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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
275
But
they
had
seen
dark
days
before,
and
were
not
to
give
it
up
without
a
new
effort.
Happily,
the
cause
had
strong
friends
to
stand
by
it
even
in
this
crisis
of
suspended
animation.
One
of
these
to
whom
Mr.
Field
now
went
for
counsel,
was
Mr.
(afterward
Sir)
Daniel
Gooch,
M.P.,
a
gentleman
well
known
in
London,
as
one
of
the
class
of
engineers
formed
in
the
school
of
Stephenson
and
Brunel,
who
had
risen
to
the
position
of
great
capitalists,
and
who,
by
their
enterprise
and
wealth,
had
done
so
much
to
develop
the
resources
of
England.
He
was
Chairman
of
the
Great
Western
Railway,
and
had
more
faith
in
enterprises
on
the
land
than
on
the
sea.
It
was
a
long
time
before
he
could
believe
in
the
possibility
of
an
Atlantic
Telegraph.
Though
a
man
of
large
fortune,
and
a
personal
friend
of
Mr.
Field,
the
latter
had
never
prevailed
on
him
to
subscribe
a
single
pound.
But
he
went
out
on
the
expedition
of
'65,
as
chairman
of
the
company
that
owned
the
Great
Eastern;
and
what
he
then
saw
convinced
him.
He
came
back
fully
satisfied;
he
knew
it
could
be
done,
and
was
ready
to
prove
his
faith
by
his
works.
Consulting
on
the
present
difficulty,
he
suggested
that
the
only
relief
was
to
organize
a
new
Company,
which
should
assume
the
work,
and
which
could
issue
its
own
shares
and
raise
its
own
capital.
This
opinion
was
confirmed
by
the
eminent
legal
authority
of
Mr.
John
Horatio
Lloyd.
To
such
a
Company
Mr.
Gooch
said
he
would
subscribe
L20,000;
Mr.
Field
put
down
L10,000.
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