Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-08-24

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two places damage was done TO it, A
shackle chain aud a wire rope belonging to
one OF the cable buoys, were passed over =
the cable and secured in blight below the
hawser holes. These were hauled 80 IA to
bring the cable to the right hand side OF Il O
boat, the ship still drifting to the left, 1t
was necessary to do this instead Of vcering
away, as we were near he end OF the cut OF
the cable in the boat There is a largeiron
wheel with deep groove, and the clrcun
/ feretce technically "A w. wheel, from the
groove, by tho side OF which is "Reinitar,"
or smaller wheel, on the same axis. The
cable aud the wire rope together were COM
! ing in over the bows and the groove in the |
larger wheel, tho cable wound upon = drum .
behind by the machinery, which was once !
more in motion, and the wire rope being |
taken in around the capstan, by bars, but
the rope and cable were not coming up in
right line, but wore being hauled in with
great strain on them at sn angle from the
right hand side; so that they did not work
directly in the ~" in the wheel Still the
strain was shown on the Indicator to b., lvery
high, but not near breaking strain. AZ
last up came the cable and wire rope shack
ing together on the "" wheel III the boat.
= They were wound round it slowly, wire
: passing over these wheels together, the first
, damaged part being on board, when jar
was given to the dynnmometer, which flew
D up from sixty hundred weight, the highest
[ point marked, with IA sudden jerk, 81 inch
{ es. In the chain shackle and wiro rope
{ chamber as it were, up out Of the groove
on the right hand side of the Y of the wheel,
got Oh the top OF the rim OF the V wheel
y and rushed down with crash on the small
IS wheel, giving, no doubt. sevole shake to
$ the cable, to which il was attached. The
;, machinery was still in motion, and the ropes
@ travelled att together, one toward the cap
IS stan and the other toward the drum, where,
r. just as the cable reached the dynomoueter,
h 1t parted, and with one bound leaped, as ii
10 were, over few feet of intervening space,
y and splashed into the sea.
be 1t is not possible for any words to portray
1t the dsmay with which the sight was wit
as messed and the news heard, When a maj
le came aft with piece of the inner end lash
as ed still to the chain, and one saw the tor
n. tured strands, torn wires and lacerated core
ly it is no exaggeration to say that strang
H. feelings of pity, as though some hnma
IN creature had been mutilated end dragge
to asuuder by brutal force, passed through tn
er hearts of the spectators. Capt. Moriart
Of was just coming TO the foot OF the compar
en- ion to put up his daily statement of tn
In. ships position, having had excellent obsel
US vations, when the news came.
Ak IL feel, )" he said" vc will not feel mue
it interested now in knowing how far we al
ras from Hearts Cotent. However, it WI
tly som othing to know, although it wa- lit
lad comtprt, that we had nov run precisely or
nk huadred and sixteen miles since yesterda
lief that we we're ore thousand and sixty tv
nd, miles irem Valentia, SIX hundred aud eiRh
Its miles from Hearts Content, that we we
II ia lat. 81 25, lon. 80 06.
oc- The following practical conclusions ha'
Gus been arrived at by those engaged in vsrio
, ia capacities in the expedition:
ere First-That the steamship Great Eai
dy ern, from her size and sea goiag qualitit
can carry and lag an Atlantic telegraph cat
ade safely in any weather.
ice, iSecond-'fhat the raying-out machinel
lble constructed fer the purpose by Messrs. Ga
lies ming & Clifford, works perfectly, and can
be confidently r,iled on. fnat the insulati
lain of the gutta perche conductor improved
ard, reason of the reduction of the temperat,
nty- a0d the great pressure at the tottom Of I
| ut ocean, and was more than double what
me, had been before starting, proving itself
the be The Jrst Insulated cniI. cuer maaafdcfsr
out ard nsaay ti,,cs higher Man The standard
qnired by The contract. The cause OF
TWO faults which were picked up was in e;
fact, case a perloration OF the gutta at:c
was through to the eoprcr by piece Of il
utes rire found sticking ntho cable. Nlectrici
e, it the third fault was analogous to the FIRST
the The difficulty can be guarded against in
over construction Of future cables.
Oily, Ihird-That nothing has occurred
ator create the least doubt in tho minds ni pl
ght tical men engaged in the expeditions OF
the successful lsyiug and working Of the At
n tic telegraph cable, but, on the eontr:
IONS their confidence in the undertaking
rable been largely increased by the expor;e
few thus obtained
been F0mth-ThGt with the Great Ea 4
Id be steamship, and with stronger tackle,
emile with improved picking up machinery, ri
gas is possibility of recovering the lost en-
the cable and completing the line alre
two thirds laid
one SAMUEL CASsISa, ChiefEneineer
sfore JAS ANDERSON, Capt, Great Easter
e of g. f. VARLEY,
r,,,cr, Electrician to Atlants Telegraph and NJ
ann tenapce Company.
astic G. V. DESANTY,
SIM. Electrician to Tel. and Maintenance
wa, w. THOMPSON,
yater Prof. Naturs,, pl'osonhy Glasgow Coll
lg up III. j. CLirr-Rp'
Telegraph and Maintenance Up-' -'pah