| Show THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH it seems to be certain that another serious effort to establish telegraphic communication muni cation between europe and the united states will be made during the tho coming summer the energy and hope 1 falness of the atlantic telegraph company are worthy of the highest praise for although two great cables lie at the bottom of the ocean and heavy capital has been sunk with no hope of return disasters do not check the enterprise i nor cool the zeal of the directors even patient and long iong sunne suffering ring stockholders do not murmur but submit willingly to new assessment assessments st and the stock of the company lias has gone up tip in the london market the manufacture of the new cable is go going in g on rapidly about one hundred m miles 11 es having been finished weekly for some months past the great eastern will again be employed in laying the cable and it is intended that she shall start in the latter part of june or the beginning of july the electrical tests applied to the remains of last years hearts cable still on board the great eastern produce satisfactory results showing that the long stowage in the tanks has ha s not injured the continuity the new cable much stronger than that of last year contains in every mile besides the manilla which holds the composition in lon ion seven mileson miles of copperware copper wire four miles le s of gutta percha ten miles of galvanized wire aud and fifty miles of manilla spun yarn so that in every mile of cable there are seventy one miles of matoral material iafe S wms ummi wj w it is understood d thata thita that an attempt will be made to recover the lost part of the cable by grappling but this will be ba merely incidental to the greater work of laying a new line for which an abundant length of wire will be provided the great eastern will carry the whole of the new cable and lay it from ireland to newfoundland and after coaling will return to the mid atlantic to grapple for the lost end new grappling gear is in preparation which is believed to be capable of recovering all hil that was sunk but the process 1 will l 11 be difficult and it is not safe to rel rei rely y upon the success suey cess of this part of the new experiment N r Y evening post 4 |
