The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-27

BENEST BOSS OF THE JOB.
H. Benest, chief of the cable laying
expedition, is perhaps the most i'm
portant man on the vessel. Night and
day during the strenuous work OF
cable laying he is puzzling his brain
over some weighty problem concerning
the cable. There were many minute
things to be done. It required a man
with master mind, quick, energetic,
and cool to master the many difficult
ties that lay in the path of the cable
layers. Night and day he was sending
little words through wires in order
that there could be no mistake as to
their serviceability.
The officers of the Silventown are as
follows:
Commander, D. Morton; chief officer,
A. Troan; officers, Rowe, Quincy,
Sangster
Cable engineer staff: H. Benest, en-
gineer in charge of the expedition;
staff. C. Crawford P Bates, H. p.
Daley, E. Rymer-Jones, E. H. Walker,
NJ. Raymond Barker
Electrical staff: J. Rymer- Jones,
chief electrician; E. Raymond Barker,
second electrician; P. c. w. Dixon, A.
G. Rutter, B. E. Bumpus.
photographer, C.. R. Wylie; assist
ant photographer, R. G. Wood: chief
engineer, ]. Stoddart; chief assistant
engineer, A. White; surgeon. Dr.
Churchill; electric light engineer, A.
G. Sumdsen
Inspecting staff: Captain Pattison,
Mr.. Barwell, Mr.. Merren, E. B. Hib-
berdyne.
TELEGRAPH STREET"
Captain Morton has very cozy quar-
tiers on the upper deck of his vessel,
while below the machinery deck, in
the after portion of the vessel, one
finds miniature city In Telegraph
Street there are rows of cabins in
which the senior officers are CHARTERED.
Aft of this street is Hotel Cecil or
the senior officers saloon, and on the
port side of the vessel one finds the
suburbs" Here are many junior
officers and electricians, who have
finer quarters than are usually found
for first-class passengers on the larg-
est of ocean liners, while the quarters
of the many other people aboard the
vessel, according to their classes, are,
very good.
FACTS ABOUT SILvERToWN.
The cable steamer Silvertown is the
property Of the India Rubber, Gutta
Percha, and Telegraph Works Com
pany, Ltd. OF Silvertown, England,
popularity known as the Silvertown
Company, and is the largest of the
cable steamers of that company. She
was built in 1873, and since that time
has laid many cables for various gov
ernments over many leagues of the
worlds oceans. Her length is $50
feet, breadth 55 feet and depth "a feet
6 inches. She is designed specially
for cable laying and can secure mod
erately high speed ON small coal con-
sumption, so that she can travel long
distances without having to seek a
coaling station and this is the big re-
quirement of a cable laying vessel.
PLANS FOR CABLE DAY.
At a meeting of the Cable Day Com
nittee yesterday it was decided that
the great meeting in honor of the open
ing of the cable shall be held upon the
signal of repeated blasts from the Elec-
hour will elapse before the meeting is
called to order. Beside music by the
band, including the new cable march,
the program Will include the introduce
ton and address of welcome by Secre-
tary Henry E. Cooper, a historical adj
dress by A. s. Hartwell a response by
missioner Eustis and another by Henry
E. Highton. There will be fireworks in
the evening and a salute of 100 guns
when the Presidents message arrives.
All business houses will be asked to
decorate with flags.
RATES ARE FIXED.
Rate sheets of the Commercial Pa
cific Cable Company win be issued soon,.
though of course all rates are subject to-
change without notice. The San Fran
cisco rate will be 80 cents word and
to this must be added four cents word.
for California points and nine cents for
Chicago and twelve cents for New
York. To China the rate is 1922 a word
and to Japan s2.3S. To Australia s1.oS
a word is the rate and Tanning Island
is Sc cents.