The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-01
SilVertOWn Will
Make Another
Trial.
PLANS TO GO OUT
AT DAYBREAK
Celebration OF the Event Viii Be
Delayed Until the Line Is
Formally Open.

Wind and wave permitting, the final
connection between the line of cable
from San Francisco, which was laid by
the SiIvertown, on the eventfui trip
which ended on Friday fast. and the
shore end, so successfully put down on
Sunday, will be completed today. The
cessation of the strong winds from the
northeast and the falling of the seas
in the channel, give reason to believe
that there will be such weather as will
permit the splicing and that before the
close of the day electric communication
between this city and San Francisco
will be successfully established.
The day was spent yesterday by the
cable ship silvertown. lying at anchor
outside the harbor. ard the communiea-
tiop between the vessel and the shore
was brief and to the point. consisting
mainly of a letter sent by Chief En-
gineer Benest to Manager Dickinson of
the company. This gave the informa-
ton that the start would be made, ifl
there was no material change in tn ,s
weather, early this morning. The houI
had been placed at four or five o'click,
and this will depend mainly upon the
abatement of the sea. A pilot has been
called for three o'clock and everything
viii be in readiness then. The inten-
ton is TO make the start so that the
ship may reach the buoy which marks
the end of the cable when the sun has
driven away the mist which usually lies
over the sea inshore with the coming
of the day.
Arriving at the point where the cable
ends. before the morning winds have
sprung up, it is expected that the task
of lifting the buoy and taking on
board the cable viii be completed with
in q half hour and that then the spite
between the sea cable and the intern'i'
diate will be made. Should the grourM,,
swell at the point where the cable W wsrS
dropped be too strong, and it be il-x
possible for the ship to handle the cable
safely on account Of the waves, then
the steamer will proceed farther to sea,
in the hope that there will be less dis
turbance at a distance of thirty OF
forty m4lss. thaR is apparent at twe1ty
miles.
In preparation for such turn of
affairs there was made aboard the Sill
vertown yesterday a splice Of the inter-
mediate cable and the deep sea ling
This would enable the picking up o.
the deep sea cable by graphing, the
cutting Of the line and the iinmeiiat-
splicing of the deep sea cable without
great trouble The sea line is small.
weighing not more than ten or twelve
per cent of the intermediate, a.
splice could be made much more easily
than with the heavier line. In that
event the cable picked up would be
cur. the few miles separated would be
reeIe1 aboard and the course Of the :
vessel would be to the buoy. which
would be picked up enroute to the chan
aeI. where the connection would be
made easily, as the dropped shore Sec
ton lies under the lee Of the land and
the buoy could be readily picked up
and work done there, if there should ]
be much more wind than appears at the
present time.
Everything on board the cable ship
has been made ready TO meet any euFs.Il'
gency. IN fact it was said yapany, Z
afternoon that in the go
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