The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-01
ANOTHER WIRE TO EUROPE.
The New french Gable Company Sends It's
First Dispatches and the Auglo-Amori
can Reduces Its Rates to Twelve
and Half Gents Word.
New York Herald. January ~. J

Tho new ocean telegraph company's cable
was regularly opened for bustnnaa yesterday.
The Coiupagnie Francais du TeleKrhphe dc
Paris New York has it's Office at No. 135
Broad way. At So'cock In the moruiu9 1t
was prepared to receive m 'ssages for trans
mission through Its cable from Nausett
Lighthouse, Cape Cod. to Brest, France.
There WAS no formal Interchange OF compll-
innnty or CONGRATULATIONS, nor were any
Official comrDu .tioDs sent over the wires; |;
hut tho company plugged at onceintoa regu-
lar teleHraphic business. tho first messages
being private commercial tele3ratns. Ihe
lines worked satisfactorily. The business OF
the day was light The gentlenan In charge
In this country stated that he WIS we'll
Satisfied that 1t should be SO. 1t WAS the d.
sire Of tho company to begin business qnte "
and slowly. Much remhtus To DO done t.
complete the scheme of the Compagnie Fran
Gals. Tho cable which has just been opened
extends from Bte5t, Franco, direct to st.
Pierre, Cape Breton. New Foundland, and
thence to NAueett Light, Cape God. But this
Is only about one-half the length OF the line
as 1t will bo when completed. 1t Is the inten-
tion OF the company to duplicate all their
lines. For instance, there Is already a cable
laid from st. Pierre to LoulsburK. Canada,
which, with Cape Cod. gives two points on
this continent for connection with the lind
wires to New York. There Is to be laid within
a few weeks cable from Brrst, France, to
Lnnd's Eud. near Penznnce England. From
this D Int another ocean line is to extend
across the Atlantic to ST. Pierre, conneeiinx
with the land line to Louisburg. The wires
to connect France and the Continent with
England are made and ready to be put down.
All that Is necessary is to complete the hego-
,lations with the British government, wnicn
h ,s the monopoly OF tho land wires. The
other ocean cable Is not yet manufactures,
but 1t will be made and laid within the year
A NEW METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION.
In manner OF C instruction, the cable OF the
Compa9ne Francois differs from any that
has heretofore been made. Tue usual plan
followed In making cattle Is to have the
strand Of ppper conducting wlras-commOn-
ly called the core-inclosed, FIRST in three
coats OF guttapercha, aud then In heavy
envelope of he,up and steel wires. The new
cable differs from the old in having close
armor Of heavy steel wires outside the gutta-
percha or rubber, both OF which are used,
and in place of the hempen outer covering q
compound OF asphalt s nset to protect the
steel Arinor from rust This modification, 1t
Is claimed, gives additional strength and
durability.
WHY CABLES BREAK.
"As far as dura. a.pillty is concerned" said the
French official, mo cable would break OF It
self You have observed that when the At
lautlc cables are found to have broken 1t is
always at the shore end. This Is because yes
sells foul taeir anchors In the cable aud theE
when tie anchur is raised the sailors nall
ctouslY cut the wires. This Is not an easy
thing. to do. It takes many blows from ,
shsfp ak or Ratchet to cut through cable.