The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-08-05
The French Cable.

The French cable. now safely landed
at DuNbury. witluu Plymouth bay, and
IL few miles from Boston, has hal good
luck from the beginning al the enter
prise To the present time. The Original
charter To thl, company WAS granted by
the French government about TWO wears
ago aud the right to buiid and work The
cable in July, lobs. The capita! stock
oftlse company was fixed at et 5000 900.
iiete~ being 63,oW shares of SiD each
Iae shares Were all taken at lari, and
London within one week trum the time
they were put on the market. and the
day the Subscription clio ed ii payment
OF 81 900 900 was made 10 The culluanv
tEnsi,sh) with Which contract for the
cable had been made. From thi, time
until FrldaMcrcni,,g, Juty I'D, when IA
successful landing WIS made at Duxhury,
things moved Oh with hardly Il ritfic to
disturb the general smooth sailing. Ii
is greatly owing to This fact that the
1lyat work has been accomplished with
out elIcitl NJ amy OF that popular excite
ment which accompanied the laying Of
tie English cable.
The French cable il nearly 200 mile,
longer than lire English cable. From
hie,t TO VI. pielre j. 30 nautical miles.
1tom -. Ficrre I" DoNhnry 49,; then
there are four ">hUre >ectiun~'-oue off
bfest, one each Way OF -. Pierre, and
one of Du&bury which make the
whole length 3,4o7 miles. The cable
though niade ly The same company
winch manufactured the old cahie. i.
larger than that, and i said to have a
gt<aier capacity oi transnsaaI Of ,ne-,a-
Ees. Twelve wu.is per inmate axe
prniAiea with certainty. This wou!l
MAKE more than 1889 words ppr uay.
The company owning this cs.hie Are
not allowed 10 charge III excess OF 80
inr dispatch oi twenty words. The
original charge of the Atlantic raDlc ". 3
go Tor i message nf ten wurds. I'm.
enormous tariff existed from July ~ 10
November 1856. DurInw TN, n.lyou
the aveiag. number at messages daily
was -, averaging cJoJ ,nily. Ihsn th,
laiif was put al $40. during the exist
cice 0f which the number Of nt,-agp,
averaged daily 81. costing Gj1o. Begin
Hi,E December ! lso7, the tariff WA,
ag.ffi reduced, heiug placed at g. - ner
message. The number ri messages agtin
greatly increased, How averaging I'll
dailS, anu bringing II daily average re-
ceipt OF G53). On the tirst of >-pp;rn,
Der, 1865 the tariff was again reduced
being put at G3, -, 81 per mrS~a-c of
ten inords. Again the number OF mes
sages and receipts therefor Increased. 800
The average number Of daily WAS is,
and the average daily rccei pts GjJj. On
the lst OF June this ycar. II further IT,
dacs.nn was made, I" = pr mr~~agr.
We have seen no ii4nrc~ showing lLr
result of this last reduction, last tive
statement has been pHb.ic.y made, tiH,
u is like the result ot the .lpv!ots,
reductinss good for the pIbi.c ua
profitable for Tie conpany. The cpnl-
petition secured hy the success q. the
French cable will doubtless have a SINH
lar result; but il "i,i probably TO. he
until after she surce-s OF All American
company, that Geographic commuuira-
ton between the tuo great continents
Of civi'izgtM. shall approximate that
now existing between the different prrt>
81 those continents with each o hrr
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