, 1869-07-14
TIE HEw OCEAN TELEGRAPH,

eut1rons Of Parts, sunk lower and loMeT, md die
L. he1 18TH year, OF consumption, On bundle {
THE NEW OCEAN TRLEaRAPH
Description of tho Cnblo-8ketch o
the EnteFPKtao and Its Projectors
Tho island OF ST. Pierrc-Th,
FlntAau on Which tho Cpblc L
Laid.
From tie .yeso Foil Ho,,d, Juty12
Uq Fnoay afternoon, the Great Easteru, whlcl
hoard, h4d reached snoaI wntes on The ma
Hank OF Newfoundland. The distance bet weet
tnAt portion Of TIE ocean md the vessel. nua
u 20 trtn1nY that We may expect to hear al mi
moment OF The succesAfnl landing Of the ahorS
sna o. ths new t1oma1tne tnLtlnx.ional cahie.
| THY 1HKhx 6nOuLD Br ANOTHER ATLANTIC cA9Lx
The hncctA1 Of the An4lo-Amcrlcan cables, sci
enttdcaliJ and financially, eAtiy convinced other
and Europe by additionL lines. The surface ol
the bottom Of the sea At various polnta between
Europe .nd America waa even more favorable fol
the reception Of cables than the plateau extending
from the 1tl.nd Of yalenta or the coast Of Kerrv
70 Newfoundland Numerous international Oh.
|ections existed 10 the control Of both end
Commercial objections 10 he monopoly b.
Gns 39.s e9mSpsnJ ~ MsIe frequent and weii founded
sae9 es beaF tn q syns ns s
eoon Nter the laying Of tho Field cAble =" pro
tector1 An1to1s 10 undertake the task, In tue
tolls q saea an = T. dIot
PTenchmap, and B1ackmore, IN Engaiahuan, Wefs
amongst the most earnest advocates Of this new
eesafu1ly car1y out their aspirations, loe contract
tor Lying tne @ sao's rss given 70 me wellanown
4 CONCESSION GRANTED
4an na!sJ ysss = sgo g on July 1858, he conces
t1AN rrnR xsnH
paid down II security for the performance Of the
york No soll foreign to the United Btstes and
Francs wa to be touched IN ia trsnnt and the
twenty worda The company obtained the Hight
Ct Toffin2 NE cable fot twenty years from the
hrat M o. september next The concession having
FIanco.Amencan Transatlantic Company 1ere
Immediately opened, end IN a short tme
espi Of We1f fmmsdse1 tbs 1Ss Iass .,
graph Construction and Maintenance Company Of
IN preparing the other cable. Tho 0reat EaStefn
steamship Nas Chartered to Lay the cable, and 30
!npldiy ala me WORK Of construction progress,
the cable.
TIKI CAB1.K.
The entire length Of tho cable viii be about s05o
miles. o. about 1.ooo miles longer than the Eng
llsh e7n'e. That Portion taken on board The
more than that taken By her When she jeit Eng.
land to lay the valentia cable. It has been man-
afsct9red n tFq sections, The longeat section.
nlles long. The shorter, extending nom St.
Pierre 10 The American coast, will be about rs
miles long. In "conducuylty, lat least, this cable
The central copper Vtrs is hrgeT, Weighing 10 10
pounds to the mile, that al present lid
= iweisnipg only 800 pounds. IL iasalatioa
sa a ~ foaf q
gutts- percha- Outside ali OF these Is spiral net
e. Of steel wlres, - each wise being surrounded With
sessa,Te oolsooaud. NotrfdstaadinT @ @ III is In.
mense strength, the cable Il as nex16le IN the
rass1 as aepsn sope oTins 2 'ns gnpeo
breats Al EanoQs stations, messagea can be trans
nitted with higher rapidly than haa been a.
ts,z tas1ed o. & re English Inc. II e hoped that
TIE CONSTRUCTION or TIE clB11.
The task Of constructing this cable, a. has n.
ready been stated, was entrusted to Tie Telegraph
Construction and Maintenance Company. THIS
Company was vel known in connection with the
by union Or the Gutta-PeEcha Company with The
Gable manufacturing 1rM Of Glass, Elliott 4 Co,
Strength Was added To this strong combination BY
pedlsion were Aessrs- William Tnompson, G. +,
vaiisy, laqmer CLARKE; Henry c. Forde, Fleming
voEahly known to the .ent1nc world
hkroRT OF IH1s c1tN11F1c COMMISSION.
=, At the request Of MessrA dEnAnger and Reuter-
which substantially stated that tne d. deep & ' SCI I
ndopfed u almost exactIy almllat 10 that used IN
1sss 1ess,a,I aha 1SsS ise T. L. eha5asts: from me
Ihe great merit Of this form ID In tta strength,
beth absolute aud relative 70 the strains required
lhlh hemp and steel csble Is II: tons, While The
strain required for submersion need not exceed1< I
cWt Even 1t Was necessary to haul back any
n the deepest water. The commission further |
stated that the power Of Transmitting messages |
Ic!ough long subua{sne lines Is no longer mat
Ter Of doubE, anu The 1aHs Affecting sheir
transmission are we'll understood. They promise
'vith certainty that 1t will be possillc to send
through the enlarged core twelve Hords per MIN
3oped that this can be exceeded. Tho length OF
oe cable :hey kaS, when In deep EaleI Will be no
SIeatet T. than that ol existing cables, E1n res: on
Fater section Will be heavy cable projected
,sa11st ,s i rust " oitnnloons compound such as
quite adopted for the French cable avoids all con-
siderable anchorages and dangers from iccocrgH.
fhe report concludes a. follows:
IN conclusion, the strength Of Jour cable Is
uch as 10 render tB guhincrston safe orefatIou. |
Che route 10 be followed Is cln1tcnuy favorable,
nd good commercial speed Ia certain 10 he OF
and the r1sts you run aso no
!reater In any way than those already sur-
THE FATE OF TUE cADLx- ...
The cable Is d!r1ded into slx sections, rs fol-
shore end at Dtcst.
Deep-sca cable on the Irle Of ST. Pierre
Western shore end at Ss. Heuc-
Eastern shorr end At St Pierre
Cable TO Hoaton-
Shore end to BOSTON
Tho cable will be spliced dve unes between
,oson aua Brvst, exclusive Of tho land spices at
T. Pierre. Between St Pierre and Boston the
eepest water does not exceed $50 fathons; the
Atlo between these points will not be laid
y the Great Esteiu. Tho main cable
p |
isseaus xn,ch nse us suovn to aass e1ss Al es .as
sttom of the Atlantic, and On one OF which tho
able between Newfoundland and vNeusia hn4
coupled y the English cable. OF the safety Of
ns path slr James Anderson reports substantially
dlluc IfAnE and around the southern edge
: The Grand Eank. there Ia no possibility Of Lea,
: o. Aa5 other agency that can b suexcsted tn
sanE Was avoided. because II Is uncertaln at what
epth the loeheIgn ground. Tncy arc said, upon
ood aqtno!.tJ, 70 ground q times ~ n!nc,y latn-
mploJed In the ecal trnAe may sometimes CHOOSE
. drop an Anchor for the PURPOSE Q! Keeping their
re avoided tn the track chosen Tor the French ca
ic- Further, Slr 1amcs Andcrson feels lastlned
2 sayinR that ins ttack from tho southern edge
0 the piace Of ianding IN America, IL entirely
Fce from nng danger from lcc, and does not
TO- r. any ansho7ge seaosted 70 by ne aeet Of
rom tne Gand Bank to St. lfeFre aud thence 10
.meEtca tapw.tds ot 1870 mllea} viii Be- hid Ii
Iatet Of such easJ depth that repairs win be .
ne souadlngs WHICH ai1eatJ e1iss in Asserting
hat the depth Of water along the decp.bea pot
lou cau be no greater than that Ia which tho
hyslcal character OF tho Atlantic Is We'll suited
,r the cahie- 4 foreign writer, describing the |
nth OF the cable states that It starts iuyery sna.
IN wAter tfom Mt1ou Bay, but IN four or nve
lilies II deepcns from Il to 30 lashons, and theu
raanally shelves nom . 70 CO md ~ fashous;
ase aSe rses sesh 4 d s. as ssac chsa1s
e s't III IL On n TRse inc va % H.
outsc, II passes down sentle slore of sand. thai
outinuea descending Til The depth Increases FROM
y 70 SO and ~ tsshon1a, sud then ID : shorr
purse to mid-ocean Inc bottom Is mud, snels and
md, And With uut1orms depth OF about 2 900 and
sto tsthosnA. This course would hase brought |
,pposed gauni sp!ses Of rocks called tho Tnreo
himuey." sud which, as laid down IN the Ad-
Ealt5 Ga,rt. Ts5e ss confidently believed to
onths ago in the London 7Smes a conroyersy 1t
aee arose some naval men utterly denying the
tistence Of these extrsordtnatJ roen; whno the {
20 ascttrd shst they bad actually seea them.
1h1ce Chlmneys" had an existence they have {
oal amount OF interest which attacned to The | {
Ipposed presence Of these solitary pcAkA but | '
.s hf ss1sss asaEt ,ssa ~; r.
Be found, nj least In the latitude aod :
nEttude In which theY appear on The b
ws1s asss te m r. ss
ind nosss !asn 400 isinon. Ct Ct Sstsr: via 4
FpcE Or Ehpal IN any direction. I1e Soouer
eIefore, they come out Of the Admiralty map ,he
0e e. = osy ax noT tas
uuou1 ptnnacles the cAble course Ii Kept IN : ! :.