New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-10
THE LINE TO TRINITY BAY.

Ftos The Besfor Transcript 1h.
TIE length Of tins Telegraph line ffom this city TO
Trinity Bay Ii abe Ut GO ndes-nesry the eoetn OF
tie lsnic Cable. In the corre Of tee routs there
a,e eubmaIine mires both Of which however, have
always worked admirably.
The line trdyefses Maine End New BrIwick Eoirg
round The head OF the Bay Of Fundy. 1t thsn takes
the northern shore of Nova-Scots, and crosses the
Gut Of CeDso Here is the first section Of submarine
Telegraph. II is only two and hSf mes in length,
aLd serves as the correction between Nova Scotia and
Cape Breton, touching the western coast of that
Island. From tie western 10 the eastern shors
at Aspy Bay is q wide space Of territory. where
Ii telegraph sstons are tow ard far between aud
great difficulty is necessarily experienced in repairing
'ny bssss n.as Re-. second submarine ,ps
IL ia as mi!ss Iong and conrects Cape Breton with
New foupdland The fret attempt t. lay these wires
was made in 1855, but It then proved unsuccessful
Jn 1856 tie efoit was rerewtd with success ano of
the last two years there has been itie any inter-
rupon OF the magnetic union between the two ISLANDS
The cable il quite large, composed OF three strands
ard has three conducting wires. Fion PoIt-au
BASQUE tho cable station on the western part OF New
founoaro the telegraph extends dneo!ly scToes tns
Island to trinity Bay Tie Instance is not far from
400 miles through wild county, and for the most
part EN- unbrtken forest where the trees had 10 be
cut down to make room for the telegraph posts Ihee
aie five stations aoIg this whole distance the terri
tory is spsreely Inhabited, e8d II is eally perceived
row hard must be to dscover ard rs0tiiy any oc-
cuIyence which should tend TO destroy the communi-
eaten On this section Of tie lns
This telegraph is Owned by three different comps
rieg IL American Telegraph, the Provincial and tie
Newfohndand sud LoaiOn Telegraph Companies.
BeiTs under such different msrssenen the line, a.
whole IL exoeeoing.y Inefficient. Over portion OF 1t
thsrs has been small amount Of business and no In
cucoment to keep il in good working order. On the
Island of Cape BIcCn for nstanoe telegraph operators
irfo that the wlIes are sometimes oo~n Tor hai
the time. In the future, it the AT anc telegraph s
pemar emily established these mshsps will DC rene
oied. An accident to the American snvsion OF the
telegraph is speedily repaired; bu. o1r provincial
ncs hbors long time in finding eat any trouble,
aud are equally long in its CORRECTION.
We have not referred TO minor causes which prevent
telegrspLpg as efecualy as though tbs wires were
tnplaced. TIE Lightning may melt the magnet at
some sston and thus stop teegraphc intercourse or
the machinery meet with some other mischsnce, pro-
ducing the same effect. line Ike this from Boston
to the locality where Europe and America are cined
by magnetic banos s subject TO 20 many vcissudes,
il can be no specia wonder to those familiar with the
operations Of the telegraph, that is sometimes able
to transmit intelligence beyond certain poiof Ihe
misfortune is to have such sate OF affairs occur Just
when every whisper from the EXTREMIST limit OF the
telegraph s snxiOusy awaited by hundreds Of shou-
sands of people in every State of the Union. II may
not be aiss to stae here that the telegrsphing with
Halifax may be considered as done by means OF
brench telegraph divergipg from the grand turk
liz.