The capital of the company is $23,650,000. The Fleet of Transatlantic Passenger Steamers. Includes only regular passenger lines from New York. Offices and piers are in Manhattan Borough unless otherwise stated. St. Louis. St. Paul... Paris. New York...... AMERICAN LINE. 4522 STATE LINE ESTABLISHED 1872. 650 Brown.. 385 43 132 400 45 33.6 400 45 33.6 400 42.5 35.3 ESTABLISHED 1892. Randle.. 1894 Philadelphia Wm. Cramp & Sons...5894 11629 20000 NEW YORK AND GLASGOW, Pier City of Rome...... 1881 Barrow Anchoria...... Bolivia..... Circassia Ethiopia... Furnessia. NEW YORK, QUEENSTOWN, AND) 1892 Fairfield... 535.863 42 535.8.63 42 580 63.3 42 580 63.3 42 John Elder & Co.... 3257 7718 14500 2500 Ferguson. HAVRE, Pier (Office, 3 Bowling Green.) La Touraine....... 1890 St. Nazaire.. CieGleTransatlan' que 9778 12000 1897 Belfast 560 62 42 1897 Hamburg.. 1894 Stettin Kopff.. 560 62 42 460 52 32 1894 Stettin 8000 5500 Bauer.. 460 52 32 1894 Hamburg. 1896 Newcastle... Palmers... 1896 Belfast...... Harland & Wolff. Arabia... Andalusia Adria 1896 Belfast....... Harland & Wolff. Ambria 1896 Flensburg.. Alesia. Aragonia 1896 Flensburg....Flensburg S. B. Co.. 5060 5000 Krech. Graf Waldersee.... 1897 IIamburg. Blohm & Voss.... Patricia.... 1897 Stettin.... Vulcan S. B. Co... Bulgaria... 1898 Hamburg. Blohm & Voss. 501 62 3412 Brasilia..... 1898 Belfast. 501 Deutschlandt.. Stettin.......Vulcan S. B. Co... 16000 330001 ..... ...... 62 34 Arcadia... :::::: NEW YORK, BOULOGNE, AMSTER HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE. DAM, AND ROTTERDAM, Piers footNETHERLANDS-AMERICAN LINE. 5th and 6th Sts., Hoboken. Martello Francisco. Hindoo..... Chicago.... 17930 17000 WILSON LINE. 2787 4220 1885 Newcastle. 1897 Wallsend R.Stephenson & Co. Ld 2971, 4604 600 Malet... 1898 W. Hartlep'l Furness, Withy & Co. 4384 7000 PASSENGERS LANDED AT NEW YORK BY PRINCIPAL 385.46 (28 360 43 25 370,45 28 370 43 28 370 47 28 868 43 28 470 50 42 490 524 3436 LINES. 1897. 1895. North German Lloyd. Hamburg-American.. White Star. Anchor (Glasgow). French......... age. 4,493 10,557 4,750 13,517 4,890 12,554 2,871 10,503 4,350 10,809 2,855 11,416 860 3,201 986 5,231 747 6,889 1,823 1,05 2,260 1,464 2,509 8,512 2,32. 2 5,928 6,404 15,196 40,415 13,555 54,180 10,805 44,326 Red Star (Antwerp).. TIME AND DISTANCE REQUIRED TO STOP STEAMERS. The following calculations as to the length of time and distance required to stop a steam vessel going full speed ahead when the propelling machinery is reversed were made by W. D. Weaver, late Assistant Engineer of the United States Navy, for London Engineer. |