The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-12
Our Special Correspon dence

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
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Our Special Correspondence.
The UNITED sTATBs FRIaArK NIAGARA STILL At
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aKNT or TIE EXPEDITION
TILL kEZr TRANSFORMATIONS P0R THE 6ALB or
THE CABLE TO TIE British EAST INDIA COMPANY
-PRkPARATloHs FOR ANoTHRR ArrEHsT To LAY
TIE LINZ IN lS5S-rHK sUBJBcT BHvoRg rHa
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH ooMPASY-sUaaYsrIos
PROM EBwsPArsR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IXPRRIh8krs-THK NIAGARA NOT TO Blk HoAE
BKFoRE OCTOBER CABLE TO 81 Disco ARasD AT
PLyMouTk-LErrKR or rAorEssoR AoRsE IN RE
GARD TO THE PRESENT CONDITION OF TaH KkTER
PR1sB, ETC., Erc.
Plymouth, England, August %, 1887
The United States frigaie Niagara arrived st Plymouth
the 1914 nnan and aims Ut this port awaiting the
ruriher decision OF the company. oae point may be
considered definitely seted-the postpone mont OF The
ierprse till year. when with the aid oae experience
which has been gained In the late Inflated expedition
every 70 believe the second attempt will be
successful That experience has been purchased At
Of abou, two hundred thousand dollars ge amount Of
money Ii is ne but all things considered lass which
the psny well sustain In view OF the great fact
which has been esabiisnedhe periec, prAcucabHy OF
the dertakng When the enterprise ut proposed
there many who rieculed II . visionary project,
and who prepared 10 prove their sasfAc,ion
that the obstacles which stood In the way insur.
has staggered them M. htile and are willing 10
acknowledge that after all tbs not dicuu mel
Had the cable paired in three four hundred aihoms
water they might still regard a. mpossiple; but,
fortunately for their argument, the fracture o,surred
when the ship 2ebk miles from yaenta bay and the
depth OF the water about two thousand Athoms,
oording the soundings taken the time by Lieut. Day
man, Commander Of e. steamer Cyclops Nothing ,ould
be ore concusivey proved ihan the practcabiliIy
laying he cable In the great depths and ali arguments
and assertions to the contrary must be hereafter
Rarded Of the chsra,ter with those wtDsn
urged BY the vIescres who Undertook to prove twenty
nvs thirty years ago, that steamers could be
made the Atlantic Tie cable Be laid only
d>n Of too thousand fah0ms, but can BE- laid al Tat
dTA wrh much and little ri,k q, d; depA ef
fcar hundred Ia no, that grand resuif and woula
not tho company have been willing. before the enterprise
and The stock al subscr oed-would they not
have been willing pay two hundred thousand dollars for
the information vita which hey have thus urnshedi
Then in addrcn 10 this they have also had the
facsery proof that there Interfere with
The cable during the process OF laying and consequently
when shal have been submerged Bat this ALL
che oondon Of the sea- has been founi, does
nra supposed Long before the breaking OF the
cable thote was 90 heavy sweD en- q quote the
words Of the Eassras iOgl and yet the opera
alsbiesi lmpedm.ni, ssd with such perfec, suo.
10 safety all on board that moderate gale,
Il blew from The westward, would Interfere With
work IA may be Asked--what then the she
ans ate aid not succeed, and why there any
cessy 70 purchase experience In case where pre-
scented without CHARGE rne answer 70 sim ples-The only
experience required Was In the mecnanoa department.
NE mach merry dsfcc,ve-n word, unified for
impount work which n hsd been ooastruoted rhal
michnery ~ the reaiers Of the HnnAlD already know,
consisted q boiler an engine, winding up and paying
reguc 70 this machinery u Vas. all untred before
POI on board, and the only rin which hAo wAs when
Aask 49, tha Ais~H
n1 90 NE eIpedluoo me ri.i on board he after ana
chat on board the former have since learned, was,
aescrbrs me ,psrinsns made 90 The passage Of the
Niagara from Cork 70 Nalenus Bay Il stated
brakes could not be applied without imminent risk, aud
the result has proved the correctness Of the sacmcut
Ths ~m psipabe 70 every observer; and yet In ia 70 OF
.hi, fso' the brakes we're frequently applied during the
clearly &c nonsr sied than Their complete utefancss for
TIE work they had hardly been employei that the
wheels hch The cable passed did stop az at
such nres found necessary employ al the hands
chat could be brought 70 bear thsm 70 set them going
or tbe greatest dIfcuy vas experienced In rclesune
them Under these circumstances used n oil the great
0 o ~ ~ ss, 'ns
this proves NOT that there should be no brakes but sim
Ply Nal they thoud be Of the proper kind, that tney
snoud be CAPABLE u being graduated every degree Of
pressure aud Of being released any m,ment
when the cable broke the pressure marked by
rhow the strain by which the fraotcre vas occasorsd,
and which here every reaaon 10 believe far eeded
i've hu hsh ns-tne We GIT which vas oAiouated 70
sustain 70 NE mile when the wheels refused 70 revolve
had 70 susain the strain 70 which n subjected by
The rising OF The err sell pssress OF the sho-
strain Nnder which oven the avy shore cable parted
Here then, preseped the cause OF the parting OF
The cable eus ,ns.e are o'csmsAnces oonnsced there
with which should not be overlooked mus, no, be sup
pose6 thai brake ns essential -shas IA can be done
without, for something 10 ncoessary 10 sbeck the r.scd
o the cable during The pro ss Of payirg out The brake
be dispensed vito but such AZ has been sug
gesed Only should he employed me speed OF The sno
Ghouh be frsd nj about Eve miles hour and exSen M
care sbs 1lue neoossty Ehoulo be reaucsd To- o.,
than two , instead o. puaLg on the brakes 10 she tx
nhe cable from gons out 81 th miles hour while
che vessel vas MAILING but three, The rate on The
Latter had been Increased 70 I'VE the fracture would
rnepi before and Afro proved tbn the sraln wa,
but VERY rlf hllY augmented, n was augnensd All
by The change The cable nelf IL adira ply adsped or
Gke purpose FACT when every one admits while the
chinery n the subjet Of universal condemnation The
vindrs up machine u pretty generally REGARDED as a
gor the worn for which n was inendet-she recovery
che submerged cabie-and 40 both the engine snd boiler
are sencssei Of H. hey are 81 course 70 ee regarded IN
the Category.
ns propsed 70 commence the work next year, In the
moth Of June or Juy % lh1 10 the event o. any soc'
dent occurring thre may be sufficient time ief for an
Cher sitempt The month OF Angus this year has oer
esnlJ been everything tbsi could be desired; and u u
psy be taken fair sample Of the westher which pre-
YAH between ireland and Newfoundland ri this season, u
e. perhsp- he best that could be selected, However, as
noenu may rcsard The comp elton Of the work,
and W commen q month or tso earlier, for
Che PURPOSE, In the mesnnme the subject has been
under dscusson before the Board Of Directors and
neeousuont are IN progress for the sAe Of the twenty
tsdred and ooG uils vtinh siu rem o. lhe Atlantic
tebh y NE bn1sh Ia lnts Oonr y, neH one VII be