New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-30

soundng wire saturated With anything oat aver
fhe iron wire softer In order that might stretch
fpst much 70 tighten and 80 enable the MANILA yern 10
80 s o,S SS5 The warn SeNs eS Om taT ss
EASILY hed by tho rope shoppers when necessary RE TAR 10
weight niles # GABLE when toe operation Of recovering
performed, and msdo amost impossible 20 bold "
Tho great ship and the appliances she 10 carry for Icy
ng Che new cable end recovering the old also showed
PeFked improvements.
colossal duensons and strength 1t driven 10 two
large cylinders sup lied from the main boilers Of the
Of steam from the breaking Of the machinery The
paying out machine wss greatly strengthened and 10 was
sdded smsr 6teea engine 10 that attached to the ms
sADep tho bow This cners could DO connected 20 re
ssyinsoui machine 'ew rirutes aod By tie means te
latter made into hauIiDgin machine The Invention u
ny Il. JeRkin, Il. X S. was added 30 This apparatus h
eree control 81 regards the strain Ths
khe Appods bre * nn be regulated apy desired weight or
sTsn tire the strain the cable eaoeeso s
allotted amount the machine eaed itself without stopping 'n'
Beside: the nshsane Of tho great ships o0 p1 her
constructed By Capt Anderson and made 20 pfess 1aI S a
BY large os SSS " yers i ia %Sny ps two feet
shek cleared or thus giving the vessel maon DsoeI
sSst either o. could DO east loose and then only one
would rotate WIZ this ono wheel CONFINED %IIa .ao e'eS
49, Great be mafe to rotate upon her axis nearly
- well sLcrTSo tug With dsconneolng reversible pad
sEBIous DIFFICULTY PROVIDED AGAINST
The expeditions Of 1883 and le65 have shown that to lay
we rope tho bottom Of the Atlantic Ocean
No STRAIN 20 BE- nut upon the rope that il is comparatively
sssy engineering operation. But do Ibis with rope
shng CONDUCTOR insulated from the water BY so sR
snhsance proved difficult 9ns year there en-
change IN tho nrran gements Mr. e. r. Yaroy and Prof.
w Ihoriuson were selected tho consulting electricians
- .hs COMPANY Mr. wloushby Smith tho Inventor Of the
ascra known Chstteros Compound and Of tho boaut
nAcl oos ne place OF Mr. De Sauy electrician in chief
ssoiesonay by the Telegraph Construction Company
sonsnng electricians instead Of acting as last the
xmcTisln Co9Pany. These three genemen agreed upon
sem which insured that tho shood never be inmate
fault occur would be instantly known Tho shore station
asF mp Of pOrtsn tests and telegrapAed the results
- The shp conti1usly.
COMMUNICATION BETgETE SHORE AND SHIP.
q. tRo utnost value in Seiermnng rapidly tho nature and To-
salty OF fault The resistance coils for determining tho in
uaOn OF s cable consisted Of l0 coils OF
sSno 10 900 ohmaas donble slide traVerscd these coils
seconds tho anoabtsf reqncd
scrd BE- ohtliuei This the invention Prof W. Ihom
sen and Mr. Jonkn. tbs double slide liz connected 20
This arrangement was suggested By Mr. G. r Varsy and by
lrneniing the seriously power Of
s,s to 90 pats smIsr sgos4sts.
fixed ct lcna and by these the electric potential Of
abe ca taken simultaneously shore and board
shp By these readings and the known resistance placed
N circuit TIE csbe and tho ships battery either
Khe three following points coull DO aeera'ned il iow
%; ealofo cable on shorO being free sbs insuaou Of
The end on shore bolag to EARTH the resistance Of ne con
The emo on shore bsing the distance Of fau shad
resistance, and the strength OF tho disturbance
The resistance invented By Mr.. wlOushby Smith Of area,
Eagnitude This attached between tho olhlo
sistanee drew OF mere dribs Of electricity rom she cable
sucsni enable 70 what was going on or
axe ship cal the shore any mo Mr. Marley
SaS aae 90 Ysry hat no sensible sSrr .S passes
saoash g when onee ssargca but By applying battery 70
fefpe magnitude and tins the shOro could speak the ship
sr ne asslaion Of the line Mr. Wio gSby smith a,o ar
Eauged smaller condenser 70 DO charged from tho
ssbo sbOr and discharged every five minutes and thus
otice cent TO the ship which would to 500 thai the
sePpcr wire he'd not oleo Ire shore wae also 70 ste this
THT APPARATUS FOR woRKING THE GABLE
The apparatus working the cable when laid
% n.t year but they have considerably improved IN detail
and during constant tests have been found 10 Wo better and
Professor W. Thomson and C. f. Marley and Known
secis The disturbance arising from thaBderstors cable
ew miles in length whose conductor terminates IN lamp q
sno been laid yaenta and similar VIII be laid
Newfoundland THIS is an iErention Of Mr.. C. T. Var
10 enable the eegraphists each end Of line 70 sscer
sar their acting through the cable
artificial telegraph cables have been constructed Of similar
extremity Of line and thus the electricians each end
ascertain moments notice now tasr signals shoud be at
M CABLE o. ss5coSYIpEseE As TO IT'S rUruRE WORK
sa..r rSG-FISASCIAL STATISTICS.
II might attempt year
falurc bear the calm confidence with which
Thcnson msinans the views he expressed before Royal
Society fEdnburgh last December and basine his estimates
e concerned dynaEica principles Is confident
the cable lying the Atlantic IL be recovered and
ssaSDs Is 10 the Ta SsSests about % b,
3pon England and America based the Imposition that
sonSsnos Is ftpshsps modified some cses BY euPers
S the absolute Of both experiments the
commercial conditions upon which this years cable laid
mpegc,y understood by the public may useful
state brefy the proportion Of interest held by the Atlantic
Telegraph and the Company the
sahe rhe shares in the latter practically from 2ot IS
per preference It's paidEp capital s &5O0O
Si0o held the Telegraph
ssy 10000 By ten gentlemen who pat down 10000 each
while a3Oo has s0 shares by general
Pabc With the exception Of IRON 5000 TO 1900
penny Of this has been pad Up This 95ooo expended on
on Compa receiving an extra 400 II the cable be
sesuly lad Tor TINS 100000 The Anglo Com
ssips for messages between England and Amercn This
done The IS preference shares Of the Atlantic Telegraph Com
BapJ market VIII have their dividend of6
and when th paid the holders Of the old 600 sharer Of
te6s viii receive PEI cent Any profit remaining afteI these
received 10 be DIVIDED equsy between the two classes Of
shareholder, bu assuming toe hg1y improbable ooniin
American Company werh receive them all The Telegraph
bobsoctisn Corposy is merely the nsnnfactureI; aud
sompanies having direct interest in the cable whss laid
hs eosDpanys holding limited to the 200 600 already
1note against which he the charged for and
flns profits on the manufacture OF the cable.
ExPET.nrESTe on TIE OLD CABLk
% - sbsOrr ssst II is pardon.bs Il the psority q those
ntsestod In the experiment Of ie3 dismissed The subject
"a: S,ossn cable q accorded that sngais attention gwen
sf pskag ny 0izing the broksn end now lying IN mid
ssssa has eeFts een toe extent TO which the general
ss4er has interested himself IN the Old cables and vii pos
y surprise many learn that day by day fe
ssSous break It's condition has been carefully gauged and
ay since last August, when toe stal snsp occarred he
N<ectciahs eft IN charge have made Their 0b3eysions
y town Nohauas pssont pssslsg isToaeS
etoal crisis cond have had whtef sksd sad labs
care than ass Teen given % sAe wireops which i, 80
hep eoods show every aueseatios IN Is pisa
and \ t answered 20 the variations affecting rcg
sa5 a. tAsy have happensd At the prssent h eoudi-
sion - 70 As Taptore1 cad sbsolnte perfect Eyery yard