The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-09-06
LAYING THE
 CABLE
An Interesting Account of
 Which Appears In P.-L

Tho r-I 1f che sth contains wcu- written and interesting article about how tHe SklsV1y-Juuslu c1hle was LId. ir- Iue ul much importance locally the 1rti- C.. .s here produced.
 Tho ustlu. of tbe laying of tha cable lre interesting Ou August 70 thc cable arrived Iu Seattle ovef thrGre1t North ,ru railroad 10 was then loaded into th. Iakmr whose hold was specially pre- rIr.I for its r.c.uunu. ft I- snid to b" on. largest telegraph cable manufactured I1I llI by any American manufacturer. and the largest cable i1 thc United States.
 Th. Ilkme lrr.vcd at Sk1evay ou Aueust e. at ..e D. no. SsaEwly timr. rrI th. I1udiuc of tho shore end of thc cable WAS completed two hours later Hy tn. establishment of thIs cnd ou Che shore t,I.ertphIc communication between thr ship 1nI th. sh1re was effected 40 six o'clock tb. nsNt morning thc actual work 0l laying thc c1hl, began. Tho couli- rous vrre Jeciarod most favorable. thorc nsinr no wind prevailing. and che water hoiue perfectly smooth Iy means of the batteries ou the ship connected with on, cable communication Was kept up with Sarwly. and ls th. ly.rE of thp cable nrurrr4s.d Che reports Wer. duly posted f.r the benefit of th ut,restine crowd ou .hor. gathering around the bulletin bolrI Exceptionally good tImr was made. Iu ths work uniform speed of nvr m.'.s DOT hour being maintained No accident of any sort .utcrfercJ with the succ,s. .f thc operation.
 Mako Juneau Connections
 At g.al D. m. thlt night Che fog thick snei tl on evteut rendering it necessary t. anchor uutu daylight The anchor was dropped on Shelter Island in ten and ris. half athoms of water. eiehty-f1Ir uil. of c1bIe having been uyel n -.Vt r.r hours Work began early or1in 7rNt morning and lt g p. m.. that day 1n '1"r was dropped thrcc miles from junc7 t lu orler thlt Che shore end mistt t' auUceJ Tho shoro end of the cable h"t .- 0f double 1rmor. it is much hc1ylcr 'hlu tH. main cable. and weights i2Wo ponds tI thr mile The splicing was cor7l'ti i1 fHHr and hlf ho1rs and Che laying was 1gln resumed to within onc-h1lf of n mI. I.um Juneau when the anchor was ar1ir dropped Tor thc night
 Early In thr morning following prcplr. ations were made to land Che shore end of thc cable t1 connect with Che land unc bult Joy the signal corps to Che rcru- lr office. A Iir- W1- first seut ashore to be passed through snatch block ate tlched to tr.e. Dne end of this liue was attached ta the rlhI. and ths other c1d to a winch ou tho vessel The end uf thc cable was passed oyer one of Che .hIn.s boats and Che boat was towel ashore by power from tho winch After aI Che sI1ck was drawn in. the cIslc was anchored to che shore by mtars of chains Telegraph instruments. batteries and instruments for measuring e1hios won. lt once landed. and connecti0usw wot. again established with Skagwly. lr l2.m o'clock. instruments for measuring installation resistance. copductor rcsis,. ance and capacity of the current Were completed and 1u was found Go hc n perfect orlcr The cable was then at- tlcbel Co Che end of the telegraph lme and tolcrraphic communication between skarway and Juneau was an accomplish cd fact
 Atskaeway Maj GllFsford. of Che Init ed states signal corps. who performed the r.r,r1mcnts land share of Che work. iHined the cable corps and participated in Che work described. The cable is primar- Hy aid for thc use of the United states signal corps. but by on act Of congress iti use is permitted Co Che public at Che rat" of cents per word for commercial mes sages and q ccnte per word for press dis patches. The total cable equip one