The New York herald., 1869-02-17
FRANCE.


from tho London DAILY News, Feb. ~
Some four years ago We pgophcsed tnat VA The
event OF the 1896 Atlantic cable lliiilg ~ prove
success submarine telegraphy would De thrown
~. nacs sao ,or ~ dai, gaa,sr s 10 " rosuhatsy
were energy ana money found 10 start another eX-
pedltion, which terminated most successfully. The
effect this has produced on the public tnaS be seen
IN the strong confidence placed In the science OF sub
marine telearaphy and the eager manner In which
son but to establish submarine telc2 tapn company
could million Of money have been found ln
such an Incredibly short space OF time - ttat occu
pied LII the SUCCESSFUL ioriraon OF the French Allan
tic Telegraph Company. the growth Of telegraphy
in some parts of the Continent In recent years
has, owing 10 greater facilities and lower tarllr
been even more rapid than IN England Here the
number Of messages has increased annually AZ the
rate OF from fifteen to twenty per cent. Ia France the
1897, there has been an increase Of million anu
half OF messages tnearly doub.e, IN i've years; Ia
Prussia they have increased thirty -four per cent, aud
In Austria the traffic over the telegraph lines has
been fourfold In six years THIS Ia very salts fac.
tory state OF things. and IL has been tho wonder OF
many why the French government nave not befo re
this established q direct line OF telegraphy from
Europe to America, as surely, II NOT for political
purposes the extraordinary increase OF commercial
ie!egraphic correspondence would guarantee the
success Of such an undertaking
II was not until the other day that Mr.. Reuter-
laid before the public q concession granted 10 lin
and the Baron d'Eranger By the imperial govern.
ment OF France TO lay o cable between France
ness wearing her old, rigid rock-lixe appearance
from the water. and visitor Is apt to form
an opinion on approaching tue snip that Dfs friends
are out: there Is nobody on board. once on the
deck and this notion vanisles. Every thing befO re
you Is business to the letter, which l. CARED on
win clocklike regularity. ON deck there are tho
Old hand forges groaning and Kissing. the same ma
cbinery and paying gear. There are three huge
wrought iron tanks constructed In her sides and
shored up by stout timber struts which make them
almost part and parcel of the ship. These ali
tertight and can be fllled an1 empted required.
From the centre Of eacl tank rises cone, and
around this the cable has been coled with great
and exquisite regularity. The line will be In two
sections each section containing three different
kinds Of cable. The man section u from Brest to
the island OF st. Pierre. THIS cable measures
2,3lj miles, and the second section viii 10
land from IT. Pierre 10 boston, vhicn u a dis.
tance OF $50 miles, The object OF haylnx
different kinds OF cables IA 10 guard agains.
the least possibility Of damage from an unccrtai n
bottom ana damage from iceDergs. Each section
has q shore end, q shoal-water cattle aud q main
cable. The main cable Of the Brest and VI. Pierre
section IL Of aimoSt the came construction as the
1865 cables, only the CORE or copper conductor "A
larger and weighs more, II consisting OF honorene.
GUS wires enveloped in Manila hemp All the caDles
protected by patent outside covering the proper.
ties OF which were amply proved the other day In
the Persian Gulf cable TO resist tho action OF the ee
water They are manufacturing tho cable at the
rate Of thirty miles u day that they can have it
competed with ease by the contract time--tne mid.
die OF June. The weight OF Cable coal and provis-
ions on board the Big ship at starting Will not be u
Der 500 tons. All the officers employed the last
Atlantic expedition Will be with rne French cable
aud the Great Eastern IN 10 have convoy from the
iapcral government across the Atlantic