The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-31

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''p' under 'hs SEoRaF sR%Re Secretary
Ithcud state here that before leaving the Niagara Mr.
Field requested Mr. Everest the chief engineer Of Nj
,sara TO make siateen. In writing giving his vie1 Of
the feasibility OF the enterprise and OF the proper
which should be taken 10 secure Its Mr. Everett
has dore soin The following, which will be read with much
interest,"
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CYRUS W. FIELD. ESQ
LOG OF TIE NIAGARA FOR THE Six DAYS rAKM
IN LAYING THE CABLE.
AUGUST 6-AbA NJ called all haDds, and hove up port
anchor and got under Commenced steamins slowly
DOT Of the bay and paying out cable a the same tme
Sbssc Tho Nuk n tha
broken of close 10 the At 7I5 parted telegraph
cable, having caught foul OF the machine. Informed
squadron by signal From TO noon, standing of and on
The harbor under steam the tug undermining the cable
Got the port anchor board. From IA TO the steam
tug and Susquebannas boss at work at CABLE this ship
standing of and At $50 stood In, and commenced
paying the cable on board nc steam tug 70 ,Pics 70 the
hanna and Leopard Banding OF and with the rest OF tho
,quadron At $50 The Leopard and steam tug stood In;
nineteen fahoms From to mic night the Leopard
and Cyclops and anchored the SusquehAnpa and
Asamemnon standing of and on
AUG. 7-OommeI ced equally At A. n. made signal
TO the Susquehsnsa and Leopard 70 send launches along
side. Al $50 the Willing Mind, with working parts on
beard went buoy Of the cable also two boas
from the Leopard and Susquehanna From 10 IL ~ the
stsmtpgs and bost attempted raising the cable, but were
unsuccessful At lothey commenced UNDERMINING rom
the oh ,re. At the Willing Mind, assisted by the boar
Of the squadron, left the ship with the telegraph
cable and proceeded to srce tie two ends lying
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the chip, the cable being sphced At called all haOds
up spchor got under and commenced paying out the
telegraph cable At 80, ship being in 4s fahoms water
and having out miles Of the shore end, came
to the speIDg int secured the end Of the heavy cable
with hav,er lower by The joint prov I'd faulty and
working The sbp over the cable keep up and
AUG. AT / A N having formed the splice, started
ahead again under steam at The rate Of Knots paying
out the cable the psme time 4 Great Skelg Light bore
g. E. by compass, distant about 10 miles, paying
out The cable the OF four knots all The squadron in
eraI signal up 70 have paid mies Of oabls From
to noon paying out cable everything working well
Ape oOommesoed paying out the cable ct the rate OF
81 miles hour smooth telegraph feet In sight
from 70 sgpalled squadron 40 ended The quarter
Ssh. on the rollers over The orsS.sch Went ahead sssn
as 81 very squsy appearsnx during the watch, but
st at cleared up finely telegraph squadron in portion
paid The cable ii the Of 81, miles per hour q
noon the squadron y sight From noon 70 made signa
Sc 70 gs
ing well Prom 70 midnight the sea smooth paying ou
!he cable = u: rs'e Of Sh miles per hour u IL The
AUG. lo-Commenced paying ont NJ diaerents rates,
from 10 ~ knots Al Q made signal-cable going oul
ahead on she s,a board tack ssndins 70 The south At
che keps away and showed Norwegian oolors Hoisted
sOior 1d the telegraph nas q the m.en-.hs As.
Al IL the AsaDemnou made signal 70 know Il We had any
from The easswsrd-rephed "nothns Of importance
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iicns with tho sqpadrop Ats 30, .he splice was pas
Ing over The wheels OF the paying out machinery the cable
goa focl- the engine and cd TO clear It,
The squadron in sight From 70 backed Jake
the or the cable Stopped ana succeeded replacing
AIS ~ the cable slipped of no aier heel soppea The
ene recured the cable with stoppers backed asern
hNsn and sATt on our course ALL 30 the electricians
reported the continuity broken In consequence OF mot
cevne current from the shore for nearly too hours and
half Reduced the rate OF speed to one knot per hour
cn-ncreased the speed 70 vhree knots per hour swe
from the westward. Telegraph aeet In sight
AGO. ii AT 3sb the ndchinery stopped and tk tele
graph cable parted, In lat 81 - 5. long II 20 2 286
miles made good. Al 49, telegraph signal hAyiog been
made to the sauadron, Captains SANDS and Vain ~right
came board At IL Assmemnon cent . boat with .
bavser We sent Der The end OF the cable on board to
splee. The fable jsmmcd board the AgAmemnon and
parted The Cyclops made signal thai abe had found
westward Al 1880 received board the end OF the To-
parh cable nom the Agsmemnon spliced the tso ends
M mnou sde ssns that he cable has parted" Al 3so
the rabe parted the stero wben tho ship sta.
uopary. The cable was up and down. Al 100 no CT
clips and the Leopard, taking Mr. Field, parted npsny
snd s,eeed fo' England made fast 70 the end Of the
cable piece Of iron weighing about ESQ bs and paid ou.
SterD three miles N tesi th. strength OF the wire
This peoe Of ca ,le toved astern for about eight
bours, resisting all the strain upon during that Tina
RESULTS OF rHR ExPEDrrroN.
me nrss fact which has been isbshed By the alto np
10 lay iesraphlc cable between Ielaad and Ne ~ound
lard the prscticabIh,y Of The enterprise II may be
a'ked, Why, then, was the expedition attended with
fAlpre,-a question which very naturally arises, and
which Ia very easily Ansve cd 10 the nrrt place, the
machinery which really the Of the failure, ~
upsued 10 the work, and in the second, the cable was
br, Ken by application Of The brsses time when the
ofhsm fatal II 10 useless " that n the cable
bal not given way there not sufficient 10 reach New
foundsnd but until toe sssertion proved by complete
test until The two points connccted-tta point must
remtin q specul suon-A NEE matter OF conjecture.
there IL fact which II IA veil 10 consider In
this correction, that while the speed OF the ship I've
miles per hour the smount OF cable paid out aid no<
eyoeed ii the very utmost which, ao sing surplus
OF twenty cent proves that there wa enough Tor the
purpose II 10 that II the rate OF three miles 10 the
hour the length OF the cable % ort four half
and sometimes ave, but this might be easily avoided by
running the vcesel 70 ave hnoS and keeping her 81
that instead Of applying the brakes.
To the second place. the mschs cry bad not been tried
before plaoed board either the Agamemnon or
the Niagara, and -hen tried found 10 require great
many notifications The sheavea OF the wheels wore not
dee enough. the winding machine was entirely useles,
The tpsipe The brakes we're better dispcnssd