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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
79
"5.
That
the
tariff
of
charges
shall
be
fixed
with
the
consent
of
the
Treasury,
and
shall
not
be
increased,
without
such
consent
being
obtained,
as
long
as
this
contract
lasts.
"I
am,
sir,
your
obedient
servant,
"James
Wilson.
"Cyrus
W.
Field,
Esq.,
37
Jermyn
street."
With
this
encouragement
and
promise
of
aid,
the
projectors
of
a
telegraph
across
the
ocean
now
went
forward
to
organize
a
company
to
carry
out
their
design.
Mr.
Field,
on
arriving
in
England,
had
entered
into
an
agreement
with
Mr.
Brett
to
join
their
efforts
for
this
purpose.
With
them
were
afterward
united
two
others--Sir
Charles
Bright,
as
engineer,
and
Dr.
Whitehouse,
as
electrician.
These
four
gentlemen
agreed
to
form
a
new
company,
to
be
called
The
Atlantic
Telegraph
Company,
the
object
of
which
should
be
"to
continue
the
existing
line
of
the
New
York,
Newfoundland,
and
London
Telegraph
Company
to
Ireland,
by
making
or
causing
to
be
made
a
submarine
telegraph
cable
for
the
Atlantic."
As
they
were
now
ready
to
introduce
the
enterprise
to
the
British
public,
Mr.
Field
issued
a
circular
in
the
name
of
the
Newfoundland
Company,
and
as
its
Vice-President,
setting
forth
the
great
importance
of
telegraphic
communication
between
the
two
hemispheres.
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