The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-02

vide, win BRIGGS Of the came Width" had
. b made the whole cisiAncs; men. msse
b. johns 70 tns heads Of tns dias'en. nays on tbs
southern ooast and Afterwards chiefly on meas oacket
The line Of read. The drst year MI Wine. We. "a
third year cups riltsnsep1 were zen, do.s asducs
the land o4 Newfoundland another Of one hundred
and forty nilre In Cape Breton was Anc con
Hscs made With companies In Nova Scotia New Bruns
wick, Maine, New Hampshire Msssscnusen1 Connecti'
cut and New York 70 the ~ maria. s ns
vecp Newfoundland and Cape Breton, eighty nvs miles
In length ard smother thirs mics ocg across Nofseuu
be straits TO Prince Edward Leland. TO procure
theee Mr. Gurus W. Field vised Engaad twics
december 1854 and ags, IN Jarrary 1853 The frat 1t
tempt 70 lay the sub arins line tue Gulf OF St
Iawrepce was made In 1856, ana was unsuccessful a
attempt made the nsxt year succeeded faus was
completed the cham Of tsesr.ea froa New YORK to the
stood upon the shore Of the Alsntc In thtr progress
eastward. (cheers)
The whole expense thus far with very triang excep
tcts, bal fa'kn upon ,hem-Nr Cyrus W. Field having
rade the largest ccntr buttons amoursng TO more tnan
two hundred thcusend dollars In money-and Mr. Cooper,
Mr. Tsyor and Mr.. R3orrtH little irss. NO o.hsr
contributors beyond the original subscribers had come
in except Professor Aorse, Mr. Robert W. Lowosr Mr.
Wilson q. Hunt and Mr. John W. Brett The list Of O.
end officers aims to this day vas at trst,
except that MI Hunt, director has taken the pare of
Mr. White, who died in 1885, and that Nc. FIELD Vice
rrs Of the company thus far the various negotiations,
the plan Of the work. the OVERSIGHT Of Its exsoastn and
the correspondence with tho ofceFs and Others mainly
devolved upon ". Cyrus W Field. (Cheers
TIE greatest and most ca part OF the original de-
sign sl remained to be and that WAS so sao
marine cable from EewfcupGland to Ireland. Tho dis
lance stauts miles The stormy and unoer
tain; submarine line Of moro Than aee hundred mics
to be undertaken, M Field, bis frs. wish 90 Eogland
in l54 had invited manufacturers TO furnish him with
specmeD. Of cable which they would recommend aoa es
dence with various persons the subject In 1855 he
procured N order from our government under which
Lieutenant Bergman made soundings Of the Atlantic be
tween Newiourdand and ireland Lieutenant Bergman
sailed that service the 18th OF July and the next
day Dir. Field sailed for England, having received the
formal consent Of the company TO make arrange
ments in England for the submarine Line, either BY
q subscription TO ths company, or BY organizing
a company auxiliary or associated with this Ia
Epsard he bad invited the operation Of Mr. Brett,
gentleman Of great experience who In 1851 formed com
land France He afterwards brought In Mr.. Etward
o. ". Wbehouse electrician, and Mr.. CaATies Bright
eDgineerbo'h gentlemen Of high soien', attain uents
These four gentlemen the Ieth Of sepssmber 1885, ca
tered into formal agreement to their exertions for
the formation OF company, 10 be called tas Atlantic
felesIspn COMPANY loe object Of whso should DC 20
and Londcr Telegraph Company TO ireland by making or
causing TO be made submarine telegraph cable for the
Atlantic This cone, Mr.. elc issued on tie Let OF No
veter 1916 circular signed by him. IS Vice President
Of the New York, Newfoundland ami London Telegraph
Company from which csShoi ioroear making the follow
ing extracts
M SR @ sr ss b. s
America and Europe Thai gosei ev!Bced the uar4aes
q " @
The 40 ss sDd & hey %
subsidy the sole snd xclasi,e rich! Of landing
s az 'S s 81 Se ss S q
Labrador from tie entrance Of Hudsons straits to the straits
This q the Colonial Is sisure subsequently, r.a
Ise Coppsny aso cttsned "a sY 1854 IN exclusive casr
ter issm tie gsSrnnsns q ince Ehwsses Island aud
phc operrons in Canada
rag undertsfisS his nature having bus been
Ss ls sna s ss s s
ss s asEsa % q pssissns e
,el. eraah system Of the Bsh North American provinces
Ths hss ssen recently completed BY the susmcssor Of
w9 sSsss IN concession VII 'Gs i'rs An.,; en-
ss GUY Of st ns from Sndes cp se KY Cove
seySrndland 70 Asapss Bay Cape gssor he OAsr
nssDs rTGs d...a. island ~. New s;
snd g al he British Amescsn oonss sSa ss uns
siss on the II.h AIDE linz. o. .eesps have bsea for
,sc,sd ws England sad ne oo1nsp Sy esess
Tss 20 az sss Com
Ssf s Sn r. sss %
asss 'ss 'aa,Sss
po.,sis nfosmsoa before entering upon the crownins
upon The various q the uuderalag the Emerge.
q men q se sghes, sanding n her potes
known to have devoted much time and attention TO the
After detailing the results Of the investigations the cir
culsr preceded
An the point. having arec, practical bearing any par!
rgd seru,lny Ths result q ma plOvng 81 q
'ii
sscs,.y power: dsPgssd her Vice Prssden, 70 y. ing
full .aSos q male 1e ls such a.
saaa 2 hin beat sasd 2 cs 1rwa the srss coi
psny witch vii be found 10 The sppenaI, will sancery
without waiting for the form siion OF the pew c,rpauv
Mr. Felt behalf Of The Newfoundland gocipAuy, made
application 70 the Brih government fsr is aid Ia ships
ix from ths ,remury, which / An tempted 10 read's
promising slipe 10 assis In laying the cable, and xci
early scm u pa; neat Ter government mcsssses lie
don for sub.criponf and with Mr.. Brett, visited Liver
pool AID Manchester TO address public mest,pgs He
Mr. Brss 1a,Ios sea Win ssS,rriovou Of sas,coc.
day two aiicr tho treasury letter received the
subccrEsions were c,osed, when wN fosnd tha: the
appl.casoes for stock exceeded the capital by about
go 900, that the npal allotment Mr.. FIELD hsf
eighty eight shxres and Mr.. Brett twelve. To tue
feetrr which had been excited 10 England, 70 worth
for wst, put thai they might have part IN toe uader
rkng ssd nrnocg others Mr. rfa-kersy and IN ~ Byron
a people fer tho zSsl with whs they
forward In answer 70 tho CAL made upon then Money
obtained from intivitrxs freely wanto1,
spd the government ouran even the people fAprlause
Returning then 70 America, Mr. Fed with n A,nercs1
6 aiss ma5e application 70 me soverpmeut Of tho
Tnsd s'a;os for AID, similar 10 thai gwen BY tee Englsh
GOV ernment, ard ne applied 10 individuals Tor a par.
lcipaucn with him in the stock be hsd Aken.
CorRrtfs voted the aid requested sfey vehsaoa, opp
sitou, against which The measure carried 10 TIE
Senate by rsjcry of or the stock l~cniy scven
,hsIes we're taken II The Unted States,
All things beng ready The first siienp. 10 lsy The
cable was made, ~ all know, In August 1857. There
bad been assembled in The hsrbor OF vaena three SHIPS
Of The FnRth and two Of the American navy There
tho Agsmemrop, recentfrom the Gree OF the crean war
she nal borne The fss q the Ergish Admiral over the
waters OF The EurLe; rho bad nov lain her armament
aide ard taken the burden u that coil for the laying
Of which she VII BE- hereafter famous than II she
hsd forced the bsrhor OF sabAs,opo There was The
Niagara, the iargcst ship Of navy, inside for the
heaviest Of naval warfare her amor neycr vet
put on bat laden Instead with the American half or
tho precious burden. There we're ths two attending
SHIPS the Leopard and he GUS the Cyoop.
surveying ship, iaa returned from the veridcsucn OF
leuiersnt Bern soundirgs The Lori cule rant OF
IrelsDd bad 10 wish them God speed In The name ef