Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-15

IHE ATLANTIC CABLE.-Mr. E. o. Wildman
Whltehouse has advanced proposition to
the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Ca
ole, to undertake, at his own cost and risk, to
reopen communication with Newfoundland
and Valencia, and to maintain it for a num-
Der OF years, at moderate per centage upon
the gross receipts of the Company. BY ma
ny the proposition is received with favor
Mr. +. N. Gisbone, the Superintendent of the
Boston Halifax and Newfoundland Tele
graph, is however, of the opinion that the
cable wires were too closely laid, and ano-
ther cable may be made, and this difficulty
avoided. He proposes u remedy. The fol
lowing is the letter of Mr.. Whtchouse:
Offer to Restore tie AHantic Telegraph Cable
VALENrGA, Oct. %, 1853.
To the Directors ofthe AtiaRtic TeleqraDh Ia.
GENTLEMEN Intense interest in the sue
cess of a work with which from the first,
have been so largely identifed-an interest
which neither the sense of recent injury can
eXtinguish, nor undeserved contumeiy de
stroy, leads me, in the present critical aud al
most desperate state of the Atlantic cable, to
come forward and offer my services again to
the undertaking.
All the opinions which the Board have
published, as well as their acts founded upon
those opinions, concur in leading irresistably
to the inference, that the present condition of
the cable is considered to be almost, if not alb
solutely, hopeless
As one of the projectors upon the faith of
whose representations a large portion OF the
original capital was subscribed; as a late otli
Ger, whose position afforded him the very
best opportunities of gaining experience,
which may now be of value to the interests
of the company, and as one whose opinion
may thus have some weight, even though
Numerically opposite to that adopted and
published by the Board, feel that | am en-
titled, nay, called upon TO offer my services
at the present juncture.
L have not tested nor in any way examined
the STATE of the cable since my return to Va.
lentia, nor shall |, of course, do so, after all
that has passed, until | receive definite per
mission from the Directors for such examina-
tion to be made by me-
1t is, therefore, from previous observations
and from careful review of all that has pass
ed since my departure from Valentia, that |
now state my strong conviction that our ca
bic is recoverable; and if such opinion be
correct, the eopening of communication with
America must at once follow the adoption of
the proper measures.
A few days testing guided by the expert
ence gained during the manufacture and sub
sequent use of the cable will, in all proba-
bilty, enable me to ascertain this beyond
doubt.
If the result of this examination be such as
to satisfy my own Judgment, l shall then be
prepared to make to the Company the fol
lowing offer:
| will undertake, at my own cost and my
own risk, TO reopen communication with
Newfoundland, and further, to maintain it for
a given number of years, at a moderate per
centage on the gross receipts of the Compa-
ny, this being payable so long only as the
line shall be kept by me in good working or
der.
l now, therefore, request the Directors
permission for such examination of the cable
as shall be necessary to enable me to make an
offer in the terms above stated.
| am, DC,
E. o. WILDMAN WHmEHousE,
Late Electrician to the At. Tel. Co.