New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-21
THE ATLANTIC TELE0RAPH.

tinents We have not yet forgotten. The "Cabie
Celebration will live long in the memory OF
Newly Workers, and the keen interest with which
! the brief life OF that link between the Old and
New World was invested will be remembered
a. more than romantic The hopes of Human
lity-in our then exaggerated estimate Of the
importance of munication-secmed 10 hang
on the slender thread that stretched from Ire
/ land to Newfoundland and, when it broke, We
should have been inconsolable if other events
more momcntouS and vital had not succeeded.
| Now that tho great Geographic enterprise OF
the century is once more to be renewed the
public takes the matter more coolly. Tho ire
mcudous cxctcments Of the last four years have
superseded our interest in peaceful affairs, 80
that, though we have heard from time to time
OF the progress of the new cable, We content
ourselves with languid spcculations on Its prob
able success or want of succesS--quite ready to
welcome it heartily if it prove deserving OF wei
come, Tut by 10 means disposed to set the
City Hall on fire again. should message once
more cross the ocean.
Yet it would be an lifcctation TO deny that We
look anxiously and hopefully and eagerly to the
great experiment which is once more on tho eve
of a great success or great failure. The new
cable is completed. The last mile has been
rolled and spun and twisted ard coated. and all
or nearly all, Of ts immense length IL safely
cooled away in the huge tank; OF the Great
Eastern Yet we do not know that The anxiety
or Indifference of the public has much to do with
the probable success Of the voyage which next
month will see begun and completed. II Is SAFE
10 prcaume that. if tia cable il once fairly down.
our municipal fathers viii find ample opportu-
pity 10 organize another celebration, ard spend
or steal a comfortable sum OF money III an
nounciug the event.
| Comparing the circumstances o. the iasi
attempt with the present. there IL abundant
cause for expecting good fortune now when
before We had only i'll. The very first question
| H. Of course the cable it-eli-and the difference
between the two is thc difference between an
awkward and hasty attempt Of ignorance and
the intelligent, deliberate effort TO which rlpe
experience and CONSCIENTIOUS devotion hay con-
tributcd their best resources. The present cable
h, GOO mile, long. IT. central conductor con-
si,ts Of seven fine copper wires, twisted into
one complete strand, snl perfectly Insulated
-Four LAYERS Of gutt,pcrcha inclosc 1t,
each of them insulated Ike tho con
duc,or itsclr This outer covering IL pro-
ltectcd by eleven strong mon wires, each
wound with strands Of hemp, saturated with
tar During tLo process of manufacture, the
cable has been kept constantly exposed to
severe tests Of its conductive power and OF It's
,in.ulaiion having been all the time immersed
in water and travcrsed by electric o"rr""f" ut
such density ard force o. to develop the weak
ness of the wires, il ii anywhere existed.
The difference between the process oi manuiac-
ture Of the first cable and of tie present Is re-
markable. Then, everything seems to have
been taken for granted; nov, nothing Is lett to
chance or theory. The strength OF the cable,
u, well ss It's insularity and conductivty,
has been perfectly established. 1t Will
bear weight Of nearly eight tuns,
ard IN ,aieiy I've depended on 10 support eleven
mile, Of .- length in water Instead OF beng
committed row to two ships, AZ formerly, the
,ynolc cable is slowed ou board the Great
Eastern; and to that vessel, aided by consor;s
which will supply assistance but carry none OF
the wire the great task Of depo',ing the cable
on the bottom of the Atlantic il 10 be intrusted
II is slowed in three tanks, which are respect
lively 81 feet. . feet q in, and - feet III d.
lamcter. and will hold coil-thc first of 63O
miles. the second Of $40 miles, and the third OF
$50 miles Of cable. The mechanical arrange.
nen,s iorits delivery are not materially differ
cnt from those on the Niagara and Agamcmnon.
II is or the character Of the cable Itself that the
company rest their chief hopes of more per-
mancnt success than attended their last expert
ment.
II woud be unjust not to give credit to the
leading men in this enterprise for their persistent
faith in lis final success, and their unrcmittng
efforts to secure it. They have not refused to
profit by the lessons Of experience, but, in the
Iminuiest details as well as in the general scheme
of the present undertaking, have sought to avoid
the error. which caused failure before. If
this also should, from any cause that cannot be
torcsecn Or provided against, be necessarily aban
donei, we presume the same men will with the
same zeal and faith renew their efforts, and coll
tinuc them till the two continents are perma-
ncntly united.
II ID expected that the Great Eastern, with its
invaluable freight and precious hopes, will begin
its voyage in the early part of July-a time