Show 0 THE TH SAL AL NE ATlANTIC I CABlE CARRIES CARRlE GREATER LU LOAD D Postal Company States New Line Will Be Gom- Gom Aug 1 Capacity Capacity Capac Capac- I. I ity 1200 Letters Minute NEW YORI YORK N. N T. T May 7 Clarence IL II Mackey president t of or orthe the Poe Postal Telegraph Commercial Cable system yesterday announced that his companies have hae completed contracts for tor the la laying of at a new cable in tho Atlantic ocean which will operate directly between NewYork New NewYork ew York and London The new cable which will bo be first to be laid in tho the Atlantic between America and Europ Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope rop since 1910 Is now being manufactured manufactured manufactured manu manu- by the tho Telegraph ConstruCtion Construction tion and Maintenance company and Siemens Brothers and will be laid by August 1 Th The new cable will bo be the largest ever to bo laid In the Atla Atlantic tlc and will have a capacity of at twice that O of at any cable now In service between the tho United States and Europe Engineers Engineers Engineers En En- of ot the Commercial Cable company compan who have hae designed th the new cable estimate that Its speed will be approximately lY too letters per minute In both directions simultaneously simul or a St total of ot 1200 letters per minute which will make it jt the fastest cable In the world to date Its dimensions will be bo much greater than those of ot any other other- cable Its I I conductor requiring an average of ol about 1100 pounds of at copper per mile as a against an Average of ot about TOO pounds per mile In the cable now In use TWO LONG STRETCHES The route of ot the new cable willbe will win willbe be from tram New York to Nova Noya Scotia a n distance of ot about 1000 miles and from Nova Scotia to the Azores approximately 1750 1760 miles making a total of ot 2760 2750 miles of at cable to be laid on this stretch At the Azores It will connect with a n. n cable belongIng belongIng belonging belong belong- ing to this company company already laid and which in turn will wilt connect with witha a n. new cable of ot miles s also to be laid this summer from Ireland to England Still another another- cable willbe willbe will willbe be laid from the Azores to the continent continent continent con con- of at Europe In the near future In making this announcement Mr Mackey explained that tho new cable with its greatly increased speed and capacity would supply communication facilities facilities' between I the United States and Europe the equivalent of at at least two of ot tho the present cables This cable Mr Mackey said will not only greatly Increase o our r with Europe but will also b bo in tho the nature of ot insurance against possible interruption of at of present cables DENIES WIRELESS STORIES It It Is especially pleasing to me to tobe tobe tobe be ablo to make this positive and definite announcement of ot a a. now new trans Atlantic cable because so much has been said recently regarding regard regard- regarding ing the cable able situation which has not been warranted by the facts Wo We have been told that wireless competition was to drive the submarine submarine submarine rine cable out of at business and that the laying of ot new cable was simply In the stage where It was vas likely to remain for tor a long time Experimentation with a n new and revolutionary type of ot cable was also expected to arrest cable expansion programs and this has been given as the reason for delay of several announced plans As a matter of ot otI fact tact there is a new type of ot cable I in pro process ess of at development but we wedo we wedo wedo do not know when It will be avail avail- able Now because the demands for tor additional facilities facUlties of communication communication cation be between the United States and Europe are pressing our own engineers have gone ahead ah a t inde- inde and developed this larger I and faste faster cable which we are to tolay tolay lay during the next t few w months |