Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-26
'RIDAY. .....D DECEMBER 20, 1902
THE CABLE,

The arrival Of the cable ship Silver
town with the line which in a few
hours will put Hawaii in touch with
the outside world marks an era in the
progress Of the islands which. taken
In connection with our established ma
tional and international status, should
be and will be the brightest in our his
tory. Hawaii has emerged from the
wilderness which sea distances have
forced, and now in fact completes its
title as the hub of the Pacific.
Vice President Ward OF the CONNER
citl Pacific Cable Company. in his adj
dress in San Francisco said: Gentle
men. you as men Of business, probably
know better than ] do the value OF
submarine cables to commerce They
are the arteries Of trade They in
crease commerce, and commerce pro-
notes good feeling between all peoples.
Gables are the means Of quickly cor.
recting Misunderstanding between
nations, and have frequently prevented
war, and Il am not mistaken. this d.
rect connection with the orient will
20 for san Francisco, what the Allan.
tic cables have done for New York.
New York and London in five minutes,
and there Is no reason why the same
cannot be done between San Francisco
and China, when this line. is complete
ed. When the Atlantic cables OF the
Commercial Cable company were
opened to the public, they started with
q business of 100 messages per day.
They now transmit about 5000. This
must certainly mean an enormous in
crease OF trade. THIS cable now about
TO be laid. will, in my opinion, add
largely to the prestige OF the United
States. II will establish a new bond
between America and the Orient, and
will bring about new COMMERCIAL
era"
What the cable will do for San Fran
cisco, for every city OF the Mainland
and for the Nation will be shared now
in greater proportion by Hawaii mel
and particularly. Honolulu. II will not
only facilitate the business we now
have by putting our private and public
enterprises In close touch with the
Mainland mainsprings Of cur activity
hut will bring new business, new en-
terprises, and develop the ideals which
for so many years have awaited tele-
graphic communication TO be fulfilled
AS a port OF call for the steadily in
creasing commerce OF the Pacific, Ho-
nolulu now becomes a center which
cannot be passed unheeded. The short
est route on any ocean is the number
of miles to the nearest cable office.
The cable will make OF Hawaii a
more pleasant place to live; better for
It's own citizens and more attractive to
visitors from all parts of the world. It
puts a livelier spring in the business
bootheel and puts in touch that our
citizens may keep pace with the prog
ress OF our own country and OF the
world What telegraphic communica-
ton has done for other islands of the
globe will be duplicated and more than
equalled In this island center which
has no competitor in the great path
ways OF commerce In the Pacific which
are daily and hourly becoming more
important
Hawaii owes special tribute to John
Mackay, the promoter OF the cable
that became fact and to the son who
is so ably carrying forward the plans
OF one whose life ended before the
work was accomplished. Others, cor
porations, individuals and govern !
ments, talked, Mackay and his asso-
eiates acted.