The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-18
WHEN The CABLE CONES.

TIE coming OF the cable will be ex-
pedIted by the desire OF the Mackay
company. to outwit the private cable
lobby OF Congress. OF whom Corliss OF
Michigan is the chief spokesman on the
floor. As the Advertiser said some time
ago. on the joint authority of it's Wash
ington and San Francisco correspond
ents. the connection OF Hawaii with
the cable and teIegraphic services OF
the world will not be delayed much
after Christmas. In fact we may have
the news OF the big Thanksgiving day
games to digest with the surfeit OF our
owe Thanksgiving feasts.
The effect OF cable communication
ought TO be good I'm various ways.
Winter tourists may come here and not
be out of all touch with their friends
and the markets for a week or ten days
at q time. This should help give US a
distinctive winter population with it's
own homes. such as Pasadena and Los
Angeles enjoy. together with a large
hotel and clearinghouse contingent
1t II understood that. when the cable
gives Honolulu a standing among COM
municable resorts. the railroad and
steamship lines will do something for
e. The place Will be widely advertised
and rates made TO II. Moreover II Will
advertise Itself In a beneficial way. Its
own news will supply daily date lines
In the mainland papers. and from the |
need Of being tersely put this news Will |
exclude much of the sensational detail /
which 10 easy to embrace In letters by
mail. We shall then be better known
and less notorious.
The cable should also help to cure US
OF certain ills OF isolation. Having only
ourselves and each other to discuss be-
tween steamers. small matters are
mayu;ned and small quarrels given a
dis3roportionate meaning. A larger
view viii come OF daily contact with
the world and. let US hope. a better and
saner view. We shall feel that we have
voice and a standing beyond our lit
tie hedgerows; a fellowship outside the
'nyspeck islands OF the map. Homo
lulE viii cease to be provincial and
take on some cosmopolitan aspects.
Results OF a naval character must
also follow the arrival OF the subma-
rine telegraph. Honolulu Is the natural
winter station OF the Pacific fleet: and
a little later Pearl HarbOr will take It's
place From here Uncle Sans war
ships may be ordered by wire to the
Asiatic or the American coasts or TO
Samoa. and would not be long on either
route At present the feet Is obliged
to rendezvous at Mare Island. which Is
not an ideal winter station. or else. by
gong outside. IL finds itself compelled
by the shrieks OF real estate boomers.
re-echoed by Congressman. 10 go to the
stormy Sound. or to lie or such road
steads an San Pedro or Monterey. SO as
To help I'll hotels. Here at Honolulu
the aeet could concentrate and be let
aioae the adjacent waters giving every
chance required for maneuvers. and the
geographical location enabling the YES
sells to reach any point where they may
be needed with about equal facility. As
the presence OF a first-cIass shIp-of- :
war II worth about $4,000 per month
to any port. the advantage OF having q
the Sect here winters needs no special d
argument
So on the whole the cable Is going a
70 prove a great boon to the Territory q
against which. so far as we can see :
there Will not be offset a single disad- y