Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-20
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During the last few days he Telegraph
CONSTRUCTION and naintsoa0eo Co0paay
haze begun In rsal earnest Little bed beso
done sincs the return Of the sxpsditioo in
August lase, = there ~ 10 soaega NY
The cable should b ready very much
eoouer than it Will b needed. The Great
Eastern still liss as her meoeings, in the
Midway, With the remainder u lest yssr'e
cable % bard, end this will again Be used
during M pssssns year, when that part OF
the cable which viii then have enjoyed .
twelve months rest on the bed % tns A.
hntic viii b grapplsd for: Capt. Andes-
con will once more have charge 81 sos oag
ship. asd b. will again have The Invaluable
assistance ofMr. Hslpin, the chief omcsf.-
NJ. Canning and Mr.. Clifford will Be, asfn
Iast summer, in charge Of ~ la1ing d Tie
able. and Mr.. De Ssuty WI " again In
char1 of the electrical department. Thus,
- far q skill goes, tbseo y everything -
favor Of the success Of ~ eDoing sxpsis..
ton. which will set sAil = - beGlnnan& Of
June. bsarias with it ~ - v'S's u oil
1 'As Il present arranged the 0ssaA East
srn will carry the ns~ 60 nv II = TO
Newfoundland, win there oD6foo1 sG1esu 70
the mid Atlantic, whess - NJ, Nth hss
consorts, grsppls for the ~ I'D, ~ 10
cal,ty Of which can be asceetained within .
Quarter Of = mile theeneh ~ ebssrvaaAeee
taken last summer By Cspt. Anderson and
(japt. Noriarty. Il d not intended that the
part Of The old cable which new Ne 10 the
Great Hasteru's tanks shall Be agaio stcved
in her bold on the oatward trip. L. VIII b
carried in another vessel until it 10 needed.
The grappling will b done In this way :
Three vessels, including the Great Eastern.
will be provided with graphing a2paeaaus.
Last year, it may be remembered, the Crap
pling was done with makeshift sppliAnces.
il fact, the graphing lines were emily buoy
ropes. aud the swivsls which broke while
The cable w. bsing hauled up ~sre never
intended to bear any such strain % that "a
which they were subjected. In The new
gsappllng tackle there will DO no 0wivels !
perhaps even no shacklss. Each line will
b, il possible, in one piece, certainly nee
in more than two, joined together BY .
strong shackle. There 10, therefore, little
fear that if The cable il grapplsd, Of which
there an b no reasonable doubt IN the
mind Of any one conservant with the sub
jcet, II win b brought to the surface. And
the.e is the moro prob bllity oeshis bseaas'
The cable will BE- grsPpled In three places
at intervals Of about two miles. One vessel
will grapple, and, If necessary, cut her end
By means Of steel blade set in the Crap
ping iron the middle ship will haul up,
and the third vessel will also raise the ca
Die TO lessen the strain. There will there
fore be three bighls on the cable, or two
bights and an end, ane this end will be pre-
vented from clipping by the formation Of
the graphing iron in which the cable will b
iammed. No one connected with the project
appears to entertain the slightest doubt Of thu
success Of this section oft When the end il
recovered and message sent through to W
Ientia, 20 test Of the electrical condition, The
splice will be made with the cable now ly'
ing in the Great Eastern, and then oil vii
be plain sailing, except In case Of another
accident similar to that Of last year wher
oil would have to b done over again; bu
this would be the wors. damage. If on
graphing 10 successful there is no reason
why second should not be, and even I
third and fourth, If it should come to that
The laying Of the old cable may therefore b.
considered certainty, 30 far ~ anythinI
about cable laying can be certain. But hop
deferred will probably not make sick Il
hearts Of shareholders beyond next July.
The new cable, which i to bs laid first. i
very different in appearance from that o
1866. That was black but not ct al come
". This Is fair b. see, in point Of colcr, bu
rough withal, and fibrey--to coin wort
for the occasion. But, save that there is nj
dark composition soaked into the Manilli
hemp which forms the covering ofthe QUITE
wires, this cable il identical with the last
So fur, however, ~ styength goes, the new
rope will bear . strain from 10 cwt. to tor
more than that Of last year; and, - Is Oh
vious, this additional strength may jus
make the difference between breaking an(
holding, II it should unfortunately be neces
sary TO haul back to the ship at any time
The reason why i: is possible to dispense
with the composition for coating is that il
the new cable and outer or protecting wire.
are galvanized. About 100; miles Of the
new cable have been already made, and
when all the machinery 10 set to work, Is u
soon will be, the manufacture will proceed
at the rate u 90 milea per week BY work
ing overtime, this immense speed could bt
nearly doubled, but, Of course, overtime
will be avoided il possible. In all depart
nents Of machinery he capacity has been
much increased since last year. For in
| stance, there are double the number Of tanks
which hold the core Of the cable; and there
Is one new machine which alone turns Oul