, 1870-12-16
THE SNAPPED CABLES.


celity Of her conversion.
THE SNAPPED CABLES.
The Cable Company and the Public
Tho krench CabIe-Wtu Thetc be
n new Limo L3sd1 :
FEo.. sA< .feas Yo1k Forld, De II.
The ocean Cables gs recently lSlere4 are ths
remembered that Immediately aftor tho dis-
covery of shA interruption At soms distance
from the Newfoundland shoro, the steamer
Robert Iows wse nont ont TO gripp!e tho In
tured cable to repair 1t. Almost simultana-
Tins Of the graphing. The other Cable eassed
working. 1t WAS conjec:uted that this MAS
esused By the carelessness Of the engineers
Of the repairing expedition graphing tho
wrong cable .Snce then. hoFaves, it his
been discovered that tt3s vas not 30.
day, the Lowe raIsed one aec:loa of the cable
md cormnnicssod with the shore. Ths om-
GERS stated that On the day the second cable
WIS broken NO attempt had been mado to
grapple Ut all It il, therefore, conjeetured
that \ eimilar csuee injured both cables
occasion the cable was rushed BY IN iceberg
A portion OF the shAttsred cable ia now shown
In the New York office II IN illuatration OF ths
pe1iIs Of tbove wires which SO down into tbs
aea in gnsta-psFeha bathing drasses- Toe
a11por il ''m.shed," and the wire Is twisted
and convpluted through ita Rhre1d 20 a. to rem
der 1t nseless "a an electric coudu tar.
The public Ire largely dlasAtisheS '7tth the
preeent condition OF the cAb1e servics. Tue
interruption in communication could not hare
occuIrtd 1t worse time, and complaints are
loud and long that messages arc DELAYED and
other hand, the cable companies complain that
this disrasisfaetion on the part Of the public il
unreasonable, and that every measure ID taken
BY them to rep.ir the injury, and shst every
measure taken by them Is forshe AecommodA-
ton Of the public. In order to hear their side
OF the story = reporter called on the officers Of
tbe company on Saturday, and from them be
obtained full particulars of the present po-
sition OF cable anairs.
Cable communication With Europe ia now
possible only BY the French wire. This, In its
best condition, ia not equal to either Of the
ing With rapidity OF communication. II,
probably, is not more than two-thieds II ef-
7ective. But now there Is : serious leakage 4
Shirt distance from the French shore, which
rerdera tranamIzsion from America ye1s difi-
transmission to St. Pierre. The reaaon Of
this difference can be undentood more reaally
by euppoAing the transmitting power OF tho
batteries to bo so Allowing leakage OF S
or 10 near Breat, there is still power Of as
or 70 to travel 70 St. Pierre, On the other hand
,nppeae the foEse to be be ns nsary e.
and further exhausted in passing the
| Leak, the current that reaches tho office
IN Hfeat IL 60 weak ~ to increase the diff 1ultY
! OF ssgnalling Alaost to an imroesfbtlty. It
is not surprising. then. to learn that At such
,irnn Is this the 6usiueas to be dore by the
| cable far exceeds its capacity Thus, on
| Friday morning last, there were ut St. Pierre
| and Brest, 6l9 messages Of previous dates, or
forty-eight hotlrs' work ahead Kthese mes-
'nsRes continue 70 accumulate At this rate, And
were transmitted no quicker, i would be bot
ter TO send them BY cunsrder. In order,
therefore, To stop this, and to preserre their
business, the cable companies were obliged to
increase their tariff This they we're urged to
do BY various citizens, and Il is stated
th.t the President Of The Western
biz intention Of refusing, On hia own
responsibility, to take messages unleas some
ASSURANCE waa given th1t they would be esut.
For these reAsana the Analgama.edc companies
sons,der tbe1neelves justified in raisang the
rates. It will probably stop unnecessary husi-
ness, and those who really need the cable will
be contented 10 pay for it on the understand
ing that their messages are sent through. Mr..
4 Field thiuks that 1t any hour the new1 msy
I come that the snapped cables are reunited.
On the other hand, It this season, II is very
doubtful who her they can be recovered IN
mediately. Unlees the wind blo~s from the
| land there is no chance A short tlmo since
the weather WIS calm enough to permit the
| picking up OF one end; but, the wind veetibg,
Il had 10 be huoyed and dropped. Ths winter
storms and the spring leo mas ieAEeus "cablc-
lese" until next June or july.
WILL THERE BE NEW GALLEY
It can BE- readily understood what calamity
happen again. Ordinary people therefore aAh
the question, why not lay auother cable The
reporter atked Mr.. Field that question. Hi
Answer substantially was that ocean eablea ART
not gold mines, and that it would not pay tt
lay another.
TIE CABLE EXPERIMENTS
already.tried haze been costly, costing time
money, skill, and experience. The cable o
1865 was f600, 600 at the bottom OF the Atlau
tic; the cable Of 1866 WAS EGo0. 900 more
There wAs, moreover, m additional f100 ,00t
borrowed: Ihe stock OF the French cablt
eludiug. land lines, cost sls, ,oo0, 600 in gold
For every milo Of the deep sea oablt
cisco in gold wAg paid down; every mile o.
The shcre lines cost 5000. There Wis, be
sides, the expense OF surveys and surround
ipgr. Of rights Of way, and othsr Legislative
! officers Of the company, would be too coatl,
4 job. All thtt can be done is to raise and re
: pair the injury. In the first place, after it /
, laid no company cAn be got To insure it. In
qui15 WAS once made whether under writer
! would, 1t Is per cent, ina1,ra ita working. bu
, there were no takere- Submarine stock Ii 4
! | present Lot in favor; quotations A1a now
. The London market 50 per cent. lower tha
: they were last January Tho cables are yer
: liatle to fail, and il is difficult aud c1peusiv
y to repair them Almost every important oces
9 cable has failed. The Atlantic cables. th
! Cuba cables, tho Falmouth, Gibraltar, ~
& Malta cables, and thb Red Sea cabie have 1
q teen impaired.
q TIE pITIpEsp6
Il are by no meAus e1tlavassnt. Thus Il
10 French cable. heforD lts amalglmAion, Il
o turned only TX per cent for it's first Hy
10 per annnm In fact il, as urged BY tel
b graphic flnapciera, 10 per cent Of tbs ea.nin,
ty were laid aside ~ 4 rcserve irnl, thess wou
x be no dividend 1t all There Is no bushes
I. it is malntsfued, for another cable. Tho
SO ~ not even enough to en- 10y the thra
y cables nov lai3. 1htze ia not mo
ut American cables working. Each Of these
D. able to eend about 500 Messages = day IT
d. largest daily Average ever received for o.
n mouth WIS 81 mesaigss ! day. and th
d. While three cables we1e working In Eaalit
e5 therefore, two Of the cables are spare cable
ID It viii naturally be aryued that il rat
70 were reduced, ocean teleeraphing would
re come q commln necessary. It is answer,
IL "lio." There aye not such relations bctwe,
Of Europe and America rs cll fer this. II
I'd Western Onion Telegraph acommsscixl bure,
ug supplying the market reports to the meecs
It tbs community, the Associated rress auppl5i,
be other newa. render unnecessary l,rge uha
- Of private business. There IL more telegram
70, ccumupicatiun between New York and host
rs sEsn between America AID Er1ope. Reduc
he ratcs Will hare no e1tet. il Is claimed, On til
ID MIR. Cyrus II. Field, in answer totbis kuEgt
an t,cr, eays thst be originally Vas an ai7ocsss ,
he low tsrln, bat that nov fe hse stati4tical
t.. idence In favo: Of the contrary. the returns
be the company showing that reduced rates hz
OF rot enlarged tie tariff and that tters IL lit
b. wlich has alre,Av been reached. This m1y
d. gathered from the sutjoined table:
en- amal
n Mpo~s TaJE rrsd
I'D tdAy. ...-..... E :. Il.
IN .Inlx S to tes 81, 1ss6..A %
st......Nor. lto NV. 81, is6..to 90
- l3i.... Dec to ACs, 81. 1sk5.... so
" 9s9......Seps. to May 81, ls69.... 3 80
oI 9s6..... June to Aue. L. l363.,2 90
ou s3l..-. -huS. 10 TO Dec II, 1862. 100
n. The report OF the .a,itT eioce Deccmber
l hAs not been published, but It il verbs
an stated that the same result has been obtain
an The average amount At the Fl los rate hss
ny equalled that received It the-Es ID sd n
oe 1t is unt considered certain thai even after
-, recovery Of the cables tha company will ae
adopt It'd recent low t1rin.
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70. MOB LAW IN KANSAS.