New-York tribune., 1867-09-05
TINE ATL1N7TCC1BLE.
THE REPORTED NEW REGULATIONS OF THE
COMPANY.


Considerable dissatisfaction is being expressed
both sides fthe ocean regard to what supposed
10 be the new rules adopted by the Of the At
lantc Telegraph, governing the transmission OF mes
saGes through the Cable Under an order recently al
dressed the superntendens OF all the subordinate
offices connected with the line all words IN messages in
tended for Transmission must he written Ou IN 1u No
aDpreyiaOns are allowed. Even those Wous "ieh III
ordinary always written In an lorin
as Mr., Mrs, the Authorizations fOi tle mons &C,
are forbidden. All numbers expressed III hgie st Dc
gwen In words full length. Addresses anu
are considered as parts OF the message anu insS o d
for accordingly All messages written III cypher OF code
are charged at double the usual rates, ana II essaee
contains one more words which the operate. uo E %
understand the whole is considered 10 DC III
code and must be paid for accordingly. IN estinaIs ~ w.
tne price OF dispatch five letters are ass9eu - III % ~ ~
word, but this rae is only adhered TO WI II II
it operates TO the interest of the telegraph
tains loo letters "Si' and % words it is counted
AS 20 words, but il contains 100 letters and ~ Words
and only 30 letters, IL Is considered 20 words ana IL
contains lOl letters Is considered 81 words, ana must pe
pau IoI as Suc. such are tne reguitohs a' p~tic
governing the transmission OF matter by the Alulnuc
new regulations recently adopted but only strict en-
fOrcement Of rules which have been IN existence
since the present Company commenced operations
but which have hitherto been only loosely applied
IL u little difficult to determine exactly who is respon
dealing In order To understand the present situation OF
affairs is necessary to refer briefly to the history OF
the Cable enterprise. Somewhere about the year 1882
the Electric Telegraph Company Of Newfoundland
organized for the purpose Of extending teegaphic
sting lines In brunswick to point the east
eTn coast Of Newfoundland, where IL in
tended to make arrangements for obtaining the earliest
European Intelligence from the incoming steamers BE
fore the completion of THEN enterprise, however TINS
company became embarrassed iOr Want ol iuhds ana
some of its principal members came 10 NeWhOrE 10 ODD
tain aid. They succeeded In interesting several OF our
leading merchants, among them cyrus W; REID moses
H. Grnnell Peter Cooper ana others ia t.o eterpdise
and the idea was then started OF eAnhuing
6s P4n so %S as EnroS G Sg by es Of @
marine cable. Asa preliminary . the New,fork New New
tered by the Government Of Newfoundland, with the
right 10 build land lines across the island OF NeWfOund
land and 10 connect them by submarine cables with the
man land ana as0 VITA .nc excluSlEc plyuegS VI au ma
ing submarine cables on the shores Of Newfoundland ana
some of the adjacent islands II was deemed
best that another company should De i0rIied
to undertake the great enterprise OF laying
the Ocean Gable, and accordingly, the Atlantic Teie
graph Company was organized under charter IRON me
British Government which, in 1858, laid the first cable
the Atlantic. This company had obtained under
their charter the exclusive privilege OF landing cables on
the coast OF Ireland and by contract with tine New Ork
Ight To Use ter reserved rights ON the coast Oh rev"
foundland. The cable OF 1853 worked FOR short tne
alted by it, apparent success fell to nothing The STOCK
OF the Company dcpfCciAted ana Tue WhOle bcnehns
the only hope 0i na success "as 10 pace Tue ehteiPse
In new hands Accordingly, another Company was
formed, under the title Of the "Ango-American Iele-
graph Company VINO contracted WIN the At
lantic Company 10 lay, at their own
expenses under the franchises belonging to the latter
Company. one or more cables across the ocean ana 10
work them they TO receive 4l2OOO year from the re
cclpts OF the business as tcI MULTIPLICATION, te re-
minder OF the receipts the Atlantic Company The
also specified that If within TWO years after the
first cable should be- I'm successful operation the Atlantic
Company should pay 10 the AnglO-Amercan Com
pany twice the amount OF their capital, 10
Wit: ~, 10000 the existing contracts should
become null and void and all the then existing cables.
with all their appurtenances should revert TO the Atlantic
Telegraph Company Under tins contract the two exist,
ing cables We're laid and IN operation. BY an
between the three companies at present inter
csted the working OF tho Atlantic Telegraph all rules
under which the business ~ the line j. conducted must
be approved by the representative u the three compa
nlcs The officers OF the New York, Newfoundland
and London Company, and the AnglO-Amerl-
Company both aver that they desire reduction OF
the present rate of charges hut that the Atlantic Com
pauy dc,IOus OF recovering the amount Of money which
they have invested In the enterprise, insist maintain
Ing present Whether this statement correct
of only known 10 the officers OF the respective
Companies but meanwhile ~ II quite natural that the
public should feel considerable Indignation al the manner
iu which the business OF the Cable il managed. The Lon
dpn Times says the present receipts OF the Company aver
age Gl,lOO per day.