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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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Returning
in
the
autumn,
he
proceeded
in
a
small
steamer,
in
November
of
that
year,
1852,
to
stretch
the
first
submarine
cable,
of
any
length,
in
America,
across
the
Northumberland
Strait
from
Prince
Edward
Island
to
New
Brunswick,
which
cable,
however,
was
shortly
afterward
broken,
and
a
new
one
was
subsequently
laid
down
by
the
New
York,
Newfoundland,
and
London
Telegraph
Company.
In
the
spring
of
the
following
year,
1853,
Mr.
Gisborne
set
vigorously
to
work
to
complete
his
favorite
project
of
the
line
(which
he
intended
should
be
chiefly
underground)
from
St.
John's
to
Cape
Ray.
He
had
constructed
some
thirty
or
forty
miles
of
road,
and
was
proceeding
with
every
prospect
of
success,
when,
most
unexpectedly,
those
of
the
company
who
were
to
furnish
the
needful
funds
dishonored
his
bills,
and
brought
his
operations
to
a
sudden
termination.
He
and
the
creditors
of
the
company
were
for
several
months
buoyed
up
with
promises
of
forthcoming
means
from
his
New
York
allies,
which
promises
were
finally
entirely
unfulfilled;
and
Gisborne,
being
the
only
ostensible
party,
was
sued
and
prosecuted
on
all
sides,
stripped
of
his
whole
property,
and
himself
arrested
to
answer
the
claims
of
the
creditors
of
the
company.
He
cheerfully
and
honorably
gave
up
every
thing
he
possessed,
and
did
his
utmost
to
relieve
the
severe
distress
in
which
the
poor
laborers
on
the
line
had
been
involved."
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