The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-08-10
CNrns W. TIeld.

To the ndomitablo eoergy and persevor.
anco Of Mr.. Cyrus West Field, tho joining
by electricity, OF tile old and new world is
dae, under the most adverse circumstances
and In the face Of such opposition that
wouldhave deferred many a less determined
man. Mr.. Field, by his dogged resolution,
overcame all diiioalties. and has succeeded
in perfeoting ono of the greatest underta-
kings ever conceived Of in the mind Of
man. -, .-t.-t tt
Mr., Field was born in stoekbridse,
Massachusetts, November 20, 1879, AT an
early age he came TO New York, and COM
menced his business life as clerk in n
counting. house dcwn town. SO ambitious
youth could otlong remain in such po.'
sition, aud in few years he became the
head of a large aud prosperous business
house. As a mercantile man he was en-.
ineuily successful. so much so thatin 1898 he
was enabled to retire from active business
pursuitG. .HHer
After spending six, months in South
America, he turned his attention to the sub.
iect Of oceanic telegraphs. This became
his hobby and the plan of laying a cable
across the broad Atlantic his pet idea. Ia
1854 lie succeeded in procuring charter
from the Legislature, Of Newfoundland,
granting him an exclusive right for fifty
years to establish telegraph from the
continent of America to that colony, and
thence to Europe. aa s .1 ,v...ss.., ...,s
After this Mr.. Fields whole time ives
taken up and given to tho furtheranco & {
this undertaking, lie was actively engaged
| in the construction OF the laud line OF tee-
graph in Newfoundland, and in two at
tempts to lay the submarine cable between
Cape Ray aud Cape Breton.
la 1854 and 1856 no visited England for
tho further prosecution Of his schemes,
which were so Eur successful that in 1887
an attempt was made to lay q cable across
| the Atlantic Ocean,. which failed through
the antagouism Of the elementss }i 5.i
Nothing daunted, Mr.. Field a. once sci
to york to prepare himself for another trial
! Defeat could not dishearten him. IIe knew
his project was feasible and he clung to il
with tenacity. This was not so with the
! directors of the company they were
for abandoning the enterprise, but upor
the arrival of Mr.. Field in London, whittier
he at once repaired, he set before the direc
tors the prospects aud condition of the en-
terprise. New hope was Infused into tn,
company, and arrangements were simmedi
diately entered into to renew the attempt
the following summer. ai9 70 m'''
In 1858 after, an experimental trip in the
Bay of Biscay, q, second attempt was made
! which was also unsuccessiul as was a, third
| The fourth was triumphaRt and Americt
and England were neighbors.a Messages
were sent to, and fr6i Queen VictoriI
congratulated the President, and the Presi
dent congratulated Queen Victoria, But
alas this did not last, news come that con
tinuity was destroyed, and to all intents ant
purposes the cable was useless. '' ''7'"
! Even this did not deter Mr.. Fiel3 from
making another attempt hut it was a laps
Of seven years. During the whole of th
j time he hadsbeon working energetieally fo
this object, Which was SO lariorowned will
success that in the summer of 1869 the lay
ing of the cahe was again attempted, bu
resulted disastrously. ...,.,;.,., .ss,,
After all these misfortunes, Mr.. Field
who apparently is unacquaiGted with tn
4 word fail has been successful. Arneric
and Europe are now joined. And the stu
fpeudous undertaking OF laying the Atlatti
/ cable will forever remain n monument t
the fame and honor oot AIr.oGyrus .Wes
4 Field, uI .s5 yfasrg i!rala 90 .a" iHf