The New York herald., 1869-12-17
ENGLAND.
A Floating Electric Observation-Disclosures
Marine News from the Ocean 10 London
Government Aid TO the Mercantile Comnnu.
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Floating Electric MISUNDERSTANDING
Marine News from the Ocean 10 London
Government Aid TO the Mercantile ComInu-
nifty.
From the London Globe-Gvenng-Des. 81
The establishment of a series OF hoatng tc.c.@on
uonai Importance and 1t Is an object TO which many
scientific gentlemen nave given attention There
have been number OF Inventions as TO the peculiar
construction OF craft necessary for the purpose OF
maintaining communication Dy means OF sub
marine telegraph cable between mid-ocean ana the
land The last scheme-that OF the International
Mid Ocean Telegraph Company-s now TO be put
upon Its practical trial. We learn that the govern
..s..s yese11 aee..a- 10 grant ins company tue
loan Of her Msesty's ship Brisk winch is 10 for Inc
first floating telegraph station This will be moored
some sixty miles out at sea of Penzauce harbor The
Brisk, although toerably good vessel Is likely TO
have her seagoing qualities severely tested as the
SPOT whereon she Win be quartered. named in the
charts 'tAdmraty Patchu Is exposed 10 terrific
weather dsrlng the winter months. she is now
being oyernauled and fitted as regular telegraph
station. her engines and telegraph machinery are
TO be supplemented with the latest improvements
thd Board OF Directors having ordered everything
TO make her complete Tor the service. Formerly a
general onnion prevailed against ordinary vessels
riding out al ancnur III severe gale owing to tue
attendant danger. number OF inventors came Tor
ward with different designs OF sings, all more or
less strongly adverse TO the employment oI an csa.s
nary vessel, or technically speaking, those known 10
possess "a fine entrance, clearance and nar, broad
noor,' a. ocean telegraph stations; the forms or
floating body favored by them consisting generally
IN huge square iron cistern rounding or at the
tOrHefh INTO hlud OF buoy, Wnlcn was SAID
TO add materially to It's 1oatlng powers, at the
came time checking the action OF the waves upon
the whole structure. These constructions It was
proposed should be anchored from their centres
The Persian Gulf and Atlantic telegraph cables how
ever demonstrated the practicabilty for ordinary
ship TO "nod onn TO q telegraph cable during tue
height OF a southwest monsoon or an Atlantic gale.
Tnis has been accomplished III the Indian Seas and
Atlantic Ocean, proving that snip rides comlorta-
bly, anchor with plenty OF slack cable down. This
being evidenced on many OCCASIONS during the lay
far removed the prejudices ordinary ships for
telegraph stations that the proprietor OF the Md
Ocean Telegraph Company, Captain Knapp BaTro W,
found little difficulty Ill securing the assistance or
Captain Sherard Osborn, Sir samuel Canning, with
Messrs. X. Sabine and Latimar Clark as engineers
FOR his scheme. These gentlemen have cerIded to
the practicanity OF the scheme OF captain Barrow,
The advantages which the public are to derive
from system OF noating telegraph stations are
inslgnihcant compared with the benefits to be de-
Tlyed by the owners OF over 40 900 British vessels
ana the mercantile community. The Brisk is to be
IN electrical communication with the PenZance
Post ONCE and powerful seamtug will act as her
endef. she lies IN the fair way OF every homeward
bound vessel, ana to Indian, Australian and CHINA
clippers she can give their sailing ordeIs thus saw
ing an immense expense which they would neces-
safny entail Dy calling for the same at any port. A
snip may report herself to the Brisk, and III ttcentp
gat1.utes Utei1cayds her oripat tcold be kao,c at
tfe ofce or her 0tgRe7' IN tie city or L0Hdon and
within an hour OF her making the telegraph station
her destination can be altered a. the pleasure OF her
owner. For such important orders as these the
bolton Code must prove almost Invaluable. BY the
end of next month the Brisk IL take up her posi-
uon, ana so soon afterwards as possible the tele-
graph cable 10 land VIII be laid.