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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
244
It
should
be
borne
in
mind
that
the
expedition
was
not
under
the
control
of
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
Company
at
all,
but
of
the
Telegraph
Construction
and
Maintenance
Company,
which
had
undertaken
the
work
in
fulfilment
of
a
contract
with
the
former
Company
to
manufacture
and
lay
down
a
cable
across
the
Atlantic,
in
which
it
assumed
the
whole
responsibility,
not
only
making
the
cable,
but
chartering
the
ship
and
appointing
the
officers,
and
sending
its
own
engineers
to
lay
it
down.
Of
course
it
had
an
enormous
stake
in
the
result.
Hence
it
felt,
not
only
authorized,
but
bound,
to
organize
the
expedition
solely
with
reference
to
success.
It
was
not
a
voyage
of
pleasure,
but
for
business;
for
the
accomplishment
of
a
great
and
most
difficult
undertaking.
Hence
it
was
right
that
the
most
strict
rules
should
be
adopted.
Accordingly
there
was
not
a
man
on
board
who
had
not
some
business
there.
As
the
voyage
promised
to
be
one
of
the
utmost
practical
interest
to
electricians
and
engineers,
several
young
men
were
received
as
assistants
in
the
testing-room
or
in
the
engineers'
department;
but
there
was
no
person
who
was
not
in
some
way
engaged
on
the
business
of
one
or
the
other
company,
or
connected
with
the
management
of
the
ship.
Except
Mr.
Field,
not
an
Atlantic
Telegraph
Director
accompanied
the
expedition;
and
he
represented
also
the
Newfoundland
Company.
Mr.
Gooch,
M.P.,
was
at
once
a
Director
of
the
Telegraph
Construction
and
Maintenance
Company,
and
Chairman
of
the
Board
that
owned
the
Great
Eastern,
and
so
represented
both
those
companies
which
had
so
great
a
stake
in
the
result.
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