New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-03


Great Eastern may be kept throughout the whole voy
age at uniform speed Of knots per hour faster than
which would not be safe. as rule. to run out the
cable Al less speed than this. however the big ship
would fail Of steerage way and with beam VIVID
would certainly go Il naaspes % Be- sSsa
necessary by the paddle ngines which are 10 he dts
connected and the efforts OF wheel at either side
wouid he quite .uc,en 70 . os.r rs
now literally all that has TO be feared Everything else
which human foresight con suggest either IN cable
Scientific se' progress can devise Sas been provided
snd the success failure OF this vast expedition
is now only . question Of weather. On this only
tSS. pond Il d al gong Well In
h experience Of many years and hundreds OF voyages
backward and forward in command OF she Cunafd
liners over this very track II the Atlantic be states
that in the early pert Of July it never blows longoi
.trong, and that during that time bs has never even
heard Of any bad weather which could for moment
effect vessel like the Great Eastern III these sntie
pations should prove c0riectand there are none bet
ter capable Of forming them than Capt. Andersonand
II all goes we'll both as 10 course and rate CT seaDIhg
telef riphic communication with the United states
may looked for at the latest about tho 20 or 2lst
Of next month. Yef, In this estimate Ct events, IT
must not be- forgotten that IN tho last memorable
expedition in the AgamemLon midsummer was
h1cd the fine when storm in the Atlantic was
almost impo.sbe and the records Of the meteorological
departments both here and IL America certainly justi
fed such an expectation they showed tEss fer fifty
storm had taken place at that time fethwas
prseisey the 2lst Of june that the hurricane with
which the A gameu.non aad Niagara had been battling
for days NJ its hight and those board the
iistarred Ae0memnon Ct least knew not nom hour 70
hour which wss to be their Last Most earnestly u
DO wished that ON this great occasion the calculation OF
averages not more asi may prove at euft more for
tuBate As fr regards the cable tse toere Is Abso
lutely nothing 10 be desired.
The Matte and Alexandria wire was gu enormous
improvement on that by mcars Of when u vas noptu
to connect England With the United States ina. iaa
along the Persian Gnf !, again great improvement
ON the Malta acd Alexandria; While tbs when Is 20
Cross the Atlantic Is still rore marked improvement
them all. SO exquistely delicate arc the ss tnas
Minute flaw even in o! he four eoangs OF Eufta
percha has been detected, q place defined Almost 70
yard or co. and the length IN which 1t occurred az once
cut out II Is a singular bat slgnIhcant 'sct t.n'
slmost ell the accidents AID stopgages which have 0c
cured to submarine cables have arisen from those
Which hav. been laid in shallow water. A deep
hns once well lad seldom or never er. gives 6:
where the line has " be taken over ocean depths KNOWN
to 10 liable TO volcanie disturbances Thus tne oeep
portions nf the nats and AieHandria nne lro,l
Malta TO Trpn have 1t is stated. never given an hour
nlensincss while the shallow sections IRON BehSHs.
Sc to Alexandria are constantly getting ot OF repair
AS set to this howey y is 1hy iar 70 sale N,
shallow cables nay be- repaired Win As puch ael'y as
they see 70 break down while on the other hand tss
drs fault Of deep SEQ line. IS. asa rlie' Its last
tie bottom Of the Atlsntc il is needless to say
that vole'uic distureanee" are sppient .ohs
vs,y from i. 500 to about 900 fatsoms The danger
Gus part Of tia coarse has hitherto been supposed "a
be the sudden dip or bank which occurs about hun
r.d miles OF the west coast Of ireland. and Were t'
water was supposed 20 deepen In the couis. 81 iow
miles Il ON about 800 atLoms TO nearly 20oO Such
rapid deso~nt Las naturally been regarded "nh s.lrn
b, tclegfaphic engineers and this alarm has led 70
mos, careful sounding survey OF the whole oil IN
,upposed bank B, ,GsN'ii The S" Ad@,r.I,T
TI Tie result Of this shows that the supposed
pr,ciplt.rs bank or submarine cid. Is eradna
slope Of hearty 70 miles. Over this borg slope the oil,
ference between its greatest hight and greatest Dep
is only T. 76o feet 30 that the average incline IT, AZ
round nrrlbois about AS feet per rne. eoot
gradient on q railway II now generally cons drr.d
b. In 100 feet about % IN nile so that the ine1'
on his supposed bank = only about three times that
an ordinary railway in fact as far as souncings ea'
snythin tAese are few slopes IL ine De.
Of the Atlantic as steep es tnat OF hoioorn MI. A
no mari is the bottom rocky and with the exception
isw miles which ure sAiney, only oose mud or sant
! Ia 20 he found
A.rerards tho commercial prospects N the under
! failing n NAV be stated that the Atlantic COMPANY
have begun their work under .he re9e~sa 900
and in addition guarantee u per cent npon eapi
tai Of 9GO oOo An systems Of Goy.rnneni guarantee
Of ths kiad are 10 ensoives raoical! oao, nnu ~
nosed 10 every rule Of trade and commercial enter
nY.e In this case, however the guarantee II fot OIL
at variance with the principles o roteni eeo,os
possesses lie special attributes oil aDssrdy .nus
In return for their guaraltee which only to .onthI'
In force lille the line n In working order 'he ro'ei
m, M demand hat the @az.a.m charge tor L ss,1fe,
shah rot exceed rs 3D. per woru. WI
such A tariff the line would be ae'oiutei,
| choIed with messages and the company IN retnti
fr II, ovorwork aud general OF busl
pes. would only receive venue az x2a..VV yciI
Ataart of per word. on the contra ry the co ppan
while gnhf ,nteeing message to ard OF 10
rly rom any part " the United States within - ho.re
| could with ease earn revenue CT xloVVVO year, o.
nearly twice the cost OF the present cable In i., l
Government guarantee ID only coadltonsi GU .ne ~,
peiuy In working order. and while Is 80 worhns Wv
company can for the reasons we have stated 40 tc'
times better without IT, II the shareholders arc wise
the sooner they shake of this clog upon their enter
prse the better At present 1t il estimated thai W
| operation OF telegrapbing can be safely cshducteG
dsy and night at the rate VI nom SIX TO eist ~viu
a minute Both Professor Thompson and Mr. 'sr'e!
however arc confident that with the new inachihe
they have invented this rate may be increased 10 near
| IL words minute. On this expectation. iowsver W.
decline TO venture an opinion. The dispatch OF mes
cage of 100 words rough the line to Ameres ana u
clear receipt Of similar number In reply WILL alter
cable has been laid, bs accepted by the eompeny as
proof that the wire 10 In perfect WORKING oruer am
without further iornslty II will ct once DC opened
the use Of the public Most earnestly DO we nope tpa
his greatest scientific undertaking may DO followed y
the commercial and political success which the s1mp
ton OF telegrspho Communication with Inc 'H"s'
| States must achieve
| Great Brisnia snd Can1ds.
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