The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-26
CABLE To
LAND At
SANS S0UCI
.OptiontoPurchase
On Strip Is
Given.
WILL AFFORD THE
BEST SHORE SITE
Papers Sent to Mainland and
Acceptance Expected
Very Soon.

pom the decision reached at the
main office of the Pacific Com
~ mercial Cable Company will rest
the settlement of the landing site
| for the cable from the mainland. F.
Nj. Hatch has given an option of pur-
chase upon strip OF land at his resi-
dence at Waikiki, to S. s. Dickinson,
| have been forwarded to San Francisco
Until return advices have been receiv-
ed there will be nothing settled as TO
the acceptance of the site.
The strip of ground thus offered ex-
tends from the beach to the main roau,
and averages twenty-five feet in width.
At the shore the width is only twenty
five feet, while at the road front it is
thirty feet. The strip straightens the
lines of the lots to be retained by Mr..
Hatch, and at the same time gives TO
the cable company the needed ground
for the buildings. which will be placed
upon the plot. There is needed. in fact,
only a small house through which the
cables run, but the strip of ground
would make it possible for the erection
of quarters for the housing of any em-
pIoyes in case it ever became necessary
to work the cable there, instead of
from the downtown office.
Where the sea cable is joined to the
land line, which will be in the form
of an underground cable, there is al
ways erected a house for shelter. and
for the purpose of keeping exposed the
point of contact, so that in the event
of any disarrangement of the city line
the cable can be broken and worked at
the end of the sea line. For this pur-
pose there must be installed the foun-
dations for the delicate instruments
which are used in the operation of the
line and as well reserve battery for
the purpose of tests and4 working as
well.
The company was desirous of secur-
ing the land in fee simple for the rea-
son that access to the line is needed
at all times, as there may occur one
of the breaks which would impede the
working OF the system and it might be
found important to raise the cable at
any moment This made it wise to Sc
cure the option OF purchase, that there
may never be any Interruption of the
company's OF all the ground. The
house which viii be erected viii be of
not more than twenty feet square. but
ii will be so constructed as to offer
all the stability of the downtown Of
flee and the most perfect conditions for
the working of the cable. il it becomes
necessary to put it to this use
The selection of the Sans Souci site for
the shore end makes il possible for the
company to use the most suitable break
in the reef for the. bringing in of the
cable from the deep sea. There is di-
rectly off Sans Souci break in the
reef which gives upon the sea bottom
with very slight wall to the south
This may be broken down by the piac-
ing upon il of charge of dynamite, if
that is deemed necessary, though even
that may be avoided. This point for
cable entrance through the encir-
cling reef has been reported upon IA
vorably many. times and there is moth
ing like il in the vicinity of the city.
Once through the outer reef the APP
proach TO shore is easy and there are
no difficulties to encounter.
The greatest trouble lies in the seHsi-
ing ashore of the end of the cable ow-
ing to the fact that the reef will keep
a cable ship some distance off shore
The plan which may be followed is the
paying out of sufficient cable 10 make
the connection, and then making this
fast to n cable which has been sent
ashore, and through a heavy block. the
ship then pulling the cable up to the
shore by steaming off seaward- This
method works satisfactorily up to a
half or three quarters of a mile and
will have TO be employed in this in
stance owing to the impossibility of
successfully placing sufficient cable up
on a barge and then paying il out a.
the barge is hauled to the shore
From the point OF landing the line
into the city will consist of an under
ground cable of sufficient size 10 per-
init the use of il two ways. for when