panes cso or 49% 4 OEOOEEEES- +H Oooe- jessuvesveese ucceceessesssreesececsreteee GOOF OFF 8FO OOO 0-6 8-49 iE art ON OF A BIG BLE PAUECT | Direct Connection With Vancouver island Successfully Accomplished on June 16 by | Laying of Thirty-mile Submarine Wire—A Memorable Occasion. - | 649% OOF OOO e BO SO-O O-O-S OOOH 9-00-00 O-O-O- SLES SESS OEL ES OEDOLOLELPEL ESSE LPL E LS LED D LLG IL | staritly in the field...They are aware of | expansion perhaps before provincial authorities and plans are always pre- pared in advance of the time when ser- vice may be required, So, when an ex-, i ponditure. of nearly a quarter. of: a mil- ‘jion dollars is made on a long distance ‘line ‘of ‘it ~ indicates i progress and. expansion jn the. districts | British Columbia has many records } iis eredit.-in connection with its | wress, and the latest has attracted the Qa. ays | he attention of electr ical experts | orld over. It is the laying of the new.| | submarine: lLeiephona e Aull’ Georgia, betw een’ Point ied | a eross the p 7 a > ¢ + ¢ 4 > + + Pf + 4 | | of iiland on the mainland. and New- “communication, asilc. Island, lying opposite Nanaimo nd just off. the.eastern coast of Van- ai ow hich: it serves. . The W. T.. Henley Telegraph w orks “i wuver Island, ~The length of: this ca- Ne between terminals. is 32.6 statute xe ‘ompany, of London, were the makers | at niles. being in one: continuous. piece, ,of the big submarine, and it was under ne vhile it cis laid ‘at: a maximum. depth i ‘process of manufacture for something lover seven months. .There are four vf £880 feet. ‘This cable is the longest submarine ,telephone connection of its sind, and with two exceptions is the cable in copper wires, known as conductors, in the cable, cach of which weighs ‘three hundred: pounds’. per . nautical | mile.. | Been of these wires is reinforced with i | ongest” continuously - -loaded sisLemce. Telephone communication ictoria, the capital,,and | Vancouver, | Ahe great.commercial centre of British | ohonbia, is taken so much as a mat- + of course that one hardly thinks of | 1 time when it was not possible. - Yet | - " ne cable which has been. used. in the! to Victoria from Nanaimo, connecting was laid’ less than eleven years | with intervening points, and also goes having. been:put down in October, north to: Courtenay, : Cumberland - and | i wires are placed together, “the inter- That. was before the’ day: of long | Comox, as well as west’ plo . Alberni. stices being filled : tightly with tarred made | ‘Thus every ‘point on: the. island is yarn, and around ‘the whole is’ brass. touch with: This insulated core. is heavily | wow rapping. of fine copper wire, while {over this again is the iron wire, sev renty | turns to. the inch, which © is the con-- tinuous-loading feature. Tach. com- |} | plete conductor is thoroughly insulated | with gutta percha, about 32,000 pounds | being used, at a cost of from $1.50 to | $2 per. pound. ©The _.four insulated “pelWween MR. R. L. PICKERING Manager B.C. Telephone Company at Sidney. USL zo, qe, ubmarines, which ‘have ‘been joxsible by recent inventions, such as | brought in as. close tape. the i. \ | he Pupin coils and: continuous load~ mainiand, as ‘far as telephone: ~com- paneaint by a. series of... galvanized: ng. These devices, . while ‘not “new, munication is concerned, ‘as is Nom steel wires, each nearly.-one-~ quarter of wiVve been. well proven out in “recent | Vancouv er with - Vancouver... an inch in diameter, which are im-— TO secure utmost efficiency’ of. the | copper. -eireuits’ m\ ere | _Telephone: ‘Com- f HPs! bedded. in tarred yarn. and compound i and twisted round the core. . The. shorter, cable across Saanich In- AN ith. coils, ‘the. inductance, give ne" better: ‘transmission, is lumped, the ( being plaeed at regular. intery als; new cable, new atrung: by. the ‘Be ee 4 oo 006-4 or eeeeees. PHOOO% seeeeeeees cnanehanenand eeeeeeeseeeet nae Pot oF Ob eres esse ee ereee UNLOADING ‘THE SAANICH INLET CABLE - S -+- o-oo: 1564-46-44 vee: HO OOOHO% let, nie by the Canadian: British TIn- sulated ¢! ompany, or Pr esealt, Rnglana, contains ton conductors) within a. lead sheath, Tho diameter Isa Httle greator than the ather, which: Is two™ Inches, ‘wand Was much stiffer: to. handle bes CHURe of: the altterent: Anton lor. manu: wh Linebeneeeseeseseeereeeeeseesaeeeee ee eeseGH eee eee et puny between Nanaimo and Vietoria, using. the most. direct . route, : Which culled for another Hoetion of submarine. ouble’ ALCYOHS | “Saanich Inlet.” This, how- “ever, Was’ only two miles andy. halt in, nul ge Aw used: on the now Gulf euble, [lenath, Tt, contains: ten pUlys- of wires aeWHTS doviied by Kr UU w Danish An ‘comparison, with, two palra: in. Ane. er vaph : Operators: and: couslsts of. i ive Dhe, aithley, the, Increased number beng tnotnre, bee . Pinding: cof. Mae Iron. wire, around the NeCORNITY. do- take ‘enre of inter-island | Gn the: four wires: thie “eanvorsn- conduetor under the: Insulation,” {ilking irnutle, eT additions vopper alps Cons will bea porsibla at the BIIMO time. af “wither: Tongenbout! ‘youto Was. “ome ‘eults Wore. extablshed | mm the annviniand (too reneh. Vancouver Ishing, by: botwoon” Point: rey, and the. Seymour line proyious: to this: month. me oxehuange ‘of tho. company, A ‘fonture . Wont vite. Now. ‘Westminster | 1a of the:norial construction ix the. Highest! elinghamy thenen to. Lamm fain Htolophone holes: in the province, erected: FL “tland, “Shaw: Island, ‘sane Juan) aie the. Broehiy: inno: aM Nanainioy : and and: and. enaHR 10" MVictorla,. neeessl-- ‘ihe two lon Newenstle Island,” Ammedt- Bins. fe Heetlone uf: submariio cables. Aely. oppoxtte, “Those poles “cont $200 Wiles with ‘continuous. Joading,.the- In- mucins. 1s distributed: the: entiya beth-of the eable, . The Halter method | kos. te much ‘onsler to! yy: ‘aut the ithe, from thooshipy, Min: system “ar. Tt In Nanilmoe whieh, will: ‘inelude = irate | trom tho: Amal, tOWnB. tw thie nerth und south, | eult to” business onl vel, — and: for. veshore distinc he other two. clreuits will be required) nO thie uv better service ean’ aupersedy: In addition: four: telegraph ‘ly outs will, a | aleo he ‘maintaned, a opera Une: sin | Be y uultiinoonsly. without: Intarferenee, i proposed | LO: doyoto. ONO. telephone: ae cE Ont a eee erne ee eae eee eee ne Eee NL LL LC CO Se Here Is Your Chance to Make Some Pocket Money “IN CASH PRIZES. Contest Opens August 15, and Closes Nov. 15 Costs You Nothing to Enter | In our issue of Aug. 15 we commenced a genuine contest, for which we are offering the following: “Ast Prize—$15. 00 in Gold 2nd Prize--$10. 00 in. 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