Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-22

IN fhe cNsr OF fillkcn N9lts w. 49,. -
s.fahlishug telcgfHphlo communications
A. mrans Of the Atlantic cable tr.N ,rslng
,,.l1cein aud connecting the Oh World
an thp New" the approval of the peopln
| A large was "a hearty ~ the vote IN poth
,.nate and house had been unanimous ~
,,,-ip,f the act. Men aud women whowcrv
blIlrgn then now recall the cable cclcbri.
t,,n a. Che hrt great event IN memory ana
INV barred folk have not forgotten tho
,atrs Of dazzling expectation aud OF hopes
il'st,.l and doiar,d between the inception
an die achievement OF that wonderful
,ri.s I'D new. Dispatch by tho successful
,s,i, toid u the cnd " tie Austru'
4 pru...,n war % isl0, and between the lines
might h. rad the announcement that tho
y,r.sr, OF thr cable was also ended, After
/ tbit,,n years u struggle the Atlantic telc-
s,,pb was a fact What triumphs u
Il sl-eep or miracles Of nrt' In the history
I I'd civilization have called forth greater
4 5is9ay OF human energy endurance aud
H ,o1asr than this same battle Of tho cablol
Il tIrItfiug tho correctness u the conclu-
. Nh, of the able deep sea explorer, Lieut..
i HuB. that there was plateau stretching
/ fgan Newfoundland and Iceland cspo-
,ally adapted 70 tho purpose II holding
and pfuiccting submarine cables, there
srls 10 that date the questions whether u
wire could be constructed long enough to
,1in i.oll miles. and II No. u ship large
enough 10 carry 10 aud lay Il, and would
ever lhc trrachcruus sea prove calm enough
Ana smooth enough to admit of the laying
O cable n mile mud % half 20 two miles
Gown To- the deep, and above ull would mcn
,.a,.h.r enough 20 control 10 much gold ~
vaah bo required for the scheme he IN
rI-d with faith 20 put their hands into
ih.shlnk vaults and foot the billsi And
iLs cable could De- laid would the electric
ciunt work.
Field Ind accumulated n competence for
doc simple days aud was enjoying IL
vL.n the idea u cable came 20 him In
lN1 lie then enlisted Peter Cooper, Moses
INl1r. Marshall o. Roberts and Chandler
White In the enterprise, secured the char
ier OF the New York, Newfoundland aud
London Telegraph company aud with a
upt.l 0f 81 1900 went 10 work. a tClo'
graph line and road were built through
tum.lcsot Newfoundland wilderness, over
mountain aud gorge. through swamps aud
as.u.l rlyrf-, around deep iulcts and over
ucky hcadlnuds. task That alone do
handed genius that could handle nu army
Then ctne the laying u cable ncrus, tho
Gulf OF 81 Lawrence, Che loss Of a cable N
q vale nj the Inst attempt, the completion
Of a line aud road 40 miles long across
Cape Rreton island, "a years delay la max.
Ing nud laying second cable through tho
gulf the whole AZ a cost of round million
a dollar, all out u the Golfers OF holt a
dozen men
Mr Field then won't 20 England to asl,
financial aid. his estimates calling for E.j0,'
GO 10 the inquiry, "But suppose you
don't mccccd-suppoge you make the NJ
tempt aud fail-your cable IA lost In tho
fra-thon what viii you DOR Mr.. Field
quickly rplis'l, Charge It to profit and
lI,, and ~ 10 work TO lay another"
10 show that be meant business, Mr.
Field paid down GtS00O for oighty.clght
shares " the stock subscribed In his own
name. The English government granted
all 90 The uso of ships, aud EiiOO0 annual
subsidy Tor term Of years aud Mr. Field
rgturucd 10 ask similar grants from bis
h0po government After tho American
eagle had uircd his feathers In lengthy de-
bate the blll passed, and the lightning
'pUmuter" went " England again. II
A was thOn 1851.
The United States loaned tho steam WA
4 iTi;Aic Niagara, and England the warshiI
\ AgHmcmnun TO lay the cable, and the WORK
4 ltgan on the Irish coast Aug ., each vessel
barring eollel within her sides I 800 mile
4 a wiw The Niagara began. aud after
4 plying out SO miles u wire, half Of IL "a
water two miles deep, tho cable parted
TIE machinery for paying out was insult
! alle, and the fect returned 10 England L
hear nn all sides the cynical comment, 81
to!d yoa ~" Not NJ all discouraged. AIR