| Show EE J E E EEc J Jf 1 X f I f c j d 11 i I O 0 J STORY T ORY OF OP THE ATLANTIC CABLE t a i J f l l A JS 1 t I 2 1 ft f fi i i i i i i i j h L Ir r t jj i 3 Ir h l Sf r GENERAL GENERA KNOX f of the tho cabinet having advised d his associates and President I Roosevelt that any citizen has hasa ha haS a S right to land an ca cable cable ble be on the shores of ot this coun country countrY try tr and anil of or o any of Its 1111 posses poe Is no longer a II doubt that telegraphic communication soon uon will vIII be bo established between be San Fran Frari Francisco cisco and Hawaii and Manila John W Mackay seems eeme to be about ready rendy to be begin begin begin gin the tho construction of his hia proposed cable as nB It H Is III reported that al already a aready ready his orders o are placed for tor the ma rna material ternI The enterprising and all wealthy Call appears to have gone about this gigantic undertaking with a 11 light I ht heart and certainly without serious misgivings ings Ing says saya a 11 writer In the tho Los Angeles Express There Is no evidence e that he ho has lisa expended much time In studying the problem and It Is probable that t he ho has hus not flOt regarded It a II thing thin requiring I muc preliminary Investigation To him JIm apparently the tho laying of a cable under the Pacific ocean Is a 11 simple mat matter matter matter ter relatively as ns the stringing ot of miles of ot wires wIre on one of his hili Postal telegraph h routes rOu tes lion How Ol different the tho case now nol from tram what It would TTe e hail tiari Mr to begin as IlS Cyrus W Field began fifty years ago allO Professor ProCessor Morse Morao tho the Inventor together er with Professor of tho iho tele telegraph teleGraph telegraph graph was the he first t to o oj suggest the th pos possibility possibility possibility of establishing telegraphic com corn communication across th Atlantic ocean In after aCtor he had made certain ex cx experiments la In the tha harbor of New York to show the power of or electricity to com corn great distances he wrote I The Tho practical Inference from this law Is that telegraphic communication on the tho plan may with certainty bo be established across cross the At Atlantic Atlantic lantic ocean Startling as this tIll may now seem I am confident the tho time will come como when this project will be realized Ten yell years later lator In 1854 Cyrus W WIelds Fields Ields attention was Invited to a I pro project project lect for tor laying a telegraph tol across New Newfoundland by b which life tife time should be shortened In communicating with Eng Ing England England Ingland land The Tha projector of ot this line Mr visited lilted New the ur pose of Interesting capitalists with him mm and the readiest listener ho he found was Mr Field At the of the Interview and while turning over n a library globe the idea laca I n occurred Q to him hiI that the tele telo telegraph graph might be carried further still and lio be rondo made to span tho the ocean oW The Newfoundland ld scheme had hod not greatly cream Interested himas him an he ho cared lit little littie littie tie tle about shortening communication with oy by a day or two by relays rehl a of cf boats and carrier r pigeon But flut when he e believed that the opportunity of a i further und mid grander undertaking the Idea took a strong hold of or iIi his Im Imagination It was Vas an enterprise e Of which no IQ man could soc BOO the end en 1 and ande he e anxiously asked Could a n cable he bo stretched neross tho ocean 7 and If It were would It be good tot for anything to convey messages Doth Both these queries lie e mado to answer fn In the the tle DOUBTING FRIENDS HELD m LD ALOOF Mr Ir Field set out alone to carry a ft II telegraph the Atlantic Hut It was vas 48 not an undertaking for any anyone one man and ha sought to a 11 number of his wealthy neighbors and friends with him Peter Cooper Moses tosu Tay lOr Marshall 0 Roberta Roberti and Charles Charlea White While were among thoi tho approached It 11 was WAI as extremely difficult to secure their cooperation At length he had hail them oil nil at nt his hili house houa when he unfolded his plans piana showed maps on which he bad had marked markell the tha rotate rotHe to be e traversed by the line of telegraph submitted esti eM estimates mates of the work to be done and oM of fit the cost The result was an on agreement on the part of or nil to enter on tho under undertaking undertaking taking provided the company could be brought Into It and the government of that country would rould grant a new lIew charter conceding conc more moro fa ra favorable terms Doth Both of or these theLle things Mere vere accomplished The new charter was entitled the Intercontinental tele telegraph graph Its termini wore were to be New NewYork NewYork ew York arid ar tl London The company was waB Incorporated tot for fifty litty years established perfect In respect to corpora tors tora and between citizens of the United Stales and tind British subjects and allowed the tho he meetings of at the tha stockholders ers era and directors to bo be held in Now York In n Newfoundland or London At Atthe Attile Atthe the tile first meeting of ot the organisation was subscribed a n small sum lum to carry a n line ot of telegraph to St Johns more m ro than a n thousand miles from NOw N w York and then thea to span s nn the wild sea lI a When the company began the work it hoped to t complete te the line JIM across Newfoundland In one year y ar and In this belief bellet a cable was ordered In England to span pan the gulf Julf of St Lawrence Then began beran the deep sea soundings which revealed such wonders on the bed of the ocean Submarine mountains and aid enormous depths were found but a plateau also was waa discovered extending nearly nearl the whole distance between Newfoundland and the Irith const coast At Al Already ready the attention a of capitalists of London lAndon had hd been called to the tho enter enterprise enterprise prise by Mr Ir Field who had made half halt halfa a 5 dozen d zen trip thither on business of tire the telegraph The company had expended all 1 the capital that had been subscribed i N In New York before a n dollar of British money moncy was Invested however several Eng Bug Englishmen became Interested but to meet thel view views a n new now company had to jo 0 bo be organized This was named the tic Telegraph T company and It IL declared red its object to be to continue continua the line III of tho the New Now York Newfoundland and Lon London london London don Telegraph company to Ireland by making or causing to be made a sub aub submarine submarIne marine cable for tho the Atlantic It was estimated that 1 of or new capital would need to be bo subscribed Gub and steps were vere taken to raise that amount Shares of stock were Issued which wore were taken up In the different cities s of ot Great Brit Britain ain aln am Thackeray the novelist noell t took a 11 afew afew few tew shares Thus Thull was WIlS ob obtained obtained tamed and Mr Mx Field 1 then thEin made up tho the entire sum by subscribing which his hl ns In New York helped him to pay GOVERNMENT AID SOUGHT English subscribers to thu capital stock now applied to their gov government government to Indorse the tho enterprise bv by b giving to It material assistance This application was the parlia parliament parliament parliament ment without much delay deloy voting an annual subsidy of and besides the admiralty department proffered tho the use of or all the ships hipa that might be nee necessary essary oust to lay tho cable It was on onI I every even account count n desirable that this should be met by h corresponding liberality on oil I the of the government G of or tho the Unit United UnIted ed Id Sn A of all nil that hud had been b n dono done In London over ove t JN 1 aum lv u iiI u oy U the directors of the thc Now No York Newfoundland and aul London Telegraph company a 11 copy was sas laid before the President It was ac ae accompanied companied comp niel by b a letter n In lim mm to recommend the tho giving of or tho tue same aid aidIn aidin In ships and in an annual sum stint of ot 70 iO 00 to be paid for official oI messages A stipulation had been made with tho the British that It should have havea a priority In the conveyance of Its mes inca messages sages over oer all others subject subeet to th the exception only of the tha government of ot the United States In the tho event of ot the entering Into un an arrangements with tho the telegraph coin com fany similar In III principle to that of the British government In which case tho tilo messages of at the Iho two governments shall have priority In the order In which they arrive at nt the President Franklin Pierce Included the subject In a message to Congress and ond a n bill was Introduced which was as framed jo to meet tho the case Opposition began ban b an to iw w Itself It was wun contested conte ted by prejudiced senators congressmen and an 1 by Lf men In the tho Jobby 9 br hot too lOOt the tho project of tin on At AI Atlantic A lantic J IlIo cable had haa ha many warm friends The Th bill had been belli introduced Into the t e senate Jenat by b hb gave It 11 earn earnst out lIt st support and he ho was WILl enthusiastically seconded by b Mr Douglass of oC Illinois of ot D lawa and Mr Benja Benjamin min mm of Louisiana These T able senators 9 were Vero ere required to answer arguments to how that thc h was unconstitutional and nn that the siim lI m ot of asked oskell for was waB extravagant It was waa urged further r by the lie enemies of the telegraph that the uw uee u of the tho ship would cost coat the government a good deal of ot money To this Mr Douglas replied American citizens have havo commenced this enterprise The honor and anI glory of at tho thu achievement If successful will willbe be bo due to American genius and Amen Ameri American can cnn daring Why should the tho Ameri Macri American can cnn government be so penurious p I do donot donot not know that this Is tho tIme proper word for It costs coats nothing why should we webe bo be actuated by so liberal a spirit as IlS asto asto to refuse the u one of or our ships to convey the wire vire when It does not cost one farthing to the of the United States These objections disposed of then a n fear was expressed of or giving some ad advantage advantage vantage to Great Britain There werA senators who were sure that England was going to profit to Americas Injury that In this submarine cable England was W l literally crawling under the sea Hea to get got some sorpe advantage of the United States This debate read now nol sounds Bounds somewhat like the recent discussions of the Isthmian canal project What would happen In time Into of or war Eng Bag England Ingland land would have her end of the tho ca cn cable blo ble and antl also that In Newfoundland To this Mr Douglas said laid I am nUl will willing willIng willing ing to vote ote for tor this bill as a peace measure as In ft 0 t commercial comm rel 11 i measure but not as a n war measure anti and when war comes let us tie rely on our ability to take this thin end of ot the tho wire and keep It The bill passed the tho senate by only anI onu one majority It encountered the same fame has hos hostility In the house but It finally got I through and was Wall signed by President Pierce March 3 the tho day before be he went out t ot of office om NIAGARA AND AGAMEMNON In the tho cable was completed at nt Greenwich England and the tho United States dispatched the warship Niagara to London to take on of tho the Immense coil coll When It If arrived In the Thames s It t was WaR greeted by the tha Agamemnon non a n famous British and Md both steamed to where the cable was In readiness for them When all was wn ready the tho two vessels with a como attending descended the he the river to the ocean and made off oft for Queenstown Queen town Thence they moved to Valencia bay It n was wan decided tl to submerge the whole cable In a 11 continuous line lino from that point to Newfoundland Tho The Niagara wan wai to lay Iny ay the first half from Ireland to the tho middle ot of the tho Atlantic the end Would then Ihen be ba Joined to the other halt half halton hilIon halfon on board tho the Agamemnon which would a 11 V J 4 i O i J i n j j j i J fI 1 I 1 I 1 Y Twelve Years Laying With Repeated Failures Cor Corporate I fI I Enterprise But it Was Aided by England fI fIAnd w And the United States fI A AV W fI w V A j jS S fl S 7 take It on to the tha coast COIlS of ot Newfound Newfoundland land l nd Great dignity was given to tho occa occasion aba sion of the starting by an assemblage of government oili inis Including tho thu lord mayor of or London There Ther were also OhiO archbishops and bishops In Attendance and prayers aa as well as speeches were made Tho TIm starting was BS Thursday Aug AugG 6 G early In the thu morning AH All went pros POS porously with the squadron till the tho fol lowing Monday when owing to rough weather and while tho the cable was vas run running running running ning out freely at the title rato of six lix miles an hour the tho th Niagara stern sank Bank into the trough of the sea sen rose again and LInd With sith such violence adding to the weight w of fir the submerged cable that It parted There was ivan au nothing left but to return to 10 England Tho The expedition of ot was There was great disappointment both bothI I 77 7 In England and America but not dis discouragement A new cable coble was wall ordered and by June second expedition waa was ready rendy to start It was tho the tenth of the tho month that tho the Niagara and tho thin Agamemnon moved out of or Plymouth harbor for rOl Queenstown Friday Frida Juno JUliO 2 Just fifteen days from worst wort weather veather over ever experienced In the north Atlantic came on and not only the ships but the th cable were terribly y y OUR BUSIEST JT MEN MENt MENi i t t H M in i Uti WIK N MOK 1 I V y V i f I i f E N 11 i 4 1 k kI kI I I I I S Li LiI j 5 S I I Y y t I c I I I I II f fr I II Ili I I I li j f yf y yi i 1 f Dr 1 X I IFt Ft J 1 f AL ALIr Jf i 1 i I iI f f f Ir f 1 1 hot by Johnson S i H HiM I I I I M 11 i MI I I s I n i i n i i MI i r i II i iI H II i tIt i t ii t H HI I I 1 t I H I Y t I 1 A JJ Jv V VA Me McCUNE C UN E EA A man whore whose very fry life lire Is business activity H itself elf Is A W tV McCune multimillionaire whose commercial and generous acts have been constantly before the public for yeat eau As Is well known he has hns but re effected a consolidation of tho the street trel railroad companies of pf this city and capitalized them at Mr Mn McCune Is a native nathe of or Calcutta India and Is i 53 83 years ears of age ale Sketches of ot his hili hi life have havo been frequently pub and therefore only the briefest i reference to lila his career atter Is now necessary Ho lie has Just embarked upon the biggest undertaking of lila his varied experiences In the business world that of developing an old Spanish h mine In South America He ne Is la now no tn en route to the land at of Peru for the of or purpose carrying out this project and Is taking a anum aunt num ber of ot young Salt Laker with him It Is II claimed J that there are untold millions In sight In this historic treasure vault ault and that ns as 8 1 a consequence Mn Mr Ir will Ill become fl conw one of the tho very wealthiest of western capitalists All Utah v will wish him In this thu direction A strained They The had hat not gono three miles further before the cable broke being caught In tho tha th machinery of at the tue Niagara It was spliced ee J but again broke about twenty feet teet from tho the rear of or the th ship Once On co more moro It was mended anti the pay ay ing out resumed But soon the current ceased the cable was wall dead and after the tho ships were relieved rell ed of or it Il by cutting It away they |
