The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-28
THE NEW CABLE.
Herald Special Report from
Hearts Content.
The Steamship Great Eastern Arrived
at Newfoundland.
The Gable Cut and Buoyed, with
the Convoy Vessels Stand
ing at Hand.
A Heavy Gale Blowing, but the
Enterprise Complete.
The Work of the "Big Ship,''
Present and Past.
A Heavy Gale Blowing, but the
Enterprise Complete.
The Work of the "Big Ship,''
Present and Past.
TElEsaAMs TO THE new YORK HERALD.

TElEGaAMs TO THE new YORK HERALD.
HEARTS CONTENT, N. f., June q, 1873.
. The steamship Great Eastern having spayed
OUT all the deep sea cable to within eighty
miles of Hearts Content, the wire was cut
and buoyed at the hour Of nine o'clock this
morning.
RoUGH WEATHER, BUT READY FOR sRUN IN.
A heavy west-southwesterly gale was blow
ing at the time.
This rendered it imprudent to attempt to
pass the cable line to the steamship
Hibernia for splicement to the shore end of
the line
The men will splice it and run it in as soon
as the weather moderates.
The Great Eastern arrived here ct eight
o'clock this evening, leaving the convoy YES
sells standing by the buoy.
The "big ship lies broadside on to the vii
lage presenting, with her hundreds of lights,
. splendid appearance.
FAAIuIARIzED WITH SCIENCE.
Few visitors are here to witness the event of
the cable laying, now thrice repeated. The
apathy which is displayedin this regard seems
all the more marked when the amount Of en-
thusiasm which prevailed with respect to
similar enterprise seven years since is remem-
bered.
Electric Bulletin from Newfoundla nd to
London.
LONDON, June 81, 1873.
A despatch from on board the Great Eastern
says:-"The cable was buoyed at distance of
eighty miles from Heart s Content
Fourth Ocean Voyage OF the Great East
ern In the Service OF Ocean Teie.
graphy-From Valentia to Hearts
Content-A cription of the Squadron,
Gable and Apparatus-The Cable Of 1865
To BE Fished Up from tho Vastly Deep.
From the London Times June Ill
The Great Eastern steamship has once more
started upon another Of those missions for which
already SO ably fulfilled upon three occasions.
In company with the Edinburgh and Hibernia, she
ia now on her way to lay fourth telegraph cable
across the bed or the Atlantic, the squadron hav-
ing left the Portland Roads for valentia at ten
O'Clock on Sunday morning. Although this Is
nominaly the fourth cable, it is really the fifth
that has been laid on the same course-the first
having been laid by the Agamennon and the Mia
CARA In 1885, This cable, however, worked only
for q few weeks and then failed to transmit sig
nals since which time it has been left to itself
the bed OF the ocean and its existence practically
ignored.
TIE FIRST ATTEMPT OF THE GREAT EASTERN.
In 1866 the nrst attempt was maze by the Great
Eastern to lay an Atlantic cable, which. however,
was for the time unsuccessful, the cable parting in
1000 lathoms Of water, and although grappled for
and three times hooked it was not then recovered,
owing to the graphing gear giving way under the
severe strain. In the following year second cable
was successfully laid, and the broken cable Of 1865
was recovered and completed. The year 1869 wit
messed the laying Of the third, or the French
Atlantic cable. from Brest to ST. PIERRE the present
forming, therefore,
THE FOURTH PRACTICAL CABLE
me squadron to which the laying OF it
has been entrusted consists OF the Great
Eastern, Captain Halpin who is in charge OF the
expedition; the Hbernia, 5000 tons, Captain Cato
the Edinburgh, 1880 tons, Captain Manning, and
the Robert Lowe, 700 tons, Captain Tidmarsh. The
last three vessels are all screw steamships the
Great Eastern having both paddles and screw. The
electrical stan is in charge of Mr.. Laws, Captain
Halpns chief assistant In the engineering depart
ment being Mr.. Loudon, while DR.. w. H. Alchin Is
physician In charge Of the expedition for second
expedition has devolved upon. Admiral Sherrard
Osborne who has most successfully accomplished
When the project OF fourth Atlantic cable was
started It was proposed to lay from Porthcurno,
70 New York. In consequence, however OF the
amalgamation of the Atlantic Telegraph Company
and the societe du Gable TRANSFORMATIONS Fran
CATS, and 1t being desirable, moreover, TO reduce
the risk incident to submarine lines by laying the
cable In shorter IT.. lengths, II was decided TO lay
cables-naney, Vaentia and Hearts Content,
Newfoundland.
will be to the north OF the 1855 cable, which the
new cable will not approach nearer than thirty
and Placentia are already connected by a land
line, and part OF the work OF tine present expedi
place to sydney, Cape Breton. Three different
types OF cable are to be used, each OF which en-
bodies features distinct from the others, and
These types, known as A, and Q, are the shore
ends, the intermediate cables and the deep sea
cable. The shore END is OF course, very heavy
cable, capable OF meeting any contingency that
might arse from coastine navigation, ana extend
cumstances The intermediate cables are Of
tighter and slightly varying patterns, and
tnued from the shore ends l0r distances OF from
$50 to $50 miles, when they are joined by the deep
sea cable which is Of still lighter design.
THE CONDUCTOR
In each case Is q strand OF seven copper wires in
euated with gutta perchA prepared according to
Mr.. Willonghby Smiths SYSTEM alternating with
Chattcrtons compound, the cores being covered
with serving OF jute yarn stepped In solution OF
prcservatvc mixture. The outer covering OF the
OF three galvanized iron wires served with yarn,
and passed through Clark's compound which con- |
tains silica. This is whipped with fine strand OF
jute and again passed through the compound. In |
type OF shore end the served core closed
with twelve wires and finished az In the previous
case. The intermediate types are similarly con-