The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-27
THE WORK IS DONE,

1t seems hard realize cable thirty
OF attached buoy rising and falling the SWELL
The two thousand odd hundred miles of cable which
aced Is at present lying dead and inert upon the oceans bed
There rising and falling upon the dark of the waters
e and dead but awaiting the vvyng spark which will in
' On8 these Islands INTO touch with the pusaons OF the
mighty living world Dead today awaken into
life as the electric passes through its bearing
ages import telling of life and DEATH of policies and
tumuls of the commerce peace and of the
blood stained pages OF The whole life flashes
along the wires ineligible and unneigbe the receiver, 1t
Will flash in cypher in code signals in plain ordinary English
ready for all men read Once the line is vv6ed the click the
needle will Day day there will be
s less tic, tic, tic and pauses long and short
At first messages will be in experimental and
cogatuaoy Indeed owing to certain necessary business
rangemen which not yet completed the cable will not be
available for commercial purposes the
Cd ms was the case with the All Red cable but set
tied down to business The wonder stage will leave and the
only thing will be that shall wonder why long
without the cable and begin regard the time before the cable
into archaic period, something akin that dim
when letters round the Horn year um-
berng old whaer and thrown soap box the
primitive to which every repaired and from which
every picked his particular letter. after examining the
veopes and addresses Of all the 1t indeed primitive
! time.
How the changes have along hundred years ago the
tcaly communication with civilized If any ship
touched here the incident formed portion the printed
the VOYAGE and people read open noued and wondered at
the temer ofhe voyager who such dangers
known uncharterd reefs and utamed savage Then
the early commercial period when men began to settle here and
there and when letters nementy the of years
Then the regular whaling period communication was had on
the average year. and later in six months Still
became matter of weeks There fair regularity by the sailing
packets but sometimes they delayed and sometimes they
down ktng The railway the Continent superseded
the Panama and shortened the time OF communication still
further.
the communication made yet another stride and
regular line established which piled between San
Francisco and Honolulu month This the first
municaon which might be regarded regular the day OF sail
of arrival fixed The vessel the Idaho
and was about Knau though nothing like well
fitted She used make the trip in from eleven twelve DAYS
wait harbor five six days and then Wadde back AGAIN.
Looking back she primitive method OF communca-
the only that breasted the Pacific ocean
away from the Coast The steamers from Panama 10 oan iran
cisco Rugged Moreover she the oerunner OF the
magnificent fleet Of steamers which through our port gong
East and South and and West and churnng the
bosom in all directions The time of communication has been
reduced much could reduce it, and we have been Tor
years very the world.
There was but one step more We have Of it, talked
about it. schemed for for quarter of century Steam had
done wonders for us but we wanted annhate space dis
lance telegraph the only thing wanting How we
onged for it! and behold the work is practically done 1t is
only question of hours before the mainland will talk to Its
possession before the head OF the Republic can speak IN
few seconds with those who on its very confines.
almost impossible realize that the work is done that the
realized that the vision has taken tangible shape VIII
take us a1eW days PQDaDy Jew weeNS ~ SI o Pt ,
pose Some of eated and will have to tone down.
others do grasp the greatness OF the event and the
changes which will bring about and Will nave to tone up
will be some time before we settle to normal pitch
To those who have hoped and dreamed the realization almost
overwhelming One fears to write feels lest should APP
exayagant is however the greatest event in the
history of the Islands No has been momentous
has had such momentouS consequences as tins Will have he ISL
and entered the world have become part of it, where be-
fore they button its outskirts ookerson not breath
ng living portion OF It, When the SVertown entered the har
bor not to be forgotten by who privileged
and day be celebrated by children and chill
dens children lime and space have been annhiaed III
with the world Wonderful indeed The thought
Of here by the mechanical skill OF influence the
thought action of and away Not
business but every phase of life will be affected The cable will
carry orders for goods of DEATH of wealth,
everything and perchance in the slightly altered words of the
Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul
And wait sigh from Oahu to the Pole