Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-07-30
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Tho w Y. Evening g'osf takes discs1r.
aglug sicv of tho sclcgrnph sspsrInsustaF
IL says: eal Iff' A 9''fNtt~ ~
Mr.. Morse, whom .wc have. baen In the
habit cfrcgarding as one of the highest,
authorities in tclrgraphlc science, We ara,
informed has never expected that tho expe-.
diiion now upon the Atlantic would ba suce.
cessfu, though he is qaito sanguine that ~
cable can be laid and worked between thsl
termini which tho. Company has selected.
He does not Disguise his conviction that the
cable on board the Company's steamors, w.
much too heavy and that one halfits weiuht,1
or less, might be laid aud worked offeetuallysi
His views upon this subject, and the con-,
sequences TO which they have lod, arc said,
to have boon tho controlling reasons for his,
being left out of the Board Of Direction at
the election which Immediately prcceeded)
the reduction Of the price of tho stock ~
or curse the company did not mako tho
cable as heavy as they did except to ,ip-
1 crease their chances Of laying Il successfully
and nothing but trial will probably sysr<
1 dctcrrnins whether Professor Mouso's Wow
is correct. His opinion unquestionally POI
sesscs great weight, and, viii be carefully
considered, If any new experiment is made.f
] There are other provisions which hayo been,
4 suggested TO US, against the accidents to
which tho plans for laying submarine cablos
have thus far proved to be liable, which we
1 will submit without argument for what theyl
"a cable sscSiled canpO. be uuucoilca riithss 4
out kinks: ~. NJ. ~ 4 e,-st f 'a,,-
Therefore tie cable must DO rsslsd To- bo
: laid, -.-..--1 ". ,-.lg f'.-,iy
"Tho necessity for two vessels to lay thsl
cable, quadruples land more) the risk Of aq-l
!, cidents ,a T.. .cs,s
, Therefore tho cable must bo laid from
: one ship ~ -,.,t- go -,
"Thc voyage to England is easier, Ahorter
I and safer than the voyage from England:
= Therefore tho vessel with cable should
, start from this side. r I
"There is ono vessel. and ono only, Of
! tunnagc and room sufficient to carry tho
whole cable, to wit, tho Leyiathan. lalsI
/, "Tiierefore the cable, if over laid nt nlL
must be slowed on succession Of reels in
the Leviathan, and The Lcviathan must sail
/ from our own shores.' T aQ 81 fg3
If these views should DO deemed to pos
I sess any value, it would be easy for the Le-
. vathan to bring the cable with her to thiss
4 country and lay it ON her frst trip home. q
Q The London Times suggests, in case Of
failure at this time that tho ship Loyiathan
bo fitted for the purpose Of laying the cable
! Tho Agamemnon and Niagara wore load-
| ed down with the cable, having but little
room for Goals, and being rendered almost
1 unseaworthy by their great frsights. The
Times says: .r a
e The Levathan Is as yet only she'll
h Excepting that it has not even its engines on
r board, il is exactly in that state to which, at
= great difficulty and cost, the Agamsmnon
has been reduced for this soryics. In tho
Leviathan any length of cable that could
possibly bc required could DO held and
slowed in the manner most convenient for
# paying out. The pitch of the hugo. vessel
h will be quite inconsiderablc in the roughest
!. seas, and the strains on the cable will there
@ fore be uniform. Sufficient length may bo
: taken on board for the most lavish. use Of
II the cable, to even twice the distance from
!. one shore to the other IS. 5.f -
L It's plain we must not be stingy Of ma
!. tcrial, if we arc to succeed. Tho ingenious
Q writers who enlighten the public on the
r wonders of tho deep tell lis that currents carry
tho cable miles out of the ships course be-
fore it touches tho bottom; that, ever so freely
: paid out, the cablo probably hangs in fes-,
IS toons from ono submarine mountain to an.
other; and that even if the cable is so for
+ tunate rs to escape the sharp edge of
precipico, nero suspension between two dis
q tant points may stretch it beyond its
: strength. If this be So tho moro cable wo
d have, within reason, the better
No ship afoat but the Leyiathan could
t. carry an ample supply for the whole distancs
r; it alonc could carry Goals sufficient for pay,
S, ing out tho whole cable at tho rate of five,s
four, or three miles an hour, if necessary,
s and could afford even in the midst Of the,
% process, to make any delays that might DO
70 thought advisable. Whatever may be
thought of this suggestion, we feel sure that
d nobody really expects much from a fiect Of
n, four ships sailing out TO rendezvous in ths
middle Of the Atlantic to lay down one ca
h ble,-sll the ships confsssodly oyertasked,1
n, and all Of them reckoning upon good wealth
or and other favorable circumstances
I There is a unity and simplicity about tho
a undertaking which i'll accords with 50 COM
plex and hazardous process. 7,a, ....,r