New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-14
BY MAIL.
ANOTHER ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.


Al the late meeting of the British Association, Mr..
r. Holmes read paper describing the route Of the PROPOSED
North Atlantic Telegraph There are to be oqr s9ons me
miles the second Of $40 miles, the third Of 3 niles and
the last III miles will be laid with muchless rk and
Al less expense than cable between Ireland and New
and the author calculated that messages 20 Amer
could be transmitted at k as S9Ta ;
s q YSsa h ss Ea' vy c
Maury.
The North Atlantic Telegraph Company mited) has been
Incorporated to effect teeaIsPhe communication between
England and America by means Of several sho she.as o.
cable between Scotland the F9roe lsands Iceaud Geea'
land and Labrador Belle Isle The prospectus
substantial contractors agree to complete tue whoe OF o
cuies the follow ing l. The construction Of lard lines
London 10 Hull and thence to tho north OF Scoa9d
with branches to the principal towns OF England and SeGho
FOR the through direct transmission Of ntecontnenta
sagef Two cables sixty miles apart nom Scotland TO he
Farce Islands 80 miles Land lines 10 the Farce Islands
Two cables sixty miles apart from Farce 10 Iceland (3eTu
Ford $40 miles Laud lnes In Iceland 6. Two cables
sixty miles apart from Iceland TO the east coast OF Greenland
743 miles. T. Two cables sixty miles apart from Greenand
70 Labrador 507 miles Labrador 70 Canada Qsnd ne or
fe 2lo ies~,oai length OF cables nom Scotland
America. 900 miles. g. Gables between England ana the
9OO miles add for spare cables $50 miles; total length Of
land lines 2 miles Total mileage Of duplicate cables and
land lines e2 miles, the whole being included IN the con
The route has been thoroughly and efficiently surveyed
throughout the soundngs have been published py Tue Adm
rally and the Of the overland lengths by me ROYAL
Geographical Society Thurso is the selected point OF de-
Scotland, whence the hrt OF
long will laid the Farce Isles From the Farce Isles
cables viii laid TO Beru Ford in Iceland distance OF $40
miles The overland portion Of he route then encoun
tered reaching from Beu Ford the east to FAKE Bay
the west coast Iceland The exploring party report that
across this island there four available routes for the tele
graph the examined being $40 miles IN lengh second
ria Spren gsand $50 miles, third north OF vatna Jokn
2O miles, fourth along the south shore OF Iceland 200
miles long The they recommend from Beru Ford
10 Modrudalr in lat 65 deg IL min. N, long 10 deg. W.
Thence il strikes west for IS miles TO Isholl farm
on the Skiaanda River. The west bank OF this stream
is followed to nearly its source. and the center Of
Iceland crossed IN q southwestery direction tl the
head waters of the Thorsa reached The LEFT bank
of hs followed to 60 20 whore the river crossed
aud the west TO the Ha and the Geyse
On nearly 50 miles OF this route there little OF no grass but
depos be established for the maintenance OF the
horses necessary assist In keeping the lines In repair The
price labor varies the island from Is ID 10 2 3D.
day according the Reykayk the west Of
Iceland being reached another length Of cable 3 miles
long is TO be laid Juanehaab the western coast of
Greenland II wire could be carried overland the
south Greenland considerable portion OF this length Of
cable might saved but the idea given up imprao
tcabe For this reason land wires will be erected In
Greenland ALL The cable will be carried round Cape Fare
well Juanehaab whence another cable $40 miles long VIII
be laid direct to the American shore at Hamlons Inlet OF
perhaps slightly longer line 20 Belle Isle at the north OF
Newfoundland The in mdocesn over this last portion
OF the route is fortunately very deep 90 that the danger
floating viii only have 70 be encountered close IN
shore. ...I