Steamer.

Line.
.Cunard.
.Cunard..

D.

H. 5 7 23

M.

5

5 11 54

Route.
Date.
Queenstown to New York... Lucania..
.Oct. 21-26, 1894...
New York to Queenstown... Lucania.
Sept. 8-14, 1894..
Cherbourg to New York..... Deutschland
.Hamburg-Am.. Sept. 2-8, 1903..
Southampton to New York..Kaiser Wilh. d. Gr'se. No. Germ. Lloyd. Mar. 30-Apr. 5, 1898. 5
New York to Southampton..Kaiser Wilh. d. Gr'se..No. Germ. Lloyd. Nov. 23-29, 1897...
Havre to New York
.French......................... May 19-25, 1906
May 3-9, 1906.

French

Kaiser Wilh.d. Gr'se. No. Germ. Lloyd Jan. 4-10, 1900

La Provence..

New York to Havre...

La Provence.

New York to Cherbourg.
New York to Plymouth.
Plymouth to New York

Deutschland

. Deutschland

New York to Naples ........ Deutschland.

Line.

American..

Hamburg-Am...Sept. 5-10, 1900,
Hamburg-Am...July 7-12, 1900.

5

16 *5 7 38 5 15 46

... Hamburg-Am...Jan. 20-28, 1904.... 7 16 44

BEST RECORDS OF OTHER LINES.
Route.
Steamer.

Southampton to New York...St. Paul.. New York to Southampton...St. Louis. New York to Queenstown....Teutonic. New York to Glasgow...... City of Rome...Aug. 13-19, 1885..... 6 18 New York to Antwerp. Friesland 8 22 13 Approximate Distances: Sandy Hook (Lightship), New York, to Queenstown (Roche's Point), 2,800 miles; to Plymouth (Eddystone), 2,962 miles; to Southampton (The Needles), 3,100 miles; to Havre, 3,170 miles; to Cherbourg (The Mole), 3,184 knots. The fastest day's run was made by the Deutschland, of the Hamburg-American line, July-August, 1901-601 knots, or 24.19 knots per hour. *The record (New York to Plymouth) is disputed by the North-German Lloyd line, owners of Kaiser Wilhelm II., who contend that because of difference in distance sailed the record should go to their ship; time, 5 days, 11 hours, 58 minutes; average, 23.58 knots per hour; trip of June 1420,1904. Best day's run, June 18, 564 miles.

1905 record. Allen line's turbine Steamer Virginian passed Cape Race June 13, 11 A. M., inward bound, having left Moville on the afternoon of June 9, thus crossing in less than four days.

THE RECORD-BREAKERS IN THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS.

The following is the succession of steamships which have broken the record since 1866, with their running time. The route in all cases was that between New York and Queenstown, east or west.

Blue light and two roman candles, each throwing out six blue balls.

Blue light forward, white light amidships, and red light aft.

Two red-white-blue lights, in quick succession, at stern.

Green light forward and aft, white light
under the bridge.

Two blue-red lights, one forward, one aft.
Three red lights, one forward, one aft,

and one amidships, simultaneously. One white-red, followed by one red-white light.

Two green lights simultaneously.
Two red lights, about 60 feet apart.

House Flags of Transatlantic Lines.

Flags.

White, with blue spreadeagle in

centre.

White swallowtail flag, with red
anchor.

Atlantic Transp't Red, white, and blue in hori

Cunard
French

zontal bars, with stars.
Red flag, golden lion in centre.
White flag, red ball in corner,
with company's name.

Hamburg-Amer. White and blue flag, diagonally

LINES.

Netherl' nds - Am
North Ger. Lloyd

Red Star..
Scandinav. Amer

White Star.......

quartered, with a black anchor Wilson....
and yellow shield in centre,
bearing the letters H.A.P.A.G

Green, white and green, N. A. S.
M. in black letters in the white.
Key and anchor crossed in centre
of a laurel wreath, in blue on
a white field.
White swallow tail flag, red star.
Blue. with white
Maltese

Cross,

Red swallowtail flag, containing white star.

White pennant, red ball in centre,

COMPANIES.

(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.

Anglo-American Telegraph Co...
Transatlantic System - Valentia
(Ireland) to Heart's Content
(Newfoundland).
Commercial Cable Co..

Transatlantic System-Waterville
(Ireland) to Canso (Nova Scotia).
Canso, N. S., to New York.
Canso, N. S., to Rockport, Mass.
Ballinskellig's Bay (Ireland) to
Canso, N. S.*

Commercial Pacific Cable Co..........
San Francisco to Manila.
Manila to Shanghai.*

Direct United States Cable Co...

Ballinskellig's Bay (Ireland) to
Halifax (Nova Scotia).

Halifax, N.S., to Rye Beach, N. H.
Western Union Telegraph Co.......
Transatlantic System-Sennen
Cove, near Penzance, England,to
Dover Bay, near Canso, N. S.
Dover Bay, N. S., to New York.
Gulf of Mexico System.
Compagnie Française des Câbles Télé-
graphiques........

Brest (France) to Cape Cod, Mass.
Brest (France) to St. Pierre-Miq.
St. Pierre to Cape Cod, Mass.
Cape Cod, Mass., to New York.
African Direct Telegraph Co.......
Black Sea Telegraph Co...
Western Telegraph Co..

Carcavellos, near Lisbon (Portugal), to Madeira, to St. Vincent (Cape Verde Island), to Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Fayal (Azores) to St. Vincent(Cape Verde Island). Central and South American Telegraph Co..

14

9,554 Eastern Extension Australasia and
China Telegraph Co...

Eastern Telegraph Co..

Anglo-Spanish - Portuguese Sys

tem.

Italo-Greek System.

12 13,212

System West of Malta.

Austro-Greek System.

Greek System.

5 *7,840

2

3,095

142

Turko-Greek System.
Turkish System.

Egypto-European System.

Egyptian System.

Egypto-Indian System.
Cape Town to St. Helena,

St. Helena to Ascension Island.
Ascension Island to St. Vincent.
Natal-Australia System,

Os'europaische Telegraphengesells...
Kilios (Constantinople)-C o n-
stantza (Roumanie).

India Rubber, Gutta Percha, and Tel-
egraph Works Co....

36 23.532

98

40,911

7,478 Europe and Azores Telegraph Co.,
Compagnie Allemande

2

1,053

des Câble:

Transatlantiques....

Borkum Island to Azores to Coney
Island, N. Y.

Borkum Island to Vigo, Spain.

18,759

Halifax and Bermuda Cable Co......
Indo-European Telegraph Co...

Merican Telegraph Co...

7,500

River Plate Telegraph Co...

Compania Telegrafico-Telefonica del

South American Cable Co..

Plata....

Cuba Submarine Telegraph Co.......

10

1,143

United States and Hayti Telegraph
and Cable Co

Direct Spanish Telegraph Co....

727

West African Telegraph Co..

Direct West India Cable Co.

Bermuda - Turk's Island, and
Turk's Island-Jamaica.

West Coast of America Telegraph Co.
West India & Panama Telegraph Co...

24

7 1,979 4,639

* Length of new cables marked * not obtainable, and not included in totals when ALMANAC went

1,635 37,538

Miles

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. Address and signature are free. Rates given are Western Union rates.

40-3 30-2

50-3 30-2

75-5 60-4

TELEGRAPH RATES-Continued.

TELEGRAPH RATES TO FOREIGN 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. Per Word.

Per Word.

Per Word.

$1.00 Russia (Asia)...

$0.35 Martinique.
1.25 Matanzas..
.25 Melbourne, Vic.
25 Mexico City,$1.75,10
.25 Nassau (Bahamas).
43 Natal (So. Africa)..
.36 New South Wales..
.55 New Zealand
15 No way

1.25 Hayti........1.05 to 1.55 Orange River Col' y.

25 Guatemala..

42 Havana

35 Honolulu.

74 Hungary.

Brazil.. ..85 to 1.60 Holland..

25 Panama

20 Santo Domingo..
0.66 Scotland
wds. Servia
.35 Sicily
.86 Siam
.66 Singapore
.66 Spain

.35 St. Thomas

.86 Sweden

.97 Switzerland

Per Word.

$.50

1.32

.25

34

.31

1.05

1. 11

38

.96

38

30

.39 Uruguay

1.00

1. 19 Java.

1. 20 Queensland.

1.33 Roumania

Cyprus..

.50 Malta....

.35 Russia (Europe)....

Demerara.....

1.44

.66 Venezuela ..1.50 to 1.60 .34 Vera Cruz, 81.75, 10 wds. .43 Victoria (Aus.).....

.66

Bulgaria.

Burmah

Callao (Peru)....

Cairo (Egypt)

Cape Colony (S.Af.)

Ceylon...4..
Chile..

China..

1.25 Iceland

50 India..

86 Ireland

76 Italy.

1.25 Jamaica

zon, Manilla, etc.)

Other islands.

48 Porto Rico

1. 25 Tasmania

Transvaal

1. 12 Trinidad

1.27 Turkey (Europe).

TELEGRAPH 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 1870, 1875, and 1880, and each year from 1893 to 1906, inclusive:

*Not including messages sent over leased wires or under railroad contracts.

7,070,583.60

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; in 1899 was 30.8; in 1900 was 30.8; in 1901 was 30.9; in 1902 was 31.0; in 1903 was 31.4; in 1904 was 31.7; in 1905 was 31.6; in 1906 was 31.6. 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: in 1899 was 25.1; in 1900 was 25.1; in 1901 was 25.1; in 1902 was 25.7; in 1903 was 25.6; in 1904 was 26.1; in 1905 was 27.3; in 1906 was 27.6.

The Postal Telegraph Cable Company also transacts business over a portion of the United States, and in 1905 had 53,476 miles of poles, 305,207 miles of wire, and 22,000 offices.

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, 1904-05: Norway, 2.303.025; Sweden, 2.885.625; Denmark. 2,406,193; Germany, 47.576,600; Netherlands, 5,807,951; Belgium, 15,585,354; France, 50.419,776; Switzerland, 4,245,844; Spain, 4.843.289: Italy, 12,142,617; Austria, 16,463,654: Hungary, 17,109,383; Russia, 118,135,818; United States (1906), 71,487.082; Great Britain and Ireland, 88,959,000; Japan, 21,036,955; Australia, 11,311,265: New Zealand, 5,159,745; Argentine Republic, 2,121,543: India, 7.307,087; Mexico, 3,383,518; Canada, 5,963,247; Turkey, 5 129,862: Bulgaria, 1.248.441; Egypt, 1.824.622; Roumania. 2,575,270; Cape Colony, 3,328,287; Portugal, 4.595.360; Brazil, 1,481,068; Chile, 4,603,528; Greece, 1,304,573; Servia, 1,301,320: Guatemala, 1,106,822; Uruguay, 223,283: Colombia, 1,388.388; Persia, 152,837: Peru, 152,808; Paraguay, 97,044.

Messages, per capita: New Zealand, 505; Australia. 2.39: Belgium, 2.15: Great Britain and Ireland, 2.15: France, 1.25: Switzerland, 1.19, United States, 1.08; Netherlands, 1.04; Norway, 1.01; Germany, 0.68; Italy, 0.24; Spain, 0.28.

Telephone Statistics.

THE following are the latest statistics made public by the American (Bell) Telephone Company. (See article on Electrical Progress in 1908" in reference to other telephone companies.) The figures are for January 1 of each year:

Miles wire poles and

2,131 1,358,140

1,654,379 2,183,167

Miles of wire submarine.
Total miles of wire.
Total circuits....

1905. 1906. 6358 6,671 9,373 2,983,189 3,549,810 4,778,282

Total employés.

Buildings..
Miles underground............. 1,618,691 1,888,760 2,585,742 Total stations...

798,901 930,251 1,135.449 53.795 59,451 74,718 1,526,167 1,799,633 2,241,367

The number of instruments in the hands of licensees under rental at the beginning of 1906 was 5,698,258. The number of exchange connections daily in the United States is 13,543,468, or a total per year of over 4,360,996,000 The average number of daily calls per subscriber is six. The capital of the company is $158,661,800.

There are several thousand independent telephone companies whose estimated aggregate number of instruments is over 5,000,000. Independents operate 228,000 telephones in Ohio, and 175,000 in Indiana; statistics are scattered and indefinite. Consolidation of independent interests is going on and an International Independent Telephone Association has been organized.

Telephone messages per annum (latest reports): France, 203,084,217; Germany, 1,069,070,462; Great Britain and Ireland, 723,246,353; Unite I States, 4,350,995,000: Austria, 135,618,349; Denmark, 97 645,605; Hungary, 62,810,543; Belgium, 47,010,611; Switzerland, 33,510,519; Netherlands, 31,470,095. In Italy and Spain the use of the telephone is very limited.

Canals.

STATEMENT showing the cost and date of construction, length, number of locks, and navigable depth of the principal canals of the United States used for commercial purposes.

*And improvements. + Navigable depth.

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.
Louisville and Portland.
Miami and Erie...

Morris..

Muscle Shoals and Elk R.Shonis.
Newberne and Beaufort

5.578.631 1872 21⁄2

8,0 2,80 18:35

274

6,000,000 1836 103

New Brunswick, N. J., to Trenton, N. J.
Easton, Pa., to Bristol, Pa.

At Des Moines Rapids, Mississippi River.

Connects Chesapeake Bay with Albemarle Sound.
Albany, N. Y., to Buffalo, N. Y.

Alligator River to Lake Mattimuskeet, N. C.

3 Galveston, Tex., to Brazos River, Tex.

Carroll, O., to Nelsonville, O.

Chicago, Ill., to La Salle, Ill.

Around lower rapids of Rock Riv., Ill. Connects with Miss. R.

Coalport, Pa., to Easton, Pa.

At Falls of Ohio River, Louisville, Ky.

5 Cncinnati, O., to Toledo, O.

Easton, Pa., to Jersey City, N. J.

Big Muscle Shoals, Tenn., to Elk River Shoals, Tenn.

Clubfoot Creek to Harlow Creek, N. C.

Savannah River, Ga., to Ogeechee River, Ga.

Cleveland, O., to Portsmouth, O.

Columbia, Northumberland, Wilkes-Barre, Huntingdon, Pa.

Waldo, Fla., to Melrose, Fla.

Connects Lakes Superior and Huron at St. Mary's River.

64 Mill Creek, Pa., to Philadelphia, Pa.

Between Green Bay and Lake Michigan.

Connects Lakes Superior and Huron at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

5 Columbia, Pa., to Havre de Grace, Md.
Rochester, O., to R scoe, O.

The Halem River Ship Canal, connecting the Hudson River and Long Island Sound, by way of Spuyten Duyvil Creek and Harlem River, was opened for traffic on June 17, 1895, and cost about $2,700.000.