New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
yoETH-1TL1NTIC CABLE.

N OH PROJECT REVINED-FCLLOWING THE OLD
1Ipe OF TRAVEL FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA.
COPENHAGEN. March 10.-The scheme OF n
Atlantic Telegraph cable 70 follow the ancient
road taken by tho Norscmen in their voyages TO the
American continent eIcites new interest among capital
ISIS and men OF In tins CITY new and powerful
argument advance in s behalf that Of the importance
Accommodating the ain Of international signal stations in
which the Atal aow represents the missing Ink The
proposition TO construct such telegraph line wss hrst
made thirty years oHly two years after tie nst sud-
marine cable had been successfully Laid between Dover
and CALAIS. snd before tho plan for direct
Transatlantic cable took practical shape.
Coone, Tslaferro Preston Shafner, American, was
its protector ard supported in his repeated attempt
TO effect his purpose 10y the capitalist Joseph CroSkey
The line wa. link in grand projected telegraph system
that starting and ending in NewYork. was 20 girdle the
earth and II, chief incentive was found In the O'her
then entertained that direct cable was impractieabe
The failure OF the transatlantic cable that was completed
ON August s. 1855 but which collapsed on September .
supported this belief
In the eight years from that time TIL success was finally
achieved in sec by the Gable Company, three
expeditions to the North Atlantic Ocean we're made to
secure measurements, observe the ice drift and
decide upon proper landing places Tor the
cable Oh the coasts of Greenland, Iceland
and labrador One Of these expeditions was
led by Colonel shafTaer himself In the bark Wymsn In
1859 The two others undertakes IN the toHoWng
YEAR by the English Government and Joseph Cro7key
Colonel shaner and the Arctic explorer DE- Rae accom-
n,nied the latter in Fox together with Lieu
tenant voa Zeau and Dr. OlafsoR, cmissaIies OF the
Danish Government The reports OF these expeditions
GET forth tina with proper caution used In choosing lne
time Of year 'or laying the cable and in selecting >hhs
plsce there were serious obstacles 10 the carrying out
or IA, sclsDe Colonel shalusrs projected line had
Quebec for its starting point and ran through Labrador
IN Hamilton Ford; across DAVIS Straits ss su6naIus
,al, 10 point Oh the coast o. Greenland crossed
10 the east coast IN straight me ahdci thr eeS 20
poil,i.ik in Iceland and followed the coast a. lana
lin. Ia tn. southeast corner OF tho island; then !" he
TIr34 Islands 20 Bergen IL Norway TO copenhagen dbu
81 Petersburg and further east In concession suoac
oTetlv granted rs the Danish Government to an Lng
sh company Thurso on the coast OF seotls was IN
GUIDED IN the line lts weak points we're me long
sfrefche- OF and-lnes IN Wild and uniihahed region
with Arctic climate and 'IonE cicero % IN ~
,si.eJ even II they could have been Quit :. All
Sat speciiiT favorabl. conditions existed in the
North Atlantic Tor tbs laying OF ttteSApa
10 Icsand and along the chosen route to mo
scoirh coast corresponding exactly TO tue s0-c44tu
- TINE twepr Iceland and Newfoundland Instead
81 from zoo C 500 fsthon9 a. Nas eAPc tel oIe
90, d-nh found scotland and tie f2rOe IslabdH
was 80 ,n for North Atlantic telegram line that
has bocn laid before Danish capitalists, ana the oAer
a. he lore TN. ROYAL Geographical Society, by C. l.
Ma Jtfrrs from ID. original IN doing away
wib ne ipposub. land lines OF Colonel ehalners sys-
arD and substituting submarine cables that Will suHeI
les from The frequent auror storms and tla ngors 0the
tretic CLIMATE Thurso. ia scotland, - The proposed
t,ri,o-roiut whence there Is easy cable connection
ovVard with NORWAY the landing places of the c1bie
NJ viii ne stations TIE Inc projected are
THorsbayu on The Farce Island, BeruDord dnd jEsvk
on the coaet Of Iceland Julisnehaab on the Wes COAST OF
scotland the passing TO the sOuthvlrd OF Cape ar
vel landing the American continent al fortean bdy
nj awr.nCe Bay, continuing a. cable 10 Gaspe h4Inor
aud thence R land line 10 Quebec where II meets tic
Ncric1 egraph system. II Is not expected tnat the
ics On tna coast Of Greenland will prove serious
"1s,acle 10 the laying % the cable In August
I ar Sentenber and experience gained II olDeI
ooarters especially AZ Wlid.ostok. In the pro
1ce OF nu- on the Pacific Ocean shows that me ms
once Laid can he eectuay protected against ttouDlo
from that source .--- ~ .u.r,. and. a, I'll.
line is l0ur hours and thirty one minutes anu s tolA
sn,h h1uf g. IL IL caimed that by reason OF
- sbortnes. of each IN the cable, the longest
hetng esx than miles much greater speed ana sccu
49, in the spudinr o. dis patches can he ohtalned IN
faf nat u will 10 the work OF Two TRANSATLANTIC Cdolts
that for the came the line can De cOntrCed WIN
rcat.r economy and less risk and that II VII not oe
5jsshIed in ia whole length By accident at any
I nnint The principal clsla made Tor H. however. u
/ IL commercial importance as an ADJUNCT 70 INC
,x.,e ~ meteorological observation that since tnc LAY
IN ~ the first cable developed on bOti sizes OF
1 the Atsutic The recently deceased FOUNDER OF Tue
Danish Meteorological Institute and OF the @yuchfOnsc
mans Of which "die Seewsrte" Ia Hamburg mas slhce
,.ed he publication Captain HOfncytr pointed OUT
at which the development and progress OF atmosphere
dSturbanCes over the ocean COuN he watchedt anu us
oh.srva,ons were TeceiY with great attention ON OOtn
connpns With the North Atlantic Telegraph In opera
t,nn sino wire European port 10 the AZOres
Sn1d compIete tho pIcketng OF the ocean ana enuf-
mousiv benefit meteorological scence a. ell as tr4ne
an ths sea probable that the prOposltlonto biiu
f ma