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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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John's
to
Carbonear,
a
distance
of
sixty
miles,
he,
on
the
fourth
of
September,
set
out
upon
the
arduous
expedition
of
a
survey
of
the
proposed
line
to
Cape
Ray,
which
occupied
upward
of
three
months,
during
which
time
himself
and
his
party
suffered
severe
privations,
and
narrowly
escaped
starvation,
having
to
traverse
the
most
rugged
and
hitherto
unexplored
part
of
the
island.[A]
On
his
return,
having
reported
to
the
Legislature
favorably
of
the
project,
and
furnished
estimates
of
the
cost,
he
determined
to
proceed
to
New
York,
to
obtain
assistance
to
carry
it
out....
Mr.
Gisborne
returned
to
St.
John's
in
the
spring
of
1852,
when,
at
his
instance,
an
act,
incorporating
himself
(his
being
the
only
name
mentioned
in
it)
and
such
others
as
might
become
shareholders
in
a
company,
to
be
called
the
Newfoundland
Electric
Telegraph
Company,
was
passed,
granting
an
exclusive
right
to
erect
telegraphs
in
Newfoundland
for
thirty
years,
with
certain
concessions
of
land,
by
way
of
encouragement,
to
be
granted
upon
the
completion
of
the
telegraph
from
St.
John's
to
Cape
Ray.
Mr.
Gisborne
then
returned
to
New
York,
where
he
organized,
under
this
charter,
a
company,
of
which
Mr.
Tebbets
and
Mr.
Holbrook[B]
were
prominent
members,
made
his
financial
arrangements
with
them,
and
proceeded
to
England
to
contract
for
the
cable
from
Cape
Ray
to
Prince
Edward
Island,
and
from
thence
to
the
mainland.
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