The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03

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.. Of Friday. December 26. after
much difficulty and great risk. the. cable
ship Silvertown came, or to Honolulu.
docking at the naval wharf at noon. The
big shin was. met in the harboI BY tugs
and excursion. boats. carrying welcoming
delegations with bands OF music. anil
escorted to the wsarf. where. great
crowd awaited. 1T was the intention of
the engineer in charge of the expedition
10 take. on board 1000 IONS Of coal as bal
last and await favorable weather TO re-
tutn and !ptck up the sea. end and. brirc...
it close. In shore and. buoy. IT This shore
end Of the cable was then to:be laid odt
and the final connection made at that
point.
Saturday brought no Improvement in the
weather ,cenditiens. The Wild blew
great guns from The northeast and
craft arriving through. the chanpeT. re-
ported the sea stirred to:a mae1strorn II
was then. decided to- make no move that
day s>
On Srnday- morning. December 2S a
start was rnade:- The vessel had not pro-
'ceeded: one mile from the dock when the
full force Of a gale from behind the high
hills struck her. The skipper.at once de-
cided not; te go -outsiaei as picking up the
huoy In the channel was quite impossible. .
1t. was then. determined to lag the shore
efld while the conditions were favorable
On that side Of the island. The silver
town was taken tnshore within half a
mile of the corai reef and preparations
were made to haul a, line. ashore The
Character of the bottom which 10 rock
with a. narrow opening through; the coral
reef. rendered great care necessary in
placiae the. extremely heavy type Of
cable. -
5 SHORE END is LAID.
Throughout the day crowds ashore
watched. the. steam launches running in
and out eand awaited patiently. tbs. actual.
landing Of. the long. expected submarine
telegraph At 4:45 O'Clock I'm the evening
the end of the cable left the SiIvertown,s
bow. with balloon bUoyS attached ait. i'm
tsrvals of fifty feet. Half a. mile OF
heavy line was: hauled ashore by, steam
power: without Fitch or halt.
One hour and fiXe minutes from the time
the line.left the .SiIvertown. the cable. end
was hauled upon the. soil of picturesque
Sans Souci Park amid the shouts. OF thou
sards and the music of a band rendering
a cable. march Dedicated TO President
Mackay. 5. ...s:
Just as the cable touched. the shore a
heavy shower. of rain fell upon the gayIy
attired multitude. but the danger OF a
wetting was ignored in the eagerness to
catch a glimpse of the Magic line that
was TO- connect Hawaii with the rest OF
the world. There was no official cere-
nony at the time, further than the laying
Of a lei, CT native wreath, upon the end
OF the. cable by Mrs. Halves. who repeated
the customary native greeting, .'Alohat''
The silvertown remained at anchor.
holding to the: line until nearly noon on
Monday, December %. when: she moved
cut upon the. course prescribed by the,
chart. paying. out the cable, Six. miles
were laid to point of Koko -Head,s At
this. point rough seas were encountered
and the line was buoyed, -, .
A start was Immediately made for Molo-
kai Channel to investigate whether or not
the buoy had weathered the. buffeting to
whicb II had been subjected for nearly
three days. Some anxiety was expressed
lest it had been overwhelmed and allowed
the line attached to the end Of the 300
mile strand to carry away. Fortunately;
however, no such disaster had occurred
The buoy was riding in safety. but the
marked buoy wllch had been dropped
near it on Friday morning, December Is.
had disappeared. so
SEAS Again RUNNING HIGH.
The seas were running even higher than
three days previously. The wind eontin-
ued 20 blow half gale from the north
east No bose necessary in the picking
,,p Of the buoy could have. survived and
no thought was given to making the at
tempt ate this. time. Another mark buoy
was put some distance away and the Sill
vertown returned TO Honolulu harbor and
anchored of shore 1t was agreed be-
tween Captain Morton and Chief Cable
Engineer Benest that no further work
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