The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-14

ana The BOAT hauled uD, while the shin
was headed for the third one, about a
mile on. This was the large buoy, with
top lantern gear, etc. When reached the
boat was again lowered and tossed about
as mercilessly as before, but nothing
seemed TO shake those men. They got "a
the buoy, attached the steadying rope as
before, and then one of the men, watch
ing his opportunity, sprang upon it with
monkey-like agility.
JOINING THE CORE.
There now remained the cable end
which had also been hauled aboard Il
splice to-the cable IN the tanks and head
the ship for America, and commence the
great business of paying out This was
all done IN the same expeditions and quiet
and orderly manner that characteriZes
everything connected with the Faraday
After Electrician Jacob had made the
usual critical tests the two ends of the
core were joined, the Joint tested, the
outer covering spliced, and at O:30 the
cable was passed along the troughs and
directing sheaves under the sheave oil
the strain measuring dynanometer, ovel
the broad stern Sheave and Immediately
after was whiSking up under the crino
line round the core in the tanks center
and passing along to its silent ocean bed
like thing of life at from six to seven
knots an hour.
THE GREAT DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN.
The depth for about seven hours varied
from $50 to 500 fathoms. but by ir
the evening the great declivity was
reached. Soon 1000 fathoms were in
dicated. Then on over a varying bottom
to 2,29O fathoms, or over three miles
deep. After a few hours it gradually
rose to 1900, then receded to 2, 50C
fathoms, and so on day by day the cable
gently dropped on hill top and valley bot
tom, over deep gorges and immense un-
dulating table lands.
SSOnee it came to within seven or eight
hundred fathoms of the seas surface
and again some / ,l20 knots from Ireland
1t rapidly sank down to over three thou.
sand, or more than three and a hall
miles, gradually rising after a few hours
to 2,5OO fathoms, and continued on with
slight variations for some 300 miles, when
deeper water again occurred for three oil
four hours, Then the depth declined tC
about 200 fathoms, with fairly even bot
tom, and kept so till the shallow water
of the Newfoundland Banks was reached
some seventy miles from the buoyed enc
of the SOP miles from Canso.
KEPT IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD.
The ship was daily and constantly il
communication with the station at Water
vile, Ireland, and she was kept fully in
formed of what was going on IN the outer
world. On Sunday, June "a, consterna
tion was occasioned aboard at the new.
Of President Carnot's assassination. The
previous day the birth of the Duke o.
4ork's son was flashed through to the
ship, and the following congratulator,
message sent:
Mid Atlantic Latitude 50 16 N, Longitud,
80 20 W-lo Sir Francis Dewinton, Yori
House, St. James Palace London: May
ask you to be kind enough to convey to thei
royal highnesses, the Duke and Duchess o
York, the hearty congratulations and bes
wishes of the whole ships company of tn,
steamship taraday. now engaged in laVinI
| the third Atlantic cable for the Commercial
| Cable Company. ALEXANDER SIEMEN.
On the 9th the acknowledgement wa
received. From Sir F. Lewinton to A
Siemens The Duke and Duchess o
York thank very warmly the whole Ship
company of steamship Farady for thei
kind congratulations, and they wish then
success in their labors.'
These congratulations must have been
| considered unique by their recipients, a
they were flashed to the land from mid
Atlantic.
NEARING THE END OF THE TASK.
At 1920 o'clock p. m, June 81, whel
1855 knots was between the ship and tn
bottom at S91 fathoms. The lighter OIL
deep sea portion of the cable was hers
terminated and spliced to the shallow
water type and paid out in a dense fol-
till there were out | ,627 knots from Ire
land and the vicinityo of the Canso buoyeC
end was reached. 20.
The cable was then cut and buoyed il
102 fathoms to await till the ships actua
position could be obtained, the Canso enc
fund and the final splice made. A,
the fog remained as dense as ever, clearer
weather had to be waited for. In thu
early hours of the Goth wind sprung W
from the north, bleak and piercing, but i
cleared off the fog and the morning broke
with glorious sunshine to discover no les:
than seven large icebergs slowly on theil
way to the south.
The ships position was obtained anC
showed her to be some thirty-two mile:
from the buoYed end. A start was made
at once, and Chief Steam Eengineer For
tune astonished everybody by covering
the distance in three hours, a wonder fol
the Farady, whose speed is not equal tt
that of the Campania.
THE GRIPPER AGAIN IN USE.
The buoy sought for, however, was no
where to be seen. Telescopes and binocu
lars swept the sea in every direction, t.
no purpose. A couple of soundings were
taken, mark buoys were put down, and
then it was decided to grapple.
The weather, meanwhile, had become
hay, and although the horizon remained
visible, the sun was obscured, and it was
bitterly cold. Every one donned the
warmesJ clothing he had. Those who had
heavy listers and fur caps managed tc
keep themselves warm, but some who had
nothing but light summer overcoats shR-
cred with i'll disguised distress.
AT noon Chief Gable Engineer Brittle
lowered the grapnel, and six miles were
dragged without result. 1t was then
heaved aboard, some rearrangements
made, Recovered ana dragging was recon-
menced and kept up without intermission
till 80 the following morning, when the
cable was hooked, raised, cut and brought
aboard.
The end to Canso was found to be ir
order The other piece of cable was
picked up, and the sought for buoy found
securely attached TO the end. The night
was now closed in, and steps were taker
to complete the gap of thirty-two miles
between the two ends on the following
morning But, baffied by fogs, the WORK
could not be completed till O'Clock Of
Monday morning, July 2, when the final
splice was made, the cable gently lowered
IN the water, and, amid wild enthusiasm
and cheering, the retaining rope hacked
asunder with two mighty axes welded
energetically by Count Won Slippenbact
and Mr.. John Gott.
THE HAUNTED SWING.