, 1866-07-08
TIE ATLANTIC TELEiiR,p
StoVaIe OF the Cable on Rsa,
Great EasteFn-The Expedition
ing Ready to Sail.

(FIou, The London T1mcs. June lra
AZ the time draws near for the deps
the Great Eastern, the utmost aetfrit. :.
servable on board Ia order tba, the r1,
may be ready to leave her moOfino Is
5ied"ay, at the latest, on Saturday, t II
pioJ fHsdtf ffs saai aftAB5kgSR
day and night. Up TO Saturdars1..
the hour lor the hands tl,scontinnin:
there only rcntaios length OF cahIe q
tie oFer four hundred mllcs to be rrc1
board. and By extra exerllons the ~ s'.ay
length will 1e shipped by the e1d Of ~. q :
cnt week. The whole Of the sixteen lY1sss.
and sixty knou OF new cable has hrtkft 4
lletet, anu In the courze OF the pre;es4 t,44S
the tTo Government vessels. The A. +; x
and Iris. lent by tue Admiralty, tudr an
90 from the commencement tn traask.s l.
tue cable IF. IN tie works 10 the Cru; Z !
efn. Whi receive on board their lat ~
'o1 sonseFance ronudto the Medwa, =.
g.. iho "eixht Of lie new cable IL aid
{Raat a{naRa aindfrd weiaht per mile, ).
iat inn,ia.t dotable TIE weight OF tha osfa -,
IN ,ahtS :able. The tutal quantity Of y =
ne take. ut,t will ezcctl two tlio,,s.T IL,
nthnufed lrilcs. THE steamer Msd,r7 !
t.noasaf,d t1lse hundred ious, Gelost
sae ~. eon'tiahy,,, i = ~ accompany stst!,m
i''Gs te s,9rsHs os tss sss u sb,, n ,tsai1;x Ssi
been ilstea Oh board tlinl yfse snas
time the titsns Eastern il fThJt tu tss
depattssa everything vii tf n iea,lla.
bestd b va H., tas ss,iTay. Ihe la4''ls t'h ~
Esstetn !, tat Ii 06iifa .rsm thri !l.'h
rally have ttlllhla,rd. thai 4 setvIiti u:
WIZ est,Bu. be fpRFull tiis ,ytAF Tssf
Stta,nrf AjtKl,Y, A testst ii U.t ll4a
fiVa Hundred !oHs, Will accompany tat -
di,lV|l lN fpl)tet A&siAtaHet, Ind u
at6res and aiIppI,.s, t,est,st Wlie sh.'
aspa1nnr william Garry j. Nlh, hstnx NJ -,
psAceeA 10 -Hea with tho attrF ~
After completing t!cr eoAIipg, ~ !
bhtp Will }r'ipepA direct I" rAltaA,: :
lat''laense the work Of laying lhe e.s4' :: = .
tho 7lh OF Rsll ot July. M doubl ss X
ta entertained by Captain An|ene' -:
being ehlu to place The tlrrat Entsfss III,
~ ross!9ls over the spot At Which . tts
tho buoys which Wtro leIt to 1na'k Y = *
lty aro aWort away, Bupnoa!nv th.i .
spot 10 bs reached, tho work Of ~. ! J.. /,
for and, Whon f0una, hauling In tho y !, ;, :,
will be commenced, to accomplish VI -,
machinery OF enormous strength - !!
constructed ami fitted Oh toard. ~ ~
nlies' 1ength Of wire graprling for. ~
hecn manufactured at tho companIf ~
and aotnc ltleh ol tho enormous stFa r.
this rope may DO formed whcnt ~ ::
TINT 1t ja nearly eight inclcs II! ca !
cuco, md IL manufactured Of ths II -.
posalb1e steel wire. 4
During the brief interval which rsti II
lcfozn tho Great Eastern takes htf hR -,
from tho Mcdway, thero Is still eosss; -
amount OF work remaining 70 ba - -! =. IN II
on board. Chief among thls Is tae - - = u
the enormous "csiu0llno" guard. ,sS;f
upwards Of seventeen tons, over @c,'-~4- y r
Tho object OF which l to prevent " = =.
while being paid out coming Ia eo1.s,.e y q
tho propeller, Some improvement = y
gested BIZ tho experience Of Lost r. : .
also lrcn made IN the mteMA ~
the Great Eastern, among oths y.
tho paddle-wheels nre being. oa ~ !.
d1sconnectfnE gear. ETer1lnM@ ~
completed aloft, new rigging
that which was found to be untoua -
and rigging entirely painted doxn.
uels repaired. The decks aro stu e. y,
With machinery, workshops and ge4toIA ,; !.
tpC tho cable; but much Of this NnEe1 ::
Cd away during tho pressut week. lls ~,
tanks In which the cable Is depossa
been repaired and painted, and r tss., r;
been taken In the way Of additional tuf II
to resist the enormous pressure dE--J
possible rolling OF the great ship rs.
fea. The work Of coaltng will be q. .
up to ths moment Of the vessel 1esa'Is " A.
oarn, and even then IN hdaitioaL -
will hayo to be taken i11 ut Bearh4ra !,