The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-17
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
sNoW STORM IN NEW ENGLAND.
rhe worlds supply of Mouey-Report of
the Quarter Master Gencrol--Sev-
eral Destructive Fires-The
Bennett-Maeiey Gable.
The Rrnnett-Mackey Cable.

HNEw York, Oct l6.-The steamship
EtJaraday, with the New York end of the
}enett-Macl>ey cable arrived OFT the bar
u 500 a. m.
4 tMANHATTAN BEACH, j.. l., Oct. To-
kAtrangements for the ceremonies at
ltnding the landing of the second
<Mackey- Bennett cable were completed
This morning. Several hundred people
assembled at Manhattan Beach hotel
3and marched with bands and flags to
sthe point where the cable was to he
Handed. The Faraday, which arrived
Yearly this morning, had been letting out
the cable, which was coiled on RATS to
BE run to the beach. The surf was high.
but no trouble is anticipated.
a All the Coilcd RATS and the tug Irving
4towed toward the land. There was
HCollatiOn at ! o'clock in the pavilion:
afterwards there were addresses by ID.
u B. Davidson, treasurer of the cable COM
fpany, George g. Ward, general man
lager, John Murhead, inventor of the du-
pick system used. Among those pres
I ent were George Il. Cole. of the Ameri-
can Exchange bank; Hector DeCastro,
representing Mr.. Mackay; Indian Com
missioner w. II. Lyons, and representa-
tives of the different telegraph and cable
companies. Commodore Sautilli, of the
Amerique, of the French government,
and directors and stockholders.
ANOTHER REPORT.
4 Iho steamer, Faraday, with the COM
rcial cable, anchored opposite Coney
and life-saving station, about two
Yes of shore, at 7:l5 this morning.
lowered three RATS, and at COM
ced letting out cable and coiling it
At $50 boat containing Chief
trician Frank Brittle, put out from
Faraday and arrived ut 9 a. m. Brit
examined the landing place, trench
dstatiOn, which he found satisfactory.
"A Q returned to the ship few minutes
"a fter IL. Two boats were towed from
Frhe Faraday by tug, with a
ropes to pull the RATS ashore and re-
turned. Second Lieutenant Hicks, in
charge OF the boats, said the cable was
nearly all coiled on the RATS and would
probably reach the shore with it at
-o'clock. A strong west wind was then
Blowing, but there was not verv heavy
& SURF. The deep sea se"tion from Canso
was buoyed eighty-tive mil IS from here.
7fhe shore section will extend ten miles,
where the intermediate section Is to be
spliced ut the receiving end. The test
.lng station is situated eight miles east
<of the Central hotel. Carpenters were
busy at an early hour finishing the in
teriOr.
q All instruments for testing the cable
were placed in readiness. Electrician
Pratt, from Siemens Bros. and Electro
tcian Charles Cuttriss, of the cable COM
pany, arrived early to superintend ar
engagements for receiving it on shore in
behalf of the company. Several hun
cred. guests enjoyed luncheon at the
Manhattan Beach hotel After con-
gratulatory speeches had been made bv
the officers and friends OF the enter
f prise 1t was made known that
NALL hopes of landing the cable to-day
|}were given up and all the parties inter
pested left for home. The delay was
caused, as far as known, by the hawser
Becoming entangled with the propeller
of the tug intended for hauling to the
Shore the RATS bearing the cable. At q
O'Clock the tug was still along side the
Faraday and the cable apparently all
BOILED on the RATS, but there we're no in
dications Of moving. 1t is expected the
Fable will be landed at daylight to-mor-
now