The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-06
THE TEhRGRAPHIo CABLE,

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Philadelphia Ledger writes as follows:
WHY THE CABLE WILL PRoRARI,Y BE
PAuuRR
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lxe, ,ts as the feason Tor apprehended
nnt Ia ynyyeJ spe tSf long nne gould
tessdS los " M1LheQ % Wltnont relays OF bat
tesae-s. ts..l = 1he tning ~ not done on
~ anu u - ABSURD 70 suppose
s.as Slets LHs co outa pe performed
AoI SIsi.. such ,!atd.s 3 gistane9 unaer wafer
II |. tiyM, Insn Isll you !na1 the long
ssS ~ wire Worked over land,
i1sti ~ ,,.s,Iss is tes = !lYe nun
ic,iiS,1s Il n ~ II
~ ~ " 70 OF keeplng up the
cIrEent S,U.rns.lst oI ware nineteen hundred
sil tiilts t9ng lnaeF ''1e1 {, Mater; q ts
WIZ. sItoN'4EK s.t4s BATTERIES AvAIIf
4theS been argued by some that the
current OF this Immense length of line
could .be kept up by means of more
powerful batteries at the New Found
mains to beseen. twas not kept up
wnen the cable was laid in 1858, though
1t is on record that the most powerful
batteries that could be obtained were
employed by the company;to to make the
cable speak.
"A battery can be too strong for the
Ilne % which 1t Is attached. "A battery
wire and destroy the cable.
4, VIII the Directors venture as far as
thlsF They undoubtedly will If they
hnd their present batteries incapable
OF MAINTAINING the current, for that
once once loSt, It must must pc regatned, or the
% 3Rnt II H. is not. =, ,,o,,oss,rt, Z ~, .
heavy battery to fnse or destrov the q
cable. The current may be lost while
a moderate battery is being worked
and 1t tU0lLd be lost should the chatting
of the cable, stretched across rock or
sharp protection, cause the least Jl1tO
therein. 1nthe event of a flaw the cur
rent would cease to run on, but would
run out andexhaust itself on old ocean's
bed. lP ~
THE FAILURE OF '5S.
i Anv teleprapher will cor Arm, t,vt,o4 I
here write bnt there ia nrooS otba,.
than this. and IL comes rom The cs HE
of I6S That caI1Ia y,a. T.,1cceSsf IL 1aiS
and worked. thoiioh irreanIarIy pros- tsoas-
emily. however. it ceased Jvorlsino aifo-
gether. and whv9 on fl1uino 10 10 ll5s,1 nv,
"a gsmaii7 nail hole Was a5sch1ere5 = y
through which the cnrrent had esca nod
andlthe great unGertakin0 was, a sfsIII'
ure, M So - =
You will see from this how small a
tnlng would send the present cable to
Keep 5eHs company with that OF September,
Ae9e. t3it5
a, Any any suuuen 1Enperlectlon caused by
@ Ine etenlents OF the focksfo OF the deep,
AO LAabLeE tlMlSLu6E INC QabGGEY was a
loss Of insulatiohi and an an timms,;sta S i q
suspension of operations. ne M
Il WHAT pRFssITr1s mn, CApIE = Z. 1,,,,v
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STAND s4AlSt
me cable VIII stand a certain amount
ot magnetism and no more. Precisely
I1ke a WIRE between Ph1ladelphia and
washington or New York and Albany,
me battery must be graduated to a
n1ea n point IN other words, there is a
NUM- Il % the stEength OF that battery,
and any excess beyond will show itself
IN e4 plcSlons ABOUT the operator like
reports rom q ritie. or course itwouId
9e hlghly dangerous to work q line. un-
eI indea5 se a et 81, u could not
TEMPT 10 worlSsthe cable with beS Sy;sy i.s
batteries shonId the I5raueptI IS1,,E5.sf =. s,i,5
ont. vouid ia oertain III Tasi,It in 7aiIs
ure II IL ttreIav,i or. Etrarastt,,s 81 st.-
tions with batteries that ara ITyaY,FaTl
at rriveri roints 81 1iSts, tt,S. ~. -
veto have them on t6e o1as,, ~ Nv asa,,e az
meet with the cable beIow 81. 70 oon1
sS. 80. - y. ~ 80" :.
II Et1ta' sts of t. NftAEAsh ON THE CABLE.
The pressure of such an immense
body Of water on the cable will also
l.SV nave ltS Y. stiecL upon Ihe Worklngot tfe
feet tnsn thrSnsb ,1ira arisns he iSss '' e'F7
II
ma of OVER THE
CABLE.
It is claimed by the representatives
of theS Ocean Telegraph that az. 900
words were dispatched in 70 hours .
This, conn red With the overland 1ines.
is very slow work, as there are opera,
tors who think nothing of rafting of
2, 500 words per hour, which Is a remark :
able difference from 1000 words in
twelve hours, still, the latter Is NOT a
bad beginning, for the cable. Il. it was
actually accomplished from end TO end
of the line, and IL continued. even at
such comparatively slow rate Of
speed, will pay the company hanGl-
somelyiat one pound sterling ner word.
~. r,AEI1st;; IN ,sI1popvs mas y
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tne longest submarine Wlre. In Eu-
tSSpe tSopp Is d,4ys iniies m length EGO less