, 1879-02-19
CABLE CELEBRATION.
Silver Jubilee Of subniartua Te,tr,.,.,


On tho 1Uth Of March next aft. Cyna ~ ri,
Will rive grand dinner partv In cc1cb,at,o, =.
the twenty-titth anniversary OF the forma,oa. y.
the company, By New York merchants. I, a,,.ss
ilsn ielcgfapslic communication across the Al.
lahtic oeean. Invitations for this mos, ,n,,,
cstlng jubilee, handsomely engraved on bca,,I.
full cards, hayo been sent to distinguishes, n.n-
pic lu al1 parts OF the world. The festival III,
take place at Air. Fields residence, 0,amp,y
Park. 's'
WI arc 80 familiar with the Use Of The ts,,,
graph across tho occan that NC ato ant ia s,,-.4
how RECENT thing It Is, and tat the orjrin,,o,.
VI the gTcat cntefurise aro still anong ii. iii
only q quarter Of century suee tic nrote,,
was flrat conceived. The 10Th Of MasclI, iii.
y ms latc OF lts birth, and 60 Of The birth Of
deep sea telcgraplly. On tlmt slay was signti
tho nGreement 70 orGns,fze tho ''Sew Yo,g
Newfoundland {: London Tecgrunl Coulpaurn
III certain privileges could be oEtatgcui Iron
Nc'Yiou,dla,n!), tho object Of which was STATED
III The very tlrst sentence OF It's charter 10 be
ITO establish ltlIo Of tcegraphic eun>nun|c,
ton between America anl Europe by waY Qi
Newfoundland" Tic Company was f6rmcd IL
private llol,se,-tlat OF Nj. Cyrus ~. Field
,llltl CONFUSED OF but iye individuals; Peter
coopsr, Moses Taylor. Cyrus ". Field, In.
stint! u. Roberts, Aild Chandler Wltsc. Nr,
David Dudley Field was present as the eg,
brother nul A1r. While 10 st. Johns to ohtaIa
the charter. Mr.. White died suno ntttr, and
was succeeded by Mr.. Wilson e. Hunt,
T'llcao five gentlemen arc all still Sin:
to sec the Hreat results Ut tlle experiment tAsa
first nude to carry tllc Telegraph arross ihe
uctsl. Small attempts batl been made IN
Eurupo to transmit messages under watcr,-atft
ucr0ss t!1e River RHINE, but lalf mls Wide,
md next across tl1e british Channel. The lti
attcinpt to unite Engant aud France was Hits
In 1850. a copper wire, covered With quits
pgrctla. Sas laid betwrcu Duyer apl Cails-
about t'renty.ono miles, but communication VA
kept up but for vcrr brief prrIod Tke aext
|, ygnr IT was replaced BY cablc of four wires,
which Ia still perfect Il few Uther ftacabea
were laid, but only In shallow water a;Hl ior
short dlstantcs,-tlle )nnErst, that tu HOLLAND.
being but l30 miles, nnA In wutrr ohtT q trw
1nthDtns deep. Tits American Company was
as tho line hnd Decs1 completed 10 NeWf0una.
EliNl Alr. Cyrus w. Field went tu LohJun, anI
there. In 1856, organzed the Atlantic Telegraph
Company.
shIps llat called but little over 500 miles fran
ine coase Of irclani wl,cu tic cablo broke and
the expedition returned. Thu next year 1SN)
the nttc!npt WIS renewed III different fnan'ltf'
Thu American a,Id English st,ips.uf.war, she
NIagara n,nl Agatncmuot, sailed for the middle
Of tic Atlantic, where they were to t0llI rab'es
aud sail Gust ni west to carry the tWp ends ol
their respective shores. hut befure tteJ
reached miu-oceau storm arose, tntl TUG ARR
nIdillIHon Ind pnrrow escape from f"ll'deFhs
n1lt1 WHEN ut lust the cable %aa lofled II VA
broken several tines In lie atteNpt 20 NY "
al!tl thu expedition returned to England alnloas
III despair. "
One nlure effort, however, was made thst
simmer, hnl With aNccess. Tue table Hss
stretched from shore 10 shore, and messages
passed between Europe aid America bts
communication contlnucd only taree weeks, not
was It re-estnb!!shed till eight years ls:er lIa
lStH}), after t,sn new CABLES had been maui.
fucture1 tono OF which, after being paid out
l,:.ttW miles IN 1bl5, was broaen III Hltu'oee -
ilsMl tfs!,gti III lU yGnr nltcr anu carried 10 'nd
shores Ut NcwlouMalanI), mainly hY t!e EFT,
tibns Ut the same i,dcfattgube spirit whteA ~
uriE[nuted tic PROJECT allh urEctl II ioF"a5u ~
spits u all obstaclcs for twelve yeass. .too-,,h
in 1853, bflut though 1t MAS, hhtl denos's sa;s
thu possibility Of cruising the ocean, anu 20 ~
tB Wny for ill after triAulrhs III deepsea teoa ~
raply. 1t had proved TINT eab'o WIT ~. ~.
mtHs long could be latd IN water Two m.s' -
deep. Alter tint nothing seems iInb9ss'eine ~
Cables wesu laid in the Mediterranean. III lns
Rrt Sra nIui tic Persian Gulf a'nl tlleee ss.ai
tho Arabian Sen 10 lnda, und aeross the III T. ~ ~
Bengal tn Burmal,, allt! down the sialafan ten
iusu1n to Penang and slnEapofct a''! W ~, T.,
enstt1n cuast Ut Asia to China, hlI1 at1ess ~
.Japall, willie suuttward lines were earneu es9a' ~
Jayn ind ucruss tlut jpIuui ANIL tc stirf'ItlMns "
seas to Austraslu anl Now heala!t; - ~ I'm, tI
Western Hemisphere gables wsTc Iaid 10 19n. II.
and tho other West InlA Is!a!hls atHl t1Sn ~ =
| roast Of South America to brazil all'a ''' ~
gcnttuo Confederation. .,s,n,r,,.
Thus wtthlna quarter OF century, sau'la.'Li s
terpranhs hare becn carried acrOsa ala'osE ~. ~
the scas utlA uceaIIa OF tllu Eote leAs1ps W.
broad Pacific, wt,cI, yet reiAaEna t0 10 t9!a<t ~