The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-01-06
THE PACIFIC CABLE.
Hawaiian Islands Connected With
the United States by Wire.
congratuIatory CabIegrams Received
BY the Officials-Another Instance
of the Triumph of American
Brain and Industry.

New York jan 3.-Clarence Mack.
ay, president; George G. Ward, vice
president and general manager, and
the other officials of the Commercial
Pacific Cable Co., are greatly pleased
at the completion OF the company's ca
bic between San Francisco and Ha-
wall, work to which they have de-
voted much energy and time during
the last.few months. They do not pro-
pose to stop at Hawaii, however, and
now say that by July 4, they expect
the cable will have been completed to
Manila. Speaking of the project, Mr..
Ward said:
Inc Commercial Pacific Gable Co.'s
cable to Hawaii was connected through
TO San Francisco at SAB p. m. Janu-
airy l, (Honolulu time). The cable
will open for public business on Mon
day morning, January 5. The wide
spread interest created by bringing
the Hawaiian islands into electric
touch with the Pacific coast is evil
denced by congratulatory cablegrams
received to-day. 1t is a particular sat-
isfaction to us to have the cable COM
pleted on the first day of the new year,
because it fulfills our promise to con-
gress. Rapid progress is being made
in the manufacture of the sections to
be laid between Honolulu and Manila,
and over $500 miles of this cable have
already been manufactured. 1 fully
expect messages will be exchanged
with Manila by the 4th of July next.
The laying Of the remaining sections
will commence from Manila the first
week in May next"
Among the congratulatory messages
received are the following:
Executive Department, California,
January 1, 1903.
To Mr.. Clarence Mackay, New York
THE fortunate accomplishment to-
day of the grand plan of laying the
cable between California and Hawaii,
designed and promoted by your re-
vered father, which has been we'll exc
cuted by you and your able and dis
tinguished associates, marks an i'm
portant epoch in the history of the
world. The binding of the Hawaiian
islands and our state with the cleo
trio wires is another splendid instance
of the triumph Of American brain and
industry for which you, your father
and your joint managers and assist
ants in the enterprise will be ever
gratefully remembered by the people
of this state
(C;rnodN "LJENJDV T NANE
Governor Of California"
t's.-ss san Francisco, Jan. Ito Clar-
ence H. Mackay, President CONNER
cial Cable Co.. New York-PIease &C.
cept for yourself and the officers Of
the Commercial Pacific Cable Co, our
cordial congratulations on the sue
cess of the first link of the great Pa
cific ocean cable for the completion
of which we are so much indebted to
you.
Chamber of Commerce Of San Fran
CISCO George A. Newhall, Presi-
dent"
Honolulu, jan /, 1903-To George
G. Ward, Vice President and General
Manager, New York: ITO your untir-
ing efforts Hawaii is indebted for an
early contamination of the enterprise
that means untold advantages to all
points and we tender our hearty New
Year greetings and trust that the final
completion of the entire project will
be to your full satisfaction
"HENRY E. COOPER,
Secretary of Hawaii"