New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-30

| pefierce.
TIE Bishop hsd measured distance Of two hundred
feet on the deck OF the steamer around which be ussd
to walk eight miles caly, as bis regular eIeIce ofts
beIg accompanied By come Of tie psssssgeis. 1. WAS
while takrg this daily exercise with Mr. Armstrong,
&c the vessel passing the Bauks Of Nssfound
| land that the conversation alluded to occurred the
subjeot OF which v.s the rival claims of Moree and
jackson to the discovery Of the magnetic Telegraph,
together with the probable results OF the discovery to
the world. The conversation continued for tine
Mr.. Armstrong giving t1e Bisnop srch irformat
be possessed regard to Prof Morse and the lines Of
telegraph ths. had been laid and were pt sctsd 10 the
United States. After brief pause in tue conversation,
Mr. Armstrong remarked, " believe the time vii
come when the ocean as 1e! as the land S bs inter-
lsced with te grEph vi.e to which the Blehop re.
pied that he lad 10 doub. OF 1t, az 1t was his beei
| that whatever the mind Of man fuly msssure
AID grasp desirable material good, the hand OF
man, guided by the ish. Of cultured intellect with
an earnest purpose and CODE blessing, may accom-
p sh l believe this thing will be done, for Jehovah
hsth declared that he will put h ghtIings s5ou. the
eaith.'
The msnne, Of the Bishop as he made this declars
tic il idocean, with his all spare form, and spowy
uncovered head, with eye upturned, seemed like the
inspiration Of prophecy, and maze profound mpres.
sion upon Mr.. A. The conversation was continued,
and the subject Of connecting Europe and America by
| q gle wire was discussed together with the most
feasible point for laying line Of communication.
While on tns point the Bishop incidentally remarked
that the western coast of Ireland only about 600
miles from ST. Johns n. f., ard that the Bsnks were
Ct the coast of Ireland aud that the water varied in
depth from few hundred feet to about three miles, the
greatest depth being supposed 70 be within 2O mues
Of the cca:t of Ireland and that the British Govern
rnent had made two surveys Of the Banks st different
| perOt s. dWng ore Of which surveying vessel and
her entire were los The results of these sur
veys hal proved that the Benk. as well "a the Isaod
| Of Newfoundland, were actually risiDg out OF the
water very peTceptbly, and that the bottom Of the
ocesn on the Banks seemed TO be slO Wy rising or
filing up, and that if the continents were ever con-
nectd by the telegraph the best p ace would be be-
tu cen Galway in Ireland and St. Johns in Newfound
land He further stated that ne had often crossed the
Atlantic 10 the latitude OF these two places In mid
summer, when the ocean was lust like an immense
sheet Of glass and thst obseryati had fixed the
safest period for crossing the ocean in this latitude
between the 10th of July and the 10th OF August,
during which time it wes very rare to have rough
weather.
Frem tLis time Mr. Armstrong continued to ponder
this subject. During the Winter OF 1913 he formed
connection with w. 5. Wetmore, and the American
Gutts Pecha Company was organized, and the manu-
factory established on Front street, Brooklyn, with
Mr. Armstrong for its President Machinery for ms
kirg pipe, hydraulic presses for making ornamented
articles rolliI < mills for manipulating, aHd steam
and hot water vsts for softening the crude blocks
were erected and experiments commenced TO extend
the application and manufacture OF gutta percha.
Betting for machinery, shoe soles, dolls, picture
frames fruit trays, and many other articles, were pro-
duced but the most important application OF the ar
Gle to the formation of water and pipe, and
was during the Summer Of lSiS, while preparing mse
chinery to make such tubing, that machine was q
vsed Tor costlrg telegraphc wire by slight modfh-
cation Of the tubing mschine made under the direc-
tion of MIR. Armstrong, who had some time previous
ascertaned that gutta percha was perfect insulsor
Here the origin Of the discovery of the insulating
properties Of grlks percha, made by Samuel L. Arm
strong and audm bis direction was the machinery
made by which telegraph WIRE was first perfectly In
eulaed. The insulating ms chinery was perfected and
put up in the Fall of 1913 IN the Brooklyn factory
| The first order for nsulsted wire received from
| Mr. Rogers OF the fim OF Lee BsmmOn a. Rogers, OF
Baltimore then acting as general agent for the Morse
Telegraph Company for quantity OF No. 9iron
wire be covered with guta percha for the purpose
of passing the electric current across the Hudson
River
under water at Fort Lee under the supsrntt oil
MIR. Rogers in August, 1919. The ends OF the wire
were att sched to the batteries and the was
found to be perfect. communication was then made
TO the Jersey City station from the eastern side OF the
Hudson River by Mr. Rogers, and the cable answered
the purposes and was satisfactory to the Company
This beyond all question: the first wire cable, in
susted with gutts percla, that was ever made or
used, and s still in use, in the world.
At the tins this cable was being manufactured at
Broo kyn an PDghshnan by the name OF Naylor came
to the factory for employment where he saw the insu-
ating machine and learned the process OF insulation
when he coon af.er lefs privately for England,
where be disposed of the machine and process
for which il is said, he received E2OO on the pre-
tense that il an original discovery OF his own
The same machinery 10 nov used IN Engl.nd tor tne
been found 10 make any mprov ement on the rsI an
kee machine desirable.
The next person who applied for submarine cables
was Col T. L. Shaner President Of the ST. Louis and
New. Orleans Telegraph Company, TO lay under the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; these cables were manu-
actured for Col Shaffner and put into operation by
him in February, lS3o. Next came Mr. U keiiy with
his order for submarine cables. After these, different
cables were furnished and used by the different com-
paLes in America.
The application of gutta psrcha to the insulation OF
in Enrria ianA I'M llu
after il was in successful operation IN the aited States
During ali this time, Mr.. Armstrong had been deve.
opiIg plan for laying wires acioss the Atlantic snd
with his discovery Of durable and perfect means OF
Insulation, the chief difficulty IN wsy OF success
seemed, in bis judgment TO be overcome and be pre-
pared calculations and estimates. with working details
which were completed an september, loi9, having
been nearly so a year earlier.
of thirtysx strands OF copper aud IRON wire, coated
with gutts percas, and was 10 Dc iaid suotantlaiy
where the present Atlantic Cable lies, commencing IN
tho reighborhood Of Halifax, crossing the Cat OF
Canso Gulf of 81. Lawrence the Island OF Newfound-
land, the main ocean cable TO cross nom near 81.
johns 10 the western coast OF ireland. This main
cable was 10 have weighed about seven tuns to the
nile the the cable between Cslss aud Dover,
and was TO be made permanent by means oi hlteen
hundred turs of iron anchors and was to have been
laid from the American sId Irish coasts by means OF
two powerful working squsdrons, consisting OF several
sree ips and steamers TO meet IN nnd-ocean Ine
tine for laying the cable fixed between the 10Th
of July and the 10th Of August, and was estinated
would require from ten to tnifteen DAYS.
The protector proposed that the enterpse shouid Dc
carried into effect by the English and United States
Governments, the tots cost 10 be under s, OOOOi
the cable 10 be sde and laid with guaranty for ten
years, by the American Gutts Perchs Company. In
addition, It proposed to have Englsh operators
selected by the Government 20 work the American
erd of the cable and American operators to work the
Er elish end, the Governments 10 have precedencs
ard all other messages to be TRANSMITTED 10 the order
OF their reception, ct q inform tariff per word.
In September 1872 this plan submitted to
" / Stner- Of Nsw-York who casd on Mr., Arnc-