No. 770.
Mr. Boker to Mr. Fish.
Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, December 26, 1873. (Received January 23,
1874.)
No. 176.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith
a copy of a dispatch from Hugo Hillebrandt, esq., United States
consul at Canea, Crete, announcing the successful laying of a
telegraphic cable between Alexandria, Egypt, and Sitia, Crete.
I have, &c,
[Inclosure.]
Mr. Hillebrandt to Mr. Boker.
United States Consulate,
Canea, December 13,
1873.
No. 13.]
Sir: I have the honor to report the
successful laying of the telegraph-cable from Alexandria to
Sitia, the eastern extremity of Crete, under the superihtendency
of Mr. Binney, the United States consular agent at Syra,
Greece.
From Sitia the cable is connected by overland wire to Candia;
from there the already existing cable connects with Canea; from
this place a new cable was laid by the
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same company to Zante, one of the Ionian
Islands, which place connects directly with Brindisi, Italy. The
cable is in perfect, working-order, and several messages have
already been forwarded from Cairo to England by the Viceroy of
Egypt.
The tariff for telegraphing has not been yet published, but it is
supposed that from this place to England, for a message of
twenty words, one livre sterling will be charged.
I have, &c,
HUGO HILLEBRANDT,
United
States Consul.
