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Work crews completed the transcontinental telegraph in short order. The first transatlantic telegraph cable, completed on August 5, 1858, made it possible for a New York or Chicago merchant to send a message to London, the gold capital of the world, in a matter of minutes. But sending a message from New York or Chicago …
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