The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-03
rno Trans-Atla ntic Cable.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ACCIDENT-THB CONNIE

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ACCIDENT-THB CONNER
From the London Times June 49,
At length all the preparations connected with the final
departure Of this great elegraphie expedition
pleted On Wednesday the Amethyst left the telegraph
works with the last length OF 245 miles OF cable board
and Saturday the operation OF coing this in be-
gun. This work will probably last till the 22d inst Be-
of July the Great Eastern will start for vaontia There
she expected to arrive about the 9th 10TH and there
she WIN be met by the two ships Of war appointed to CON
vOy her-the Terrible and the Sphinx. Both these
sells being fitted with tho best apparatus for deepsca
soundngs with buoys and for buoying the end of
the cable II ever 1t should become necessary and with
Bolens night light naval signals, with which the Great
Eastern is likewise TO be supplied To avoid all chance
than twenty twenty five miles, and her stay Off
Valentia will be limited to tho time occupied in making
splice with the massive shore end which for length Of
twenty-five miles from the coast will be laid previous to
her arrival.
With regard to the process of laying, it is hoped the
Great Eastern may be kept throughout the whole voyage
uniform speed of six knots per hour, faster than
which 1t would not be safe as rule, to run out the
cable At less speed than this, however, the big ship
would fail Of Storage way and with beam wind would
certainly go to leeward without counteracting in
1uence This influence will be Afforded If necessary by
tho paddle engines, which to be disconnected aud
the efforts of wheel at either side would DO quito
sufficient to overbalancc the effects Of anything but
very violent storm This latter risk is now Literally oil
Therefore, IL is gratifying to know that Captain Andcr
son is ssnguine Of all going well.
Yet In this estimate of events il must not be forgot
ten that in the last memorable expedition in tho Aga
mormon, midsummer was liked on as the time when
storm In tho Atlantic was almost impossible and the re-
cords of the Neurological departments both hero and in
America certainly justified such expectation they
showed that for fifty no storm had taken place at
that time Yet it precisely On the 2lst Of June
that the hurricane with which the Agamemnon and
Niagara had DO battling for days ut its igt
and those board the l,-stowa Agancmnon at least
know not from hour To hour which was to bs their last
Most earnestly Is IL to be wished that this great
sion the calculation OF averages If NOT more Just may
prove a. least mere fortunate As far regards the
bic itself, there Is absolutely nothing to be desired
As regards the commercial prospects of the undcrak
ing, 1t may be stated that the Atlantic Company have
begun thr work under the wed agreement with the
government for "a subsidy OF go 900 year, and in ad
dition guarantee CT eight per cent upon capital OF
1900 600 Allsystcms OF government guarantee OF this
kind in themselves radically bad, aud opposed to
every rule of free trade aud commercial cntcrrisc In
this case however the aantcc IL not only nj variance
with the principles OF political economy but possesses
its spc al attributes of alb uriity Thus, return
for their guarantee, which Is only to continue in force
wiIo tho lin is in working order, tho government
demand that the maximum charge for messages shall
not exceed 2s Cd per word With such tariff tho line
would be absolutely chNkcd with messages and the
company, In return for rs ovcrwork aud general malad
min sron OF business would only receive revenue Of
$3.50 900 n year At u tariff of 81 per word thu
trary thr Company while guaran ,ccng message to. and
the receipt OF reply from, any plr of the init States
within twcny-'onr hours coula WIN ease earn re-
venue OF g, 900 900 year, nearly twicc the cost
of the present cable In .ac the nmet gnaran GO
Is only conditional on the line he IA in working oidc
and while 1t is working the company for the
have stated, do ten times tier without Il: II
the shareholders WISE the they shake of this
cOf their enterprise the Dcticr NJ prcscnt u "
est mated that the operation Of clcgrarhng can be
safely conducted day and night ut the rate nf from 10
eight words minute Both Professor thompson ana
Mr. Marley however, confident that with the new
machines they have Invented this rate be incrcased
to nearly twelve words nctc On tn y expectation.
however decline to venture opinion The dcs
patch OF n message Of hundred words through the
no to America and the clear receipt Of similar
Der In reply, WILL after the cable Las been laid, he ac-
ceptcd by tho company proof that o wrc Is in per
feet working order and without rthcr Formally II will
be opened TO the use Of the publ e Most earn.
cstly do hope that this greatest scientific undcrak
may be followed by the commercial and political SUCCESS
which the completion Of Geographic communication with
In tad afa met chi