The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-05
To PULL
CABLE IN
CONDU|TS
Work of Laying
Underground
Wires.
OPERATIONS TO
BEGIN TODAY
VIII be Rushed to Speedy Con-
clusion-S Silvertown Should be
in San Francisco Now.

Great reels OF leaden covered cables
mounted on trucks, men with wind
lasses stationed at manholes, and the
moving of the wires down into the
pipes laid to serve as conduits for the
underground cables, will mark the act
i've progress of providing electrical
connection between the Office of the
cable company in the Young building
in Honolulu and the Office of the con-
cern on Market street in San Francisco.
This morning at about 9 o'clock the
laying will begin, and it will be pressed
forward with all speed until it is COM
pleted.
If everything has gone well the cable
ship Silvertown is now off the Golden
Gate, ready to begin unwinding the
deep sea line as soon as refitting after
the long journey is finished. The date
Francisco is tomorrow, December 6,
but as the vessel made up four days on
the schedule from London to Coronel,
it would be in line with ali expecta-
tions to those. interested If the time of
reaching San Francisco should prove
to be at least one day ahead of the
schedule. Allowing week for the re-
fitting and twelve days for the journey
down from the Coast, the cable may
well be expected to arrive in Honolulu
in time to establish communication by
Christmas.
Mr.. Martin, the representative of the
land line contractors and his chief as
sistant, Thomas Trebell, in charge Of
the construction itself, spent yesterday
in going over the line of the conduits
and making their plans for the putting
down of the twin conductors. They
were accompanied over the route by
Superintendent Gaines of the Pacific
Commercial Cable Company, and the
HIIdSlOIS, MSssIS' hoIu N otlSeT,
who will have charge of the work of
dragging the II miles of cable through
the pipes.
The putting in of the cable presents
no problems that have not been met
by the experts in charge before, and
they will make good time with their
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The visitors were well pleased with
the arrangements for the carrying on
of the work and found that they would
encounter no difficulties in securing all
the necessary wagons for the carrying
of the reels and the machinery con-
nected with the work of dragging the
cable.
The reels of cable, each bearing its
half mile of the conductor. will be
mounted so that the cable can be un-
wound as it is dragged through from
one manhole to another, and as the
men who will have the work in charge
are the same who performed similar
service on the job in San Francisco,
they will be able to get the very best
results from their work.
The cable connections with the
Young building will be made first. and
then the cable will be put down pro-
crossing toward the Waikiki end of the
line. slfTiha fAsa
Both Mr.. Martin and Mr.. Trebell,
who are making their first visit to Ho-
nolulu, are charmed with the city and
its surroundings, and anticipate the
most pleasurable experiences during
their stay, Already they are talking Of
prolonging their visit so that they may
see the connection of the deep sea line
with their own system.