A cable, eighty-five miles long, was laid between Cape Breton and
Newfoundland (22).

Field then came to England and floated an English company, which
amalgamated with the American one under the title of the Atlantic
Telegraph Company.

The story of the laying of the Atlantic cables of 1857 and 1865, their
success and failures, has often been told, so we need not go into any
details. It may be noted, however, that communication was first
established between Valentia and Newfoundland on August 5. 1858, but
the cable ceased to transmit signals on September 1, following.

During that period, ninety-seven messages had been sent from Valentia,
and two hundred and sixty-nine from Newfoundland. At the present time,
the ten Atlantic cables now convey about ten thousand messages daily
between the two continents. The losses attending the laying of the
1865 cable resulted in the financial ruin of the Atlantic company and
its amalgamation with the Anglo-American. In 1866 the Great Eastern
successfully laid the first cable for the new company, and with the
assistance of other vessels succeeded in picking up the broken end of
the 1865 cable and completing its connection with Newfoundland.

[Illustration: MAP SHOWING MAIN CABLES FROM EUROPE AND THEIR
CONNECTIONS WITH CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.

Reference to places--A, Heart's Content; B, Placentia; C, St. Peter
Miquelon; D, North Sydney, Cape Breton Island; E, Louisbourg; F Canso,
Nova Scotia; G, Halifax; H, Bird Rock; I, Madeline Isles; J,
Anticosti; K, Charlotte Town, Prince Edward's Island; LLL, Banks of