Around the World | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Aug 2, 1864

Around the World.

THERE are now three projects in contemplation for establishing telegraphic communication between the Old and New World.

The one which meets with most favor in this country is the line intended to stretch along the Pacific coast, cross Behring's Straits and connect with the extensive lines the Russian emperor is constructing through his Asiatic dominions. Behring's Straits are about forty miles wide, and the submerged cable on this line will therefore, be comparatively very short.

Another project is that of the Atlantic Telegraph. The cable is to stretch from the west coast of Ireland to the east coast of Newfoundland, a distance of two thousand miles.

The remaning line is to be an extension of the French line from Tripoli along the African coast, to the mouth of the Senegal or Gambia, and thence across the Atlantic ocean to some convenient point on the Brazilian coast.