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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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"That
Mr.
Field's
kind
and
generous
offer
be
accepted
by
this
Board;
and
that
their
best
thanks
are
hereby
tendered
to
him
for
his
devotion
to
the
interests
of
the
undertaking."
The
following,
passed
a
few
weeks
later,
March
26,
was
designed
to
emphasize
the
authority
given
over
all
the
employes
of
the
Company:
"Resolved,
That
Mr.
Cyrus
W.
Field,
General
Manager
of
the
Company,
is
hereby
authorized
and
empowered
to
give
such
directions
and
orders
to
the
officers
composing
the
staff
of
the
Company,
as
he
may
from
time
to
time
deem
necessary
and
expedient
with
regard
to
all
matters
connected
with
the
business
proceedings
of
the
Company,
subject
to
the
control
of
the
Directors.
"Resolved,
That
the
staff
of
the
Company
be
notified
hereof,
and
required
to
observe
and
follow
such
directions
as
may
be
issued
by
the
General
Manager."
As
Mr.
Field
was
thus
invested
with
the
entire
charge
of
the
preparations
for
the
next
expedition,
he
was
made
responsible
for
it,
and
felt
it
due
alike
to
himself
and
to
the
Company
to
omit
no
means
to
insure
success.
It
was
therefore
his
duty
to
examine
into
every
detail.
The
manufacture
of
the
new
cable
was
already
under
way,
and
there
was
no
opportunity
to
make
any
change
in
its
construction,
even
if
any
had
been
desired.
But
there
was
another
matter
which
was
quite
as
important
to
success--the
construction
of
the
paying-out
machines.
This
had
been
the
great
defect
of
the
previous
year,
and,
while
it
continued,
would
render
success
almost
impossible.
No
matter
how
many
hundreds
or
thousands
of
miles
of
cable
might
be
made,
if
the
machinery
was
not
fitted
to
pay
it
out
into
the
sea,
it
would
be
constantly
broken.
To
remedy
these
defects
was
an
object
of
anxious
solicitude,
and
to
this
the
new
manager
gave
his
first
attention.
Hardly
was
he
in
London
before
Mr.
Everett
was
installed
at
the
large
machine
works
of
Easton
and
Amos,
in
Southwark,
where,
surrounded
by
plans
and
models,
he
devoted
himself
for
three
months
to
studying
out
a
better
invention
for
this
most
important
work.
At
the
end
of
that
time
he
had
a
model
complete,
and
invited
a
number
of
the
most
eminent
engineers
of
London
to
witness
its
operation.
Among
these
were
Mr.
Brunel,
and
Messrs.
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