Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-21
MORNING LEADER.


Mr. W. L Everett has made report Of the
experimental trip of the Telegraph Squadron in
regard to the paying out machinery and the
submerging of the cable, dated on board the
Niagara, June 81. We copy the most inler-
esting portions of the report:
Monday, PM, May 81, lat. a min. y
deg. n, Ion min 81 deg. W, suundings
> $50 iathoms, this ship. and the Agamemnon
being attached stern to stern by hawser, $50
iafhoms OF elb,e were yeered out for the end To
be tskeh on board that ship TO be spliced. Ats
O'Clock, signal being made a all really" in ae-
eorJance with previous arrangement, one mile
Of cable was veered out We then commenced
hauiins it in. At 81 o'clock had recovered half
a mile, when Mr.. Bnght's message was received
saying he desired to make q. new splice. AT g.:
10 received message" All ID ready" aud again
commt need paying out aS before. At 1894 z.
NJ, TWO mics were out. Alter this amount was
paid out, the strain upon the eabe was ;, 1000 to
4, 100 pounds At lies commenced hauling
IN, but very slowly, as the strain nearly aP-
preached the breaking point of the rope. AT
ll.45 the hawser securing the ships together
parted on the AgamemnOn, but the ships we're
retained nearly IN the same relative positions BY
working the engine when requirel. At l4O
having hauled in one mile SOC! fathoms, the con-
tinuiIy was reported broken. We continued 10
haul in until 2.l5, when the end came, having
lost of the two miles paid out ITO lathOms,
On Tuesday, at $40 AN, the ships having
b en- secured and splice made as before, quar-
ter OF a mile was paid o1t, hawsers released and
ships started ahead slowly, at the same time the
cable was allowed to run quite freely until two
miles had been paid out, when gradual re
stTaint was applied until an addi,iOnal one mile,
2s7 fathoms, had been paid out, mixing IN all
three miles, 3S7 fathoms. At this time (l0.23l
commenced hauling in, and had recovered l9O
fathonls when the cable parted. At4;fi Pm,
the two ends Of the new cable having been
spliced, we paid out two and half miles at a
rate which hal hsen previously agreed upon, the
electricians passing signals through the whole
length Of cable AtG:l5 p b., the Agamemnon
nade signal the cable was pared. We at once
commenced hauling the strain running up 10
5, 100 pounds during the receiving Of the first
quarter of Z mile At 9:2O the end came in,
having lost so lalhoms on the two and halt
miles paid out.
Wednesday, June ., at a o'clock, expert
mental cable vas again spiced, one quarter Of
mile paid out, hawser released, and the ships
started ahead. In few minutes the AgaHsnI-
non made signal cable parted We continued
to pay out until three and quarter miles were
out The ship was then baeked-large buoy
and watch buoy attached 10 the cable. Ship
again run ahead, and when three hundred tllh-
oms had been paid out, the cable parted on the
machinery. The ship then made for the buoy,
with the hope Of recovering the end Of the ca
Bile; but while hauling in the watch buoy, the
large buoy suddenly fell over, showing that it
had separated from the cable. Upon recovering
it We found the rope stopper f3t inch rope) had
been cut Off BY the cable. At 1885, By the
request Of Mr.. Woo1hOuse, we paid over the
end If experimental cable TO asceitain how
rapidly it could be run of the coil with safety,
but no greater speed was attained than seven
knots, as the cable was being often stranded on
the machine by the accumulation Of tar
IN the grooves, which was SO hard that 70
scraDer could be male 70 remove il at any
brought IrOm OreouwTru
mentlng, and was long since condemned IN
doubledly It has been much exposed TO The
weather, and slowed where considerable sand
OF dirt has been thrown upon It. with the
cable which was recovered last year, md used
by US trying the experiment, We had no serOus
difficulty in keeping the tar out OF the grooves,
il being comparatively soft, though the amount
was beyond what | could have believed
! The amount of tar upon this cable Is much
greater than that upon the cable intended TO Be
laid down therefore believe we can make such
provision as that it shall not become serioui
obstacle.
The result Of this experimental tIip has de
monstrated that we have the caPabllity OF haul
ing in the cable TO a greater extent than l la,
expected. Not that believe any great dIstanc'
could be recovered, but in the general depth .
water where the cable is to be lsiI, IN goo
weather, should a fault go overheard before th
ship could be stopped, am Of opinion suiileieh
Of the cable may be hauled IN to remedy tn
fault