The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-06-27

the settlement Of the landing site
for the cable from the mainland. +.
~. Hatch has given an option Of pur-
chase upon a strip Of land at his resi-
dence at Waikiki. to (. s. Dickinson
acting for the company, and the papers
have been forwarded tn San Francisco
Until return advices have been recelN-
ed there will be nothing settled as to
the acceptance Of the site.
The etrip Of ground thus offered eN-
tends from the beach TO the main roau'
and averages twenty-five feet IN wldth.
Al the shore the width is only twenty
Ave feet. while at the road front IL ~
thirty feet. The strip strengthens the
lines Of the lots 20 be retained by MT
Hatch, and at the same time gives 10
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 II possible for the erection
. 4 quarters for the housing OF any en-
kloyes in case It ever became necessary
no work the cable there. instead Oh
n from the downtown office.
Where the sea cable liz Joined 10 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 a reserve battery for
the purpose Of tests and. working as
well.
The company was DESTROYS 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 1t might De
found important to raise the cable at
any moment. This made II wise to Sc
cure the option of purchase, that there
may never be any interruption Of the
company's use of all the ground. The
house which will be erected will be OF
not more than twenty feet square, but
IL will be so constructed as to Offer
all the stability OF the downtown Of
flee and the most perfect conditions fol-
the working OF the cable, If 1t becomes
necessary to put 1t to this use.
The selection OF the Sans Souci site fol
the shore end makes 1t possible for the
company To use the most suitable breal
in the reef for the bringing In OF tn,
cable from the deep sea. There IL di
rectly off Sans Souci n break In tn,
reef which gives upon the sea bottom
with very slight wall to the south
This may be broken down by the plac
ing upon 1t of a charge of dynamite, II
that is deemed necessary. though ever
that may be avoided. This point foi
a cable entrance through the encr
cling reef has been reported upon IA
Vorably many times and there is moth
ing like II in the vicinity of the city
once through the outer reef the up'
proach to shore Is easy and there are
no difficulties TO encounter.
The greatest trouble lice IN the send
ing ashore of the end of the cable ow'
ing to the fact that the reef will keel
a cable ship some distance off shore
The plan which may be followed is the
paying out of sufficient cable to make
the connection. and then making this
fast TO a cable which has been sem
ashore. and through a heavy block. the
ship then pulling the cable up to the
shore by steaming off seward. This
method works satisfactorily up To q
will have 10 be emnloved in his in.
stance owing to the impossibility Of
successfully placing sufficient cable up
on n barge and then paying II out as
the barge is hauled to the shore.
From the point of landing the line
ground cable W" " sp oGs,S o Size o"n ner
init the use of 1t two ways. for when
the lie has been extended TO Guam and
which viii mean the the use Of the under
ground cable for both the California
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