The New York herald., 1864-10-21
The Atlantic Re l.xrapA Gable.

rNrEREsTiS0 RAPPORT or 1ns sUfEaINTEspgNr %
tbs ArLiHIIc fhLE ARAPH COMPANY IN REGARD
TO THE rho9HkSS or rHs MANUFACTURE or TIE
CABLs. ETC.
The numerous q Sckholders and others steressed IN
the success Of ~ Atlantic Telegraph cable VIII read with
interest and - sacson tho annexed Official report " the
progress tho far made In tho manufacture OF the cane
cnsr arrangements necessary to Insure SUCCESS to
sho stsempt 70 be made TO connect Europe ana
America by telegraph VIA ireland aud dsNewfoundland:-
ATLANTIC TsigGp.rn COMPANY, !
u 81. EsLEs'E PLACE, hssorsaATg SiRyl,
LONDON, October, 1884.
Ny DEAR smAs our work y now getting fanny nnder
few rartculare IS 10 What Is going forward lore,
in aGdit'on my weekly reports, which Tnst you re-
ceye regularly. will. douhes be Of interest 70 yourseil
sod On directors in America, rs well % 70 Inc snare
holders.
Ire covering OF the copper conductor with It's four
lay OF g1ta perchai' ng3.ucel On he lh Of April
aud hasncc then continued swy ard with great caro-
tsing constantly Under electrical tests BY the aid OF
apparatus, which, Ii Il had been available when our
former c,Gie constructed Sould hive caused tho
very best portors Of to have been Utterly rejected
Tho present however, evea under these searching
tests par.rc,ion Of insulation il its worst parts
mere than twice that Of the high sfandard prescribed oy
graphic core that Constructed up this
period OF this about eight hundred miles nave at pre-
ssnt been corpe.sd or are Ia various stages a COM
pletcn.
Tho h,mogeneou. iron, which is rev feature 10 tho
Uroydes i" Mss.rs' M weossr Il rsis, al si.miasnaa
Tie total weight contracted Tor axieeu hundred tons
The drswing o. was c9niensca on lne a.t o. May
tests nssry every bande OF II strength and ei1rga
tnu ana transmits his ssts weakly 10 tl:s oscs gor cy
am natiep. occasionally 90 down 80 Birniagham
personally spd, in addiiso1 20 the cona aors, aaye q
Marden wharf maa whose 500 daty i As e reses. the
wheE delivered ia Iontcn. need not say rhs all
she delveries are uy UP &c the specifications, as every
bundle that is doubt vi is. once absolutely re-
ec.ed II only Gsir 20 tho ar however 10
iha they striving t. the utmost 70 do Their duiys
and tnat the rcec'onR have pesn veryiew Upwards Of
| Ave hundred tors have Low been delivered.
Large stocks rTe hand n the slaple yarn,
with which sbe wire Is be surrounded and OF tho
tanned jute, which forms the anddrG FOR the protection
oftne gu,ta percha fro,n injury from the compress
sion OF the external armor Of ih- Nana-covsrsd wire.
The deliveries Of case from the Guts Pcrchs works 10
toe Las, Greenwc ch Covering Works commenced ihe
2is. o. july but good deal Of delay has necessarily
taken place in commencing the last stage Of he manu-
Of covering the with pro-
fectionowng 70 the fact thar, with dstermiratior TO
suggested the contractors have nearly reacaesed he
works at that place, all tso covering maen'nes have
appliance added which ioreihought nnd pfeaen.
knowledge think OF fer the sacnrty ard
mense iron tanks have been construceaoae tor each
machnes that tho cabie passes directly out OF o'
aO'o ~ster f aea twenty oos osaSr iron
doviag It's progress through the factory into The covering
MACHINES with special arran ngemens Tor applying asevere
and special test to every joint before passes into the
covering mach!se.
owing 10 the length of time which these various
portant matters have occupied, II was not uatii fhur
day, the LIST OF september, that machine FOR turning
out The completed cable was started. Since then three
other machines have got pto fun work, and ita ma
chine will start before the end OF the present week TIC
o,aer three will afterwards be speedily SCI song and
the cable will then be completed ct the {. about
eighty miles per week. At present little over oic hum
dreduliies have been fir shed.
The Great sss.ern steamship left Liverpool on the
service OF Company saturday, the liza Of Juy
ana arrived - sheeEess Wednesday, July lS where
continues Tho ontraitors Cgnclsncai % me
18th OF September TO remove floor OF her hpier deck
% Itpe dsc5 below winch tha iron tanks will have
be erected foe storing t1e cable water These .anks
will be three In number, and their Dimensions about
nfty zinc feet dametcF hy twenty ,aet ia de?,h Tns
iren plates FOR taem arg being rolled and pitched by
tessrs. westwood I Baiie, who 'ycl ,hsm together
board and who hound o complete item not later
than the middle OF necamber. Tns Gscs tanS Il 10 be
ready by the middle OF November.
Ihe government have appropriated tro shins 10 the
service Of transporting me c.bis u is nace-frcrn the
WORKS at .,rdea waars 10 the Great ~bcor.
so that the cable sill mover be Out OF water er
than few monlects ~ Tine RON its Grst
iaent at the Gutia lercha works 10 rs sceuersion the
sea. The Contractors have stock the tan xs hcse
shipa, and they will therefore eniy require putting TO
getner
am happy To tell you that as rayards the portion OF
completed cable n6thug be satisfactory than
the manner III whicl can bo coed aud hand II w&s
thought by some that he advantase gacd tae r1ea
strength o. the Homogeneous mon uala be c7eral,c
/ 81 rs supposed hardaess aaa sprEvs-s bat as re
gard, The poo a. rstbt teraed .at Gun sesii Y het
toe superstition is qgise alarJii hes deaf as
hemp rope thecoii a1d has spring Whatever in H.
above nceount viii oe sa isfaa.ory 70 voaT
self aEd our directors and other friends in ica
They may be assured OF one thing, without doubt
hitherto been produced and opinion those VINO
should be mst competent TO judge y Re relied ol the
Great stern is the proper ship for the WORK,
In the heiiei therefore, that every knosR Dreeepoa
and appliance Ia securing sGccess hiss been snI viii be
made available We may me safely cammit TIE yr..t ana
hoped for 6ual result OF nobl. 40 a. te rro
tectin of that Migbtest Arm to which q an the atorm
lest waves OF the Atlfn,ic are obed.r1
am, my dear sir, ye.y truly Years
Secretary and General slSa sapsIin.suasn. saMassa
CYRUS W. FIELD, Esq.