| Show from the rondon london times miles 1 the tile atlantic telegraph oab cab cable cabie e the completion of 1250 miles milea cone b half of the cable for the submarine atlantic telegraph by newall co was celebrated at their dianer works Birkell birkenhead had yesterday yester av by a dinner 0 ri r given to about goo of their workmen with their wives and families miliea fa Ne Newall walls wails 3 contract e execute ecu acu ted with great speed and on oli the lath of november last they tende bende tendered red either cither for half or the whole of the cable to be bb fill fin dished by the of june the tender for half was accepted lil iu iti the december r following and newall who had taken one of the transit sheds attached to the Birken birkenhead head bead docks at once act to work lo io berovide tad gad lovide the tile necessary machinery all af t t 1 ad to be created for the occasion ion lon t the wire was as supplied to newall by their own wire drawers diess Aless rs richard johnson co of manchester who completed their task by tile tiie lat of juhe june newall commenced spinning the cable oil on tite the ish of february and proceeded without interrupt inter interruption rup aorl until monday last the ath of june when I 1 1250 1230 miles one half of the whole cable were completed I 1 the cable consists of a stand of copper wire wira covered three times with gutta per perc berchi comper cht chi it the gutta percha is sewed froni from end to end with spun yarn and covered with 18 strands of seven wires each there are thus miles of strand composed of seven aimel time that quantity of wire vire being a total of miles of wire the process of spinning or occupied ff days 2500 miles of wire being used per day and hands being employed the spun yarn was also made by newall upon the same premises loo igo machines for this purpose bedniz ranged on one of the upper floors of the works the cable ig is now lying in four huge bage coils each 28 feet in diameter and eight feet high all ready for being shipped it I 1 t will b be a tra transferred ns probably today to day into small vessels and thence on board the niagara which is 13 expected to arrive at the mouth of the river early next week the weight of the cable averages one tun per mile and it is to be laid by the process patented by mr newall arid and adopted in the black sea passing the wire through gli gil a hollow cone which p prevents prevents twisting t dle nie the die f festivities yesterday were presided over by mr gordon the manager of the works and were witnessed by a large number of gentlemen newall have contracted to lay down 1000 miles of wire part of the indian telegraph line between Cag cagliari liiri and malta ana and ana corfu the tedious process of shipping the the 1000 miles of coil which have been manufactured at east past greenwich was to have commenced yesterday pu but t 0 owing w ing to the amount of work to be done before be r e t the he lofty hold of the agamemnon is fitted to receive it the shipment ia is not likely to b begin bezin before monday next every exertion ia is being 0 used to get matters in as forward a train as possible but nevertheless the day we have mentioned will be the earliest on which the cable layers can commence operations the agamemnon has been alongside glasse S elliots elliote Elli wharf for some days she looks taut and trim enough though widely dif dlf different derent from her black sea days when her lauge spars over lopped the fleet aa as she led the port line at 12 in miles iles lies an hour or threading thread ing inq her way among a mass of tran transports snorts like ayache a yacht at present ghe he has a mill mild b half alf pay look which even the sentry at her gangways cannot wholly banish her ports are open but only for the purpose of ventilation vent ilat ion lon as not a gun is on board at present she ia is very much down by the stern but the cable being stowed forward will bring her on an even keel it will make a difference of coir feet in her present trim A small engine is being fitted to wind the coil on board and the whole operation of shipping will occupy it ia is calculated at least six weeks the two inshore in shore ends enda are nearly finished and the iha center centen centerpiece piece of steel wire cable is progressing rapidly though both at greenwich and at birken dirken head th the e manufacture will continue at one end while the other is being shipped it is not expected acted that more than a about out 2400 miles will E be completed in all this will allow between and miles for slack in paying out |
