The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-18

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"a landing place f1r Ii" california end
of the Hawaiian cable. Win him 'om"
Charles Cuttr.s a chief electrical engine
Ger q che Commercial cable Company
They have been lo1kInu over Monterey
bay az the suggested place iot the cable
landing bus Mr Ward faNurs point
on the shore near san Francisco. and
the chart soundings incline him to "a
spot near The Old Pacific Ocean House
MIR. ward is an interesting person
elity. lac always has been an olectri-
cian. Born az Great Hadham, heri-
fordshlre. England. on December 30,
1874. he won % prize in his Cambridg,
school al the age ot ten because Of his
electrical knowledge. When he leit
school he went into the employ OF the
Electric Telegraph Company Then. In
1865. h. went to Egypt IN the Govern
ment telegraph service, stuck TO his
POST during the cholera epidemic and
received the public thanks OF the Vice
roy lshwlrl Pasha.
Then. IN 1869. MIR Ward became ac-
ouainted with ocean cables. He was
sent out on the Great Eastern with the
first French Atlantic cable, and took up
a post at ST. Pierre, Mlquelon. After
9 #..ft 4
States Direct Gable Company, he re-
duced cable time and cable rates, and
in 1884 he accepted the position Of Sec
rotary and general manager of the
Commercial Gable Company. In which
corporation he has been large factor
ever since. Beyond that he has been
a member uf the New YORK Chamber OF
Commc.oc and honorary secretary and
treasure If the Institution OF Electro
cal Engineers of the United states.
During the recent struggle in Con-
gress over the granting Of rights desir-
ed by John w. Mackay for his Pacific
cable. NJ ward was twi,tcd with be-
ing IN EnRlishman He replied:
Il think I'm a fairly good American.
TEc"-h I may have myself neglected
20 t-}e out my papers Of citizenship,
rry eldest son was the very first volun-
teer to enlist in our army for the
Spanish war. and my daughter is mar
red to a lieutenant Of the United
states Navy, who fought in the Phil
irpines."
yesterday Mr.. Ward authorized the
f., owing interview as To the aims and
! rrI ases Of Mr.. Mackay's company re-
irr'.ug the Pacific ocean cable, and in
,..rtally took up the discussion OF
s,y'val debated points in the recent
slr-..3n IN Congress.
KING 4 LANDING PLACE.
81 E- lprstand you are in san Fran
cisco , decide upon location for the
much desired Pacific cable" began the
questloner.
Yes, | have come to California Ia
select landing place for the cable,
replied Mr. Ward. THE first section
will be laid from some point on the
Coast to Honolulu. The spot Ia be
selected will be either San Francisco on
Monterey The Navy Department rec
ommends the latter, but we prefer San
Francisco, this being the metropolis of
the coast.
THE cable ought to start from here.
and unless we find difficulties that can
not be overcome, it will be brought
ashore as near the city as possible. |
have just looked over Monterey bay,
and am now about 10 take in the sur
roundings of San Francisco. You see
il is not only that the cable must lie
on good bottom and he free from
anchorage but we have to study the
conditions Of city like san Francisco
in regard to the electric trolley lines
H..
to operate them cause disturbances on
ocean cables"
when will the cable be laid?"
81 have received a cablegram since
my arrival on the coast. saying the
manufacture is going ahead satisfac-
torily, at the rate OF 600 miles per
month. and barring accidents IL will be
finished and shipped on board the cable
steamer Silvertown by the end of July
and laid by the first of November, ac-
cording TO contract"
who is manufacturing the cable"
1.-The India Rubber. Gutta Percha and
Telegraph Works CO.. OF Silvertown,
England. They are well known cable
builders and layers of thirty-five years
standing and have a fleet of steamers
especially constructed for the work"
Can you state why the cable was
not built in this country?"
SIMPLY because no cable manufac-
turer in America has had any expert
ence of deep sea work. Short lengths
OF perhaps 200 miles have been made
here and laid in shallow water, but that
IL very different proposition from 5000
miles, ard put down in the deepest wa
ter in which cables have ever been sub
merged. The average depth between
San Francisco and Honolulu is about
5000 fathoms g miles,, and the United
States steamer Nero made the deepest
soundinfs in the world near Guam
about five miles, believe. None OF the
cable builders In this country have
either the plant for such a job or the
steamers to lay a cable of this length
and character, and we did not care to
try any experiment with what might
bt termed green hands" on the big
gest and most difficult cable expedition
that has ever been undertaken. The
ordinary layman do,s not realize that II
requires years Of experience and a great