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Heroes of the Telegraph
·
John Munro
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About
the
same
time
a
similar
plan
occurred
to
Mr.
F.
N.
Gisborne,
a
telegraph
engineer
in
Nova
Scotia.
In
the
spring
of
1851
he
procured
a
grant
from
the
Legislature
of
Newfoundland,
resigned
his
situation
in
Nova
Scotia,
and
having
formed
a
company,
began
the
construction
of
the
land
line.
But
in
1853
his
bills
were
dishonoured
by
the
company,
he
was
arrested
for
debt,
and
stripped
of
all
his
fortune.
The
following
year,
however,
he
was
introduced
to
Mr.
Cyrus
Field,
of
New
York,
a
wealthy
merchant,
who
had
just
returned
from
a
six
months'
tour
in
South
America.
Mr.
Field
invited
Mr.
Gisborne
to
his
house
in
order
to
discuss
the
project.
When
his
visitor
was
gone,
Mr.
Field
began
to
turn
over
a
terrestrial
globe
which
stood
in
his
library,
and
it
flashed
upon
him
that
the
telegraph
to
Newfoundland
might
be
extended
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean.
The
idea
fired
him
with
enthusiasm.
It
seemed
worthy
of
a
man's
ambition,
and
although
he
had
retired
from
business
to
spend
his
days
in
peace,
he
resolved
to
dedicate
his
time,
his
energies,
and
fortune
to
the
accomplishment
of
this
grand
enterprise.
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