The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15
NEW CABLE LINE.

1.-THE Commercial Cable comps!ny.s
Fifth ATLANTIC Cable from cansa o.. Maya !,,S,
Scotia to Ma5erne nTe'an IN nas }on.
Thls makes seven trans Atlantic cables
worked In connection with the lines OF
the Postal Company AZ Of them GhpeS
y fourteen meSsi ses 1T one time.
II The new. ca.lc. s''lhe best and most ex-
pensve submarine cable eyer, laid II
tIruction & Maintenance Company Of
London, having been begun IN March
1905, and finished and shipped on board
( the Construction Companys steamer CO.
lonial. on August 5, 1905
4s5 Atlantic cables are always laid from
west to east because tho prevailing winds
in the summer months on the Atlantic
are from the west and ships make much
better weather going eastward. conse-
quently the Colonial sailed direct from.
England 70 America; arriving Off me coast
ed the heavy shore end OF the cable on
The morning of August 18th. Moving
out from the shore she struck q rock
The injuries She sustained compelled her
10 go Into drydock a, Halifax with 300
miles OF submarine cable aboard. She
was the largest and heaviest ship ever
.ands of tons tho United States battle
ship Indiana OF ter thousand tons, which
went into drydock there q couple Of years ar
ago. Repairs were made and the CO.
ilonial took the sea again, On September
2ad she laid her course from Canso, y. S.,
paying out cable. On September 18th,
Atlantic. although on that day the wealth
er on both sides of the Atlantic was re.
ported fine, with gentle. winds. On Oct
ober Sd she arrived without mishap at
point lsT miles from the coast OF Ire
land, where the final splice was to be
made between the cable that she had
Isl miles Of cabis previously laid westward
from the Irish coast by the steamship
Cambria In the month OF june. The
weather was heavy and the Colonial was
z compelled 10 hcaVe 10 for several days,
waiting smoother seas TO enable her to
make final splice, which was made on
October 9Th At some points the cable
was laid al the depth of nearly three
miles below the surface of the sea. The
quantities of material used In the man
nflcture Of the cable We're l,ill,2W pounds
800 pounds OF brass tape. jue, yarn, iron
wire and preventative compound.
lhe o cost Of ths cable varies from sloop,
, meter Of the ocean bed and depth OF water,
the great variation in coat being due 10
The different deameteE and weights Of
ls laid in the deepest water being the
li9,lrcst for the Important reason that it
would be imposition 70 retrieve heavy
5.eao.s from dep water He r., because OF the
Z Is practically safe from mechanical Injury
and therefore does not need, 70 be ~
strong, so that the SECTORS laid In the
deep water are OF smaller diameter ana
Lesser cost. The sections laid near shorts
expensive. In the neighborhood OF The
Fishng Grounds off the coast of New
Foundiand, type Of cable midway 30,
tween dee,pp, wafer ana shore, end cable
X Itrong TO resist injuries from the anchors
OF fishing craft. Tho most prolific sonre
Of danger to submarine cables. This
Intermediate type Is made just heavy
npn,,gh To afford reasonable prospect OF
retrieving 1t in the event OF its be!ns
damaged by the anchors OF flehin-
yseseI