The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-29
Here the court adjourned.
THE DIRECT CABLE.
The Cause of tue Recent Fractures - The
Cable Choppcd with mn AAe.

Gable Chopped with mn AAe.
LoNpoS, March 2s.-The stockholders of
the Direct United states Gable Company met
TODAY, and the policy Of the directors in main
taiuing an Independent organization WIS sus-
tanned. The report OF the Chairman Ed. II.
Lushincton, Il wAch tue following Is tho sub.
stance, was adopted unanimously:
The companys hnc was completed and onenei ior
pub g. attic on the ljtn Oi sept nucr, 1876. On tue
a5th - that month It wa INTERRUPTED, out re3a red
ty the FaraaAy on the utu - November.
scarcely na the faraday returned to England, w'e1
iAe VA agall rOkt u, on the ION 81 u, c'mbrr.
L. was renared. and opelcd for aac Ia lO,h
On The a3i Of Jinuarv 1870 the line was INTERRUPTED
e. he iMri r Ga ii Wa TcpAireh on tne isI ~
CONNIE neemeut IA perfect condition. electrically and
Tue lr,t two fracture. took place In the ireland
Nova scoua eciion u r. conpany's cable the last n
TIE Nova scola ASw lihnp'hi,~ section Az u Sc
Which Were lld IN the simmer Of 1874. IN water from
ns ig rom inc slr s parhs le Whole " Ho Of 70 two
nfnng seasons sud one winter these sections remaed
Looking At 2 e facts coup ed with the exfaordiaa.
ser he egrn Of tie Frsaay A M oowed up wR
ase reports az 10 the qutty II tnc company &c,
,9n 81 ana Mr FJ hm9we; F. r., 81 TO- 9 ,Ssc
lures ana to express ttr VI lulou On TIE tate oi the
cenDiny's prom riy.
has been crcsird 90 tie share'oicrs n eSea,o but
the directors would specially invite attention " tie
T,rst inc cause OF fractures At the risk Of
thar our experiments ami limitations Of the cable
convince Is one Of extremely trong form that
II has suffered no eetenoraion whatever from ts i'm,
mcIslon tor period Of about year and half IN e
sea that the fractures have be ncaus by encr,
applied by instrument, and not bi decay. and not
by any abrasion Or rubbing, or any influence VI that
secondly as to the qualify OF the cibe. 1t isto The
scrupul which has bcen exercised To prevent
au, iau t. however minute from be LETT IN tile eb
int tie chlef delay ~ it, completi was owing TINS
delay, however has not been incurred IA VAN. t9rlt Is
ceedInsY perfect electrical condition the cable,
Il now lies due. We tank the contractors deserve
great crcdt f0T ther pniaiug DC Gulnaton, however
oy llns aud for the great efficiency of the means,
material and personal, with winch they carre ON the
operations often NJ very lie W weather aud much OF
them IN hinter and Tor Their hnal success n giving you
q tuoruughly perfect clbe.
Since tais re Or was written tie directors h We re-
criv from their representative on board Faraday
tesrl ~ ina the Two ends OF the fracture OF Jan'
uary ls7d. have been recovered and that they show
cOnciusyey that he cable must nave been brought up
Then chopped throuYh bv an or hatchet
During the dine the company scnublcd to WORK
nrrruptsdlY Tor period OF upward Of m Ihth the
traflc receipts surpassed the expectations Of tho al'
iuin Decemb,r, Wnen tley had reached an average
er - sum Of nearly 1880 dav, thus giving the CONE
PAW orned " cap TAI 1quyAent 10 ohli ABOUT
10 per cert, Of the aggregate nominal canlai OF tue
two trnu.utiauic BIZ cumpinle., sros receipt 81
messases reaching nearly " 20 per cent On tue whole
n m
Tlese results quite counm the directors In the opln
ion previously expressed 70 the shnr 'hOllcrs, thnt
CAP e. entail 10 the stability OF thls com
per condition They trust, therefore, that ne IA
not distant shen such proposition Wl commend IL
sell 10 their unauimous su port
The meeting lasted three hours. On the mo-
tlon II the chairman that the directors report
for the p 81 year be adopted. AN amendment 70
reject II WAS proposed by the amalgamation
party. This was finally Withdrawn, aud The To-
port was adopted unanimously.