The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-19
The New Atlantic Cable-Another Attempt 10 "
Made this Year-The Great Eastern to SAIL III

The New Atlantic Cable-Another Auehp' w j"
Made this Year-The Great Eastern 10 san LII
June.
from the London Herald, February 2'l
nnr;,c tho last f.vy DAYS the Telegraph Con-
s,ructiou md Maintenance Company nave
hnrun III real earnest. Little had been done
since the return OF the eNpedltoh III AuSuSl
last rs there was no reason why the ctnit
should he ready very much sooner than III VIII
hn needed The Great Eastern still lies III
her 1noorings i'll the Midway, with the re-
maindcr of last years cable on board ana 'hlS
will AGAIN be used during III" present year,
when that part OF the cabie when VIII n.y. w
then enjoyed II twelvemonths resi- on me oco
of the Atlantic will be Erappled Tor. captain
Anderson will once more nave charge ol Tue
big ship. and he Will again have the lnNalua-
bile assistance OF Mr.. llalpin, the chief officer.
Nr. Canning and Mr.. Clifford will be, as i'll
last summer, i'll charge OF the laying of the
cable, and Mr.. De Sanity VIII be again III
charge of the electrical department.. mus,
so far as skill goes, there Is everything
in favor OF the success of the coming eNpedl-
tion which will set sail in the beginning OF
June, bearing with ii the good wishes OF all
Europe. As at present arranged, the CTreat
Eastern will carry the new cable, VIII lay IL
TO Newfoundland, Will there coal ana return
10 the mid A tlantic, where she will, with her
consorts grappic for the lost end, the locality
OF which can be ascertained within Il quarter
of a mile through the observations taken Elst
summer BY Captain Anderson and captain
Moriarty II is not intended that the part OF
the old cable which now lies III the Great
Eastern tanks shall be again slowed III lleI
hold on the outward trip. II VIII be carried
in another vessel untlllt Is needed Inc crap
Ming will be done III this way Three vessels,
including the Great Eastern, Will be provided
with graphing apparatus Last year II may
be remembered, the graphing was zone WIN
makeshift appliances. In fact, the grapphhS
lines We're only buoy ropes, and the sWlvelS
which broke while the cable was being hauled
up We're never intended to bear any such STRAIN
a that 10 which they We're SUBJECTED. IN i inc
new graphing tackle there will be no swiYels
perhaps even no shackles. Each line Will
be, if possible, in one piece, certainly not
in more than two joined together by strong
shacllle. There is, therefore, lttie lear that
if the cable is graDplcd. of which there can be
no reasonable doubt in the mind OF any one
conversant with the subject, II Will be
brought TO the surface. And there Is The more
probability Of this because the cable VIII be
rrappled in three places, 1T intervals OF about
two miles One vessel will graphic, and, II
necessary. cut her end by means OF steel
blade set in the graphing iron: tn" middle
ship will haul up, and The ihlrd NesScl VIII
also raise the cable 10 lessen the strain. There
will therefore, be three hlghts on The cable, or
two bights aud an end, and this end viii be
prevented from slipping by the formation OF
the graphing iron i'll which the cable viii be
iammcd. No one connected with the PROJECT
anppars 10 entertain the slightest doubt about
the success OF this section Of it. When the END
i recovered, aud Il message sent through 10
NaIentia, rs y test OF the electrical condition.
the splice will be- made with the cable now
living in the Great Eastern, and thea all will
be plain sailing, except IL ease OF another acCl-
dent similar to that OF last year, when all
would have 10 b. done over again; but this
would be the worst damage. II one graphing
i successful. there i no reason why ScGOhd
should not be. aud even = third ana fourth,
if il should come 10 that. The laying OF tho
old cable NAV therefore be considered . Ger
tainty, 50 far aS anything about caOle-laylng
can be certain. But hope deferred will proba
bly, not make SICK the hearts oL Sh3l"hoIdeTS
beyond next July.
The new cable, which is 10 he laid first, Is
very different III appearance from thal OF
1863 That was black, hut not at all cOlnely
This is fair 10 see, in point of color hut rough
withal and tbrev--to coin Il word for the
occasion But, save that there Is no dark
composition soaked into In" Manila hemp
which forms the covering Of the outer wires,
this cable il identical with the last. 10 lar,
however as strength goes, the new rope VIII
bear strain Of from fifteen hundred weight
. TO a ton more than that Of last year: and, a
is obvious, this additional strength may Just
, make the difference between breaking and
holding, if ii should unfortunately be neccs.
sary 10 haul back to the snip 1T amy time. The
reason why il is possible TO dispense with the
composition for coating l., mat III the new
cable the outer OF protecting wires are galNa-
niZed About one hundred aud sixty miles Of
/ the new cable have been already made, and
when all the machinery il set TO work, rs II
soon will he, the manufacture viii proceed IL
the rate of one hundred miles per week. by
working overtime, this immense speed could
he nearly doubled; but OF course overtime
ments of the machinery the capacity has been
much increased since last year. For instance,
there are double the number of tanks which
hold the core Of the cable; and there IS one
new machine which alone turns out four
miles per day of completed cable,