The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-10
WANT CABLE At
MARCUS ISLAND
OVERTURES HAVE BEEN MADE
TO PACIFIC CABLE
COMPANY.
TO INCLUDE NEW GUANO ISLAND
EN- ROUTE.
Expedition To Sail This Afternoon In
The Schooner Julia E. whalen-win
Combine Science and Business.

! Combine Science and Business.
If everything goes well this after
! noon the schooner Julia E. Whalen will
cast her lines loose and by 6 o'clock
| tonight she be under way for her long
| trip to Marcus Island. The king of
Marcus Island" Captain A. A. Rose
| Mill, will be in command of the expe-
! dition which will be quite an interest
| ing one in the history of voyages to
| Pacific islands.
! 1t is understood that efforts are be-
| ing made by the hackers of the Mar
| Gus Island enterprise to induce the
Pacific Guano Company to carry it's
! line to Marcus Island, adding a new
| cable station to the proposed route, In
! fact, it was stated that a special rep
resentative of the cable company
| would arrive yesterday on the S. S.
| SOnoma from San Francisco for the ex-
press purpose of accompanying the
| Marcus Island expedition in order to
| take soundings and study the propos-
! ed site.
| So far as is now known no such in
divdual put in an appearance. s. S.
| Dickinson, the representative of the
Pacific Gable Company states that so
far as he is aware, there is no such
intention on the part of his company
to include Marcus Island in it's cable
route. In fact. he states that had such
| representative been sent to Honolulu,
he would certainly have been notified
of the fact, and as he was not notified
Of such special emssary being sent, he
lis positive that the company has no in
tention on certainly at the present
time, to extend the route to Marcus
Island.
1t has been pointed out that Marcus
Island, which is situated about $500
miles due west of Honolulu, lies with
in a comparatively short distance of
the proposed route cable which is to
go from Honolulu to the Midway ISL
ands. thence south to Guam and down
to Manila. Marcus Island could easily
be added to the route without any ex-
ira st The addition of Marcus ISL
and would mean, however the expense
of maintaining a cable station on that
island, and it is doubtful if the COM
pany will consider this expense and
trouble worth the while.
w. G. Peacock, the principal backer
of the Marcus Island Company, de-
clined to discuss the plans and hopes
of his company in the matter of this
cable station site, but said that with
i'm the course of three or four days the
matter might be in better shape for
publication.
Captain Rosehill has been very busy
today shipping his crew and clearing
his vessel. The galley, the construc-
ZION of which delayed the vessel yes
terday, has been put on the vessel and
everything is now in ship-shape, ready
for the voyage. Captain Rosehll will
take white mate, several white sailors,
co
ed man, and two Japanese as members
of his crew. He also proposed to take
his young son along as a mascot.
In addition to the ships crew, there
will be w. A Bryan, the TaXidermist of
Bishop Museum, and Y. f. Sedgwick,
who goes as chemist of the new COM
pany. Bryan is being sent out by the
Bishop Museum and much intere is
attached to the expedition on account
of his presence. He will make a study
of all the fauna of Marcus Island. SO
far as is known, he will be the first
scientist to visit that island as no ex-
plorations have ever been made of the
far-away spot.
The present trip of the Julia e.
Whalen is largely preliminary. Captain
Rosehill goes armed with credentials
from the States Department of the
United States, which show that he has
been granted title to the land by AM
erica. He also has letters from Mkt
Saito, the local Japanese consul, noti-
Tying the Japanese squatters who are
thought to be on the island, that Cap
tain Rosehill has the right to the place. !
If landing can be effected on Mar
Gus Island and no trouble is offered by
the Japanese. who are thought to still |
be living on the island, Captain Rose
hill and Mr.. Sedgwick will explore the
place and secure samples of the phos-
phates and guano deposits which are
believed to exists in large quantities on
the island. In fact, the company back
ing the expedition plans to outfit a |
larger expedition on the return of the
Julia E. Whalen, and bring the guano |
from Marcus Island. Captain Rose |
hill expects to make the round trip |
in about three months.
Should the Japanese squatters make !
trouble and prevent the expedition |
from landing, however, Captain Rose |
hill will try in every way to settle the |
matter amicably with them and, fail |
ing to accomplish this, will return |
without delay to Honolulu. from where |
the matter viii probably be laid before |
the United States government and the |
assistance of a warship asked to eject |
the japanese squatters, as the United |
states claims sovereignty over Marcus |
Island.