The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-24

The Company which has Just sue
ceeded in laying cable from the Irish
coast to Rye Beach, New Hampshire,
was organized three years ago, with "A
capital, we believe, II s5,OOO,OOO II
has had many difficulties 10 contend
with. IL was denied permission 10 land
one end Of the wire on the Newfound-
land coast. because the existing COM
panies monopolize that privilege. II
was refused an opportunity 10 charter
/ the Great Eastern steamship, because
that vessel Is also controlled by the 9TH
or cable companies. IL therefore had 10
build it, own ship. This took time and
cost money. The Great Eastern can
take whole ocean cable on board and
lay il from shore To shore. The Fara-
day. which was built by the Direct
Gable Company. is Of 1000 tons bur-
den, bat this make, her only trfle
more than one-fourth the size If the
Great Eastern. She cannot be laden
with a whole cable, but must take il in
sections. She began work in June, 1874.
From that day to the 9TH Of September,
1875, constant struggle against wave
and weather and other difficulties has
been carried on. At last il is happily
crowned with success. The customary
congratulations have been exchanged,
and the new wire j. ready for work
I The Faraday started from England
with one Of the heavy shore ends Of the
cable and paid il out successfully
T When the end was reached, buoy was
attached and the vessel returned 10
I England. Thence she sailed with the
1 American shore end. which was handled
in the same way. A third trip put in
the intervening section, but the cable
promptly broke. BY a singular, very
singular. coincidence, the announce
ment Of it, irrcparable damage was fol-
| lowed BY the announcement on the part
Of the old Company that it, rates, re-
duced soon after the new Company be-
gan operations. did not pay and would
have 10 be raised We have To thank
\ the repairers of the line for saving Us
from this contemplated extortion. The
Faraday steamed into mid-ocean. Crap
pied for the broken ends Of the cable,
found them. and spliced the break.
Even this did not cure matters. There
was flaw somewhere. This had 10 be
patiently hunted down The task was
performed. and the injured part re-
placed. While all this was going on,
the tender Of the Faraday had to make
constant trips in order To supply that
vessel, tossing on the stormy waves,
with coal. This was an unique expense.
Ii is said that the whole capital Of the
Company has been sunk in the seas,
and is now represented only by the
small wire that forms the fifth electric
link between the New World and the
Old The competition of the new cable
will probably keep down rates for some
time, but il is not improbable that this,
like the French wire, will ultimately
pass under the control Of the present
grasping monopoly If this happens, il
will stimulate the belief. already held
by many Englishmen. that the British
Government ought TO take control OF
the ocean telegraphs a it has Of those
i'm the United Kingdoms. One country
owns both shores of the ocean. If 1t
should Law twenty cables between Ire
land and Newfoundland, there would
Toe plenty Of business 10 occupy them
, all We might then have a reasonable
tarifi-Say Is or 20 cents a word. Eu-
rope and America would then keep the
wires busy. The lightning would then
flash flood Of light upon the press Of
every country Nations would be dawn
nearer together The highest interests
Of commerce and civilization would be
subs rived ~ Chicago Tribune.