The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-10

NKwrovcDLAES PhoTcr~aDL~ Nova ooStiAns
AID Newfoundlsr ders arc otter called "haf Yam
kees," and, IL enterprise, energy, and perseverance
in carrying out an object, added to ingenuity and
forecast in it's inception, give any class Of To-
reign<u claim to that name. then they more
Entitled to it than any Of the British provinciab
this continent.
The maritime enterprise of Newfoundland and
Nova Scotia Is well known. We have reoentl
learned the plans Of two enterprises in another d
rection, though intimately come cted with maritime
affairs, which, when completed, will rebound greatly
to the credit and, We doubt not, to the permanent
benefit Of those provinces. We sllude first, to the
project of building line of electric telegraph
four hundred miles long, to extend from Cape Race,
the extreme easter nmost point of Newfoundland, to
Cape Ray, opposite the eastern part of Cape Bre-
ton, N. s., bill for which passed at the last
session of the Provincial Parliament of Newfound-
land. The bill provides that a line of telegraph
wires shall be run from Cape Race to Cape Ray, for
the purpose Of conveying the latest European intel
Ggence from the numerous steamers that usually
sight the former headland their passage out to
the United States" This it is proposed to accom-
plish by means Of vessel of suitable class which
will be kept cruising off that point to intercept the
steamers. The intelligence thus acquired, will be
telegraphed to Cape Ray, at which point it is in
tende to lay down sub marine telegraph of forty
eight miles, to connect with the opposite shore of
Cape Breton, N. s., whence the news will find its
way, with electric speed, over the whole Of North
America. The bill appropriates, from government
funds EI50 for a preliminary survey, an gives
bonus Of every alternate hall mile Of wild land to
the company who undertake the enterprise. Co
vernment also guarantees the interest, for three
years OF the cost Of construction, which is expected
to reach $50 600.
The other enterprise 10 which we have referred,
is plan for extending, through the energetic ae-
ton Of a few public spirited gentlemen in Nova
Scotia, the electric telegraph from Halifax to
Windsor, Annapolis, and Yarmouth, mt the extreme
western part of the province, and from Halifax, via
Pictou, the Gut OF Canso to Sydney, Cape Breton,
near which place the Nova Scotia net work of wires
will int ersect with the submarine and Newfoundland
line, first alluded to- When these enterprises pro-
ected in Newfoundland, and already in good state
of forwardness in Nova Scotia, shall have been
pleted VIC shall then have line of wires more than
500 miles long stretching from the extreme point
of Newfoundland to Halifax, N. s., and St. john
N. b., from which point branch lines already
tend, being built, north, up the St John river
to Quebec, and al Canada, and west to Calais
Me- and thence throughout the United States.
This great project OF extending the telegraph to
Newfoundland, is well calculated to arrest the at
tention of the commercial public, both in Europe
and America for should the hopes of it's projectors
be realized, as We apprehend there is good reason
to anticipate, the time between Liverpool and New
York will be shortened by nearly five days.
The credit of this magnificent enterprise is due
to f. n Osborne, Esq, late superintendent of the
the Nova Scotia government telegraph, who has
resigned that situation for the purpose of devotng
his whole time to the consum nation Of this vastly
important undertaking. From our knowledge Of
the energy and perseverance Of that gentleman,
shall expect to see this project carried out to its
fullest extent in the shortest practicable time
sstent with the durability and efficiency OF the
undertaking. We are pleased to learn that Mr..
G., who has conducted the affairs of the Nova
Scotia government line satisfactorily to the press
and the public, for the last two years, has been
succeeded, in the superintendent of that line by
his brother, Hartley J. Grisborne Esq, already ia
vorably known as an operator the Balm line be-
tween Boston and Portland.