The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-11-22
Telegraphic Communicative with Eu.

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/ We understand that to-day, telegraph,
communication for business purposes, will b,
opened on the new line just put in operation
between this city and st. Johns, Newfound
land. This line has been built by compa
ny Of capitalists in this city principally, and
is the American contribution to the great
transatlantic enterprise, which is destined in
very short space of time, to place the two
commercial capitals of the world in direct
communication with each other, over the
wires of the great Transatlantic Telegraph
st. Johns, N. F., following the Telegraph
wires, is LIS miles. Along part of this dis
tance-namely, from Ashpe Bay, N. S., to
Cape Bay, N. F., say IS miles-a superior
English submarine cable has been laid with
the most fattering success. Of the whole
route, $50 miles (from New York to Nova
SCOTIA is under the control of the American
Telegraph Company, having their Office at
No. q, Wall street, in this city, and the re-
mainder 1897 miles, including the submarine
cable) is under that of the Newfoundland
Company, of which Peter Cooper, ESQ.,, of
this city, is president and heavy stock
holder. A large part of the line on this route
is new, and the remaining portion has been
recently overhauled and thoroughly repaired,
and the whole is pronounced by competent
judges to be the most perfect and substantial
line in the corntry.
With regard to the submarine extension of
this line from Newfoundland across the At
lantic to Galway, Ireland-a distance Of
about l 900 miles-we have some trust
worthy information. We learn that the pro-
ject is looked upon with great favor in Eu-
rope both by capitalists and scientific men.
A company has been formed in London I'M
der the auspices of Cyrus w. Field, Esq, OF
New York, and Sir John w. Brett, the dis
tinguished English engineer, who has already
earned an extended reputation by his emf
nently successful construction Of several ex-
tensive submarine telegraphs in Europe, in
Gliding the one recently Land down across the
Mediterranean. At the first meeting of this
company, held in London on the 23d of De-
tOber, over one-third of the capital required
for the completion Of the transatlantic en-
terprse was immediately taken up, and the
whole amount could have been disposed of
on the spot but for the previous determine
ton of the projectors to apportion share of
the stock among the commercial capitals of
the Continent. We are informed that one
of the Rothchilds has intimated willingness
to take the whole of the Continental appor-
tionment, provided there should be any diff
Guilty in disposing of it in the manner pro-
posed. But no such difficulty is apprehend
I'd by the managers; on the contrary, their
chief source of trouble would seem to be
how to dispose Of their stock so as to satisfy
all the numerous applicants for it.
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above, some discussion was had as to the
feasibility Of the enterprise, so far as the
successful laying of the cable and working
across the Atlantic was concerned. On these
points there seemed to be but one opinion,
and that was that the project would be car
ried to a successful accomplishment before
the close of the ensuing summer. The dis
tinguished Engineers, Brunei and Stevenson,
and others of scarcely less note, have given
opinions in favor of the practca ility of the
enterprise, and, as test of their confidence
offered to take pecuniary interest in it.
On view of the whole matter, taking in
to consideration the voluntarily accorded
opinions in it's favor of the most distinguish
ed engineers and electricians, together with
the eagerness with which pecuniary inter-
est in the enterprise is sought by the leading
capitalists of Europe, we may look upon d.
rect communication between New York, Lon
don and all the Continental capitals of Eu-
rope as almost a faH accomph. Within year
from this time we shall probably be publish
ing daily dispatches from London.-N. Y.
Tribune, 10Th.