The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-07-23

Prom The London Tines,
AT last the ioug pending question ~
to the probability Of telegraphic com
munication being established between
this country and America seem, in a fair
way Of being settled. While the old
Atlantic Telegraph Company ha. been
Wasting the money of the shareholders
and seeking conditions from the govern.
ment, to guarantee them from the evils
Of their own scientific Encouragement, a
new company has been quietly formed
under the best auspices, and, without
troubling the Government about subsfd
Pies, have carefully matured their plans
with such foresight as to lead the elec-
0triesl world to look forward confidently to
a successful solution Of this great subma-
riue enterprise. The British TrsDe- At
iantic Company propose, within this year
if possible, to lay their cable from the
Strsits Of Belle Ilse, st one of the en-
frances Of the Gulf Of st. Lawrence, and
. little to the north Of New Foundland.
A short wire, to be laid byoa separate
company, takes the cable in from Blsnch
Sablon to the Island Of Anticosti where
it meets lines already open, communicst-
ing with Quebec, Montreal, aud, indeed,
all parts Of Canada Another short line
from Anticosti will be submerged to
Cape Breton, where it will join the net
work of lines whish communicate With
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Boston, New York,
&c. The advantages which route pre-
sents over the starting from the south
coast of Ireland are immense, both in
point of economy and freedom from the
submarine dangers which besst the track
from Valentia to New Foundlapd. In
the first place, the average depth Of the
entire route is supposed to be less, while
BY starting from Lsnd's end the steep
range Of submarine mountains On the
west coast of Ireland, on which the At
antictelegrapi was lost, is entirely avoid
ed. On the Atlantic side, the lines not be-
eing hampered with such prepos,erous
conditions for messages as those which
would check their Transmission over New
Foundland ,thetariff for their trapsm ission
will be less than one-half of what would be-
charged if sent by the American con-
pany from st. Johns, while the line,
being all submerged, is, OF course. less
exposed to injury than in crossing the
unexpiorcd wi'ds Of New Foundland. -
On this side of the water the advantages
Of having the distance is very little over
1oO miles; but . message arriving At
Land's-end is transpitted direct to its
destination At . small cost, while the cost
from VsleDtia is much greater, and the
message itself hss to be re-transmitted
always four times aud sometimes oftener.
Ii it merely avoided the necessity Of
messages coming from America to Lon
don being first known At Liverpool,
where by the Irish route they must b.
Transmitted, the gain to merchants by
Land . end terminus would be most i'm.
portant. t..~ E~ s4 s
The British Transatlantic Telgrsph
Company propose to use = cable Of the
very liehtest description. Its lightness
in fact, is made its strength, and the
outer covering Of wire is entirely done
away with. The conductor is composed
OF seven copper wires having about twice
the sectional area Of that used by the old
Atlantic Company It will be coated
With combination Of gutss perchs, with
manifold insulators, the outer portion be-
ing wound round with textile fabric in
peculiar manner, 50 a. to strengthen
and perfect tn. rope aud its insulation to
the utmost. The outer covering Of oil will
be Of hemp, iute, woven loueitudinally,
so ~ to be without either turn or stretch.
The outer covering, before being used,
will, no doubt. be passed through solu-
tion Of either India rubber or gutta per-
cha; the rope afterwards being compress
ed under steel die will insure a uni
formi.y of gage, aud the solution peuetra.-
ing to the very utmost. The diameter
of the gutta percha insulstor will be
about double that used in the rope of the
old company, and the diameter of the
whole cable sbou. two thirds of an inch.
The weight is less than eight hundred
weight per mile, the breaking strain
is about two tons, Or equs! to supporting
nearly six miles Of its own weight in air
and no less than 25 miles of its own
weight in sea water. The cost of the
whole cable viii be about haif of that
which was lately lost by the old com-
pany.
This cable is to be contracted for under
4 special arrangement, which guarantees
the shareholders against any risk of loss.
The contract will not be at SO much per
mile but for a certain sum under $780,
OO0l The contractors undertake to
make the wire, insure it, submerye it,
and deliver it over to the company in
working order. During the time OF its
the company are to advance
certain sums to the contractors not ex-
ceeding in all fifty per cent of the entire
contract price. On'y when the cable is
laid in working order, and possession
formally given to the company, will the
contractors become entitled to receive the
money for it. In order to prevent the |
Of messages the thrift Of
charges will be arranged according to
three scales, s,-viz., one for ordinary mes /
sayes, one for express messages. and one
for special messages. The prices Of those
it is supposed, will be H., ST., and lOl, I
No ordinary message will
be sent whilo an express MESSAGE is on
the list. and no express message will be |
while special message is On
the lst--a regular return of the number |
(if any of both seing kept at the station
for the information of persons wishing to /
send messages. BY means Of such tar.
iff each message will be transmitted ac-
cording to the scale which the sender
thinks it, interest or importance to him.
self requires. Any chance, also, of the I
wire beingstwo or three days in srrear of