The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1868.

FRENCH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
COMPANY.
Incorporated under the Companies Acts of 1863 and. 1867,

under the title of
SOCIETE DU CABLE TRANSATLANTIQUE

FRANCAIS
(Limited).

With a Capital of £1,200,000, or 30,000,000 f., in 69,000
shares of £2O or 500 f., of which 10,000 aro to be issued as
fully paid shares, according to the Prospectus.
The Union Bank of London will receive Subscriptions
for £1,000,000, in 50,000 shares of £2O each of this capital,
on the following conditions:—
Deposit on application £1 per share.
On Allotment £4 per share. On the 15th of February,
On the 15th of October, 1868, 1869, £3.
£3. On the 15th of April, 1869,
On the 15th of December, £3.
1868, £3. On the 15th of May, 1869, £3.
HONORARY COMMITTEE IN FRANCE.
His Excellency M. Drouyn do Lhuys.
M. Elio do Beaumont, Senator.
Count Mallet, Senator.
Vice-Admiral Trehouart, Senator.
DIRECTORS.
London Board.
The Right Hon. ROBERT LOWE, M.P., Chairman.
Cornelius Grinnell, Esq. (Messrs. Grinnell and Co.)
Edward J. Halsey, Esq. (Messrs. Fesser, Uhtoff and Co.,
and Ft sser and Co., Havana).
Julius Reuter,, Esq.
William Henry Schroder, Esq. (Mews. J. H. Schroder
and Co.)
Paris Board.
Contre Amiral Lacapelle, President.
Le Marquis Eliacin do Beaumont.
M. S. Boitelle, Sonatour.
Le Baron Ph. de Bourgoing.
M. Charles Crapelet (MM. Rattier and Co.)
Le Baron Emile d'Erlanger.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT.
Sir James Anderson.
CONSULTING ELECTRICIANS.
Sir William Thomson, F.R.S.
Cromwell F. Varley, Esq., M.I.C.E.
TECHNICAL ADVISER IN FRANCE.

M. Bertsch, Member of the Committee of Telegraphs in

France.
ENGINEE'ES AND ELECTRICIANS.
Latimer Clark, Esq., M.I.C.E.
Henry C. Forde, Esq.,
Fleeming Jenkin, Esq., F.R.S., M.I.C.E.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
The Union Bank of London, Princes-street.

the depth of water along the deep sea portion can be no
greater than that in which the present Atlantic cables
are laid.

I anticipate, from the soundings about to be taken by
the French ship of war; that a good deal of favourable
ground will be found from Milne bank to the Grand bank
of Newfoundland.
I am, dear Sirs,
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) JAMES ANDERSON.

London, 4th August, 1868.
Gentlemen,--At your request we have much pleasure
in handing you the present report on the cable recom-
mended by us to be laid from Brest to St. Pierre, and from
St. Pierre to the coast of the United States.
The deep sea cable adopted is almost 'exactly similar to
that used in 1865 and 1866. The great merit of this form
is its strength, both absolute and relative to the strains
required while laying the cable. The actual strength of
this hemp and steel cable is 71 tons, while the strain re-
quired for submersion need not exceed 14 cwt. Even if it
should ba necessary to haul back any portion already laid,
the strain need not exceed 11 tons in the deepest water.
The strength is, therefore, amply sufficient to meet all
contingencies, with a margin quite as great as is allowed in
any ordinary engineering construction or operation. We
need hardly remind you of the experimental proof which
has been given that this form of cable can, even if broken in
the deepest water, be recovered by dredging, but we take
the oppartunity of expressing our deliberate opinion
that this success was not fortuitous, but that the experi-
ment might be repeated as often as required with a like
result. The power of transmitting messages through long
submarine lines is no longer a matter of doubt, and the
laws affecting their transmission are well understood. We
can promise with certainty that through your enlarged
core you will be able to send twelve words per minute,
and by improved methods of signalling we expect to in-
crease this minimum considerably. The length of your
cable,, which will, be in deep water, will be no greater than
that of the existing cables, audit will rest on the same
smooth and safe bottom. The shallow water section will
be a heavy cable, protected agatnst rust by a bituminous
compound, as used-for the Persian Gulf cable. The route
avoids all considerable anchorages and all danger from
icebergs, and should any interruption ever occur on this
portion it can be repaired with certainty and rapidity.
In conclusion, the strength of your cable is such as to
render its submersion a safe operation ; the route to be
followed is eminently favourable, and a good commercial
speed is certain to be obtained. You secure the advan-
tage of a direct communication, and the risks you run are
not greater in any way than those already surmounted.
We are, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
WILLIAM THOMSON, HENRY C. FORDE, and
C. F. VARLEY, FLEEMING JENKIN.
LATIMER CLARKE,
Messrs. Erlanger and Reuter.

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