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| | History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Commercial Pacific Cable Company |
 | | The landing of the cable at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, adjacent to the Cliff House, was apparently quite an event, with a large crowd, numerous dignitaries, and a brass band. |
 | | The work of hauling in the cable was done so expeditiously that the officials arrived on the beach only two minutes before the cable, which touched the beach and was christened at 9:55 A.M. While the cable was being spliced to the land end, Mayor Schmitz delivered a short speech, congratulating Mr. |
 | | Before the Pacific cable was laid in 1902 the only way to send a telegram from the west coast of America to China or Japan was across America, then to England, and then either via the Great Northern route through Russia or via the Eastern and Eastern Extension network to India and beyond. |
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