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rated by private companies. CompanyNumber of Cables.Length of Cable in Nautical Miles. Anglo-American Telegraph Co.: Transatlantic System—Valentia (Ireland) to Heart's Content (Newfoundland)4 7,510 Minon, near Brest (France), to St. Pierre-Miquelon12,718 Communication on American coasts91,964 European Communication181 ————— Total1512,273 Commercial Cable Co.: Transatlantic System—Waterville (Ireland) to Canso (Nova Scotia)36,893 Canso, N. S., to New York1826 Canso, N. S., to Rockport, Mass.1511 Communication in Europe2839 Emden, Germany, via Azores, to New York14,984 ————— Total814,053 Direct United States Cable Co.: Ballinskellig's Bay (Ireland) to Halifax (Nova Scotia)12,564 Halifax, N. S., to Rye Beach, N. H.1535 Total23,099 Western Union Telegraph Co.: Transatlantic System—Sennen Cove, near Penzance, England, to Dover Bay, near Canso, N. S.25,107 Dover Bay, N. S., to New York21,776 Gulf of Mexico System8459 ————— Total127,34