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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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Meanwhile
the
work
on
land
had
been
pushed
forward
without
ceasing.
After
incredible
labor,
the
Company
had
built
a
road
and
a
telegraph
from
one
end
of
Newfoundland
to
the
other,
four
hundred
miles;
and,
as
if
that
were
not
enough,
had
built
also
another
line,
one
hundred
and
forty
miles
in
length,
in
the
island
of
Cape
Breton.
The
first
part
of
their
work
was
now
done.
The
telegraph
had
been
carried
beyond
the
United
States
through
the
British
Provinces
to
St.
John's
in
Newfoundland,
a
distance
from
New
York
of
over
one
thousand
miles.
The
cost
of
the
line,
thus
far,
had
been
about
a
million
of
dollars,
and
of
this
the
whole
burden,
with
but
trifling
exceptions,
had
fallen
upon
the
original
projectors--Mr.
Field
having
put
in
over
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
money--and
Mr.
Cooper,
Mr.
Taylor,
and
Mr.
Roberts
each
a
little
less.
No
other
contributors
beyond
the
six
original
subscribers
had
come,
except
Professor
Morse,
Mr.
Robert
W.
Lowber,
Mr.
Wilson
G.
Hunt,
and
Mr.
John
W.
Brett.
The
list
of
directors
and
officers
remained
as
it
was
at
first,
except
that
this
year,
1856,
Mr.
White
died,
and
his
place
as
director
was
filled
by
Mr.
Hunt,
and
that
Mr.
Field
was
chosen
Vice-President,
and
Mr.
Lowber
Secretary.
In
all
the
operations
of
the
Company
thus
far,
the
various
negotiations,
the
plan
of
the
work,
the
oversight
of
its
execution,
and
the
correspondence
with
the
officers
and
others,
mainly
devolved
upon
Mr.
Field.
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