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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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Mr.
Field
then
directed
his
efforts
to
the
completion
of
the
trans-oceanic
section.
He
induced
the
American
Government
to
despatch
Lieutenant
Berryman,
in
the
Arctic,
and
the
British
Admiralty
to
send
Lieutenant:
Dayman,
in
the
Cyclops,
to
make
a
special
survey
along
the
proposed
route
of
the
cable.
These
soundings
revealed
the
existence
of
a
submarine
hill
dividing
the
'telegraph
plateau'
from
the
shoal
water
on
the
coast
of
Ireland,
but
its
slope
was
gradual
and
easy.
Till
now
the
enterprise
had
been
purely
American,
and
the
funds
provided
by
American
capitalists,
with
the
exception
of
a
few
shares
held
by
Mr.
J.
W.
Brett.
But
seeing
that
the
cable
was
to
land
on
British
soil,
it
was
fitting
that
the
work
should
be
international,
and
that
the
British
people
should
be
asked
to
contribute
towards
the
manufacture
and
submersion
of
the
cable.
Mr.
Field
therefore
proceeded
to
London,
and
with
the
assistance
of
Mr.
Brett
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
Company
was
floated.
Mr.
Field
himself
supplied
a
quarter
of
the
needed
capital;
and
we
may
add
that
Lady
Byron,
and
Mr.
Thackeray,
the
novelist,
were
among
the
shareholders.
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