The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-24
THE CABLE
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daughter of Governor Gage of Califor- F
MIA broke a bottle of California's finest
vintage over it, dedicatng it with these
words ITO the memory of John w.
Mackay, 1 Christen thee Pacific Gable.
Good luck to thee. May you always
carry messages of happiness"
Following the successful landing of
the cable, President Clarence H. Mac
kay of the Gable company sent the fol-
lowing message to President Roose-
welt:
San Francisco, Dec. IA, 1902.
To Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President
of tie United states, Washington D. |
c:
l have the honor to inform you that
the end of the Honolulu cable was sue
cessfully brought to shore this morn
ing, Governor Gage being present.
c. NJ. MACKAY,
President Commercial Pacific Gable
Company.
About 1900 feet Of the cable was used
up in sOuvenirS,/
SAN FRANCISCO, December 16-Out
among the sand dunes that border the
Pacific, snuggled down out of sight of
the south side life-saving station and
the passing trolley cars, little band of
men from the SilvertOwn sit in the cable
hut" continually feeling the electrical
pulse of the wire which is slowly pay
ing out toward Honolulu. The hut
itself, so called by common consent of
cable employees, looks like an ornate
powder-house, through construction
and location, but the men are intensely
in earnest. They have been in more
disagreeable stations, and their at
tention is held close by their work and
responsibility, SO that it matters little
to them whether a cold fog rolls in
from the ocean or the sunbeams dance
! through the clouds of sand whirled
against the house by the wind. They
take turns at recording testing signals
from the ship through the twenty-four
/ hours, showing that all is well, while
others watch the blinking little demon
I of mirror galvanometer in the corner
whose duty it is to speak by flashes OF
light for the electrician on board ship
I Here they will eat and sleep and live
until the cable is landed at Honolulu
and thirty days further time has
elapsed and the contractors turn the
plant over to the cable company
Just before midnight Sunday, and
after messages of congratulation had
been sent to the chief of the electrical
staff on board the Silvertown from
President Mackay of the cable COM
pany and to the captain from Profess
sor A. G.. McAdie of the United states
aWeather Bureau, forecasting weather
conditions, the light on the ivory scale
of mirror galvanOmeter began to dance
crafty, and while one of the operators
watched the tiny will o the Wisp ana
translated aloud it's strange antics an
other penned the words as they were
repeated. 1t was the first connected
Il message received over the cable, ana
announce the perfection of arrange
ments and the probable hour of start
ing in the following words:
Clarence H. Mackay, San Francisco,
i Cal: Everything o. K. Start paying
out about midnight. We send best
wishes for pleasant run home.
SILVERTOWN.
Off Ocean Beach, Cal, December IA,
J 1902, 1870 p. m.
! Then at 2 O'Clock yesterday morning,
two hours after the estimated time, the
Silvertown steamed away on her history
making voyage. Mile after mile of the
cable reeled off and sunk to its resting
place where the mermaids sport, ano
y with monotonous regularity ftestinS
! signals were exchanged between Shll
. and shore. All night long an operator
! sat in the hut making and recording
. the tests, but not another wink from
the little demon in the corner whose
business is was to make ineligible the
words of those at the ocean end. Inns
! was no surprise to those on watch, how
: ever for they knew that no news mean
? good news and that there was othel
work on ship besides sending descrlp
: tive messages of ocean scenery.
: 1t was noon yesterday when the mir
: for winked sleepily, seemed to yaWI
and stretch after it's long repose, ana
: flashing right and left, gave off the fol
= lowing message:
? SILVERTOWN, noon, latitude 81 deg
8 min. north, longitude 1913. Al min, west
: Gable paid out seventy-seven nautlca
? miles Southeast wind and rain. Tn
z settled Every thing going well.