Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-12-21


notable speeches of this genertiJn-a srea
account Of great enterprise \ simple
clear statement OF facts, 1t has more than th'
interest of romance, and there is much c
the element of romance IN the whole story
Cable dispatches are already an old slory
London news Of noon, d. supPeT-'imc, az,
as much q matter OF ooaTc rs the ieSa!2:
New York telegrams. .cr as bread aud batter
but nevertheless the success Of shc Atlantic
Cahle Is one Of thc biggest things ol It's age
Of physical wonders. There is encourage
nent for every good enterprise. IN this ae-
count Of manly per-eFernce agsins; iufuite
difficulties and iiscouagem,ut. n uan s
s9ll will be the smaller fol cyDs,l. l-,iug
such examples of enlightened iih,rality. ar
that. !oT instance, q stout Nj Bia-sey,-a
golden name for Nh. Field. IL spite OF It's
sound of haser me;sl-who IN the darkest
hour Of lhc PROJECT, stretched cut h!- hand
with { 200 900 10 il, and followed wit. an
OR o.. as much more. and II ~. a-t han
those ~ @ Lave alre.dy read /: oHee - read
once more "how Cyias Laid tie Cable. We
select the more interesting passages Of Mr..
Fields speech MR FIELD said
il 10 nearly thirteen years since half "a
dozen gentlemen of this iity met at ly
&
around q tat.c covered @I.A maps and Chart.
and plans and estimates, considered o pro
ject t. extend iue of ph from y va
Scotia 90 ST. Johns, in wi0un1lln1, thence
20 he carried across the ocean. l. was
vcy plctt- plan or paper. There was New
York. ari ,ualo 20, S-. lJhus. oulY about
! .2DO M s apart. u Vas l-sy e. -.-T
linc from one poin- T. tlc Othvr-maklnE no
account ut tie forests and mountains. AM
swluls .-Ll rivers AID -u!.s, th-- Jay ia 1lr
way. NJ ono % u- Lad ever seen tie cJuu-
try. ~ lad any idea of the obstacles g. hc
overcome. We thought We could build the
line in @ few months. Il took TWO yeaTs
and haas. .c- we never asked f.r help
outside cur i.,,is ..I-.- !ldeel ie'r we
should not have 5.t iti ~c h1l-i0r !5U
had any laith il cur scheme. Every dollar
came out OF our OWu pockets. Yet sm
proud q say n9 man drew back. ~ man
proved a dcsCr..r, those who came tIst INTO
liz work have stood hy il g. tile EN-. OF
,lost .il --ta iyl- arc here t0-nieht-Nr.
Peter Cooper, MOs,5 Taylor sicT-le- %.
Robert auj my-lIL 5iy brother D44i.y b.
ia Europe. suI Alf. Chandler " bite dioI in
1850. aId lis pi.cc WAS supplied iy Nj.
Wilson o. Hunt wLy j. also here. Mr.
Robert " L.Nhcr Was our Secretary. H.
these -eutieu-I.. as ni7 first associates, 10 Is
Dgt ,G-t tl-t 7 -.5.li I-y my G.-. acaU.v.-
ligmcli.
From t..- st-.-in-nt yyS p...-i, ..a' p
The beginning this va- wholly IN Amera4a
suteriri-,. Il Wa- begun and joy Two yr'Ts
aud a half was carried ol, solely ay AAcli-
can ,sfita Our ir,;.r.u across .hc -u
I'D not even know WIN. We were leir- away
IN tie forests %. Newfoundland. Oar little
sompauy raised and 12f ended 1'-I million
and +. quarts. o. '-ar- before $50 Eusii-.-
nan raii single pound st,r.ir-. Gag -l-
Is uTp5rt outside was DO the liberal ctGT1c.
.cr and steady friendship OF tLe Government
jl Newfoundland, for which we were Sr''.iy
indebted TO Mr.. +. n. Ate'ioaI4' 'h5H Al
.oIney-|encrai 81 that e9l-H.' S'- -"
BRUSH O'nsuI ih NtW io-A- AI' - -
a. iuS i'r ah 't-.H '-'- ''' i,.
o. q -7- ''.l '.'l'. -.
'l--Ts I'D Ai-.-'--n S,ii N4' sI..i-- SS..'..,''-
-Ii--N'T-r' H-AIF' p- a'i
bad iakrn great interest IN tle 7"l i,s'
l.. ;. slap DJ'Ptir dlsc5'cIeI tlc ',i--,' ..'
1la;cau as carly as 1913 ana the ~ sun
ATrAr sounded &c. SIS RON ~, ILi.''.t i,
iceland 10 les5o' q year before IT, " 7...i
t1ll0pt. unl,r command e' al T.. p'- -'''i'
went over Tie same cydr#-. l'i- ! a.-.. -io'
h tasc aug. from the jest praise '' r"0
lnd, but -lm4iy % 'lhaltt't in- "I-" o'
history.
lt was not iiI l>''- zen },al- LAY
lie c1;erFi's> lf1 anI existence ll I'll '1.-i-'
In that summer / went 70 LJnloh' tL-- lAele
with Nj. John W. brett M mo" S')
Charlts Bright. and Dr. " hiic-J"-,'' organ
lied tie Atlantic Telegraph Company
Science had begun t. cont,mliat, 'Le NC
essify OF suta al enter gfl.e hA' '.' -''''
taraday cAccIcd u with h.sloi.y 'ItL'.-iA7--'
Then tor the first time was enlisted tlc s1l-
pJIt OF English capitalists ana 'htn tAe
British Government begun that sent!ons
course whi-h 1t has continued ever since
offering us ships 20 cJmf.e soundings across
the Atlantic, and 10 assist IN laying the ca
be, and an annual subsidy for ,hc trarsml=-
sI3n Of message
With the history OF the expeditions Of
1875 you are familiar. On the third 'rial
We gained briCf success The cable was
laid, and for iouT weeks It worked-thous.h
never very brllilan'ly-neyer giving ior'h
such rapid and distinct t'shes as the cables
of to-day. Il spoke, though 10 broken sen
tences. Bat while 1t lasted DO les than toV
messages wcre sent across the Atlantic loI
all remember the enthusiasm which 1t c4ti'e1.
IL was new thing under the sun, ana Tor "a
few weeks the public went Wild over Ii. Vi
course, when il stopped, the reaction was
very great. People grew dumb aud suspi,,
cious. Some thought It was aila hoax , and
many were quite sure that At never worked
at all. That kind OF oiium we have had u
endure for eight yeaTs, til now ,, trust we
have at last sileneed the gnoelicVers'
After the failure OF Io2> came our d'iz, p
days. Wien a thing Is de1a' II Is haL4 20 "
galvanise 1t into lle. II Is no.e I'm al 10
revive an old enterprls' 'Lan 10 s'aI1 ~ -"
one. The FRESHNESS and novelty are s1he'
and the feeling OF dIsapp'inImonti i,3 IiscSui, ,
ages further enorL O.ner causI' t, ,,-o u',lyo1 O
new attempt ms country nal 5 Y,IGIo - ,tc s