The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-12-30
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One was the deep sea cable and the
other was small yet tough wire,
which was kept as taut as possible in
order that the engineers might know
what amount of slack the big cable
used in climbing up submerged hills
and descending into the deep valleys
of the ocean.
On the fore part of the vessel is
gear identical with that at the stern,
only this is used for the picking up of
cable and not for laying one. This
is used to pick up the cable and again
splice it in case the cable should break
during a heavy storm, and will be used
in picking up the cable off Makapuu
Point when the vessel picks up the
buoy dropped there on Friday. II the
modern cable is a marvel, the machin-
cry used in handling it is much more
marvellous.
ANIMALS WATCHED CABLE LAY
ING.
Side by side with the cable machin-
cry OF the Silvertown are rows of
pens in which are quartered cattle,
sheep, pigs, and poultry, for there are
large number of people on board who
have to be fed. There are squawking
ducks and long horned cattle within
a few feet of each other, and near by
q butcher can be seen industriously
carving away at a big carcass OF beef.
The provender department has to be
well cared for, for there are about
hundred and sixtey men on board the
vessel.
The ships officers, cable, and cleo
trical staff numbers thirty two and
cable foremen, leading hands, petty
officers, cable men, and sailors and
firemen bring the make up another
one hundred and twenty-seven men.
BENEST BOSS OF THE JOB.
H. Benest, chief of the cable laying
expedition, is perhaps the most i'm
portant man on the vessel. Night and
day during the strenuous work or
cable laying he is puzzling his brain
over some weighty problem concerning
the cable. There were many minute
things to be done. 1t required a man
with master mind, quick, energetic,
and cool to master the many Difficult
ties that lay in the path of the cable
layers. Night and day he was sending
little words through wires in order
that there could be no mistake as to
their serviceability.
The officers of the Silvertown are as
follows:
Commander, D. Norton chief ofhcer,
A. Troan; officers, Rowe, Cluney,
| Sangster.
Cable engineer staff: II. Benest, en-
gineer in charge of the expedition;
staff. C. Crawford, p. Bates, Fl. p.
Daley. e. Rymer-Jones, e. II. Walker,
NJ. Raymond Barker.
Electrical staff: ]. Rymer-Jones,
chief electrician; e. Raymond Barker,
second electrician; p. C. w. Dixon, A.
G. Rutter, B. f. Bumpus.
Hydrographer, C. r. Wylie; assist
ant photographer, X. q. Wood; chiei
engineer, j. Stoddart chief assistant
engineer, A. White; surgeon. Dr.
Il q y 4 4 n u - - u - ~ ~ ~ ~ u II
by the graduates OF Kamehameha
School residing here by luau at the
home of Enoch Brown.
The work OF erecting the Ray Office
building on Waianuenue street began
Tuesday, the Hilo Mercantile Company
securing the contract,
1T. Molr will visit his old home In
Scotland in April and will return with
Mrs, NOR and children.
II. A. Lucas has so far recovered
from his recent illness that he visits
his once for short while each day.
The calendar for the January term
In the Fourth judicial district Is one
Of the longest IN the history Of lilo,
In 10 tho citation ~ Carl T. smith
for contempt In Judge iiapai's court,
Mr., smith appeared Tuesday and de-
INJURED 20 the citation Judge iiapal
reserved ruling ON tho demurrer un'
al today,
u, II, Elslp has rendered his reslel
nation as genera passenger end ticket
agent Tor the iillo railroad, ana the
same has heen accepted by spparlnI
inlendenl lambert, elective January
l. 1903
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