The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-08
THE CABLE AGAIN BROKEN.

GREAT INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY THE CLOSING
INTENDENT WARD SAYS AS TO THE BREAK
AND THE PROBABILITIES OF REsUMNG BUsI-
NESS.
The financial and commercial community are not
little exercised over the complete stoppage Of the
direct cable. which has now been working without
interruption for the past three years. Since Satur
day morning last the hundreds Of bankers. mer-
chants, &C., who in the habit of cabling from the
Office Of the direct cable at No. IL Broad street. have
been unpleasantly confronted with the following
notice. which is posted up at conspicuous place in
the otiice:-
are unable TO accept any business will BE-
bes near se the sso
1t having been generally understood-from the
time when the HERALD made persistent stand
against the establishment of cable monopoly by
the amalgamation of the two lines-that one of the
principal advantages of the working agreement
would be to let the one company in cas-. of break
have the use of the others wire. great surprise
caused by this notice. and many bankers and brokers
complained yesterday OF being compelled to go to
the Anglo-American Company offices in order to
send their cable messages to Europe. With view
of obtaining some trustworthy information in this
the HERALD called upon the superintendent of the
Direct Cable. Mr. g. e. Ward, but found this official.
extremely courteous, ret1cent a. 10 the
relations between the two companies.
INTERVIEW WITH SUPERINTENDENT WARD
Mr.. Ward, being first asked how he would
probably be able to resume business, replied :-'We
hope to resume business within few days. The
cable ship, at Halifax has already been ordered
to proceed and Immediately make the necessary
pairs"
HAS the fault break been precisely located 9'
Eyes, it has been located. and We have found it
quite near the Nova Scotia Shore"
Have you any positive Information as to the cause
of the break p
mo, it was probably caused by the late severe
Storm or, not unlikely by ships anchor"
There is much complaint about delay being caused
owing to the entire rush being put on the Western
Union line"
..If there is delay or complaint Mr. Ward replied
''we can't help it. All do Is to repair the cable
quickly possible and to it that the public
not inconvenienced any longer than we can pos
sibly help"
brokers and others who are in the habit of using
your cable little inconvenienced by your stop
page Have you not had great many complaints.Y'
WELL" MIR. Ward hesitatingly replied, 'most Of
customers have expressed their regrets and some
have said that the interruption great incon-
venience to them
THE PUBLIC DISAPPOINTED.
''Was it not understood by the public, Mr.. Ward,
that the working agreement between your company
and the Anglo-AmeriCan would have the effect Of al
ways giving the public the use of two lines?"
1T may have been SO understood"
'Why, then, does the Anglo-Amercan Company
not give you the use of its wire during this emer-
gency?"
At this query Mr. Ward smiled, shook his head
and replied, resignedly, II don't know"
1t was evident that Superintendent Wards official
therefore closed, Mr.. Ward, however, assuring
the reporter the latter took his leave that the
pany would probably take all possible steps to pre-
vent in the future any closing OF the direct office.
even for five minutes and expressing his profound
regret at the great Inconvenience which this tenn
porary stoppage has proved to the commercial world