The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-16

CABLE LAYING.

, -----CABLEB LAYING.
A SENSATION FOR NEW HAnPsHrRE-r1E
FARADAY-HER CoSsTRUcTToN-rHa WIRE
Z t-AwATrISe An AMBASSADOR
A special to the Chicago Times gives some
facts and figures concerning the new s-yvire of
intelligence" the end Of which has been
brought within five miles of the Isle of
Snoais, n. H.: The arrival of the Faradsy
with the American end of the new Atlantic
cable on board, at Portsmouth, n. h, is the
great sensation for yearsin that ancient port
The revenue cutter Levi Woodbury. which
has Deen cruising of the shore for several
Gays With the city scientists and newspaper
men on board, met the Farsday about Eve
miles outside the Isle Of Shoals, and escorted
her into portsmouth harbor. This afternoon
a1olfY Tins was eniOyed on board. ano :.
banquet partaken, at which every body and B.
everything was toasted in choice wines
Inc IRON steamship Faradsy was built ex-
lines and Is in size next to the Great East
err, She is 800 feet long by So feet beam,
and 80 feet depth. She registers 5000 tons.
bnt her carrying capacity is over 8 500 tons.
she rs double ender, having two screws, each
OF The propellers having separate set of en-
gines, to insure strength. The cable tanks,
three IN number, are covered with double
arches ofirOn plates. Two Of the tanks are
As feet in diameter and the otEer 81 feet, each
being "a feet deep Fifteen hundred miles
ing cut machine is ingenious and reliable.
The testing room is between the two main
tanks, aud, as both ends of the ship are
alike and each fitted with steer apparatus,
the motion of the vessel can be reversed
with slight delay in
+ 1tr CARRYING ON THE WORK,
and, by means of Che combination principle
in the machinery, can pick up or pay out
with equal facility. The amount Of cable
I a u a nm I'd fha Ia H.
Thousand tons, being the Nova Scotia end
with the exception of about thirty miles of
the Rye Beach shore end, which Vas prt
pared especially for shoal water, and of such
heavy make $4,000 pounds TO the mile) that
| II was shipped on board the steamer Ambas-
sa6or. The presen. cable differs in some
respects from those hitherto made and laid
down. having a conductor made OF q strand
OF II copper wires, wire of large diameter
being IN the center and the IL smaller ones
around it compounded, like one solid strand
This weight is $50 pounds per nautical
mile. The stranded wire is covered with a
thin coating of compound and then four
| coats Of gutta- percba. each put on separately
and allowed TO cool before apply ing another.
After the whole has=bsen covered in the
manner described. it Is covered with jute to
the extent of three-fourths of an inch in
creased diameter, and is then passed inoo
closing machines, where it is closed by 10
| galvanized iron wires. each wound with i've
strings OF manila hemp TO strengthen and
\ protect from rust and decay. A pitchy sub
stance, in which asphalt is the principal
compound. is then applied, and, after being
smeared by this, the rubber-coating process
is repeated. Italian hemp being used to
hold the strands in their places until the
necessary hardening is completed.
h. 91i THE ENTIRE LENGTH
of the new cable is 8, 100 miles, the shore ends
being about two aud one-hslf inches In
diameter, while the deep sea cables is seven
Fights OF an inch in diameter. The Farsday
cat and buoy ed the cable about i've miles
outside the shoals, and the Ambassador,
which is hourly expected, will splice on the
shore end and lay it to Rye Beach. The Far
| adsy, after few DAYS in Portsmouth hsrbor,
will probably return direct to England, take
on board the deep sea cable, and lay il to
Nova Scotia, the portion already laid being
| that from Nova Scotia to New Hampshire.
1t is confidently expected that the whole
work Of laying the present cable will be com
pleted in August, If no accidents occur.
| When finished it must prove of great ad-
vantage TO the commercial world, as the
4 the rates are to be about one-Quarter
OF the present high rates of trans
mission. The capital stock. every dollar OF
which Is paid up, is e., $50 900 sterling, which
is S6,476,ooo. Having the resources and a
thoroughly reliable cable at commsnd, this
company, with good financial management,
must succeed. f,r--,-