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London: I'KINTKI) BV WILLIAM BROWX A: CO., (0 & ^i, oLlt BRO.VD PTRKET, K.f, 1866. >l 2 INDEX TO IX)('(;MENT8 WITH }^Ul. LMKLlJ'S IlErOET. ^^. (A.) rro.spoctufi of An!j:l(j-Aii;iricrm ToL^graph L'uiiipauy, Liniittd. (J}.) Estimated licvenut! from 1 CaLlc liotwecn Iivlaml and Newfoundland. (C.) Ditto do. 2 Caldcs do. do. (D.) rii\-atc List of Subscriptions to Anglo-American Telegraph Co., Limited. (E.) Address Ly Trofe.ssor William Thomson, LE.D., before the Royal Stxiety of Edinburgh, on the forces eoneerned in la_\-ing and lifting a deep sea cable. (F.) Certificate of what has been proved by the Atlantic Telcgi-iph Expeditions of 18.38 and 18G.3. (G.) Letter fi-om C. F. \'arley, Esq., about the tariff through lb • Atlantic Cable. (11.) Mr. "Willoiighby Smith's new system of testing a .Submari'ie Calde electri- cally during its submersion. (I.) Letter from Captain liolton in regard to code for long Submarine liiu'.s. (J.) Heads r.f Agreement between Auglo-Ameriean Telegraph Co., Limited, and the Xew York Xewfoundland and Lond'jn Telegraph Comjiany. (K.) Extracts from Lettei-s of Mr. A. il, ^Mackay, Superintendent of the X'^w Vork, Xewfoundland and London Telegraph Company, about repaii'ing the Cable acros.s thi^ Gulf of St. Jjawrence. (L.) List of Voyages by Steamers crossing the Xorth Athmtic yearly. (M.) I'rofessor Vincent's Ke]K)rt on the I^a ]Manche Lead Jline. (X.) Directors and ( »llicers of the Xcw York, X'ewfoundland and London TcL'graph Company. (O.) Ditto ditto of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. (P.) Ditto ditto of the Telegraph Con.struction and Maintenance Company, Limited. (Q.) Ditto ditto of the '.4reat Eastern Steam .Ship Co., Limited, (11.) Extract from Letter of Mr. C. F. Varley to the ObHrver. (S.) List of Submarine Telegraph Cables now in succcssfid working order. (T.) Comparative Statement of Atlantic Cables of 18-58, 186.5, ISfifi. TlV"5C=,i! 4 ^-. : : ii a ^ -' /•J. [Pl'IVATi:.] oty sea ons lie. tri- tcd, on 4 nee ed. For the iuformatioii of the Sliarelioldeivs of the New Yoek, Xewfouxdla^-d and London Telegil^ph Company. London, March Sth, 18CG. To the Presiiknt and Dirtctvr^ of The Xkw Youk, Newfou.vdlaj^d and London Teleghapu Comi'any, Xcio York. Gentlemen, I sailed from Xew York in tlio " Scotica " on the 13th of December, arrived at Liverpool the afternoon of the 2-kh, and in London late the same evening. Early the next (Christmas) morning, I learnt with much surprise that the Attorney-General of England had, on the previous Friday, given an opinion that the Atlantic Telegra],li Company were not authorized by their Acts of Tarliament to issue new 12 per cent. First Preference Share?, and as the time had passed for applying to Pariiament this session for a private bill making such issue legaCthe Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company decided that they must return all the money that had been received as subscriptions to this Stock. Meetings of the Directors of the Telegraph Construction and Main- tenance Company and of the Atlantic Telegraph Company were called for Wednesday, the 27th December, to discuss what should be done in this emergency. There was a full meeting of the Directors of the first- named Company, and they manifested great desire to aid the Atlantic Telegraph Company in every way in their power. Another meeting of both boards was called for Friday, the 29th December, on which day they met and fully discussed the subject. As I liavc written you from time to time respecting the various negotiations \ZH'\'^'i \ tliiit ) :ive hoon gt-'ing on siini' iliat date, I will not repeat what 1 have licloii' sditcil, liiit ,j;ive you the result, wliieh i.s that a mw Coin]. any has Ihcu formed, ealleil "The Anglo- American Telep:raph Company, T.imited " and the annexed prospectus (marked A.) will explain the manner in which \>y means of this Ci'injiany it is now proposed to carry out the enterprise of tele capital will be obtained that they are going on full speed with the manufacture of the cable. Annexed you have an able address (marked E) delivered by Professor William Tliomson, LL.D. (who accompanied the expedition with the " Great Eastern " last year), before the Iloyal Society of Edinburgh, on the forces concernod in the laying and liftiug nf d(M'p-sea cables; a certifi- 1 Tr ti- 5 r^ oate ofwlmtltas boon provcl hj tlio Atluiilio ToloL-rapli KxpclitioiH ..f 18oS an.l ISHn (marked F) ; a letter fVom C. F. Varley, Ks.|., about the tariir fur ni.'ssao-os tliroiigh tlio AtljuitiV caltlc; (marked G) ; Mr. Willoii-^diby Smith's new systeni of testin- a for expediting the transmission of messac-es thron<;h lun- s)ibn)arinc eabl.s, an.l the eopy of his Idter whir], I s. nd you with this (marked T), will explain to yon that ho can inert\is<' tin.' speed to a nry groat extent. On the 7th ultimo I signed on bohalf of the X.^w Yurk, Newfoundland and T.ondon Telograph Comjiany, the lieads of an agreement with ]\Ir. Richard Atwood Glass on behalf r.f the Anglo- American Telegraph Company, as per copy annexed, (marked J.) This agreement J duly fui-vaidod to you for yonr approval, with a rcqnest that you would send me by tirst mail, a Tower of Attorney to execute tlie detailed contract, I am apprehensive that this agreement may not at first sight meet with your full approval, but yon will please remember that the last extension tliat the New York, Newfoumlland and London Telegraph Company gave the Atlantic Telegraph Com]niny fur the completion of the line from Ireland lo Newfoundland dues nut expire nntil the 1st day of March, 18(38, so that the Newfoundland Company conhl not lay a cable between Ireland and Newfoundland (his year or the next, nnless the Atlantic Company consented to cancel their agreement. Under all the circumstances, I put it fur your consideration, whether it was not better to contribute £2,'), 000 per annnm frum the receipts for through bnsin ^ to secure the laying of tlie Atlantic cable this year, than to let this gre-t enterprise remain in abeyance nntil 18G8? Yon are aware that by the agreement between the xVtlantic Telegraph Company and the New York, Newfonndland and London Telograph Com- pany, nuide on the 17th of February, 1858, the revenne for messages through the Atlantic cable or cables, and passing over the lines of the New ITork, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company is to 1)0 divided, two-thirds to the Atlantic Telegraph Company and one-third to the New York, Newfonndland and London Telegraph Company, that is for every three pounds earned for through business, two belong to the Atlantic and y 6 one to the Newfouncllaml Company, so that tlio revenue for throu^^h hnsi- ness on the lines of the last nanit'(l Company would he e(inal <<> half thai of the Atlantic Telcgrajih Conijiany, conseciiuntly if the l;tos.s income from one cable he .-Cr*! 0,000 per annum, the same messages pass- ing: over the New York, Newfoundland and Limdon Telegrajih Com- pany's lines Avill yield t(^ that Company £270,000 per annum. From this sum, however, must ho deducted £2'>,000 per annum, which I have agreed to contribute from our revenue to that of the Anglo- American Telegraph Company, to secure telegraphic communication between Europ.- jiiid America this season, thus leaving us a net income of £210,000 per annum for through business. With two cables across the Atlantic, the revenue for through business of the New York, Newfoundland ami London Telegraph Company would amount on the same basis, to £540,000 per annum, less £25,000 contri- bution to the Anglo-American Company, leaving net £515,000 per annum. £215,000 per annum, tli<> net revenue estimatiid to be derived by our Company from tlu' through Imsiness of one cable, is upwards of 40 per cent, per annum on our entire ca[)ital of j^,3, 000,000, £.j 15,000, the anticipalcd revenue from two cables, is more than 8o per cent, on the entire capital. "What our revenue will bo with additional cables I leave you to estimate. The local busines;^. of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telc- grajdi Company and the discounts agreed to be paid by Telegraph Com- panies in America to that Company, will in my opinion, keep the lines in perfect working order and jiay all expenses of operating the same, so that the revenue from through busine-s will lie entirely net profit. The capital of the Ne\v York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company is ^^'3,000,000, of which there has been issued j?'2,750,000 besides £50,000 sterling 5 per cent bonds due in 1874. I am negotiating in England for the manufacture of a new submarine cable, to be laid down as early in the ensuing spring as the weather will permit, between Cape Hay Cove, Newfoundland, and xVshpec Day, Cape Breton, and also for the repairs of the existing cable, so as to have two cables in good working order across the (Julf of St. Lawrence. I am also negotiating for the manufacture of a new cable to be laid between I'rince Edward Island and New Brunswick, and for the thorough repair of the "f ''if A. < • 'I pr.'sont caH"\ ko as ilso to liavo a d'liilile lino ncrojj.s tlif Straiti ol' Nortliumlu rljiml. As soon as llin Atlantic cable is in working onK'r I slron,i,'ly ailvisc anotlur calilc to lie lai Ercton, and the orcction of an additional wire npon otn* pre- sent j)olcs, and also that new land lines he eonstructcd IVoni Heart's Content to I'lacentia, and from Sydney to I'orl Hood ; this beini,' conipleteil, there wonld l)e three cables across tlic («idf of St. Tiaureiie(\ and tliree inde- jiondcnt telegraph lines all tlh' uay from the terminus of the Atlantii- calile at Heart's Content, to the end of the Newfoundland Company's line's. I hope that no message to or from the Atlantic cable \\ill ever be delayi'(l one hour on the lines of the New Yoik, Newfoundland and London Tedc- graph Cmnpany. You will ob^■■^ve by the amiexed extracts from letters of Mr. A. M. Mackay (marked K), our Su]ierintondeiit, that lie has no douiil the present tid)lo across the (jiulf of St. Lawrence can be repaired. The New York, Newfoundland and London Telcgrajdi Company Indd the exclu.sive riylit f(.r TiO veurs, fnnu 1851, of landing 8u]>marino cables on the shores of Labrador, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island, and for 2') years on the coast of iho State of Maine, the right to liuild lines in Canada, and an exelu-ive connection with the American Telegraph Company owning or leading all the lines in Nova Scotia and mo.^t of those in New Urnn-^wiek. These exclusive privileges, extending over more than 2,()()() nnles of sea coast, must ultimately i^'ove of great value to our Com- pany, for I brlieve tliat uithin a few years there will be many submarine cables working between Ireland and Newfoundland, and that they will all have as much business as they can do, I am sure, tliat when you consider for a moment the htmdreds of millions of persons in Europe, Asia and Africa who Avill be brought into communication with America by the Atlantic cable, you will agree with me that it is almost impossible to estimat(^ the futui'o value of our properly. The intercourse betweeri the eastern and we.'-tern hemispheres is increasing in an enormous ratio. It is less than thirty years since the first regular steam-jjacket crossed the Atlantic, and now there is an average of ncai'ly two steamers daily each way ^Sii;vlays Gxcopted^, as will bo seiin from the annexed statement, (marked L,) Professor 3L C. Yincent, of the Royal Geological Society, London, visited Newfoundland last year at the request of some gentlemen in this city, and I have obtained a coj>y of his report to them on our lead mine at La Manche. and annexed yon have the same, (marked M.) 8 I tlecliiU'J an uflVr niatlo to mo a few days since in LonJuii for tlie pnrclinso of the Ln Mnncho lenil mine. Copper, load, coal, imn and many otlicr niinorals have boon discovereJ in various parts of Nowfonndland, and I •would stnuiLdy advise that wy locate this sunmior the lialanct! of tlic 100 s(iuaro niilos of land granted to us hy the Govtrnnient of Newfoundland, and if this is done judiciously, these grants will prove of groat value to us. Attho Annual Mooting of the Sluu'olioldora of tlio Atlantic Ti h-graph Company laid this day, tlio Agroomont Lotwcou that Company and the Anghj-Auiorioan Tolegraph Company Limited was unanimously ap- proved. It is my intention to return to New York as soon as I liavc received fr(^m yon the Power of Attorney to execute the agreement lietwccn the Anglo-American Company and the Now York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Cfi(ni'< for S/iayi's iii the ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGriAni (OMPANY LIMITED. Licorporatt'// louhr tin " C'uutjinimH Ad, 1M02," iclilcli limitu llti Hahilitii nf inch Sliarc- h'llilcr to the uhtouiit of the Shares siibscrilxd li>/ hiiii. CAriTAL £000,000 in 00,000 SIIAEES of £10 EACH. Deposit (m Ai.jilicati >n t'l Drposit 't' annum from the Xew York, Xenfhioiithind ami fAui'liiii Teh'jraph Comjxiiii/, oat of the lariiimji if thot (Aimjudii/ j'or throillfh Ml iSIKIr^. The ayrcments brfween the ConqiatiiiS procide for other coidiiajent adnt/datjea ■which are after stated. Directors, OF.ORrJE PKAP-fi'DY, K.-i . --'. < >1'1 r.rna.l Stroot. EDWAKI) ( iJnri'Kl;. K-i., ^:\v:i\lanils, r,iishmst. CAITAIX A. T. HAMILTON, 1.', liolt.m Kow, Pirradilly. JncHAlil) ATWnttD t.-l.ASS, Km]., Asliuist, iK.ikiug. DANIF.L (UtitCH, 1:m\., M.P., Cl.w.r riiiK, Windsor. IIKNHY liKWLKV, Ksq., AVillow I'uik, DuMin. FKANCIS A. r.KVAN, Ksq., 'ii, Luiiilwr.I Stvnt. J. It. .M'CLKAN, i:~.i.. (.\:., -I-U (h-cat (icoriiv Street, Wostininstor. CIIAKLES E. feXEWAlM, E>q., 102, Lancaster Uate, Ilyde> I'aik, W. Bankers. Messrs. BARCLAY, BEVAN, TPJTTUX, lYVELLS & Co. 54, Lombard Street, E.G. Secretary 0»'''' tcao.—J. c. deane, Esq. Tins CoilP.ii^rY has beeu established for tlie puiiiose of oxeciiting in the course of the present year the great enterprise of laying a Submarine Cable between Ireland and Newfoundland, so as to connect telegraphically the Old 10 nciaiis 111 cmniiM nl Yii^Mifia. niid tho oliscrvations taken by (.'■d\)i. JamcH (T>()n, of tho Great ]'];'.- Aniei'iea. Tho C'irrunistancos attendin.i^ tlie recent attem]tts to carry ont this work have p;really inci'easod tho coniideiico of all those who have been enirapred in it. and tln'V are eouvinced that this renewed ellbri will bo attended AVilh s access, Tho whole lents in each year tVom all the Atlantic Tcle- grajih Company's Linos arc, afici' -payiug expenses of ro])aii's, nianagonicul, working, and direction, and inlcvcst (not exceeding £5,000 per annum) on tlie debentures of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, to be appropi iatod thus : — First. In paying to this Company £12.1000 por amnini. S(.'cond. In paying £72,000 per annum 'representing Eight ]ior Cent, on the Atlantic Conipany's existing Preference Stock and Four per Cent, on their Ordinary Stock) to the Atlantic Tolo- grajih Company, ar.d Tljinh TJio entire 1):i1;uk'o of ench year's receipts is to bo divided betw'en this Conijiany and the Atlnntic Telegraph Company in cqvial ;-]i;ires; Init no deneiency in respect of tho above annual paymi_^]its in any one year is to bo carried forward to an(jthor year. Tho right is reserved to the Atlantic Telegraph Company of terminating tlie Agreement on or before tlie 1st January, LSti!) (on givirg three months' notice to that etfect), by payment to this Company of the sum of £1,200,001,, being double tlic' amount of its capital. If, however, the Atlantic Telegraph Company cxei'cise thi-> option, tlio Anglo-Ameriean (A>ni]iiiny will have the right to take pnymeiit of tho £1,200,000, one-half in ca-h and one- half in Ordinary Atlantic Tolegrai»h Shares at par, instead of tho whole amount in ca^h. In the event of the Atlantic Telcgraj)h Company exercising theii' right of rcdeniption by payment of tlie above-named sum of £1,200,000, this Com- pany will be forthwith cU.-.soh-oi.'! and tho i'uuds distributed amongst tlie Shareholders. The Xew York, Xc^wiVamdland aixl London Telegraph Company, with a view of securing tho completion of telograiihic communication between Ireland and NowlVnindland during tho present year, liave by their I)eputy Chairman now in London agreed to cniilributo £2j,000 jicr annum to this Company out of their share ot the receipts, for through messages betwecm Irehmd and America, and passing over tlu'U' lines. This subsidy will ton ijoth cables ceasing : tor 31st December, ISOO, to bo in working order for twelve successive months. The agreement has been forwarded to New York for formal ratiiication tlun'o. To sum up tho financial arrangements, the clfect will bo as follows : — The Shareholder.s in this Company will be entitled to£l2r),000 a-year out of the eamiiicrs of the Atlantic Telffrrnj-.h Company'd Lines, and £'J'),()00 a-ycar out of those of tho NowfouTKlland (.'om]iany for through business, together i'loO.OOO a-year upon a capital of £'()()(), (lon, making 2,; piT rent, per annum. JJut this hy no moans represents all tlm advantagns -which may accrue, as, accoi'ding to the calculations that have heeu made, it is coniidently believed that even with a single cable and a low tariff the revenue will afford a large additional sum for division. An estimate, dra-mi up by practical and experienced telegraphists, of the probable returns is annexed. The Directors have great confidence in recommending this xindevtaking to the public. The Telegra])h Constnujlion and ^raintenauce Company will manufacturo the now cable and undertake the actual execution of the work contracted for by this Company, as above stated (up to the opening of the Atlantic Tele- gi'aph Lines for puldie business) for a total sum of £()00,()0() ; with a bonus to be provided by the Atlantic Telegraph Company under their agreement with this Company of £1. '37, 140 in ordinary shares of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, payable bj' instalments extending over fourt<.'en months, in case the cable of last year is successfully completed and continues in working order during that period. In the possible contingency of the new Cable not being successfully laid, £500,000 only will be paid to the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, and this Company will in that event be entitled to the value of all the unused and recovered Cable (subji'ct to the paj-uient of certain specified charges thereon), and it is estimated that this arrangement will jorovidc, in case of failure, f(n' a return to the Shareholders of this Company of at least one-third of their paid up capital. The whole f)f the deposits on Shares ■will be returned to the subscribers if two-thirds of the cajiital of the Company are not subscribed, or if the agree- ment with the New York, Xewfoundland and London Telegraph Company is not ratified by them. Copies of tlic Jlemorandum and Aiiiclos of Association can be inspected at the Counting House of Messrs. J. 8. Morgan & Co., and contracts at the Offices of Messrs. Bircham & Co., 40, Parliament Street. Applications for Shares are to be made in the accompanying form, and the deposit of £1 per Share paid to Messrs. J. S. Morgan & Co., 22, Old Broad Street. Should a less number of Shares bo allotted than is applied for, the deposit will, so far as required, be appropiiated towards the payment due on allotment. If no allotment is made, the amount deposited will be at onco returned without deduction. > ? e>th Mnrrh, ISOfi. 1 i j;i ANGLO-AMERICAN TKLEdliAPH COMPANY, Limitfi). >/ Tlin Directors cainiot of cotii'S(> hind IhcmPclvcs at prosont to any tariiT for mfssagcs. Tlio amount to be cliargi.-d will bo a matter for cousideratiou hereafter. But it may be safely assumed that it will not bo less than os. jier word. Working at os. per word, only five words a minute, twenty-four hours per day, and allowing 300 working days for the year, there would bo a gross roYonuo of £],S()() a-day, or £,140,000 a year. This is for one tablo only. The highest authorities in Electrical .Science give it as their opinion that eight words a minute could easily bo obtained through tho Atlantic Cable. And there is every reason to anticipate that at a tariff of anything like 5s. a word there would bo moio mt 'usages offered than tho Company could transmit. Tho undersigned append their names as considering this Estimate of tho probable result a reasonable one. CILVELES T. BRIGHT, M.T.C.E., Co)isi(lf!,„j Eiujiiuir t'h a)id Irixh Mocj)}c1ic I'ch'yroph Coiiipam/. LATIMER CLARi:, M.I.C.E., Consnltiiiij Eiujlnecr to the Electric I'lid Iiitenidfioiial Tehyrftph Compainj. HENRY C. FORDE, M.I.C.E. FLEEMIXG JF.NKIX, F.R.S. WILLIAM THOMSON. LL.D., F.R.S., I'rn/cssof of yatuml Philosuphii in the Viiirersit;/ of Glnsrjow. CR().MWELL F. VARLEY, M.I.C.E., F.R.G.S., M.R.I., &c., &c., Electrieinn to the Elietric and International Telcfjraph Company. The reaUsation of this lOstimate (allowing £25,000 per annum for Working Expenses) would make the income of the Company over £300,000 per annum. 14 iiUcjuoianlumn of .5l$soriattou , *v Siork piri'iniis i<> IJn' Issue itf till' Pro-spcrtiis. Telograph Con-stnictifm and Maiutenanco Co., Limited £100,000 Henry Ford Barclay, Esq lO.OOo Henry Bowley, Est^ 10,000 Thomars Bra.ssey, Esq 10,000 A. II. Campbell, E^q., M.P 10,000 George Elliot. Esq 10,000 CjiTis W. Field, Esq 10,000 Eichard Atwood Glas.s, Esq 10,000 Daniel Gooch, Esq., M.P 10,000 John Pender. Esq., M.P 10,000 John Smith, Esq. 10,000 Thomas Bolton and Sons 5,000 James Horsfall, Esq .3,000 A Friend of Mr. Daniel Gooch, M.l' 5,000 John and Edwin "Wright 5,000 John Wilkes & Sons 2,500 t. C. M. Lampson, Esq 2,000 J. Morison, Esq 2,000 Ebenezer Pike, Esq 2,00«« Edward Cropper, Esq 1,000 Joseph Robinson, I^sc^ 1,000 £230,500 18 ( E. ) i> R (.) c i: !•: i> I N <-i !^ OF TIIK ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. Mondau, December ISth, 18G5. Sm DAVID BREWSTER, rresident, in tlie Chair. \ * At the veqiicst of the Council, Professor William Thomson, LL D of Ghis..-ow, delivered the following Address on the Forces' concerned in the Laying and Lifting of Deep-sea Cables. ** Tni^ forces coMcrnoa in the laj-ing and lifting of deep Bubmarinc cables attracted much iiublic atlontieii in the years 18o7-i<». An xnerunental trip to tbc liay of Biscay iu May, 1 SJS, proved the possrbd ty, „,t only of safely laying .«cl. a rope as .be old Atlantic caUc m vca-y deep water, but of lifting it from tl.e bottom witbout traclurc. Tb= speaU, lud ,vitne sed the almost incredible feat of lifting np a con^derable Icngtl of that »,igbt and seemingly fragile tbread from a deptl. of nearly i nanneal m,leB Tie cable bad actually brongbt mtb it safely to the surface, from tbe bottom, a splice witb a large migbted frame attacbed to it, to ;'™\77'?';"S ~ L two ships, from .bid, tuo portions of cable wrtU opposrte t.rsts had been hid The actual laying of tbe cable a few months later, from mid ocean to vltntia on one sidrand Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, on the other, regarded appToximato statements, rorgh csiunat.-, ^^ . , i* >n»J ^'<' ^asen a , 19 H. air. nOMSON, on the X Cables. \ * (iicivly lis n iiu'oli;mir;il urlii. vciiU'iit, tonk l>y sui'inisi' some of llic most rcle- ln'ati'l ciiffiin'cvs of llic day, wlio hud not ooncealed tlieir o|)iuit)ii, tluit the Atluutit; Tfk'f^raiih Company luid nndirtakun an irapossibk' problem. As a iiiichanical acliiovement it was completely suecosst'ul ; and tlie (.lecti'ic failure, alter several hundred messa^jfes (comprising upwards of 4,liu0 words) hud Ih'imi transmitted between Yalentia and NLwfinuidland. was owin^,' to electric i'aulls cxistin^^ in the cable before it wt'ut h> sen. Such faults cannot escape detection, in the course of the manufaetiirr, under the improved electric testin^j; since brought into practice, and the causes which led to the failure of thctii'st Atlantic cable no longer exist as danger.-, in submarine telegrajihic enterprise. I'ut the possibility of damage being done to the insulation of the electric conductor before it leaves the ship (illustrated by the occurrences which led to the tt'Ui- porary loss of the 18(Jj cable), implies a danger which can only be tlmrnughly guarded against by being ready at any moment to back the ship and cheek the egress of the cable, and to hold on fnr some time, or to haul back some length according to the results of eleotiic testing. The forces concerned in these operations, and the meehanical arrangements by w hich they are applied and directed, cimstitutc one chief part of the present address ; the remainder is devoted to explanations as to the problem of lifting the west end of the 1,'200 miles ol' cable laid last summer, from Yalentia west- wards, and now lying in peite(.-t ele'ctric condition (in the very safest [ilace iv which a submarine cable cr.n be ke[)t), and ready to do its \\ork, as soon as it is connected with Newfoundland, by the <)00 miles required to complete the line. !S attracted possibility, very deep pcaker had [i;tli of that cal miles.* e bottom, a ug between s had been id ocean to !r, regarded. not that most the lougtli of a 1,073 feet. For Lhoms. Furccft (Oiicenti'/ in the Siiliimrijtiice of a Caltlc. In a paper publislied in the " Engineer" Journal in 1857, the speaker had given the dill'erential t-ipiations of the catenary formed by a submarine cable between the ship and the bottom, during the submergence, under the intluence of gravity and iluid friction and pressure : and he had pointed out that the curve becomes a straight line in the case of no tensinu at the bottom. As this is always the ease in detp sea cable laying, he made no further reference to tho general proljlem in the present address. "When a cable is laid at unif(n'm speed, weight of the cable in water, or about 14 cwt. per mUe for the 18(Jo Atlantic cable. The transveise com- ponent velocity to which this is duo may bo estimated with but insignificant ti'i'or, by taking it as the velocity uf a body moving directly to the bottoin in the time occupied in laying a length of cable e(jual to the 17 miles of ol>li(pie line from the ship to the bottom. Therefore, it must have been from 2 miles in 17 -f- ()i='2'()l hoiu's, or '8 of a mile per hour. It is not probable that the actual motion of the cable lengiliwise tlirough the water can aft'ect this result much. Thus, the vtfocitij of sctflhxj of a horizontal jiiece of the cable (or velo- city of sinking through the water, with weiglit just borne by lluid friction) would appear to be about '8 of a mile per hour. Tliis may he contrasted with longitudinal friction by remembering that, according to the previous result, a longitudinal motion through the water at the rate of one mile per hoiu- is resisted by only l-17th of the weight of the portion of cable so moving. These conclusions justify remarkably the choice that was made of materials and dimensions for the 1865 cable. A more compact cable (one for instance with less gutta percha, less or no tow round the iron wires, and somewhat more iron), even if of equal strength and equal weight per mile in watei', woidd have experienced less transverse resistance to motion through the water, and therefore woidd have run down a much steeper slope to the bottom. Thus, even with the same longitudinal friction per mile, it would have been less resisted on the shorter length ; but even on the same length it would have experienced much less longitudinal friction, because of its smaller circumference. Also, it is im- poi-tant to remark that the roughness of the cmter toAv covering undoubtedly did very much to ease the egress strain, as it must ha\c increased the tiuid friction greatly beyond what would have acted on a smooth gutta percha surface, or even on the surface of smooth ii'on wires, presented by the more common forai of submarine cables. The speaker showed models illustrating the paj-ing-out machines used on the Atlantic expeditions of 18J8 and 18Go. He stated that nothing coidd well be imagined more perfect than the action of the machine of 18Gu in paying out the 1,200 miles of cable then laid, and that if it were only to be used i'or pai/hirj out, no change either in general plan or in detail seemed desirable, except the substitution of a softer material for the "jockey pulleys," by which the cable in entering the machine has the stiiall amount of resistance ajiplied to it which . 22 it ri'(iuir(s (u kt^ of tlu' cabk' was kept always uii'lcr ptrlrct coiitiol liy a wri^Iitcd t'liitinii Krukf of Appiilil's (•(•nstniftion (wliii'li !ku1 pruvLil its good quality in the iSoH Atlantic txiicdition) apiilii'd to a soeoud drum oarncd on tlic isamc shaft with the main (li uiM. A\h(U tlic \vci;;ht.s wi iv nmovcd from the hiakf (which could be done almost instantaneously hy nuans of a sijiii)lo meolianism), the resistance to the egress of the cubic, produced by "jockey ptUloys," and the friction at the bear- ings of tho shaft carrying: the main drum, &c, was about 'Ji cwt. Priicrihirf to njiiiir tin Cn/iii- in rtise of tliv ajtiinirdiicf of itn i lectnc fault (hirliiij the luijimj. In tlie event i>f a fault being indicated by the electric test at any time during the paying out (as proved by the recent experience), the safe and proper course to be followed in future, if the cable is of the same C(»nst ruction as the pre>ent Atlantic cable, is instantly, on order given from an autlioii-i d olHcer in the electric room, to stoi> and reverse the ship's engines, and to put on the greatest safe weight on tlie paying-out biaki'. Thus in the course of a very short time the egress of the ca]>le may be stopped, and, if the w(allier is moderate, the ship may be kept, by proper use of paddles, screw, and rudder, nearly enough in the pro[ier position for hoiu's to allow the cable to hang down aluKJst vertically, with little more strain than the weight of the length of it bvtwec a the >hii> arid the bottom. Tlie bust electric testing that has been practised, or even planned, cannot show within a mile the position of a fault consisting of a slight loss of insulation, unless both ends of tlu' cable are at hand. Whate\er its character may be, imk-sn the electric tests demonstrate its position to be remote from the outgoing part, the only thing that can be done to iind whether it is just on board or just over- board, is to cut the cable as near the outgoing part as the mechanical circum- stances allow to be safely done. The elcetuc test immediately transferred to the fresli-eiit seaward end sho%vs instantly if the electric line is perfect between it and the shore. A few mimites more, and the electric tests applied to the Uco ends of the remainder on board, will, in skilful hands, -with a proper [dan of working, show very closely the position of the faidt, ichatercr its clmravter may he. The engineers will thus immediately be able to make proper arrangements for re-splicing and paying out good cable, and for cutting out the fault from the bad part. But if the faidt is between the land end and the fresh-ciit seaward end on board ship, pr per simidtaueous electric tests on board ship and on shore (not liitherto practised, but easy and sure if properly planned) must be used to dls- (!over whether the fault lies so near the shiji that the light thing is to haul bacK t l.iakr tlunlic main • ilullc to the i 23 tho cable until it is ^ot on board. If it is no, then steam power must bo applied to reverse tlie pa_\-ing-out machine, and, by careful watchinj^ of the dynamn- metor, and eoutrollir/ir the i>ower accindiiiKly (haulin;? in sloAvly, stopping, or veering' out a litlh', but n< v< r Uttin-r the (lyuamomrUr <,n) above «',() or «5.j owt.), the cable (whieh can l)rnr 7 Uk, if really ])rompt measiu'cs, as above described, are taken at the instant of the appearance of a fault, to stop as soon as possibk- ^\-ith safety- the further egress of the cable. The most striking part of the Atlantic imdertaking proposed for 1800, is that by which the 1,'JOO miles of excellent cable laid in 18(iu is to be utilised by completing the line to Xewtoundland. That a cable Ijing on the bottom in water two miles deep can be caught by a grapnel and raised several hundred fathoms above the bottom, was ampl}- proved by the nine days' work which followed the breakage of the cable on the 2nd of August last. Three times out of foui- that the grapnel was let down, it caught the cable on each occasion after a few hours of dragging, and with only 300 or 100 fathoms more of rojie than the 2,100 reipiiredlo reach the bottom by the shortest coiu'se. The time when the grapnel did not hook the cable it came up with one of its tlukes caught round by its chain ; and the grapnel, the short length of chain next it, and ab-mt 1200 fathoms of the wire rope, were proved 24 to have bt-eu draggt'd along tlie buttom, by bfing i'uin.d, when brDUi^hl on 1 ourd, to have tlie iut<;r^sticos lillcd Avith soft light gray ooze (of which iho s peakcr showed a spccimeu to the Royal Society). These results are (|uitc in rccordanco with the dynamical theoiy indicated above, according to which a Ungth of such rope as the electric cable, hanging down with no weight at its lower end, and held by a ship moving through the water at half a mile an liour, would slope down to the bottom at an angle from the vertical of only 20'-' ; and the much heavier and denser wii'e-rope that was used for the grappling would go down at the same angle with a considerably more rapid motion of the ship, or at a still steeper slope with the same rate of motion of the shi[). The only remaining (question is : How is the cable to be brought to the surface when hooked r" The operations of last August failed fi'om the available rope, tacklu, and hauling luachine uot being strong enough for this very unexpected work. On no occasion was the electric cable broken.* AMth strong enough tackle, and a haiding machine, both strong enough, and under perfect control, the lifting of a submarine cable, as good in mechanical (j^uality as the Atlantic cable of lS6o, by a grapnel or grapnels, from the b(jttom at a deptli of two miles, is cei'taiuly practicable. If one attempt fails another will succeed ; and there is every reason, from d}Tiaraies as well as from the 180.5 experience, to believe that in any moderate weatliei' the foat is to be accomplished with little delay, and with very few if any failing attempts. The several plans of proceeding that have been proposed are of two classes ~ those in which, by three or more ships, it is proposed to 1)ring a point of the cable to the surface without breaking it at all ; and tnose in which it is to be cut or broken, and a point of the cable somewhat eastward from the break is to be brought to the surface. With reference to either (^lass, it is to be remarked that, by lifting simul- taneouslj' by several grapnels so constructed as to hold the cable without slipping iilong it or cutting it, it is possible to bring a point of the cable to the surface Avithout subjecting it to any strain amounting to the weight of a length of cable equal to ;he depth of tlw water. But so many simultaneous grap[ilings by ships crossing the line of cable at considerable distances from one another would be reciuircd, that this possibility is scarcely to be reckoned on practically, without • Tlic strongest roi)c avail.able was a quantity of rope of iron wire r.nil lienij) spun together, able to tioar M tons, which was preparotl nicrrly as biioy-ropc (to iiroviile for tlu: coutiugrnry of being obligcJ, by stress of weather or other cause, to cut anil leave the cable in deep or F-hallnw \>*ater), iind was accordingly all in 100 fathom lengths, joined by sh.ackles with swivels. The wirc-ropo itself never broke, but on two of the throe occasions a swivel gave way. On the la^^t occasion about 000 fathoms of Jtanilla roi)c h.od to be used for the uiipcr part, there not being enough of the wire buoy-rope left ; and when "DO fathoms of it had been got in, it broke on board beside a sh.ackle, and the remaining aoo fathoms (if the Manilla, with l.-MO fathoms of wire-iope ;ind the gViiiMiol, and the electrie cublu whii'li it hiiii hooked. \\\iv all lost for the ycsiir ISfiS. \ I •2') rutting or breukiTi^' the cihle ;it ii point westward of the points raised by the grapnels. On the uther hand, with but three sliips the cable mij^ht, no doubt, be brought to the surface at any point along the line, without cutting it, and without subjecting it at any point to 'iinieh more strain than the weight corre- sponding to the Acrtical de])th, as is easily seen when it is considered that the cable was laid generally with i'rora 10 to lo per cent, of slack. And if the cable is cut at soTui.' point not far westward of tlie westernmost of the grapnels, there can be no doul)t but it could be lifted Avith great case by tlu'cc grapnels hauled II]) simidtaneously by three ships. The catenaries concerned in these operations were illustrated by a chain with 15 per cent, of slack haided up simidtaneously at three points. The plan which seems to the speaker surest and simplest is to cut the cable at any chosen point, far enough eastward of the present brokerL end to be clear of entanglement of lost buoy-n pe, grapnels, and the loose end of the electric cable itself; and then, or as soon as possible after, to grapple and lift at a point about tliree miles fartlier eastward. This coidd bo well and safely done by two ships, one of them "with a cutting gi'apnel, and the other (the " Great Eastern " herself) with a holding grapnel. The latter, on hooking, should haul Tip caii- tioush', never going beyond a safe sti-ain, as shown by the dynamometer. The other, when assured that the " Great Eastern" has the cable, should haul up, at lirst cautiously, but ultimately, v\'lien the cable is got well olf the bottom by the " Great Eastern," the western sliip should move slowly eastwards, and haul up with force enough to cut or break tlie cable. This leaves three nules of free cable on the western side of the " Great Eastern's" grapnel, which will yield freely eastwards (even if partly lying along the bottom at first), and allow the " Great Eastern " to haul up and work slowly eastwards, so as to kix^p its grap- pling rope, and therefore ultimately tlie portions of electric cable luiiiging dcavn on the two sides of its gi'a])nel, as neaily vertical as is necessary to make sure work of getting the cable on board. This plan was illusti'ated by lifting, by aid of two grapnels, a very fragile cliain (a common brass chain in sliort lengths, joined by links of iine cotton tluiad) from the lloor of the lioyal .Society. It was also point(>d out that it can be execute d by cme ship alone, with only a little tlelay, but with scarcely any risk of failure. Thus, by lirst hooking the cable by a holding grapnel, and hauling it up 200 or 300 fathoms from the bottom, it mil}- be left there hanging by the grajmel-ropo on a buoy, while tlie ship proceeds three miles wistwaids, cuts the eulile th.te, and returns to the buoy. Then it is an easy matter, in any moderate weather, to haul up safely and get the cable on board. The use of the dj-namometer in divdging was explained: and the forces operating on the ship, the conditions of weather, and the means of keeping llu' ship in pi'opcr position diirin;;' liie pi'-eiss ot'sl'wly )i;niliii-- in ;i eal lit , 'vcn it It were of strength ijuitu insullicient tu tiet when nearly vertical with any sensible force on the shi[), were discussed at some length. The manageability of the "Great Eastern," in skilfnl hands, had been proved to be very much better than coidd have been expected, and to be sufficient for the rcfiuirements in moderate weather. She has both screw and paddles— an advantage possessed by no other steamer in existence. By driving the screw at full power ahead, and backing the paddles, to prevent the ship from moving ahead, or (should the si;rew merpuwer the paddles), by driving the paddles full powci' astern, and driving at the same time the screw ahead with power enougli to prevent the ship from going astern, " steerage way" is created by the lash ()f water from the screw against the rudder ; and thus the " Great Eastern " may 1)e effectually steered without going ahead. Thus she is, in calm or moderate weather, almost as manageable as a small tug steamer, with reversing paddles, (jr as a roAving boat. She can be made still more manageable than she proved to be in ISGu, by arranging to di^-eonnect citlier paddle at any moment ; which, the speaker was informed by Mr. Canning, may easily be done. * The speaker referred to a letter he had received from Mr. Canning, Chief Engineer of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, informing him that it is intended to use thi'ce sliips, and to be provided both with cutting and with holding grapnels, and expressing great confidence as to the success of the atteu4)t. In this conjidcnce the sjjeaker believed evert/ practical man icho tcitnessed the Atlantic operations of 18(55 shared, as did also, to his kiiowlcdffe, other engineers who were not prcsoit on that expedition, but who tvere well acquainted with the practice of eahle-hujing and mendinri in various seas, especially in the 3Ieditcrranean. The more he thought of it himself, both from what he had witnessed on board the ^^ Gn-at Eastern" and from attempts to estimate on dynamical principles the forces concerned, the more confident he felt that the contractors would succeed next summer in utilising the cable jMrthj laid in 18G5, and completing it into an electrically perfect telegraphic line hitwcen Valentia and Neicfoundland. ' It is being done. »s.y«a*w«»^jjifgpt'^^^'- Vj«gw't^g^ma» yf^tm'!m-.s£»miKJSJihfxmmi:ita aJiiAKjytx'..--. ■ •■■ : sensible :y of the eh better ments in possessed er ahead, houkl the tern, and event the ater from ft'ectually :t, almost a roAving 3 in 18G5, e speaker ag, Chief informing h evitting success of ))ian icho motvlcdffc, tcerc well •ions seas, hothfrom ttempts to iijidcnt he ible imrthj aphic line ( F. ) THE xVTI^iNTIC TELEailAPII COMPANY. Cvrtificafc xii/iic/J h;/ pcr.soi/s officidlli/ oKjfifjvd /')/ /((i/ii/f/ fl/r Afldnfic Trleiiraph CiiJilc fron) flu- Grcut E((ntern in 1865. 1. It was proved by the expedition of 18.38, that a Submarine Telcgrajih Cable could bo laid between Ireland and Xe-svfomidlaud, and messages trans- mitted through tho same. By the expedition of 18Gj it has been fully demonstrated : — 2. That the insulation <;f a cable improves very much after its submer- sion in the cold deep water of tho Atlantic, and that its conducting power is considerably increased thereby. o. That the steamship Great Eastern, from her size and constant steadi- ness, and from the control over her afforded by tho joint use of paddles and screw, renders it safe to lay an Atlantic Cable in. any weather. 4. That in a depth of over two miles four attempts were iiiade to grapjibj tho cable. In three of them the cable was caught l)y tho grapnel, and in the other the grapnel was fouled by the chain attached to it. o. That the paying-out machinery us. That more than four nautical miles of the Atlantic Cable have been rocovei'ed from a depth of over two miles, and that the insulation of the gutta perclia covennl wire was in no way whatever impiiii-ed by the depth of water or the strains to which it had been subjected by lifting and jiassing through the hairliug-iu a]iparatus. 10. That the cable of iNI!."), owing to the improvements introduced into the manufacture of the gutta percha core, was more than one hundi-ed times better insulated than cables made in 1858, then considered perfect and still working. 1 1 . That the electrical testing can bo conducted at sea ^-ith such unerring accuracy as to enable the electricians to discover the existence of a fault im- mediately after its production or development, and very quickly to ascertain its position in the cable. 12. That with a steam-engine attached to the jtajing-out machineiy, should a fault be discovered on board wliilst la\-irig the cable, it is possible that it might be recovered before it had reachc-d the bottom of the Atlantic, and rejiaired at once. S. CxVXXIXG (Engineer in Cliief, Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, LimHid.J JAMES ANDERSON CCommandcr of the Great Eastern). HENRY A. IMORIARTY, rstaff Commander, R.X.J DANIEL GOOCII, M.P. r Chairman of " Great Ship Co." J. HENRY CLIFFORD (Euginter). WILLIAil THOJrSON, LL D., F.R.S. fVrof. of Natural Thllosophg in the Unieerslig of Glasgow). CROirWELL F. VARLEY ^Consulting Electrician Electric a>>(l Inttrnational Ttkgraph Co.), WILLOUGHBY SMITH. JULES DESPECHER. I I •'!» ?oi) wator of the uoys ovou when bccu proviou.sly ?ablo have boeii ion of tlio giitla depth of water lari.siiig tlu'ough introduced into ' ]iundi-ed times [•c'rfect and still 1 such unernnj? ' of a fault im- :ly to ascertain nt machinery, , it is possihlo f the Atlantic, Construction and ittd.J rat Eastern J. , R.X.J ■eat Shi]} Co." J. of. of Natural of Glasgoxc) . trician Electric iph Co. J. 4 ( <> ) THE 'J'AUI1''F (IJ- THE ATI.A.NTIC CABLE. Lonflon, Soptonilrer Ist, 1865. My Deau Sir, In the London Press, calculations of the profits of an Atlantic Cahlc liavc appeared, these calculations are bused upon tht> idea of charging only oa. a word. A telcirraph to ho of use must ho expeditious and accurate. It will, therefore, he necessary to limit the mcssufjes to ho transmitted through the cable to such an extent that th(^ niunbcr received during the twenty-four hours shall not exceed the carrying powers of the cable during that peiiod of time. Shoidd the nimiher of messages received during the twenty-four liours exceed the transmitting powers of the cable the second day would begin with a portion of the mcs. I, riurkinyhauirJat''. II ;'.(> ( II ) AFk. Wn.i.orointv S.mhiis \t ir Si/sfi m iit' icsh'jif/ a Suhn/tnu'iH Ccihlc vJvi-frk'((lhj (lin'i)tij its Kiifwirrsion. Mr. Willoiigliby Smith, f)t' tho Gutta Percha Works. v,]vi was on board tlie Groat Eastern last year, ami who saw the difficulties we had to ft)nt(Mid with, has since his return d.vi-ed ([uite a new system of testing a cable electrically during its Mil.nnersion. Of the merits of thi-; system there can be no question, as it has been thoroughly tried tlrrough the 1,000 knots of Atlantic Cable now on board the ship with perfect success, rrofessor Thomson and all the gentlemen competent to fonu au opinion upon the subject, speak of it in the highest terms. The characteristic advantage of this system over all previous ones is, that the insulation test may be p.ennanently maintained throughout the voyage on shore as well as on board, while tests for continuity may be freely made, and communication between ship and shoi*e con.-'tantly keitt vq) with- out interfering in any way with the insulation test, which is all im]iortant. Should a fault in insulation take place, it is immefliately discovered and reai.lily localised ; for, by the peculiar woiking of this system, the olectricians on board and on shore are enabled to funiish each other with such data as to render the localisation of the fault comparatively easy. Another advantage in this system maj' be mentioned, namely, the sim- ]ili('ity of all its arrangements. There is not throughout the entire voyage any alteration in the conn(>ctions. "Wluitever takes place, there cannot be any confusion in tln' handling of the a^iparatus. Experience has shown that in the excitement of laying a submarine cable gix-at troubh^ is caused by having to change the apparatus so frequently for the dilTercnt tests ; but in this new system all these tests are combined in one, and thus this great an- noyance is completely obviated. I ( 1- ) ,7 !/■ ■ho was on board tad to oontond testing a cal)lo -y.stem there can '6 1,000 knots of ofcssor Thomson on the subject, i-evious ones is, :hroug]iout th." - may be freely ' kejit ui) with- U imjiortant. tliscovored and the electricians uch data as to '•ly, the ,siin- L-ntire voynge '•0 cannot be J- shoM-n that is caused by ^■^■^ts ; but in his great an- Deak Mu. Field, I'hatham, 14th rebnuivy, LsGG. lu rei'ly to your entiuiiy as to how I am getting on M^-ith my Telegraph Code, it -n-ill doubtless interest you to know that it is now rapidly aii]iroachiiig c(jmpletion. "\Micn I made the trial through the 12300 miles of cable on board th..- Great Eastern, in July last, I succeeded in gaining 14 minutes out of 32 in the transmission of a message. The code at that time was incomplete. Now I fully expect to be able to gain (at the lowest average) cent, per cent, oyer any iri-trument-* worked on the existing tolegrapliic 'system. Another advantage possessed by this code is its correctness in the rendering of telegrams, added to which is its simplicity. I have proposed to the Telegi-aph Construction and Maintenance Com- pany to open negociations for the commercial working of my code, not ^\•ith the Atlantic Cable alone, but with other existing great lines, especially India ; and I am induced to believe that by doul)ling the working powers of a line the market value of the shares must necessarily bo advantageously intluenced. I hope to see you again shortly on the subject, meanwhile believe me. Yours very tndy. ( ^^i'jnvlj FRANK BOLTON. CYUU8 W. Field, Esq., Palace Hotel, London. !l I ( •'• ) li^ralld of JlgrCCmcnt Between Mr. I^iciiAUi) AtwouI! Glass on hlalj of a Company about to be formed and ealltd The Axulo-Ajiekican TELEGUArn Comrvny for some other name J hereinafter called the New Company, and Jlr. C'Yurs AVest Field oh behalf fjf the New York Xeicfoundland and London Telegraph Company hereinafter called the Xew York Company. "WT^IEEEAS the Now Company being about to enter into a contract with the Atlantic Telegi-aph Company for the manufacture and submersion in 1S()0 of a new Atlantic Telegraph Cable between Ireland and Newfound- laud and for the endeavour to recover and complete the broken Atlantic Telegraph Cable of One thousand eight himdi-ed and sixty-live have in conjunction with the Atlantic Telegraph Company applied to the New York Company io as.sist them in that onteii^riso : AND WHEREAS the New York Company are desii'ous of encouraging and assisting the proposed undertaking so as to obtain Telegraphic communication between Ireland and Newfoundland durmg the present year : IT IS THEREFORE AGREED between tho New Company and the New York Company as follows that is to say : Article 1. If the New Company during tho year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six maiuifacturo and endeavour to lay a now Atlantic TelegrajA Cable between Ireland and Newfoundland and (>ndeavour to recover and complete the broken Atlantic Telegraph Cable of One thousand eight hundi-ed and sixty-five and succeed in both or either of those endea- voiu's so as to have established in One thousand eight hundred and sixty- six Telegraphic communication between Ireland and Newfoundland by one or both of the said twt) cables the New York Company will \)a,y to the New Company out of the proportion bekmging to the New York Companj' of the first receipts (after deducting current oxix-nses of ro])airs maintenance management and staff for working the traffic) for messages passing through tho two Atlantic Telegi-aph Cables above referred to or either of them and also passing over the Telfgraph lines of tin- Xiw York Company or any of ■y,i i.vKi) Atw-ooi) f>i^ formed and 'oiiipany, and ■^^f'o York ny hereinafter ■to !i contract d submersion (1 NcM-found- )kcn Atlantic iivo have in !io Xow York AS the Now 'ho proi)o.sed veen Ireland E AGEEEB follows that usand eight ow Atlantic ideavour to 10 thou.'^and lose endea- aiid sixtj*- :uid b3- ono o the Now any of the aintenance g through them and or any (,f I .,% them the annual subsidy of £'25,UUO with u i)roi>ortionato part of that sum for any i)oriod loss than a year up to tho detenuinatiou of this Agi-eenicnt as hereinafter jnovided. Article 2. The subsidy to connnenfo from tho dato of tho opening of tho Tc'lograi»h cable or cables for i)ubli(; business between Irolanc insufUcient to pay tho amount of tho sub>idy for tliat year tho deficiency shall not bo carried forward to another year or constitute any claim against tho Now York Company or its futiu'o tiiriiings. Article 4. Tho subsidy shall cease wheu tho Atlantic T(.'legraph Company pay to tho New Company tho sum of £'1,200,000 of capital pursuant to tho Contract to bo entered into as aforesaid bftwc-'U the Atlantic Telegraph Com- pany and tho New Company or if and wheu the said Now Company shall agree with the said Atlantic Company for stmie new or varied mode of pay- ment or sjitisfaction of their claim, or, if and wheu Ti degraiihic commimi- catiou between Ireland and Newfoundland by both of tho said two cables shall at any time after the 31st December ISGO have ceased for twelve suc- cessive months to be in order for public business. Art irk' o. A formal contract on the above basis to bo entered into be- tween tho two companies to bo settled in case of dilierenco by Mr. John Horatio Lloyd, or him failing, by some counsel to be named by tho Attornoy- Oeneral of England on behalf of both parties. Artick 6. These heads of Agreement are subject to tho ratification of tho New York Company which ratilication Mr. Field pledges himself to uso his best endeavours to obtain within five weoks from the date hereof. Arlick 7. The N^w Conipany are to obtain the consent of tho Atlantic Telegi'aph Company to this Agi'eement but this Agreement is not in any way to prejudice or lesson tho rights of tho Nlw York Com^iany under their Agreements with the Atlantic Telegraph Company. (Signed) Witness— W. Shutor. D«iid 7fh Febriiarij, 1866. E. A. GLASS, CYRUS W. FIELD. ri' -I ;jt ( K. ) St. J(.li,i\s, a!)th Novcimljer, l»(i,-,. rcpau- „„,. Oulf fal,l„ .luring the month of ^r„v noxt , ol 'b v •■ i part, ami at no von- Rmit oxnonvo 1 ,1„ , r , '"■'''•■> '" "'" ■•'•ly .lentiy a„„ nnKosi jti.c:;';::: .Jit..""' -""^ ' '"'' '" "» -- "'" -"- St. Jehu's, l.Hh I ).>(•(, „},or, IHChk "There is no doulit in tl,,. loi^f fi,.,f r May 2)Sth JJecember, iMOo. "There is not tho lea«t doubt whatovuv thit the n pau-ed. A reef lies off Capo North and "^''^" " IS bad. in be re- OTi that reef, 21 futhom.s, llio cabh, " ''^ ^'^ N-^-^<"-Hl shore it is as ,ood a. the day .t was Udd/' . ^fi**" ;i'. ( h. ) SGG. tv)i(lc,tt of the ri. ontpnni/. Ltst nf coijiKjt.-^ hij ^teunwrs crn.ssuKj thv North Af/anlir hefiiren Jinroj)r (tiid Aiiicricc //''">'/;/. ber, Dm:,. If that I ran ly in tho (■iirly •so, but conti- r, 1800. iblc early in sr, 1805. can be re- V-, llie cablo laid." Name of l.iiv^. Per W.ck moll way Nuiiibtr per Annu TTiiinii 2 208 1 104 \rnntvpill 1 104 1 104 IJi-itish and Aiiit'iifan 1 104 r.\ci y Two ^V^L•k^ « 'unaril (Extra) 1 52 North (ierman Lloyds I 52 Hambmg Aiaoricau 1 52 ( ininn iuiil Co.'rt 1 5-J Loiulon and New Yoik . . . . I 52 London and Boston I 52 Tiiv'^ri'ool and Boston 1 52 (.ivorpoul and Baltimore . . . 1 52 Anchor 1 52 'i'ran'^- Atlantic (French) . . . 1 52 K.vorv Four Weeks. N'nrth American IJoyd 1 26 New York and Havre 1 26 Total.. 1,196 X.B. -On several of the above Tanes it is intended to increase the ninnber of passages, and now Companies are being formed. I ^1! I I ;i() ( M. ) OkEAT rL.VfT.N'TIA, N'f.VTFOT-KLI.AM). iktuber IGlIt, Ifido. Gentlemen*, Incompliance with arranpomout;* iicrfoctod with you in Ixtrnlfn during tho early part of hist nionth, I huvo visited the La Man«he Lead Mining Property; and aft^r a thimnigh exiiminntioii into tho merits, cha- ractcr, and condition of tho -ianio, havo much ]ilt'!isure in laying Ix-forf you tho following HE POUT. This property comprises an area of about ri;_'lit thouf Triiiity Bay » nr-iirly itct- situat*.-*! Home Pa.-<^iug from eutre, t^I jji t"ii-fi-«tiiig of '>ut in manv '( live suxk ,- rood water is * almost due ) line fonsti- s the depovit le l.xle to be t lies almost our^. of tiie ^ dip at an xle are of a i\-itli a sLght I'Pth. The i-J in a pre- print where thf Htrt'iiTJi niake.i into the Buy. The lea'l. wlii.h is of the fine^^t ([uality. is iiiihcd'li'i in ii soft "j^iigiie" of i)ink-tiiij.'rnifin^' alumt si.\ inclies in tliickntsst*. TUh pronenf ])urtial develoj»nient of the mine may in trutli \w said to only extend Huffieienlly far to exhibit to advant.i^jre the real magnitude and superior cha- raott-r of tlie d<'jH»^it. The entin- wurkintrs. liy actual m(>asuri'nient, extend over a 'listanco of l)arely onr- th-ai-rMid livi' hundred feet. An adit-level has been dtivon from the " landwa-li" westwardly through a di^ance of about one thousand three hundred and tliirty feet, and iivu sliafts, at an average distance apart of about two hiuidred and fifty feet, liave be(>n snidi tn the a thii time amount to over tliree hundred thousand dollars. In o] crating the mine, immense caverns, or " vughs," containing many tons of pure "prill" ore, entirely divested of the gangue, are liit upon. These were doubtless foi-med by the decomposition of spar identical with that peiTading the main lode ; the carbonate of lime passing into a solution, the charge of ore became disengaged, and fell to the bottom of the cavern. Several of those "vughs." of various sizes, have been met with, all con- riw^ 38 taining largo (juantitit^s of "|mH"ore, which in such cases is gonomlly invested with, ov iiiihoddt'il in, a thick lic[ui(I consistency ot the black tixyd of manganese. In other ca-( •-, the prill, thougli a sulphurot itself, is covered with a heavy coatin:^' of tlic carbonate of h^ad, and tbi^ walls of the cavity are lined with a similar deposit. 1 caused a blasting to Iji: made a short distance in advance of the furthest rogidai- workings, und was much pleased with the show of ore revealed. Indeed, all that I have seen in connection with this mino has proved ex- tremely satisfactory. l:]veiything exhibits tho detomiination of legitimate and well-ordered business on the part of the comi)any. There are twenty-six W(dl-arrangcd and comfortable houses for the accommodation of tho miners ; the " cribbing" in the shafts is carefidly done, and the houses over the sumo are in su]inrior condition. A tramway is laid in tho water-level, and tin.' stream, the course of which is identical with that of the lode, is neatly turned asiile and L'd through a race to the Bay, driving tlie machinery for dressing the ores as it passes :dong. Two magazines, and a store house three stories high, and 21 by 44 feet, are also prominent fixtures in the Company's im- provements, A substantial diun has been constructed at the outlet of an imp(ntant pond, a mile inland, by which means a fine reserve of water for driving thi^ machinery and dressing tho ores is always available. As to till' workability of this mine, it may be said that few mineral deposits are so free from difRculties. The spar in which the ore occurs is so soft and tender as to strongly remind one of camjihor, and indeed much of it is only slightly more persistent. About sixty feet below the surf'ai'e, and fort J- feet above the adit, levels in several places have been driven from two or three of the shafts, and some " stoping" has been executed. Tho samo may bo said with regard to various sections of the adit-level, in which con- Bidevable .stoping has been done, and " stulls " erected. Operations in a [)oition of tho adit-lovel are at i)resont suspended from the interruption of water breaking in from a large " ^nigh," in such (piantity that tho present draining appliance, consisting of one small pump, is not siilficient to successfidly combat it. An iron pump, of splendid dimensions and quality, is now obtained and on the groiuul, but not arranged in working order. If operated by a small engine, I beUeve this new pump, without tho aid of the old one, would be sutlicient to keep the mine free from any em- barrassing amount of water. J doiibt not but this water proceeds from u cavern much greater than any yet discovered on the property, and that when l. ^ I n vs is ,!>f'noraIly tho })]ack oxyd ••^elf, is covpred ■ <>i' tlio cavily r>f tho furfliosf, ore revealerl. IS proved ex- "f legitimate ro twenty-six f tlio miners ; )ve]' (lie sunio ivol, and til., loatly turned ■ for dr«>ssing tliree stories mpany's im- outlct of an o{ -^witer for few mineral occurs is so I much (if it nrihvc, and ?n from two Tho same ■which con- onded from :h quantity mp, is not limensions in woi'kins" 'ithout tlio II any oni- her, than that of any other Anuaican mine ; and with respect to discharg- ing' supplies and the withdrawal of ..re, no property could he hotter situated, us^-essels of large tonnage can he moored alongside the pi..r at the mouth ol the adit. Mining operations can ho carried on with oven greater tacility and economy in winter than in summer, as in the former season largo lumLhers of men connected with the hsh.nios are out of their usual employment and can ho hired as miners at from llfteeu to twenty dollars per month. Another important advantago enjoyed hy tho company is tho fact that at least fifty per cent, of the wages of their employes is paid in supplies from their st<,re, there heing no village or town within ten or twelve miles ot La Manclie. Thcn'e is a tol-graph station upon the property, connected with the lino of the New York, Nowfoundlund and London Telegraph Company. Not lar distant is the proposed terminus of the great Atlantic Cahle, and when this grand enterprise is once achieved, the mine will ho placed m mmiediato c(mnnunication with Liverpool and London. Li view of the anxiety which has heen felt and expressed during tho la.t year with reference to an almost entire suspension of work on the lead deposits ofEngland and Wales, thr fad tha this fine property is vutlna Ikr Majrstys domua, a,„J n-ith every eneovreu,in<, cirannsta.ee as to location and deveho^n.eut,rc,airiu,,aeo.n''n'atir.l!ismaUaqnta^^^ results, I feel strongly urged to recommend this remarkahlo uuue to the prompt and earnest atteutiou of yourselves and friends. 1 am, gentlemen, Veiy truly yours, M. e. VINCENT. Extract from letter of Mr. A. M. Mackay, (Jenrral Hnperhdcndent of t/ie New York, Newfoundland and London Tele.jraph Company, doted St. Joan s,^ January 2dth. ISGti .•— " La Manche looks nncommonly promisiny. ' •• For the force enyayed they are riettinri out a rpeat deal of lead.- 40 ( N. ) NEW YOKK, NEWFOUNDLAND A^'D LONDON TELEGRAPH COMPANY. r Incorporated April loth, ISoA.J PETER COOPEE, Esq CYRUS W. FIELD, Esq. President. MOSES TAYLOR, Esq. ^''''--President. Professor S. F. B. MORS!-] . . Treasurer. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, Esq. Eledrician. Counsel. DIRECTORS. PETER COOPER, Ercsident. 'Treasurer. E^edrician. C'uH/isel, 3W York. ( ) 41 THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. (liu'urpuniti'd hij Aii of railiamiiit, Wu.J DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS FOR 1866. pirrrtonj. The Hight IIox. JA:\H:S .STT'AliT WORTLEY, Chatiimav. rU liTIS jM. LAJIPSUX, i:sq., Vhe-Chaiuman. G. r. BIDDKII, Esq., C.E. FRANCLS LE IIRF/POX, Esq. EDWARD t'ROl'l'Ei;, Esq. Silt EDWARD (UNARD, I5art. SA:MUEL GURXEY, Esq., M.P. C.vrTAix A. T. HAMILTON. GEORCJE rEAl'.ODV, E.sq. JOHN' rEXDi;i{, Esci., si.r. lIoNoiiAKV Diur.(Tou--AV. H. STERJIEXSOX, Esq. Ilouovari) Jlii'fftorii iu tljc tlnitctr ^txtty,, E. IM. ARCHIBALD, E.sq., C.I3 II. JI. C'on.suI, X. «• York. LORIXe^ AXD1;EWS, E,-q Xow York. PETER (:0(.)PJ:J^, Esq Xtnv York. AVILLIA:M E. D(JD(rE, Es(i Now York. CYRI'S W. FIELD, Esq X..W York. ^YI LSOX C^. LirXT, Esq Xcw York. A. A. L( )W, Es(i X( w York. HOWARD PUTTEi;, Es.i Xew York. Dononiri] pirrctov;; iu iU-lti;ilj ilovtb ^meriQ. HrrrH ALT,AN, Esq Montn^ril, Canada. WILLIAM CrXAItl), Es(i Halilax, Xova Scotin,. AYALTER (JRIEVE, Es(i .St. Johirs, X.wl'oundland. THOMAS C. KIXXEAR, E.sq Huliiax, Xova Scotia. Cmuiultiug .^ticntitii: Ci^mmittw. "SYILLIAil FAIRRAIRX, Esq., F.R.S., Manchost(>r. Captain DOEIU.AS (iAl/POX, R.E., F.R.S., London. PiioiEssoii WILIJA:\I 'J1I():\IS()X, E.R.S., OLisgow. PitoiKssoii C. WmiATSTOXE, E.R.S., London. JOSEPH AVHITWOirni, Es(i., F.R.S., Jlanchoster. IIiv orarij Conxiillin;! l-'iiijintir in America — Gexeual :MARSHALL LEFFERTS, Xow York. OFFICES-12, ST. HELEN'S PLACE, BISHOPSGATE STREET WITHIN, LONDON. and. Secretary and General Si(peri)i1emle»f—(JE0\IGY. SAWARD, Esq. i'/ff^/vVm//— CR0:\IWELL F. YARLEY, Esq. Solicitors— SlT.ii^iis. FRESHFIELDS & XEWilAN. Auditor— II. W. BLACKBURN, Esq., Bradford, Y'orkshirc, rublic Accountant. |i;ntlicr;i. In Loudon The Bank of EntjLind, and ]\[pssrs. Glyn, iMills ': Co. /// Laiicanldrc Tlu^ Consolidatod Bank, Limited, Manchester. In Ireland Tho Xational Bank and its Branches. In Scotland , The British Linen Company and its Branchea. In New York Messrs. Diinoan, Sherman k Co. In Canada and Xova Scotia . . The Bank of British X'^orth America. In Newfoundland The Union Bauk of Newfoundland. ^'.-'Lvr^i-k'"- :- '■■«", , 'W ;h 4 42 CO]VSTfiU(;Tl(« - TELEGRAPH VXD MALXTEX UXIIIED. ■1? ii :: ( OJIPANY, i'nitu., the Business of the Gutta T^rcha Company uith that of Messrs. Glass, Ellhf ^ Company. £ hi I Jl DIRECTORS. ^TT^.^... '^^"^''' PENDER, E.q., M.P.. C„.virm.v.v. ALEXANDER UEXRY CUIPBELL, E.n., MP VicE-Ciivnnr..^ RICnAM,^OOI> GLASS, E.,. iGU^^^J^'Z X^^^;^ IIE^RY FORD BARCLAY, E.q. (Gutta P.-cha Co.) THOMAS BRASS]] Y, Esq. '^ GEORGE ELLIOT, Esq. (Glass, Elliot & Co ) ALEX^iXDER STRUTJIERS FIXL^VY E^q M P DAXIEL GOOCH, Esq., M.P. ' " SAMUEL GURXEY, Esq., M.P. LORD JOIIX HAY, M.P. JOUX SMITH, Esq. (Smith, Fleming & Co.) BANKERS. TilE COXSOLIDATED BANK. Lifted. London and Manchester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. BIRCHAM, DALRYMPLE, DR.VKE & BIECKVM Messrs. BAXTER, ROSE, NORTON & Co. SECRETARY. WILLIAM SIIUTER, E^. OFFICES. 54, OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON. WORKS. Wharf Roap, City Roap. N.. .ajtp East G REEXiriCH, S.E. 4 ■-«j miuiamiiiw i l i lMBUllHlimi «•■ / ^,sr.»,Mi ■wiitJ'..-..-->:j*^jis,'.!ks mouths of L'anube 1857 ( I'vl'in I Mainland of India 185^ It;i]v 1 Sicily 185.S i:nL.'laud , Holland 1858' Ditto I IlanoviT 185;-; l<"rway across! Fiords 1858 South Au.-tralia | Khi^^'s Island .... 185^ ( 'cvb'n India 1 850 AL'.xandria ! I85'.i Knirland i Drninurk 1859 Swidiii I (iuthland 185'. I Folkestone 1 Cuido.^ue 1859 Aeruss riv..rs in India !l85'.> .Malta Sicily J1859 Knirland Isle of :\Ian 1859 Suez ■ .Tubal I.4and 1 1 85!' Jersey | Piron, France .... '1859 Tasmania ; l?a>s' Straits 1860 Denmark ' ,( ireat IVlt; \ \\ '^l';^ 1860 Dacca ! P. -u .. 1860 I'lire-lona | ^Million 186(1 Minorca | ^Majorca 1861) Ivi/a I ^lajorea 1860 St. Ant'inio I iviza . . 1861 N'orv.ay across' Fiords 1861 Toub in I Corsica I Ali'xandria ! Di"]iii(/ . . . Wexford . 1861 Ilolvhcad | Howth, Ireland 1861 Malta 1S(U Newhaven 1862 Pembroke 1862 Pirth of Forth 1862 England 1862 Across Kiver Tay . . 1863 Sardinia "... 18i)4 Persian Ciulf 18o4 Otranto I Avlena Holland Sicilv . . 1865 La Calle 1865 Sweden . lS65P)iscrte.. 1865,Coi'sica . Bi:-erte , Prussia - ■Marsala Tuscany 6 4 6 4 (; o 6 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 o •) 1 6 1 1 1 I 1 1 (1 1 .■)' 1 1 2 •) 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 TOT.VL 6 25 ■) 27 12 110 10 10 5 1.' 49" 3 30 8 140 280 16 1 10 30 2 368 64 24 10 60 3() 220 21 210 28 116 180 35 71 7t' 16 195 (i4 1535 80 63 6 130 2 243 1450 60 '■^7, 55 164^' 66 6811 108 5t 483 24 150 8 1(!2 36 060 60 40 15 4', 49" 3 30 8 560 560 16 140 30 8 1104 ()4 144 10 60 36 220 21 240 126 116 ISO 70 lis 152 16 195 64 15;i5 320 252 24 520 8 243 1450 (;o '-''] 166 164^ 66 W atir inllli('( alili'Kliii>tf r.'ithuin> I iK'i'ii uurkiuK j 1 5 y. ars 113 yean* 13 years 13 years 13 years 13 yearn 12 yiare 12 years 12 yi [irs 12 year,' 1 1 years 1 1 years 10 ytars 9 _\ eara 9 yeais 9 yearn 8 years 8 \(ars 8 years 8 \ears 8 yi ars 8 years 7 years 7 jears 7 yeai-s 7 yt iirs 7 years 7 years 7 years 7 years 6 years 6 ye;u'S 6 years 6 years 6 years 6 years 6 yeaiH t) years 5 yeaiy 5 years 5 vf-ars 5 years 5 years 4 years i 4 year's 3?; years I 4 years I o years I 2 y.ars H yeai"s 12 n.oulhs jl2 months 1 12 months G months 14 325 20 300 60 ■ 30 30 300 : 15 45 30 80 32 79 30 15 18 1400 250 500 450 300 1550 420 58 30 1260 120 569 11080J A preat many Cables of short leng-th?, not incUulcd in this List, are now at work in various parts of the world ; and other Cables, the Wires Insulated by the Outta Pcrclia Company, have been laid by Messrs. F»:i,i k.s & GeiLLK.wMF, of Cologne, during the last eight years, amount to over 1,000 miles, and "which are now in "•orking order. ■r ti \f If u If r I i if- ( • 1 IN> EX' \vf: W]- inn- DEI TIIF 7 LEN < 'ajtta Lou 48 onipaiiy in 1858, and of tlie CaLlc mauuracl urcd (or tlio saiiio : Co., and the Oiitta Porclia Company.) L MILES. XEW ATLANTIC CAIiLE, IStii;. f IXSI 5 F,XT ( 1 \vi:t» wi:tc 1515EA DEEl'i Till: (H niili < 't »XI>r('T(>li — (_'(.]ipfr >.tiui.(l cont-istui;,' of 7 viiv> ((i laid idiiihI (nif), .iml wi'i;^'kiii,ir •■>*•(» lb.-. \)vv nautical mile, embedded for 8(jlidity in ' liattcr- ti>ii"ft ( 'oinjumnd. Gaup:- (if siiij^le wirti •ObS = ordinary bs txuv.'^r. (iauj^'c of >trauil •l-}-i = ordinary No. 1(1 .yaup". IN.SULATION — Giitta Percha. t layers of which an- biid on alternately with four thin layers of ('hatterton's Conijiound. The wci^-ht nf the 'cntiv'- in>uiation IdOlb^ ju-r nautical niilc. Dianiclcr of core •4(11 , ciicinn- fercnpu of c:oro ro'J2. EXTErvXAL rROTECTlOX— Ten rt.lid wire of the .trau-o •()<).-), (Xo. l;{ gaii^u'f) draAvn from Webster and llor.-fairs 1 1< inioj^'eueous Iron, and .iralvnnizt'd, each wire .-uiTciunded se])arutely with live strands of wliite Manilla Yarn, and the whole Liid sjiirally rouiid the con', A\hich lattei- is padiled with Jute yarn, saturated with jacservativo mixture. WEKillT JX A1II~;J1 cwt. per nautical mile. Wi:iGHT IX "W.VTlll-U^, cwt. i-er nautical mile. lilii'lVK IXr^ STIiAlX — S t<^>us 2 cwt., or equal to eleven times its weight in water per nautical mile; that is to say, the cable will bear its own weight in eleven miles dei>th of water. DEETEST WAT]'?. 'H^ l!E EXCOUXTEEET) — li, 100 fathoias. .,]• le-s than 'J;, nautical miles. THE COXTRACT STltAlX is equal to 11 times it.> weight jier n,;i.liral iLiile in water. EEXGTH OF CAIIEE TO 15E SII11'1'EI» I'n COAIl'LETE IJKTl! EIXES — _',T;jo miles. I'ro'o ))of /rto f/nin (i(te. r'aptaiii UV'\, LE.D., F.E.S., and Josepli Wlutwortli, Esq., C.E., F.E.S.. wl 4k'*-^ au[ianv, nnuniniouislij rocuunuemleil that ^Iessr.s. (.iliiss, Elliot ^v Co. 'S^'- mcir 'Idcfjraph i'lmdrucfion and Maintenance (.'ompanii., Lnnit'd. London, 40 47 ( T. ) DESCRIPTIONS rospcotivoly oC the Cubic; .subnKjri^'ed hetwei'ii Irclaiul and NcwIuundhiiKl by tl ComiKiiiy by the TclcgTaplj Construct iuii ami Maiutenanco Company, Limit DISTANCE FROM IRELAND TO NEWFOUN' I ATLANTIC CAULK, Lsr.s. ATLANTIC (ABJ- r()NT)U< "ft »K — A ('(>ji])('r striiutl, consi.Ntini; of 7 wiiv.s (fi laid round (Hie), Hiul wfi,L,'liiiijj; 107 His. per nautical mile. IXSl'LATi >K — (iuUa I'lTcha laid on in thi<'i' covei'iuii's and weighing 2()1 Ills, iicr knot. KXTERX-VI. PROTECTION -IN strands ol' Charcoal Ii-on wire, each .strand c-oniposod of 7 ■n'irps (G laid round ouo), laid spirally round tho coi'o, which latter was pro^•iously paddi'd with a serving of hemp saturated with a tar mixture. Tho separate wire? were each 2'lh gauge, the strand complete was Xo. 14 gauge WEIGUT IX AIR— 110 cwt. per nautical mile. WEIGHT IN "WATEH— i;3-i cwt. jur nautical mil'. r.UEAlvlXG STilAIX'— 3 tons 5 cwt., or equal to l-S.j times its weight in water per n;nUiial mile; that is to say, the calil' would hear its own weight in a littlo less than .; miles di'pth of water. DEEPEST WATER TO P.E EXCOrXTERED, L',100 fathoms, or less than 2^ nautical miles. THE COXTRACT STRAIX was equal to -l-S.j times its wciglit per nautical mile in water, EEXGTII OE CABLE STIIPPED— 2,171 nautical mih's. • 'ONl)E< "L'OR — Coii]icr strand consisting of weighing ;5()0 Ihs. per nautical mile, cml ton's ( '(Muponnd. Gauge of -ingle wire M)|> of strand ■! 11 = ordinary No. 10 gauge. INSULATION— Gutta Percha, 4 layers of win four thin layers of Chatterton's Compoui insulation 400 11 IS. per nautical mile, li forenco of core l';)!»2. I'lXTERNAL PROTi:CTIOX— Ten solid win gauge) drawn from Wchsterand IforsfaU's surrounded separately with live strands ol' a ]ireservativo comjiound, and tho whole which hitter is ]iatlded with Juto Yarn, mixtiu'o. WEIGHT IN AIR— yj cwt. 3 qrs. per nautic: Wi:iGIIT IN WATER— 14 cwt. per nautical RREAKING STRAIN.— 7 tons ir. cwt., or et in water per nautical mile ; that is to sa; Aveight in eleven miles depth of water. DEEPEST WATER TO 15E ENCOUXTERE: 23 nautical miles. THE COXTRACT STRAIX is equal to 11 t mile in water, LEXGTII OF CARLE TO BE SnTPPICD— : l^pcod of irorL'iiKj fliroxiih nvir cable, irifh Iho p-iscut improccd /nf manufactured (or tlic sanir uu:o Couipany, Limited, (late (Jlass. TJliot cS: Co., and the (lutta Perelia Com])anv.) \ND TO NEWFOUNDLAND. 1670 NAUTICAL MILES. ATLANTIC CABLE, ISO"). XFAV ATLANTIC CALLE, ISiiii. "<)li]icr strand i-oiisisting of 7 viivs (<> lai.i, iXo. i;j from Webster icnd Iforsfairs Homogeneous Iron, each wire ■)arately with live strands of ^fanilla Yarn, saturated with com])ound, and the whole laid spirally round tlie core, is }-added with Juto Yarn, saturated with prefeiTative V — '63 cwt. 3 qrs, per nautical mile. \Tl']ri — 1-1 cwt. 2)er nautical milo. AIN. — 7 tons 1') cwt., or equal to eleven times it.s weight nautical mile ; that is to say, the cable will bear it.s ,,\vu n miles dei)lh of water. U TO 1!E EXCOUNT]:rj:D— 2,100 fathoms, or less than lies STUAIN iri equal to II times its weight per nautical .\)LE TO BE SnTrrEI)--L',;^00 nautical mile:?. ( '( »Xi»r('T()l.' Copper strand cr)nsi.stiiig of 7 wire> ((J laid round one), ami weighing oOU lb-, per nautical mile, embedded for solidity in ('In'itlci'- ton's Comjumnd. (Jauge of single wire -Ojs = (mlinary bs gauL'e. 'Jauge of >trand '114 = ordinary No. 1(! gauge. 1NSULATI(_>N — Guttapercha, -1 layers of which arc laid on alternately with four thhi layers of Chatterton's t'omju.uial. Tlie weiglit of the "cnlire insulation 100 lb-, j.rr nautical mile. Diameter of core'lOl, ciicuni- feniice of core [-'.'M'!. EXTKliXM. rEOTECTION— Ten .-,.lid v.ires <,r i],,- '^r,iu<:,' •()<).-,. (No. !;; gauge) drawn from Wel)ster and IJor^fall's Homogeneous Iron, ami galvanized, each wire suiTounded sejiarately with live .-^traiids of white Manilla Yarn, and the wholr laid spirally rouiid the core, which latter is ]iail(k'd with Jute yarn, saturated with presijrvative mixture. WEIGHT IN AIIl— .'}! c\\-t. per nautical mile. WllIGlIT IN WATIT.— Hicwt. per nautical mile. DIJJ'AKIXG STIiAlN — 8 tons 2 cwt., or equiil to eleven times its weight in water per nautical mile; that is to .say, the cable wiU bear its own wci<',ht in eleven miles depth of water. DEEPEST WATER TO l',E ENCOUNTEEED- 2, ino fathom., or le-. than 2', nautical miles. TUE COXTEACT STEAIN is equal to II times its weight jier Ti;)utiral mile in water. LENtiTlI OE CARLE TO BE .SHIPPED T( ' L(J.MPLr.TE Poll! LINES— 2,7:30 miles. friiniriif.s, is cn-lifnil h'j Messrs. T/wimou and Vary ^ hr not Urn than ctijht icun/s prr ikim'tc. ■^. ; C'havlos AMieatstoue, Esq., E.Ii.S. : ^^'llliam Tiini30Q,Epq., LL.I)., F.l'.S., and Josepli Wliitwortli, Esq., C.E., I'Mi.S., who iUiV to exaniiuu all Specimens and T'c-nders submitted > th (Jumpauy, nnani/noui'Ii/ rocommcuded that Mes.sv.s. (ilass, Elliot >K- Co.V [itod. S. (jXy^^l^^ £))ffinccr Tdcf/raj^h Construct i(jn and JIainte nance Compain/, Litnitnt.