New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-01
md A siort -u-. to be laid BY separate ccmpsuy;

isl es toe ca- il from Blanc Sabvr the istzud Of
Aficos'i vhere II eets res al.eafy open, eniEmun
caG,re witt Qn-bec hottresl. and, fnSeeo, AL p.Is !"
Ca,scs. A. Other -tor lipe frVm Aptic.st SUI De
subu erEed 70 Cap. Breton. wtere II <.h lsn 'ns ne
wsfk II lines which cOumnuics;e with hHt'dA' Nv,
Sccts, Dusi0n Ees-Yulk. &c. The ADJ st'Ayes Su,ea
rBcb a rUu,r presents oStr one siaiu"g u H'"' "a.
v-ss coast of Ireland are immen.e, bdh IN point
cf ecsouy and fr, dom from the suou os1ne nans",s
winch beet tie track from Sslentia Ia Ne~iooh ana
ls sbs Fret pace the average d-Pth OF 'hs enee loe
II sHpps~ed 20 BE- hes. while by staFtiig som LAM :
ers the steep range Of submsrine lnountsns on tne
west coast OF Ireland on which the Asi'is r1esrnPn
vas so oareessly lost. i eh'peiy avoided. Va tae
A,lsriie side he hBe. not beiug hampareS "uo saca
pfrpsetert ur conditions fer messages a. thse WHICH
wDnk cteCk ttsir transmission over NeEfJandand,
Lr ,alif for their rerapsnisioo viii be less than one
bsIf Il ubst wonld be obsrgef If sent by ene aner
csn Company from ST. JOSss, while the hos, oeng au
sshm,ged, il. % course es exposed 10 irJHry tnsn IN
guessing "a. sluo-t xp4eTed wilds OF Nesioandan'
Or tbis side Of the ~aier the advantages oi haLdos
the terminus at Lsnd- end sie slnost grta'er ms
increased distance il very little over LOO miles. out
massage arriving at Land end transmitted direct to
ts de-f!nh'h at small esst while the COL rom a.
spih il uch greater, and the message Se ha 10 DC
ret,brsniited slwsys four unes, sSd sometimes
tslener. III II merely avoided the necessity ut mes
sag-s eoa i.g FINN America to London beng mrs
ktVwp ct Liverpool, where by the Irish route they
mud be trsrsni,ted. the gain to merchants oy
Lst6 - nd q. anus would be most important.
FrcT the Aour that the scheme for spsnning the At
latte vi Ia. gTsph wire first mo"ted We hay
scsu sud sgsn advocated 10 the strongest terms. To
pecsssgy for usng lght cable, srd asove all, fordo
ing away wth the outer covering Of spiral wiIe How
tie old Atlantic Company proceede all the world now
know. They made cable which It was publicly
krown could lot answer its purpose ana, "a II to take
away even the theoveeal chances Of its success the
two halves by the neg eC; of their engineer were sp
rails coated with wire, with the twist If each coil uo
ming in different direction. These wires shioh were
really only additional weight, were supposed to give
strength sbd neeesstated the costly and destructive
apraratUs Of paying out maebioes, which were designed
bv sir Chares Bright aud which under that engineers
mai araaemert eventually proved the ruin Of the whole
plan. However we must dc the old company the JUS
tce TO say that, having now lost all their money, they
at last their error, AID that there is ss little chance
of another wre-covered rope going to under their
auspices as there il Of ts submergence being again
irirused 10 sIy but regular Contractors The British
Trsusa,lsric Telegraph Company propose to use a
cable Of the very lgLtCst description. H. hghtness,
r fact is made It's sIef 9Th, and the onter covering
,f wife il entirely done away with. The conductor
Is to be posed If seven copper wires, having about
twice the sectional Of that used by the oil Aan
nc COMPANY. II will be coated with a combination 0f
eutia pcrcla With manifold nsulators, the outer por-
tuu h,irg wtund round with textile fabric IN pecn-
liar manLCr az 10 perfect ard strengthen the rope
ard it, in usuation to the utmost The outer covering
Of eli will be Cf bemp, irterweIen longiiudnay, 80 a.
to be without either turn or stretch Tins ou'er COW
eIirg, before being used, will no doubt, toe passed
though solution OF either lIdla-ruOber o. Su,'a
veicha. The rope aiterwdrd being compressed under
q steel die will insure q uniform gauge ard the solu-
ton uCuCtra;rg 10 the very utmost. The diameter Of
the eulta. .percha insuator viii be about double that
in the rope Of the od Company, and the diameter
OF tie whole rabie about two thirds Of al inch. The
weight IL less than cwt per mile the breaking strain
about two tuns or equal "a fuppoing nearly six miles
Of its own weight in air ard 10 less than - miles ot IT.
own weight IN water. The cost OF the whole cable
will be about half of that which lately os by the
I'D Company.
This cable is To he contracted for under a special ar
rangcmer which guarantees the shareholders against
auy risk Of css TIE contract will not be at so much
per mile, but, fer certain sum under t@OoVo, the
contractors undertake 10 make the wire, insure Il, sub
merge t. and deliver 1t over to the company 10 work
iIg order During the time of is manufacture the
company are 10 advance certain sums 10 tue cohthct
os Tot exCecdir in all 80 per cent of the entire con-
t,ect price Frf these adyances which bear interest
IL tie company at the rate o per cent TIL the compile
ton of the contract security s given by the contract
os who In case OF the alure Ot the cable are bound
TO repny them within certain tine. " hen tue cable
i. completed and shipped the contractors are further
bonn to insure il, and deliver the policy To tue com
pany collateral security. Only when the cable Is
laid in working order, and possession formally gwen To
the company, VIII the contractors Decome eutlel 10
receive the money for it. IL is not oiten
that shareholders meet with such iavors
bic arrangement one which so completely
guarantees them against loss ot any KIND,
and. If course. It is owing to this that large
poIiion oi the capital has already been subscribed
Tor. In CrdG 70 prevent the over'rowi.ns oi mes
sagc4 the tariff Of charges VIII be arranged according
to three scales, viz: for ordinary messages, ore
for express messages, and for special messages;
The prices OF these it is supposed, Wi! be ~, d., and
lW. respectively. No ordinary message Will be sent
while an express message is the list and no express
message will be dispatched while special message Is
on the list re ular prLted return OF the number Of
aiy of both being Kept at the station tor the niOTma-
ton Of all persons wishing to send messages. By
IRE ans of such tariff each message will be trans
mitied according TO the scale which the sender thinks
It's interest or importance to bmse!f requires, Any
chance, also Of the wire being two or three days IN
arreur of lis business will be entirely obyiated. Alto
eetler the whole scheme OF the Bi lsh Transatlantic
Company has apparently tcen well aud carefully
planned and with the advantages " hicb possesses
and the facilities which t offers have little doubt
that il viii s,rmount in the most satisfactory manner
the few dicu'ties that yet remain in the way OF elec-
tcal communication betw cen the New World aud the