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The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03

shores, which has In an hour overcome our
isolation and drawn US: to the very gates
- CHARLES MccooKE.
=. Vice. President.
HONOLULU. Jan. .1S-Georgs: G.. Ward,
New York. Congratulations on completion
Of first link Of new system Great ex-.
citement here. Everything passed on with
our hitch.- Mailing papers and will4write'
fully first. opportunity; Warmest New
Year greeting. - =. GAINES
NEW YORK. Jan g 2S-Captain. Benast
and Staff HonoluIu: Accept our sincere
congratulations upon the successful COM
pletion of the cable to Honolulu. With
hearty greetings and good wishes for.
happy and prosperous New Year TO you all.
CLARENCE H. MACKAY, President.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2:-MerchantS
Association Of Honolulu. Fia w MacFar-
lane. PRESIDENT. 400 Judd. building Hon
olulu.' II. L. The 'Merchants's Association
Of San Francisco sends. cordial greetings to
its brother association in Honolulu, and
hailtng the dawn. % a. day-;which unltes US
in closer ties Of friendship rejoices also at
the. opportunities for an enlarged Held OF
usefulness. to-. each. =: : 90 :.;....:-.
THE. MERCHANTS. ASSOCIATION OF
SAN FRANCISCO. = s; - .
FRANK J. 'sY1DGEs. President
:. The following .eabtegrarn was received
by John d.. Spreckels last night from
John s.: McGrew. a well known resident
Of Hawaii: =. 80. :-.: :.
-. : =: HONOLULU Jan .
" John:. d. .spEecsels; : Thank God have
lived TO see hopes partly realized. Annex
atIon: cable. now for canal ~: +. T.
-. JOHN s. McGREW.
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HOPES LINK r1AY
/: !: NEVER SLACkEN


.WRo ON. SANFORD n. DOLE.
H. Gov ernOrF. .HavvafIan ISL
= u. ands, Honolulu -. Dear
-: Sirs'The CALIFORNIA; Pros
motion COm9pittee of SAN FFsn-
cisco extends greetings to the
people of the. Hawaiian ISL
ands. -. -. .: 30 r.:
May the. link now joining
your Territory with the maIn=
(. land never. .4IackeRs but
strengthen as TIME goes on.
and bring about what the
fOunder- Of..the PacTfic cabIe
hoped fora community. OF in
teFests and a closer bond of
friendship Between the me-
trOpOIIS; and: the paradise of
the Pnc4fc. 4. s.. ,.--..:. :.
AesBxRBORO, Chafrman.
q . :. b.
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Public Installation.

Next Friday night the recently elected
officers of San Francisco Tent of the
knights of the Maccabees will be public
ly installed in the assembly hall of the
Pioneer building by State Commander S.
w. Hall. The installing officer will be
assisted by the new company of the Uni
form Rank. which will on that occasion
make its first public appearance. The
ceremonies will be followed by a pro-
gramme of entertainment and dancing.
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OREGON SENDS
FELICITATIONS

30 Governor Dole, Hawaii:
Accept CONGRATULATIONS of
4 the people of Oregon upon
the establishment of tele-
graphic communication with
your distant island territory.
May 1t be a fOrcrunner of untn-
terrupted patriotic and COM
mercial community of interests
between your people and those
of the parent country.
IT. II. GEER,
Governor of Oregon.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03

close watch on the cable necessary On
Thursday favorable conditions prevailed
and in spite of strong southwesterly
breeze 2O7 knots We're paid out, which was
the best days run up to that time.
On Friday the first section of the cable,
measuring 929 nautical miles, was finished,
and the vessel stopped at 8 o'clock on
Friday night to make the change to the
after tank, containing the second section.
This interesting and hazardous operation
was successfully carried out in a little
more than an hour and progress was re-
sumed AS the vessel grew lighter the
rolling increased. The. character of the
cargo and the ponderous deck machinery
made her particularly susceptible to the
onslaught Of the sea. Saturday, the 18th,
was much like the preceding day, save
that the rolling motion was accentuated
by southwest winds, veeyng at times to
the west. with only 1S7 knots reeled off.
For twenty-four hours ending at noon on
Sunday, the 21st, PIT knots of cable were
laid. The wind blew from the southwest
with moderate force, but on the whole
the day was pleasant one and progress
was good. During the night, however,
there was considerable sea on and one
of the cable men in the tank was caught
in the swirl of the line and suffered a
dislocated shoulder.
The day was notable for two things
the crossing Of the Vancouver-Australa
cable at 4 o'clock in the morning and the
receipt of the first batch of news from
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03
A. sBARBoRo, Chairman.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NEW 1OftIA, JdH =. IJV5-
A Sbarbqo Chairman California Pro-
motion Committee San Francisco:
thank you very much for your congrat-
ulatory message on the completion of the
first section of the American Pacific Cable
II Is a great qualification to me that the
project undertaken by my father has SO
far been accomplished and 1 look forward
with much interest to the completion OF
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03
Burglars Could Not Be Seen.

A E. Hackett of 1901 Scott street tele-
phoned to the Seventeenth-street police
station late Thursday night that he had
seen a man enter the residence of j. B.
Garratt 1923 Fifteenth street. through a
hall window. Sergeant Wolf, Corporal
Sylvester and Policeman STANDBY hurried
to the house and made a thorough search
of the premises, but could find no trace of
any burglars nor of anything having been
stolen
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03

~ Waru, vice president anu gem
~ eral manager, and the other
a officials OF the Commercial
Pacific Gable Company are
greatly pleased at the completion Of the
oompany's cable between San Francisco
and Hawaii. a work to which they have
devoted much energy and time during the
last few months. They do not propose to
step at Hawaii, however and now say
that they expect that by July the cable
will have been completed to Manila.
Speaking Of the project Mr.. Ward said
"The Commercial Pacific Cable Com
pany's cable to Hawaii was connected
through to San Francisco at S:43 p. m.
January l (Honolulu time. The cable
will open for public business on Monday,
January s. The widespread interest Gre
ated by bringing the Hawaiian Islands
into electric touch with the Pacific Coast
is evidenced by congratulatory cable
grams received to-day.
1T is a particular satisfaction to US to
have the cable completed on the first
day of the new year, because 1t fulflls
our promise to Congress. Rapid progress
is being made in the manufacture of the
sections TO be laid between Honolulu and
Manila, and more than $500 miles Of this
cable has already been manufactured.
Il fully expect messages will be 'ex-
changed with Manila by the 4th of July
next. The laying of the remaining sec
tions will commence from Manila the first
week in May next
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Coniauea FFo5a5a 20 b. column Z.

Continued From Page Il Column z:
VooId he. attempted. u5lrii>ille Wind abai-
81 and the:seaB:ca lined The:;Nlnd show
ed signs. Qf .a45attiig 3. on :Tliesdsy> but. the
big steamer 5nalss no. move. IVY ednesday
le IA ssted in .io7euesS:: with Very lit tle-
vind. an for: time it:Mss .Ge6med adj
A3ssbIe 10 make an attempt TO :complete
Fl ryorlzz-.It Was. finally. g 9etded;. hos=
eser r9t to risk 81 chaAce OF: lifSIng the
cable trom the bottoni OF th5 ea..e&cePt
ja :cailn weather: IT Nas reasoned: that
oi3oslef day " Ne1ld. see .the]end OF AIis Pc
Te.-df the north east frjCiss. the -iITsitfspn
q zieh SURPRISED. even the Old est resi-.
cents hdnuiuln: -:+.... -*...:':' -.
Aesterl a9,-tle first day Of the. New.
2ls-.scarceiy a breeze sttrred.:the. wa.
Of the karhslr and adz5cs came to the
sazP 1r0nl Diamond Head lighthgUse that
t=3e channel was quite .calIni With. only
moderate. swell running. A. few minutes
s4fet 3 o'clock In the morning: the silver
Nn bsazed anchor and made "a :staTt
q n..the bay. Prospects for: fhe cable
ca5Eection on the first day of -:the New.
earE created intense iht6rest IN tie city,
y here the enthusiasm had. been some
3 hat olIleG by the long. delay. AT: day.
gft the SilEertDwn. arrived Of Koko
Head where. the shore. END had been
I6ged- since Monday. With little DIFF
1.culty: the Hne from the bottom was
sqiced On seck- and. passed..oyer the stern
sleaxes ind a: start was. nngide for she
outer buoy The eaisle. was paid .oilt ait
th 2. r. te@ OF seven. knots. an hour:
shortly after i. o'clgck In the AFTERNOON
rhe. -SifgertoWE- reached the point where
The san FT'a-noiSco end Nas; b1oyad.i. The
sea was not F9ughs but. the: swell rolled
the vessel -constderably: 'Great care was
taken in hapdling lfer~Whila taking UP the
hlog@ . It was flaalfE Accomplished at 2:4i
e clock without intONard Incident.
SAN FRANCISCO REPLIES.
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San Francisco. This latter consisted of
brief bulletins of President ROOSEVELT 5
invitation to arbitrate the Venezuelpn
difficulty, the disastrous train wreck NJ
Byron (Cal.), the capture of the Humberts
in Madrid Marconi's latest claims in
wireless telegraphy and some minor
items. The news from shore was received
with delight by those on board the. Sill
vertown, the honor to President Roosevelt
being especially interesting to the Eng
lish staff While the English citizens ex-
pressed some surprise at the news they
enthusiastically indorsed It.
AN UNPLEASANT CHRISTMAS,
Tuesday, the 23d, opened with nasty
weather. Strong head winds .accompari-
led by furries Of rain and heavy seas
again brought danger to the cable The
men in the cable tank had another had
night and worked with great risk One
of them was caught by the flying line
and was thrown against the wall
From Tuesday noon to Wednesday noon
the deepest water was crossed, averaging
1900 fathoms. Christmas day was not a
pleasant one to those on the Silvertown
and the custom of celebrating the day
was postponed to a more propitious time
The wind veered around to the northea ST
and increased to velocity greater than
that experienced on Monday and Tues
day.
Just before midnight a final change OF
tanks was made the after tank being
emptied of its 996 miles of cable and the
blight transferred to the forward tank
The change was extremely hazardous.
while the now almost empty vessel was
tossing and rolling in the heavy seas
Throughout the day a northeast gale
blew. With the end of the deep sea cable
in sight. an anxious night was passed bv
all on board No member. of either star
attempted to sleep. Between 2 and 2
o'clock in the morning three soundtngs
were taken and preparations were made
to buoy the sea end 1t was with diffic1ll-
ty that the line was made fast to the
cable and the end buoyed.
Word was given to cut the line at son
o'clock and as the six-inch Manila haw
ser was struck with the knife ii parted
with a snap. So great was the strain
upon 1t that friction caused Ii to take
fire as it passed over the sheaves at the
stern and the sparks scattered about the
deck In yyrotechnic display. The buoy
was jerked overheard with terrific force
but quickly righted itself.
The cable safely bouyed in $50
fathoms of water. marked buoy was
dropped as near as possible to the cabIa
buoy and the vessel stood by until 8
o'clock in order to get the bearings She
then proceeded to Honolulu, where she
arrived at noon on December 26.
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ExEcUTIyE DEPARTMENT.
Mr. Clarence Il, : Maczoy,, New a' YORK: caip''

Mr.. Clarence II. Mackoy, New York:
The fortunate accomplishment to-day of
the grand plan of laying the cable between
California and Hawaii, designed and pro-
NOTED by your revered father which has
been we'll executed by you and your able
and distinguished associates. marks an i'm
portant epoch in the history of the world
The binding Of the Hawaiian Islands and
our State with the electric wires is another
splendid instance Of the triumph of Ameri-
can brain and industry, for which YOU.
your father and your joint managers and
assistants in the enterprise Will be ever
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03
OCEAN STORM CONTINUES.

Tuesday, the 18th, brought TO improve
ment in the weather conditions. The
wind continued TO blow great blasts from
the west and seas constantly bombarded
the big ships starboard beam. One par
ticularly heavy sea boarded the starboard
bow, swept the deck from fore to aft.
smashed the scullery light and broke the
gangway ladder. The chartrooms on the
hurricane deck were flooded, and the
bridge itself was invaded at times by the
turbulent seas Those at work in the pay
iug-out room on the main deck and about
the cable machinery waded in water to
their knees. The companionways were
battened down in order to prevent the
flooding of the saloon. One Of the cooks
CT the galley was badly scalded by a cal
dron OF spilled soup. The saloon steward
was hurled against a door and severely
bruised and injured.
z Al times the ship rolled terribly, and II
seemed that the great strain would prove
disastrous TO the cable Under ordinary
conditions the line is paid out per cent
faster than the speed Of the vessel This
was Increased during the storm to 10 per
cent Even with this concession the
strain was terrific As the ship lifted and
lurched the great drum around which the
strand was passing would almost cease
tc revolve one moment onlv To resume
Win fush the next, endangering the
men In the tanks. The dynamometer rep
ulating the speed Of and the strain on the
line at such times fiuctuated wildly, rush
ing from an indicated strain of two tons
or less up to four and even five tons.
When it is understood that the breaking
strain Is eight and three-quarters tons. Il
must be apparent that failure TO release
the strain promptly meant disaster to the
precious line and its loss in $500 fathoms
of water.
WEATHER CONDITIONS CHANGE
Throughout Monday night and until
Tuesday at noon when the wind abated in
force the ships officers and crew and the
cable staff were duty without rest or
sleep. Great relief was expressed when
the apparently critical situation was
passed, although when the wind abated
at noon on Tuesday the seas continued
with a strong, heavy swell that ran
counter TO the ships course. On Wednes-
day. the 18th. the weather improved and
everything ran smoothly and fair prog
ress was recorded. Heavy swells made the
ship an uncomfortable place and rendered
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03
NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 1908.

NEW lOItFNl Jan. =, IJUJ.
Henry z. Cooper Secretary Of Hawaii,
Honolulu:
Please accept our sincere thanks for your
kind message of congratulations upon the
completion of the Commercial Pacific Com
pany's cable TO Honolulu. 1t personally
affords me much qualification that the pro-
ject undertaken by my father has been
so far accomplished. The work of contiTlu-
Ing the cable from your island TO Manila
is being vigorously prosecuted and il is
expected the cable will be laid and in oper-
alton by next Fourth OF July and that
shortly thereafter the farther extension 10
Shanghai will be completed
CLARENCE II. MACKAY,
President Commercial Pacific Cable
Company.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03
VOYAGE ONE OF PERILS.

ing the public mind on the continent,
which must have regarded the long silence
as strange, If not ominous. Congrat tula-
tions. and. compliments. Of the season
passed between the ship and San Fran
cisco and the shore competition was made
Al $40 o'clock.
There was. joy on board the Silvertown
when the extraordinary strain which had
rested upon the entire staff for nineteen
days came 70 an end. Mr. Benest. the en-
-gineer in charge of the expedition, ex-
pressed much relief that The great task
had been completed without accident. The
proverbial luck of the Silvertown carried
her. safely. through 2ooo miles in as rough
weather as ever cable was laid. There
fore the celebration Of New Years on
board the ship had a double significance
and was doubly welcome.
-Four hours were spent an testing and
allowing the recently laid line TO acquire
the temperature OF the ocean depths. Al
$40 p. M, HoROIulu time, came the first
call; from San Francisco.
VOYAGE FULL OF DANGERS.
Tire voyage of the Sllvertown was
.eveIr@ful and at times unpleasantly excit-
ing Twelve hours out from San Fran
cisco: the cable ship was beset by bad
weather, which continued with the excep-
ton Of one day TO the end of the voyage.
.Nar4a bic winds, that at times approached
the velocity of gales and heavy seas that
buffeted her about retarded the progress
as well as endangered the safety of the
cable. in fact. every adverse condition
that is usually. encountered in the laying
OF a. cable was met, and at times made
the task a hazardous one.
On the morning of December Is the yes
sci ran into squan of wind and rain
that. came out of the west. Steering
ID oh ha Gil
Vertown offered a broad starboard beam
to the storm Soon the seas were whipped
into. confusion, rolling the vessel in d
manner dangerous TO the cable. The We
locity of the wind increased, and early
IN. the afternoon great green seas board
ed the starboard bow and swept along
the deck and escaped into the sea through
the port scuppers. Toward evening ropes
were stretched about the deck and every
thing was made fast The rain ceased,
bur the storm continued with unabated
force throughout the night.
Those We're anxious hours for the men
in charge Of the safety of the cable. Two
courses were open to them-either TO keep
on the true course. or cut and buoy the
line. Both were fraught with great dan
scr. A deviation from the course was
obviously out of the question, as much
for the reason that such action would
not have lessened the strain upon the
cable as the more important considera-
tion of the waste of line and the danger
OF getting into unknown depths. To have
cut and buoyed the cable would have
been equally dangerous. Even one of the
great buoys, carried for just such emer-
genc.es. could scarcely have weathered
the storm with 25O0 fathoms Of cable,
weighing five tons, tugging at it. All
chances were carefully weighed and the
vesSels bow was kept southwest
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03
CLARENCE H. MACKAY.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1, 1903
Clarence Fl. Mackay, New York City,

]AI ~I"INIINO II -'I.IoIho'9I -NC'' TT n WI
n. Y:
The California Promotion Committee,
representing the commercial industrial and
financial interests of the State, heartily
congratulates you on the completion OF the
first link of the Pacific cable from San
Francisco to the Sandwich Islands. The
gratitude of the people of San Francisco
ard California is due you for this grand
enterprise, commenced by your worthy
father and completed by his deserving son.
San Francisco is proud OF her illustrlcus
and wishes him success in all his iaud-
able enterprises.
CALIFORNIA PROMOTION COMMIT
TEE,
A SRARPORO Chairman
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HAwAIrs nEssAGE. TO PRESIDENT

January e&33 m.-The President, Washing
Territory Of Hawaii their
qualification
of egraphic with mainland. We all believe
patriotic
commonwealth these islands. -. "9.
HENRY E. COOPER, Secretary Of Hawaii
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ROOSEVELT CONGRATULATEs DOLE

Nv yHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, January Henry E.
w Hawaii
through Governor Dole and the people of Hawaii his
hearty congratulations the opening the cable He believes
to and be
great advantage Of all our people.
GEORGE B. coRTELYoU, Secretary to the President
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Make
Application for Low. Rate. in (:
the SDrinEy

Passenger Traffle Manager E. o. Nc.
Cormiek announced yesterday that the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe had MADE
application to the TranscontineRtal Pas
senger Association to operate cOloniSt
rates from February Is to April So.
The Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific have already announced that they
will make a rate of $33 from Chicago and
S25 from Missouri River points in the
spring and the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe wish to compete at the same rate. 1T
is generally conceded that the other roads
will allow this cut rate.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03

SALTWATER, Mimi, Jan. 2.--Ex-Congress-
man ] N Castle aged 65. Eas found dead Sn
his yard this afternoon, having been stricken
with heart failure.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03
CLARENCE H. MACKAY.
sAN FRANCIsCo. Jan. 1. leos.

San FRANCISCO. Jan J. DOB
Mr. Clarence H. Mackay. New York.
n. ". Greetings and Congratulations TO
yourself and associates upon your de.
served success in laying the Pacific cable
from San Francisco to Honolulu May
your great venture prove as profitable to
your company as it VIII bs beneficial 70
our commercial interests.
A. A WATKINS,
President Board Of Trade of San Fran
cisco.
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SCRIP. MILEAGE PATRONS
(: GET MORE CONCESSIONS
Bureau Will. Allow Representatives
to:Apply for Tickets in Place
= e.. of- OU1ej. -. .. ~

In an official circular which was pub
lished yesterday. by the Scrip Mileage
BHreaR. mere concessions are extended TO
travelling men. who are dissatisfied with
the present System: :'' :. .... -. -.:.-
In the future a representative of the
holder of a book can. go to- railroad
depot and 'secu?e ticket for SCRIP
holder instead OF: the owner. going person
ally and making application himself. IL
is also promised that when the holders Of
books present the covers after their mile
age has all been used lip they will receive
the rebate in three or four days.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03
HAWAII rs APPRECIATTvR

HONOLULU. Jan 1.-George G. ward. .
New York, y. Y: To your uyftiring Efforts
Hawaii is indebted for az early consum-
nation Of the enterprise that means untold
advantages to all her interests 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 +. COOPER.
Secretary Of Hawaii
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-03

f1ections of the line to one side or the
other from the center of the paper. The
paper after leaving the recorder passes
along small stand elevated about four
inches from the table. On this stand the
operator is enabled to read the message
il passes slowly before him. At the
end of the stand is a hardwood box hav-
ing two small rubber rollers on the side
A specially constructed motor IS within the
box and operates the rollers, which keep
the paper moving