Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-20
TnsE CADs.s ON nrs WAY.

The Atlantic cable Is on its way again.
Tho Great Eastern 10 heading with the
great coil aboard toward valentia. PERI
haps because such On announcement 10
stale from repetition. or perhaps because
tho war in Europe snsrossss public atten-
ton throughout the world, not much inter
sst 10 evincsd in the movements Of the
mighty ship and her interesting cargo. Few
We suppose in this county, at least, will
invest much hope In this third attempt 10
.onnsct the continents With the tslcgraphc
wire, but NC arc 10 bear in mind that with
every failure in tho great enterprise, there
comes additional reason for It's ultimate
SUCCESS. improvements, We ere assured,
have been effected in the details Of the pre>
sent cable. Il 10 much stronger than the
former one, "having breaking strain Of no
less than eight tons, and yet, At the same
time, 10 lighter and more flexible" An
English newspaper thus describes the pay
ing out apparatus:
The machinery for paying out is but little
sl.srsd, but Il hiss been 10 some extent remod.
cllcd the gear has been sireng thencd, and any
portions which have been found defective or in.
jurcd BY wcar have been taken out and replaced
Close AT ofthe paying out machinery the new
machine for picking up the cable Is being 81 ect
cd. IL will be worked by pair Of cy finders OF
70 horse power, constructed by Mcssrs. John
Penn son, OF Greenwich. The steam Tor
working these will be supplied from the boilers
Of the marine engines The picking up machin
cry 10 entirely new, aud il some whit differed al
from that which was formerly employed. though
similar in principle. II 10 interpreted that the
strain nj the stern, in case OF having to pick up
the cable. can ever rise TO six tons, more cspec-
rally a. Mr.. Smith. the electrician, will on this
occasion be- enabled 10 keep up = constant test
for continuity of current, rs well as constant
test OF inhalation during the pay ing out. instead
OF applying these tests periodically as ON the last
VOYAGE. Hence. II fault should occur in the
cable. this will be speedily discovered. il not al
the moment the defect arises, at lcnst almost i'm
mediatcly after the defective portion of the ca
bic has been immersed in the water. and thus
there will not be any probability Of having to
pick up any considerable length Of cable The
picking-np machinery at the bow is precisely
similar 10 that At the stern, worked Nv similar
cylinders. TO be supplied in like manner with
steam from the engine boilers care has also
been taken TO guard against the possibility of
the cable coming in contact u any time with
the rudder. For this purpose u large guard,
styled crinolinc guard, has been constructed,
and 10 about being fastened on Al the stern be-
low the water. II consists Of number Of strong
iron bars, braccd together by stout rings. or
rather scmicircles Of iron, 50 as to form a spc-
cies Of cage round the 10 ~cr part Of the stern.
The Great Eastern also, on this occasion. takes
out several buoys. somc Of which are Of very
large aisc, 20 that IL the weather became 80
rough a. TO N cessitstc their cutting and bu ".
ing the cable, Il would not be q matter of much
dimeulty TO recover H."