The New York herald., 1875-09-24
A NEW CABLE.
THE NEW LINE FROM PUNTA RAsA TO KEY
WEST
the mainmast

THE NEW LINE FROM PUNTA RAsA TO KEY
WEST.
Tomorrow next day the telegraph steamship Pro-
iessor Morse, at Key West, Will begin make
rangements for laying the new cable between Punta
Rasa Fla the Mexican Gulf and the island Of Key
West Yesterday afternoon HERALD reporter called
Dr. Norvin Green, vice president of the Inter-
national Ocean Telegraph Company, the owners Of the
above mentioned vessel to gain further particulars
the subject The Western Union Telegraph Company
hold controlling interest in the shares OF the company
in question: and DR.. Green is also Vice President of the
Western Union. The following statement given by
him to the reporter:-
The cable to be laid by the Professor Morse is 1876
miles in length, from Punta Rasa, Fla, the terminus
where the Havana cable with the land lines
and Key West which call a way station The steam
ship in question left London in the of June calling
on her way the Atlantic at Faya
to coal, and arriving at Key West the
25th of July last in the midst of the yellow fever
epidemic The services of twenty-five extra men were
required to handle the cable, but the International
Ocean Company did not think it safe to expose the OIL
and the crew not only to the epidemic but TO
tact with people living in the midst its ravages As
measure of safety, therefore, the Professor Morse
ordered up north, to Port Royal S c.. which port
she left the l4th, reaching Key West the 10th
inst.
THE THREE HAVANA CABLES
Three cables have been laid between Havana and Kew
West, the first in 1867, entirely abandoned. The
second in 1870 has been working wen till lately and
will be grappled for and repaired shortly by the Pro-
fessor Morse The third, 1873 cable is in good CON
dition. When the present Punta Rasa and Key West
cable is laid and the second Havana and Key West
is repaired the system between these points will
be duplicated, it has been ,ith the West In
dian system to Demerara and other points
Beyond Demerara the cables are open for
public business to Para, and from thence to
Pernambuco communicating with the Brazilian tele-
graph system and also with the Brazilian cable
the Atlantic Thus there is perfect teegraphic circle
between Europe and North and South America For
the past three weeks we have been running ves-
sells weather permitting between Punta Rasa and Key
West
CABLE.
The cable that is about to be laid is not of the ord
sea and shoreend cable The main body of the cable
weighs four mile and the shore end twelve tons
II was made by the Indian Rubber and Gutta Percha
Company at Slvertown, London and has been shipped
in three separate tanks filled with water Our manager
Key West, who is excellent electrician is on
board also English electrician sent by Sir
Samuel Canning
The first thing to be done in the matter is the
placing of the heavy shore ends. Two or three
days will be employed at Punta Rasa in laying four
miles, and six eight days at Key West IN laying
fiat botomed scows, and being very heavy cargo none
OF them carry more than miles length over the
reefs The cable has, therefore, be laid in sections
and new JOINTS made The weight of the 12G miles of
cable is upward Of GOO tons The Professor Morse is
first class steamship, admirably adapted Tor her work
fully equipped Tor paying out or graphing cables, and is
the only vessel OF her KIND in the United States.