APPENDIX XXIII THE MACKAY-BENNETT ATLANTIC CABLE, 1882

TH E following is a copy of a letter addressed by Captain A.

H. Clark on behalf of Mr. Gordon-Bennett :—

I shall feel obliged if you will report to me for the information of my friends who propose owning a cable between the West Coast of Ireland, through the Straits of Belle Isle, thence to a point on the western shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, say 2,500 cable knots, as to the respective merits and values of the seven following types for the above purpose, taking into consideration the question of durability, and assuming for a standard that No. 1, when laid, is of the value of ^200 per knot.