The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-04-23
The Atlantic Telegraph,

INV h""utC letekfupn'
The operation of slowing the wire
for second effort commenced on
Friday last, 10th, on board Her
Majesty's ship Agamemnon, In Key.
ham basin. An extra place for de-
posit has been constructed on her
|up er deck, abait the ioremast,. en-.
Ipa bio Of taking 9 10th miles each
flake or layer. Here about 14O
miles were deposited up to yester-
day, Thursday evening, at an aver
age OF 81 miles a day. It will con-
tain together 26O miles, which forms
tho fret portion to be laid. The
place for deposit last year, In the
hold, made the coil oval in one di.
rection, close on the kelson, and oval
in the opposite direction above. A
different arrangement prevails now;
two additional bulkheads have been
knocked away, and the hold presents
the appearance Of basin perfectly
circular in every part. The cone in
the centre is - feet 3 inches high,
and has diameter of 10 feet at the
base and s at the top; it will be en-.
circled by 1,o50 miles Of cable
The remaining $50 miles are to be
coiled on the orlop deck, where the
heavy shore end was placed last
year. A new guard has been fitted
Tor The Agamemnon's stern, to pre-.
vent the cable from fouling the pro-
pellc'. The cage previously used
was weakened by it's proximity to
the copper on the ships bottom
which served as a negative to the
iron. The galvanic action Of salt
water on it during the lsst eight
months has rendered it desirable to
provide a new one, which will not
touch the surface until the load line
is reached. On board the Niagara
the boats forward on the upper deck
are to be removed, and a space pre-
pared Of 33 feet diameter, equal to
the reception Of from ITO to $50
miles of cable. For the approach
ing trial the Atlantic Telegraph
Company appear to have made very
complete arrangements through their
engineer-in-cheif, Mr.. Bright, who
has been some days at Plymouth. -
The coiling on board the Agsmem
non is superintended by Mr.. Can.
ming. who assisted in the operations
last year. and who laid the cable
asross the Gulf Of st. Lawrence from
Newfoundland to Cape Breton. -
Mr.. Whitehouse, who completed the
line from Varna to Balaklava, and
was charged with the first shipment
aud fittings on board the Niagara
takes the same duty now, with the
aid Of Captain Kell, who was enga
ged laying the early Mediterranean
lines, Mr.. Everett, of the Niagara,
accompanied by Mr., Clifford, one o
the company's assistant engineers
on the former occasion, has been in
trusted with the supervision OF the
experiments carried on at the work:
of Messrs. Penn, Field, & Loyed
whom the company have consulted
upon the notifications to be made
in the paying-out machinery, ano
with the concurrence Of Mr.. Bright
their engineer, and Mr.. Appold, who
invented, for different purpose, the
form Of brake to be used. The stat
Of telegraphic clerks engaged las
year has been retained, and some o
them under the guidence of Mr.
Whitehouse, the electrician, are per
fecting themselves in their :utur,
employment by transmitting and re
cciving, through the $3.50 miles o.
wire now at Plymouth, the class o
messages anticipated on the closer
junction OF England with the Uniteo
States and the continent of Ameri
ca,--London Times, March 26.