Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Ireland” in entry cables-ocean of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...e transmission of messages, a competing company was formed by James Gordon Bennett and John W. Mackay.
This laid in 1884-85 two lines from Ireland to Nova Scotia, having also a connecting line from Ireland to France.
In 1900 plans were perfected for a Pacific cable, to extend from San Francisco to Honolulu, thence to Wake Island, Guam Island, and Manila, all United States possessions.
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