The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-09

" connect Hawaii and the main
land, and this and the islanos to
| the west, progresses without any him
drance. The progress which Is being
made is such that the head officers OK
the Pacific Cable Company have no.
titled the acting agent here. Ar. 8. s.
Dickinson. to await further instSuc-
tions before returning to the main
land. This would seem to indicate a
desire to rush work along here, and
that the office would be fitted for its
purposes as rapidly as possible and
despite the fact that the time for its
use would be late fall at the earliest
Although the landing place for the
cable has not been arranged and may
not be settled absolutely for some time.
and in spite OF the fact that there are
several property owners who will Rven
yet endeavor to secure the cable csm-
pany for tenants. there is little In the
business section OF the city that is not
being carefully investigated by the ca
BILE authority. There have been a num-
Der of sites looked into for use as ef-
fees, and more will be investigated be-
fore any decision is made as to the
placing of this important part of the
n.
office here Will be so much more than
a local office in itself that the local
ity. the convenience of the office to the
business community. may be OF nees.-
sity subordinated for a solid and roorny
building. Contrary TO the general sdea
there is deal OF room needed for the
local Office, owing in part to the fact
that il will be the room through which
will pass and in which viii be repeat
ed all the messages which win pass
over the long line OF cable. There will
be needed two rooms more on the
ground floor and a basement of almost
the same size.
The point involving the greatest care
in the shore end OF cable Is the
solidity with which the stands for the
instruments are placed. These must
be so carefully put down that there is
the least possible jar owing to local
disturbances. The common course is to
have the office on the ground floor of
the building and the batteries in the
cellar or basement. The settings for the
instruments are given foundation in the
solid rock below and the stand is built
up until il reaches the height above
the floor which is needed for the re-
ceiving or sending apparatus This
setting is of rock or concrete and often
that il is rallied off TO prevent any one
from even putting a hand upon It.
1t is to make the instruments GER
tainly free from surface disturbances
that the ground floor is always used
and the special settings made. The
basement rooms are used for the bat
teries, and these must be so placed
that there is always an opportunity for
the workmen to get around the cells to
test them and replenish the supplies
OF chemicals. The batteries are not ex-
tremely heavy. owing to the slight re-
sistance encountered IN fine cable.
The testing OF the cable itself is done
at low voltage, there being from two
TO thirty-two volts. Experiments have
shown, too, that the best results at
tend operation under low currents. This
is true in the using of the cable 1or
commercial business, and also IN the
location OF disturbances along the hne,
breaks and similar conditions.
There may be seen in the office hare.
once 1t gets into running order, an
sending machine which re-
ceives the message from the initial sf-
fee and transmits il over another 6ae
OF wire with mechanical accuracy. This
was set up by Mr.. DickenseR
at Nova Scotia just before coming west
is still hard at work and doing better
work, too, for it does not let the op-
orator enter into the equation, but, be
ing unable to talk, he worries along
The corps OF the company here will
include a manager, clerks for the IsA-
eral business office, something nbe
eight operators and la1s- The Ren
viii be brought from the East, they
having made an agreement. and the
company viii do anything IN It's power
10 make them happy while here There
will be stationed either here or at
Guam cable ship for repair purposes.
The fact that the location has not been
decided upon means that the ship will
De placed where there seem the great
.st number Of breaks in the system.
Island is toe small and there
ire no habitatiOns there, 50 the resnIt
wiz be the holding o. the large plants-
lon