Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-10-13

The Atlantic Telegraph.

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Puoilc expectation mas been excited to the
utmost ny the projectors OF great enter
prize II was necessary That flnal effort
shoulo De made Il Tor nothing else than to
satisfy inc Worlo 'hat 1t was not an impos-
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'''''o's" io'' "'ley
says 'iat uiS'ihc' signals may yetoe trans
iii''eu along the wire out no continuous
iiesSase' L roi' Narley "lso asserts that
'he sig"aiS were never perfect from ABOUT
the ioIrth Gay after the Agamemnon ana
Niasor" separated III iriu'oceah'
C"o oi 'le ueiecti'e places Is supposed
" oo "Oou' -'V iiliie' ouC from Nalehcia
anu III sn"iio" ""'or' Inc o'her Is oVo
iUr,i I'll, 'ii'' Pi"ce
Inc iiio'' singular '"c' connected WIN
.ne "'ioie "ii''t - '''e aiioga''oii oi rroI
"iio9 'i'"O 'nuSe "e'ec'i'o PlaceS were
N"o" i - .ho i.'eo'rlcianS anu Superin-
'o'iueii'S oo'ore IL was iaiu' ouV thaV Vhey
uiu hoI 'hlnh 'ii'V 'ley "ouiu materially !
aiiec1 'le working quali'ies OF the cable ,
1t Is not remarkable that they would lay
down cable known to be imperfect when
Nhey could not help knowing that it would
more or less impair its durability if it did
i'oe aiiecV It's usefulness!
Misfortune seems to have attended this
great undertaking from the outset, After
several i"lllres IN laying cable one is IL
haiiy used wiich proves to be IN meas
ure Wor'hieS'' when perfect one could
nave been constructed and laid as easy as
d oeleectlVe one Much OF this is to be as
crioed TO the petty Jealousy OF the Protes-
sors' electrician, and operators connected
with the enterprise each oneof whom
seemed deslrous OF having the exclusive
merit OF conducting the arrangements,
even II he entirely failed in accomplishing
the designi and one cannot help think
ing oil the English decentralization Office
so graphically describedby Dickens, where
they studied with SO much care how not
to do 1t.