The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21
AMERICAN TELEGRAPHS


We with the Eastern Ines, having direct
connection with the Atlantic CABLE
NEW YORK ,nKwrouNDL AND AND LONDON TELEGRAPH
COMPANY.
The New York, Newfour dland and London Telegraph
Conf any organized some three years since, under
SPECIAL charter from the Legislature Of Newfoundland.
The stockholders bAfa dozen enierp rising ci
OF New York. who conceived the project Of connect
ing America and Europe with sub marine cable This
enterprise undertaken 10 supply the last INK OF land
Ines reaching tho eastern verge Of North America pre-
rara DRY 70 spanning the with cable Tho officers
W. Field, Marshall o. Roboru and Wilson q. Hunt, Drs,-
TOR, Peter Cooper Presd.n CJgusw Field, Vice pres-
tricap David Dudley Field Council the capital u THIS
Company rs 100000 fneir lines extend from Port
Hood Nova SCOTS 10 the Gulf OF g. Awren -, thence
by sub MAJ inc able across Calf IS miles % Ne y
thence the ,ity OF 81 JOINS and Osoe Rboe
vile, New RSnswios, win chrlo,seoSu, Prince ss~1ds
Islspd.
me Ines Of this company connect exclusively with
cable OF he Atlantic Telegraph Company At Trinity Bay,
f. and understood that the t~o companies Will be
consolidated as ICON % The ooonscaos shsi asye been
In Novs scots VIII be placed unier The control Of Tho
above named company
NOVA SCOTIA TELEGRAPH LINES.
he nrt telegraph line This Province balm BY the
government IN 1sse, add extended from Halifax 10 Am
bers,-i3o miles In 1853 private charter was granted 10
II
10 extend lines all parts Of tho Province and
purchase the governnens rne Mr.. Hyde, under the pa
tronsse OF the Hon g. Cunud and fe~ other friends,
speed built and equipped about 200 miles Of iue an
expense Of si2oo oo and there probably terri
tory Of equal extent on this side ef Tho Atlantic ha 20
wen provided with teesrapho facilities. the lines arc
now owned BY Tie Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph com.
yany, and transmit equal 10 about 100 coo mensses per
been made between the Novs scotia Company and Toe
New York and Newfoundland Company, BY -hijn me Tow
win surrender the control or the lines 70 me As
TER company.
AMERICAN rrLpeRAPH coxrArY.
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HAsFsnRx. ZANE AsD SEE BRUSs"ick LNEs
The Anne, can Telegraph Company Of New York Vas
formed and ren opcralo, n the winter OF 1880,
una,, the laws OF the Of New York. with capital Of
5000 oof, limited.
n. ofncer. are Peter Cooper, Wilson O. Han,, Cyrus W.
Field. Hiram c. Alden, and ia mes EDDY, Directors;
Peter coeper Presd emit Hiram o, Alden, Vice President
wilson O. Hust, Treasurer, and James Eddy, General
he Amercsn rsesrsphc Company have one line from
se~ york 10 Boston VIA New Haven, Middbeiows,
with two wires making SEQ miles Of virc vas BUN
by New YORK and Boston Printing Telegraph oompa
n ns. line from s.. YORK VIA a' psasSy w.,srssr,,
Ma tford,. arinsneld and Worcester, 70 Bcsson, u't
snss asO % one ss. s .
india rubber Insulation and wire made Of ne best Nsr'
way iron, and galvanized
road, nearly completed II has one wire leo miles 10
length, and ID owned by the American Company vfe
for the excluive Of the Harlem Railroad Como
from New York TO Chatham -Four Corners, 1Jo miles,
built pan lily upon the same po,s. -. -
The line from Albany via Troy and P1tfsneh 70 sgns-
sed us uales buih In 1885, by the Asers ana vest
ern fes graph Company, With capital OF szov" noN
wholly owned BY the American conpsny woS ros.
coxiro pg interest In the Inc from Troy 70 o@nsas,
2io miles, VIA whitehall. Rutland ana blshns. ~ 1an
by The Troy and Canada Juucaon Telegraph O'mpany,
ISL Hs sp s,o ss' sStauS W. % BOSTON, wire is1
,ss "a. nuI, IN 1880 by the Northern TeepsSh Com
psny, Cad al abos, $1,000 60, 49, -,
f'fir,. of the Maine Telegraph Oompsuy, Boston via
m ev g,co Portland, Bath, R1ctlsnd, Belfas,
49, nschias and Easport to Cass, 40 niles, built
- isis are wire except bet 7een Bst7n aud Portland,
d1r9s where there arc two wrcs. Line Rom Bson via
N.bsrt saeur, N,vbwyp1r, aad Portsuoutb, and jon
~. 'ho ne i.g ne,tobes a. south Berwick, Asine one
w,ys tpsth 20 les line f-oul Portland via IesiSsop
e,s Walsrg lie o. Rnsos length % miles one wire.
roal Len N ~ NLCs hBiA b. me Name C1rpany, go
rojles sir 7ii rifles OF Nirs Ca-tAl tN2eo0
New Brunsy OK telegraph C3mptny's rns, huJi n
ls4s-s Caals va g. J5hn 10 boundary o. N5vh ssoss