The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-10
BROKEN CABLES.
The Direct Cable Doing All the Uusi-
ness-e.rave suspiStOns.

New York Heraid.l
Great confusion has occurred in bust
ness circles for period Of forty eight
hours. owing to the breaking of the
three ocean cables controlled by the
Western Union and Anglo American
Companies. and the French cable, the
latter having broken April 2G, two hun
dred miles west of Brest. One OF the
cables Of the Anglo American Company
has been broken since 1873. II Is stated
however, by Vice President Green. of
that company. that the cable. the west
ern terminus of which is at st. Pierre,
Newfoundland, and which was broken
three days since, has been found at tho
break. and that before this morning n
splice will have been made Of the two
ends thus restoring communication
with Europe by the Anglo American
cables Last night the company's other
limo failed.
zone mans meat is said to be "an-
other mans poison" and the Direct
Gable Company. which is altogether
owned by English capital. and which
has for its President The Right Hon.
Mr. Washington. Secretary for India, is
now. in default of the other lines. doing
all the business between America and
Europe. and the pressure on its single
line is really tremendous Dispatches
nave To Walt. tHI iHf w NSltIH bHNil
Company aud French cable companies
havo been forced 70 transfer their bust
ness to the very fortunate rival, the Di-
rect Cable Company, Acting Manager
Ward. Of the Direct Cable Company,
/ stated that they were overwhelmed with
business, and. owing to the fact that the
business of the other cable companies
had been transferred To them. messages
ut the FIRST hour Of the breakage had to
lay over The direct cable is to-day be-
ing tested by experts to its fullest capac-
ity. MI. Cyrus W. Field yester
day stated that the Anglo
apparatus for graphing, and he felt
confident that in a short time communi-
cation would be resumed with Newfound-
land and its vicinity. At an early hour
yesterday morning the cable which runs
from Prince Edward Island to Nova
Scotia was discovered to be unfit for
use. having been broken in several
places. Mr. Field stated that he did not
wish TO make q charge against any rival
company. but he could not help but
think it singular that the Anglo -Ameri-
can Company should have no less than
eight separate cables broken at the pre-
sent time. The Grent Eastern has
already been tolographed through the
Direct Cable line to sail for Liverpool at
once to repair the French cable, broken
near Brest.
Grave suspicious. il is said. enter
tanned by many persons connected with
the telegraph companies in this city as
to how these cables have been broken.
Some persons declare that it is merely
the result of accident. The breaks may
have been caused by fishing schooners
drawing seines or steamships dragging
their anchors. Others do not hesitate
TO declare the breaking of the cables
the work Of premeditated design with
the intention Of interrupting the com
munieation Of two hemispheres and
to iniure rival company's business,
II is declared by persons hold
ing this opinion that crime like this
should be indicated ms ono Of the high
est magnitude. and should be punished
with severity 1t is an extraordinary
occurrence that eight cables should be
broken at once. and all by accident.
Vessels are working with their crews off
st. Pierre. and considerable progress has
been made, SO that this one cable may
he in working order to-day. but the re-
manning cables may not be ready for the
transmission of messages in n shorter
period than thirty days