330 SUBMARINE CABLE LAYING AND KEPAIPdNG. 



Caldera, and Serena. During the revolution, the war-vessels 

 of the Congressionalists cut the Mollendo-Arica and Arica- 

 Iquique sections in one day; two days later the Iquique- 

 Antofagasta section ; and five weeks later that between 

 Antofagasta and Caldera. As soon as the condition of affairs 

 permitted, the "Retriever" proceeded to pick up the eight 

 ends and put them through, and, including about 700 miles' 

 steaming, had the cables in working order within three weeks. 

 The illustration of the "Retriever " is from a photograph kindly 

 lent by the Company. 



The Cable Ships "Store Nordiske " and " H. 0. Oersted." 

 — These two vessels, although belonging to one Company — the 

 Great Northern Telegraph Company — are at work on very 

 nearly opposite sides of the globe. The two portions of this 

 Company's submarine system are situated in the waters of the 

 Far East and northern Europe. The " Store Nordiske " pre- 

 sides over the cables in the Far East, and has also done a 

 great deal of work for the Japanese Government. The 

 principal cables of the Great Northern Company connect Hong- 

 Kong, Amoy and Shanghai with Japan, Corea and the town of 

 Wladiwostok on the eastern littoral of Russian Asia. From 

 this town the great Russian land-line system of 9,000 miles 

 spans the continent of Asia, and communicates with St. Peters- 

 burg and the Baltic Sea coast. Thence follows the European 

 cable system of the above Company, connecting Russia with 

 Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, and Great 

 Britain. This latter system, running through the North and 

 Baltic Seas, is kept in repair by the steamer " H. C. Oersted." 

 The faults repaired by this vessel in cables crossing the North 

 Sea between Scotland, Norway, Denmark, and Newcastle are 

 chiefly caused by trawlers in the North Sea fishing fleets. At 

 Woosungand Hong-Kong the Company's lines join those of the 

 Eastern Extension Company, and connect China with Australia, 

 India, Africa, and Europe. 



The illustrations of these vessels (Figs. 194 and 195) are from 

 photographs kindly lent to the writer by the Great Northern 

 Company, that of the "Store Nordiske" being a very good 

 one, taken at Shanghai by a shrewd John Chinaman. It will 

 be noticed that these vessels are of very compact form,. 



