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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"In
the
spring
of
the
following
year
(1851),
Mr.
Gisborne
visited
Newfoundland,
appeared
before
the
Legislature,
then
in
session,
and
explained
the
details
of
his
plan,
which
was
an
overland
line
from
St.
John's
to
Cape
Ray,
nearly
four
hundred
miles
in
length,
and
(the
submarine
cable
between
Dover
and
Calais
not
having
then
been
laid)
a
communication
between
Cape
Ray
and
Cape
Breton
by
steamer
and
carrier-pigeons,
eventually,
it
was
hoped,
by
a
submarine
cable
across
the
Gulf
of
St.
Lawrence.
The
Legislature
encouraged
the
project,
granted
L500
sterling
to
enable
Mr.
Gisborne
to
make
an
exploratory
survey
of
the
proposed
line
to
Cape
Ray,
and
passed
an
act
authorizing
its
construction,
with
certain
privileges,
and
the
appointment
of
commissioners
for
the
purpose
of
carrying
it
out.
Upon
this,
Mr.
Gisborne,
who
was
then
the
chief
officer
of
the
Nova
Scotia
Telegraph
Company,
returned
to
that
province,
resigned
his
situation,
and
devoted
himself
to
the
project
of
the
Newfoundland
telegraph.
Having
organized
a
local
company
for
the
purpose
of
constructing
the
first
telegraph
line
in
the
island,
from
St.
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