The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-31


ance Of the building which would give soy ia.
dic.ton of the character OF the work performed
Sh. .os.or a and the only nt%'Io wn n,s1
has Of IT, Is that conveye sign the roof
which inform him that the submarine telegraph cable
manufactured there The whole establish men surrount
ed by wall eight or ten feet high to keep Out that spirit
Of inquiry which, whether audsble not the part OF
the pub, does not receive the amount OF ole alton
the opportunity In this country the
United States There is In addition 10 this WALL porter
sad ne So Of the 81 .us
can did the Russians the fortress OF Sebastopo The
only approach 10 Is by graveed path way that terri
dozen miles of which would up the best pair OF boots
made and yet strange to these gravel footpaths
England, to give rise {, the belief that the ntes OF
the hoemakers among the strongest in the kingdom,
and that the authorities VIII, have charge Of the making
that time honored a1d nds pensable class OF radesmen
Your correspondent, fortunately happening to be one
Of the privileged few Who permitted to enter me fac
tory, visited q few days ago In company ~ith Professor
Morie and DR.. Whiehouse On passing the gate he dis
IN diameter, and which n.d been dug 70 the depth Of
about four feet In both there were eight coils each CON
tanipg from twenty to three hundred miles OF the cabls
ard three four OF ~hich receiving |! rs 1t
came freshly made out of the factory. The men VIII,
ergsgsc in packing or c,ing had their hands aud
edolept of the material About three hundred and
dry miles had been placed board the Agame nnon and
That vessel was somewhr: blackened by the operation
But no ma ter how objectionable the tar may be it Is an
exc lent preventive Of rust and absolutely indispensable
the mauufactur OF the cable.
The two c.rcuses, basins, they perhaps,
poperly called constructed that they be ed to
the top with water to allow OF the complete submerson
the cable This necessary ties. its laon
for the discovery Of any defects tina. may have
capped the keen inspection OF Mr. Sasham, who proves
every sixty miles Of II before leaving his factory
AND the cable again subjected to the electric test when
If it prove perfect 1t |, allowed TO remain untisurbed
til such time Il. placed shpboard The break of
Continuity or connection the cre, from imperfec insu
laon ra'ting of the copper wire made known by
The ringing Of bell which SOUNDS Va aar@ tne instant
the battery sends the electric stream along the conduc
tor While at the factory Of Mr. Stahsm saw this test
applied, and with the most perfect success The oonneo
ton YVES temporarily destr yed but the moment the bat
terry ught b. upon the conductor the unerrng
Indicator, the te bell commenced ringing, and kept II
ID ill The battery was detached Through be means pf that
same palble detective every mile Of Is cot only proved
Is coed in the hod OF the ship but as paid over
the ocean Let 1t sound the alarm and the ponderous
ohpery Of TIE sn at once stopped the cabl Is brought
up on deck and infinitely eced ov the Torkmen the
Defect wbae 1t may be- repaired in less tnsn an nonr
the engines again set In motion, and "tne laying" pro
ceeded with rs II there had been nc defect.
The machinery s IN the cable acscy S have said
rather intricate and complicated, few minutes inspection
makes all perfectly plain The nrst process Is the
stepped in composition q tar and PITCH after which
ceyes the external protection wire The pepa-
ration Of the hemp and tie winding Of II on bobbns en-
ing to night, and from Monday TO Saturday, with all the
steadress and regularly Of their elder fellow operatives
Hundreds of miles of this hemp passes through their hands
every week. aud although 1t really the least important
of the different materials Of which The cable co posed,
still 1t could not well be done without They never
done during their hours OF labor filing up empty bobbns
Ike those extraordinary tables which tt o; J,ve
undertook TO Clean there same bobbns supply them with
almost endless work The sewing Of the hemp the
Is accomplished by Of volving machine the
periphery Of which placed eight Of these bob
ary through is As machine the bob.
bns sh) revolve on their own axes paying out the hemp
wh'h thus served on the core The process can per.
pieces Of wood OF the size say about three feet
diameter, and each having hole in the csatre Let these
tie joined by three or four upright bars Of wood iron
set at equal distances apart, all placed within about
inch Of the pei phery This done, the thing get
the regulate OF spools each spool representing
bobbn about .even btoe SUFFICIENT f,r the purpose and
ssten them on axes to the lower one OF the tao circular
pscss OF wood Inc machine Is now au,bed and IN
rope, and wind upon each OF the spoos enough wne
10 illustrate the prosess The machine having been
pivot us be put In MOTIF the EMS o. the twine
joined 10 the rope about inch above tho top OF the
spoo, and the rope itself drawn slowly through tie
rope drawn upward The poos will also revolve payiug
the twne out and serving on the rope. Here you have
. toeraby iA' illustration of the manner 10 which NOT
which The last wire protection Is laid The veocl
~ With which these machines revove Is ~ha, cal
factory and should of the b,bbins happen by any
chance to fly of while they In motion, they would
happen 10 co ne in contact But fortunately they are so
well secured thai accidents Of the kind seldom or never
occur. While the cable Is being paid out from tho ma
chine In its finished state passes several small
wheels and through va Of tar II ORA ont by the
men who are engaged In coilpg It Ia the basins Five OF
the wire Govern machines In operation nj the time
Of witt and hese gave about twelve miles as tie az
greeate OF their days work.
The coirg Of the cable In the hold OF the Agame nnon
keeps from txiy 10 seventy men employed. Tntse ere
divided into two gangs each OF wh,h works ten hours
ard the labor they form is about the mott tedious the
mo- monoionot and the duleet that be conceived
Tor ten org hours they 10 stopping posture
down depth Of about thirty feet In the hold eta
eel packing away the well arred cable. Tas aeen
txerty gar barners, which throw their little jets o.
white flame above their heals barely sun sent TO
rive gh, to work by bu, they are sccnsi mei 10
wtrk by such light, and manage 10 coil from forty TO
Dny miles every twenty hours. A small engine Of
twelve horse power, which has been erected 90 deck,
draws the cable out from the coils 10 the factory nj
OF from two 10 20 and ahalf miles pcr hour and pays
90 IN inio the hod, where Is packed The diameter OF
this cod which II perfect circle IL forty We feet
way ard forty rne the her. It's heg5t beng about IL
u Is calculated 10 contain the whole tSsve hundred and
siy m, but Is more than prSbibIs .sa. .Ssre will
length aud hs two hcndrei miles will have 10 be
eoiled elsewhere rhere vii however, be no dniculy
about this, there abundance Of space and a. no
sci 10 every way adapted the work bS,a Of receiving
In ADDITION TO the shore ends Of the cable ton nles for
the Of being In the Greenwich factory
of the bcs steel wire. The object Of this IL to have
strong as pos,Sle 10 the middle, that part viii be the
strain docs no. however, differ In size from hat por
ton With which viii be conuect,d, and viii be about the
There report In Giro lla,lon that the Queen intends
Ing 10 Cork 70 ress the departure OF the telegraph
ec and ~ u IL said abe gsreraif cs-rics on, her inen
tons, !, net at al mprop,be, tbore s any truth In
the report, ,bat she will be there 90 tia, evenul
sion.
Our LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENTS.
IdvrsrooL, July 3, 1857.
Sovine Ne Wire in he Hold Of ne Niagua-How ne Work
is CURED BY ne saaorsNo Kink or fbai in ne Rope
Plan g Pd,ing ,n ne cabie a, SEA.
went en- board the Niagara last Saturday TO he
slowing Of the ,eleersphic wire small bark OF about
six hun ired TONS conslnng $50 mil.s Of the we no
alongside, where abe well secured.
the bark 10 The fore hatch Of the Niagara this
placed at Intervals OF six fec, apart number OF skeleton
wheels, over which tho wire was paved down 10 the
lower circle In the fore hold Captain Hudson had selected
from nber OF volunteers sixty picked men who we're
divided oto four watches, and upon whom devovei the
whole oong Of the cable One hand vas stationed In the
a.rNs A.