The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-10
The Cable is Coming:

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Il. The Cable is Coming!
Il, n;s ,,ohable that on one of the days of
tutbe nresent week the Atlantic cable Will De-
II Gin 10 run off of the windlass into the water,
faand slowly drag its mammoth length along
II from yalentis Of the old world, to Heart
Il eOontent of the new. So that we shall prop
iaahly Know whether it has proven success,
&nr a failure. ere the last dsy of the present
month. o 900
d;miles, weighing 1000 tons, and 1t Will pc
Ebrought over by the Great Eastern "no'o
Htonnsgs is "a, 900 tons.
With regard to the apprehensions OF fail
lure, the London Times says that storms alone
Econstitute all the risk that has to be feared,
q and adds:
Al Everything else which human foresight can
suqpest either cable ships, everything which
41onC experience scientific progress can devise,
Alhas been provided, and the success failure of
Ethis vast expedition is now only question OF
weather. On this only doubtful point, therefore,
kit is gratifying to know that Capt. Anderson IL
sangune Of all going well. In his experience OF
many years and hundreds of voyages backward
and forward in command of the Cunard liners
this very track of the Atlantic he states that
in the early part of July it never blow: long or
strong, and that during that time he has never
even heard OF any bad weather which could tOr a
h moment affect a vessel like the Great Eastern;
Al "But it must not be forgotten that, IN the last
III
IA summer was fixed the time when storm IN
III the Atlantic was almost impossible, and ths re-
III cords of the meteorological departments Dotn
M here and in America certainly Justinea such an
expeetation AZ they showed that for Fifty years NO
81 storm had taken place at that time. Yet 1t was
precisely on the 2ist of June that the hurricane
/ with which the Agamemnon and Niagara nae
been battling for some days wa At It's height,
and those ON board the Il-stowed Agamemnon, Al
least. knew not from hour to hour which was to
! be their last.''
The New York Tribune says:
II ssRecent SURVEYS of the bottom of that portion
Al ofthe Atlantic ON which the cable Is to he nave
considerably diminished the supposed difheulties
of a safe submersiou. What was before thought
the werst part of the route-a sudden dip hun
dred miles west from Ireland, the water deepen
i ing in a few miles from 800 to 1000 fathoms-
proves to be much less PrecIpltousi In fact, not
i preeipitous at ALL Careful soundings ever the
II whole distance show instead Oft cliff gradual
slope of nearly sixty miles, with an average m
/ clination of not more than las feet per mile
4 hardly respectable hill. Nor il there anywhere
bad or rocky bottom, but with the exception OF
few miles of loose stone there Is nothing out
ooze, mud, sand-all soft and comfortable for
the cables long sleeps -
The new stock of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company sells in London at a premium, and
old FL 900 shares at 1850. Of the profta-
| bleness of the investment, provided the cable
| is a success, there can be no doubt. Its rev.
1 enue, if it can be worked at the rate of six
or eight words a minute, has been estimated
at 81 100000 per annum, or nearly double
its entire cost. The directors have decided
upon the following uniform tariff between all
parts of the United States and British North
America
To the continent of Europe, Ell for 20 words,
and Ell Is. for each ad ditional word.
To Asia and Africa, 925 for 20 words, and Fl
5s. for each additional word. gzEE
The address, date and signature all to be
cd dcha rUodt Qr
Messages for places IN Asia and Africa to which
the telegraph does not extend, will be forwarded
by the first mail, postage paid.
Messages in cipher will be charged double these
rates. -
The directors are convinced that unless they
charge high prices at first there Will be such an
accumulation of business that great delay VIII
arise the transmission OF the messages, but they
intend to put down new cables as soon as posi-
BILE, and then reduce the prices.
The cable will be opened for business as soon
after it is laid possible, and all messages Will De
forwarded in the order ia which they are received
at HEARTS Content and Trinity Bay.
This tariff has an exorbitsnt sound, and
at the risk of disputing about the price Of
chickens that have yet to be Matched, the
New York Times says:
"While the Atlantic Telegraph Company pro-
pose charging 500 for message OF 20 words, the
Russo-American Overland Telegraph Company
propose to send messages OF twenty-five words
between London and New York, uia Berlin, ST.
Petersburg, SC, for $40. We shall need the
competition of half a dozen lines to bring the
prices within the bounds OF reason. When
message of twenty or twenty-five words be
sent to Europe for IS, we shall have got to some
thing like fair basis for honest commerce.
The whole civilized world is on tip-toe of
expectation then, waiting for the moving of
the waters by that marvellous cord which
shall draw to as the heart of our Fatheriand.
and to cur American Hearts Content
Heaven prosper the voyage of the Great
Eastern, and SO temper the winds and waters
that the mission of the good ship shall be
ACCOMPLISHED with entire success.- Chicago
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