Direct Telegraph Communication Between England and India
A VERY interesting telegraphic feat has been performed on the East India telegraph line, by which instantaneous communication was kept up over 6,000 miles of wire. The experiments were made on the Indo-European line, via Teheran, to work direct, without any transmission, between England and India. This hitherto unprecedented result was actually attained. Communication was first established between London and Kurrachee. The director at Kurrachee sent the following message to London: “Kurrachee, 8th, 5:36 P. M. This message is the first really sent from India to England instantaneously. By Indo-European line we work now easily and quickly direct with London.” A commercial message was forwarded from London direct to Kurrachee, for Calcutta, immediately afterward. Kurrachee then put the line through direct to Bombay. Bombay and London then interchanged signals perfectly, and a commercial message was sent to Bombay direct, by London, at 1:58 P. M., and was instantaneously acknowledged. This is the first occasion on which the telegraph has worked direct, without any re-transmission, between England and India.