Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-02

.~.. IVY huu NV gone tnfee miles
lurther before the cable broke. being
caught In the machinery OF the Niagara
AZ was spllced, but again broke about
twenty ieet from the rear OF the ship
Ohce more II was mended and the pay
ing OUT resumed. But soon the current
oeaseu, the cable was dead, and after
,he silps were relieved OF It by cutting
IL away they returned to Plymouth
no Time was lost In carrying into exc.
cutlon the resolve "a try again lrhe
NIAGARA and the Agamemnon were
maze ready and the cable was placed
on BOARD ana Saturday, July II. the
ships started on their third expedition
10 ma ocean. Arriving there the Ca
Die was spliced and each vessel started
Tor nome, the while paying out the ca
PIE rms time the cable did not break,
the double voyage was prosperous, and
IN eighteen days the two landings had
peeh made Telegraphic communica-
non between the old and the new world
Iad Deen accomplished. Aug, 8, 1858.
queen Victoria and President Buchan-
an ekchanged congratulations by sub
mbarine biography.
There was great rejoicing on both
sues the Atlantic. Public meetings
were convened TO listen to congratula-
tory addresses, banquets were given
ana religious exercises held The key
note was struck In such lines as these:
lis done! IN angry sea sonsents.
Inc nations stand no more apart.
with clasped hands tine continents
Feel throbbing Of each others hearts.
Speed, speed the cable; let IT run
A loving girdle round the earth.
Till all the nations meath the sun
SHAH be as brothers of one hearth;
AS brothers pledging hand in hand,
one freedom for the world abroad,
One commerce over every land,
One language and one God.
Just how long the Atlantic telegraph
worked no one can say, but Il was not
for many weeks, perhaps DAYS. Very
soon all the efforts OF the electricians
failed to draw more than few whs-
pers. dying gasp, from the depths
of the sea, and there ensued in the pub.
lie mind a feeling Of profound dis
enlargement. But the men of the COM
pany took new heart of hope and pro-
ceeded with the enterprise, the British
government increasing its subsidy from
$40 600 80 100000 The London board OF |
trade lent its assistance, and capitalists |
on both sides Of the Atlantic contrib !
uted A cable had been laid, commu-
had been made. and no doubt |
was entertained that one more attempt |
finally would be successful
The fault--the word is used In the |
scientific sense--lay in the cable. and |
was the sole cause of the temporary !
failure OF the enterprise. Another and I
a better cable required TO be made. But I
the company had been a great deal |
weakened In the confidence OF the public /
and 70 get over this difficulty the Tele- I
graph Construction and Maintenance 1
was organized. The scientific 4
passed upon the new cable,
which was offered In sample. and APP
proved IT, The problem had been to |
strength with debility. The
new cable. though nearly twice as
heavy as the old one In the air, when
immersed In water weighs but a trile
more. II was to be 200 statute miles
IN length. and there was no vessel other
than the Great Eastern In which II
could be slowed This vast ship. which
was too large for ordinary service, was
idle and for sale. The Atlantic tele-
graph combine purchased her Yet in
this boat the cable could not be piled
in one mass. 1t was disposed in three
tanks. one aft. one amidship and one
forward. At length. May 20, 1865. II was
and taken on board. The
appearance OF the ship was thus des-
cribed.
She had to take on board, besides the
enormous bulk of the cable itself, seven
or eight thousand tons OF coal, enough
FOR a fleet, TO feed the fires. Then she
carried about 800 men, for whom she
had 10 make provision during the
weeks they might be az sea The stores
aid in were enough for a small army.
standing on the wheelhouse. and look
ng down. one might fancy himself In
ZONE large farm-yard OF England,
There stood the motherly COW that was
o give them milk; and dozen oxen,
md twenty pigs, and hundred and
wenty sheep while ilocks Of geese aud
lucks and fowls OF every kind, cackled
Is In a poultry-yard. Besides all this
livestock. hundreds Of barrels Of pro-
'isions, OF meats and fruits, were
tored In the we'll stocked larder. Thus
aaNb ANi lii Wy tue pltaA LtttHA- I
IN had in her weight. including her
lwn machinery, of twenty-one thous-
nd tons.
THIRD EXPEDITION STARTED.
July "a the great ship started on her
oyage. When IL was seyenty-three
niles from the shore q fault was de-
ected and located at about ten miles
rom the stern OF the ship. The only
hing TO be done was 10 go back and
Ell this on board and cut out the de-
ective portion. This they did, but the
ngine worked poorly and the operation
'as slow. They could raise only about
mile an hour. The fault was found
be caused by a small piece OF wire.
OF longer than a needle. that by some
ccident. as was supposed. had been
riven through the outer cover OF the
able I'll IL touched the core. After
MS repair tests were passed from ship
} shore AT intervals OF thirty inmates
ay and night All went well 10 the |