The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-12-30

Again little waiting, and the signals
from the ship told of the readiness for
| action, and the line began to tighten
and draw. On the bow of the Silver
town appeared what seemed like a
small black balloon, the strand grew
| heavier, and then, as the buoy touched
the water, IL was seen that the cable
had started ashore, Every ten yaras
one of the balloon buoys was attached,
and these kept the entire length of
cable afloat, the launch keeping aheal
of the cable, the hawser across the
deck, so as to hold the line against the
drawing of the tide toward the east
Chief Engineer Benest was in this
launch, while chief inspector for the
company, Captain Pattison, was rowed
| about in whale boat, looking after
the shape in which the wire was going
ashore. 1t was just 4:40 o'clock when
the cable started, and exactly one hour
later the end had come to the beacn,
while dotting the water clear out to
the vessel, in a graceful curve, the S5
balloons which foated the fourteen
tons of conductor bobbed about in the
waves.
AS the cable came from the water
and a score of workmen seized the
rope to ease it along through the
sheaves, there was a shouting from
the people and the band struck up the
new Gable" march of Berger, the
cheering and music continuing until
the cable had been pulled some fifty
feet beyond the cable house, when a
tri-color flag was sent aloft, meaning
Enough cable paid out"
The rains descended and the crowds
began to depart, but at the end of the
cable there gathered a little group of
friends, and Mrs. A. G. Hawes placed
MALE and lima lei over the strand
saying: Pacific Gable, we welcome
thee to Hawaii Mel" There were
cheers for the event, and the partici-
pants and the crowds passing touched
the cable that they might have it to
say that they had been so privileged.
But the rain kept them moving, and
soon the people had departed. The
cable will be put inside the house TO-
day and connected Immediately.
Everyone, Chief Engineer Benest,
his assistants who watched over oper-
ations ashore, Messrs. DAILY, Crawford,
and Raymond Barker, Captain Patti
son, Mr. Dickinson, Mr.. Gaines and all
those interested, expressed themselves
as most pleased with the days work,
and satisfied that the best possible had
been done.
At once the releasing of the balloon
buOys was begun, they being so ar
ranged that the cutting of cord freed
the cable from a special clutch, and
before it had become too dark to watch
the progress that was made, there had
been dropped something close to half
of the half mile length of cable, it
finding its place on the bottom where
it may never be disturbed. The re-
mainder was permitted to remain
afioat during the night and will be low
cred into place this morning. The
ships anchors are sufficient to hold
whatever blow might come up, and it
was decided to stay out instead or
coming to dock.
If the seas seems to abate this morn
ing the Silvertown may at once pay out
the three miles of rock cable and then
splice onto the intermediate and run
it through the Molokai channel and
out to the spot where the deep sea lire
was buoyed. This is not settled hov'-
ever, for in the event that the buc~
that marks the line already laid being
carried away there may be a graphing
job, which may take some time, and
this would mean that the intermediate
would have to be dropped over, maxi
ing two ends in the water at one time.
1t is believed therefore probable that
the rock cable will be buoyed, and
then the Silvertown will go on out for
deep sea line and pick it up before
returning to match the intermediate
and shore ends.
The landing place of the cable has
history full of interest. Kapua has
always been a spot full of memories,
Centuries back, perhaps, the warriors
and visitors, when the wind and sea
made it impossible to get by Diamond
Head, sought the refuge of Kapua.
Later, in the time of men of today,
there were small steamers which ran
to Kapua. The identical spot where
the cable came ashore was surveyed
and recommended many years ago by
Curtis ]. Lyons and it was considered
as the ideal place.
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