The last word transmitted through the old Telegraph from Europe to America, was “Forward,” and “Forward” is the motto of the enterprise still.
APPENDIX.
A.
The following is a list of the Gentlemen connected with the project for the year 1865
NEW YORK, NEWFOUNDLAND, AND LONDON TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
| PETER COOPER, Esq. | President. |
| CYRUS W. FIELD, Esq. | Vice-President. |
| MOSES TAYLOR, Esq. | Treasurer. |
| Prof. S. F. B. MORSE | Electrician. |
| DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, Esq. | Counsel. |
| DIRECTORS. | SECRETARY. | |
| PETER COOPER, Esq. MOSES TAYLOR, Esq. CYRUS W. FIELD, Esq. MARSHALL O. ROBERTS, Esq. WILSON G. HUNT, Esq. | —NEW YORK. | ROBERT W. LOWBER, Esq. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. ALEXANDER M. MACKAY, Esq., St. John’s, Newfoundland. |