, 1859-07-02

The prospects If s;ub-Masimc Telegraph
with Europe are quite t!at.cring.
Tic i.on.inn Tim<x, III an article on the Sub
jrcs. says: - i new Company las been formed
tnslcr thc best auspices, and without troubling.
the Government about Subscriptions or any thing
c!se, have carefully malurrl their i,'uns, with
silcll foresight and deliheratiuu IL IL lead tue
electrical wOr1A tn innk f,rw:sd confidently 10
successful sulutiun 81 this great submarine IN
tcr1,risc. Tic british trans-.itlantic Company
propose. within s''is Year. If possible, 10 lay
.cir cable fron the i4aIid> End on Cornwall and
the eastern cnast "f ireland to the Gulf Of ST.
Lawrence, little to the nnfttl of Newfoundland.
4 short wire is 10 be laid by separate CUmpa-
nv, takes The cablr To the lslan4 of lantccos,e,
where il will meet lines alrcady open. cut1lt:stl
nicatnS with Quebec, Montreal, and alI parts Of
Canada. And then short line from -tntccOstc
will be Submerged tu Cape bselua,' where il
will join the network Of lines Which conl.nnni-
cate will. Halifax, MIRA Scotia. boston, New
York, etc. The advantages Which susll route
presents ovcr one startin. from tile west c0ast
If Ireland nrc i:,ntcnse, i'll point of economy md
frecin.n from submarine dangers Which besct
tic track frum faientia to Newfoundland.
The tariff for the rc.tran$nlission ri kilograms
will be less than onc half what would BE- Charged
il sent By The American Company from st.
.1oi,ns, while one liuc Icing al1 submerged, is
less expnsed fu i1ljurr, than in crossing the al
mos, uilrxplore.l willis Of Newfoundland.
After e1plasnin. tue benefits Of having the
European terminus III Lands Ind instead Of ut
Tuleitia, and in cndcar0sins 10 show why The
o'd line failed, the TiU.s proceeds:
+'Thc British transatlantic Telegraph Co.
propose new cable Of the very !iSls.est dcsclip-
tion. lis 1ightncss, in fact, j. nadc its strength,
anl tic outer covering of wire Is entirely donc
away witll. The conductor is composed Of sev-
I'll copper wires, having about twice the section
III area of that used BY tue old Atlantic Co. And
trt 1,a f..I t,f IN
perct,a with manifold inEu1ators. Tie 0ltcr
PORTION being wound around With j textile
fabric in particular n,auncr, 50 rs TO per-
feet aNd strengthen the rope in its insula-
ton. The ouia.oet covcsin, wIfl be lltsup
Interviewer, l"ngisudiua9ly, - as 10 bc with
ing, beforc being used, will no doubt he passed
through solution u cilhrr lndia rubber
or gtitsu pcrcia- The rope afterwards being
compressed under steel die, will insure a uni
G,rul force, mud the solution penetrating to the
9s.ry ,tmost. Ti.e diameter If the ,,1tta pcrcha
insulation will be about double that used in the
fDlle 1r the OLD cOnpany. and the diameter OF
the while cable w1l bc as,nut two thirds of an
inch. The weight il ltss than one hundred
weight per nnilc. The breaking, straln will be
about two tons, or equal tn supporting nearly
six miles Of its own weight in sir, aud no less
tllan tw.nty-svc mics ot its n"n weight in sea
water. The cost q: the viInle calfc will be
about l,ulf uf that which WIS los, by The old
company. 1t will br contracted far under Il
special arrangement which guarantees the
shareholders against any risk nf loss for Il cer-
tuin sum under E1:.,hho. The contractors under
luke to make the wIrr. i,slirc it, s,shmcrge it,
md deliver il over to tho company in working
order.
t>nly wtc,, the cable is laid in working order
aud possession formally given to Tue cssnl.any.
will the contractors become entitled IN receive
The money for it. i large portion Of the capi-