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ByhardworkhesecuredaidforhiscompanyfromtheBritishgovernment, butinCongressheencounteredsuchbitteroppositionfromapowerfullobbythathismeasureonlyhadamajorityofoneintheSenate.
Onthesecondtrial, whentwohundredmilesatsea, theelectriccurrentwassuddenlylost, andmenpacedthedecksnervouslyandsadly, , thecurrentreturnedasquicklyandmysteriouslyasithaddisappeared.
Thefollowingnight, whentheshipwasmovingbutfourmilesanhourandthecablerunningoutattherateofsixmiles, thebrakeswereappliedtoosuddenlyjustasthesteamergaveaheavylurch, breakingthecable.
, , thecable, , butwhentheshipswereeightymilesapart, , whenitpartedsometwentyfeetfromtheAgamemnon, andthevesselsreturnedtothecoastofIreland.
Directorsweredisheartened, thepublicskeptical, capitalistswereshy, , thewholeprojectwouldhavebeenabandoned.
Finallyathirdattemptwasmade, withsuchsuccessthatthewholecablewaslaidwithoutabreak, andseveralmessageswereflashedthroughnearlysevenhundredleaguesofocean, whensuddenlythecurrentceased.
, andoneortwofriends, , whichsteamedslowlyouttosea, , whenthecablesnappedandsank.
Notdiscouragedbyallthesedifficulties, , organizedanewcompany, andmadeanewcablefarsuperiortoanythingbeforeused,andonJuly13, 1866, wasbegunthetrialwhichendedwiththefollowingmessagesenttoNewYork:
"Wearrivedhereatnineo'! Thecableislaidandisinperfectworkingorder—CyrusField."
