Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-02
United States Connected With
 New Possessions.
FIRST MESSAGE TO ROOSEVELT.

Sent by Judge Cooper, Representing
 Governor Dole-The Crowds in Wait
 ing Greeted the News With Cheers Fifty Years Ago the Idea of the
 Present Cable Connecting North
 America and Asia Was Conceived.
 Honolulu, Jan By courtesy of the Commercial Pacific Cable Go the Associated Press is permitted to ten der congratulations on the completion of the first section of the submarine cable that is to connect the United States with it's insular possessions in lhe Pacific and eventually with the continent of Asia. The cable was completed at $40 o'clock last night when the two ends were brought to- gether in Molokai channel, B miles from Honolulu, where the San Fran cisco end had been buoyed since De- cember 26. Shortly after communi- cation was established the fact was announced to the crowd i'll waiting GAO Wa0 SlCGtSn NlIAl uplIlobGC'f NdS5S Cooper, representing Governor Dole, who was absent from the island, sent a message to President Roosevelt an- nouncing the opening and extending q greeting from the citizens of Hawaii The public celebration which has been held in aheyance until the completion of the cable will be held in the capi- tol grounds tomorrow. Thus has been finished. after q memorable strug- gle against wind and waves, an enter prise which brings the Hawaiian Is- lands two thousand miles nearer the parent continent, puts an important hut hitherto isolated community in communication with the entire world and susceptible to all the industrial impetus which follows ready accessi hlity. The final splicing of the ends In the waters which for days had rem dered cable work impossible marked the first stage of the undertaking to span. the yastest ocean with line of electric communication, the need of which has long been acknowledged. by the entire world and the advocacy of which has often claimed the attention of the highest councils, political and financial, of America Since the con- ception of the idea fifty years ago, of connecting the continents of North America and Asia by telegraph via Behring Straits the practicability of the Pacific cable has had many peri ods of buoyancy and depression. The history of the project, like that of all great achievements, was one of open oppositiQn and patient perseverance, 7oHx TTN,.o1..ls, l,os I.- all classes as boon to her commef- cial interests and a stimulus to her material and social progress. Even the quaint Hawaiians, whose splendid isolation has lent romantic interest to their island homes, forgot for the time being the sacrifice of romance and poesy to utilitarianism and greet ed the landing of the cable upon their soil with an enthusiastic fervor second only to that which marked the depar- ture of the Silvertown from Californiass shores, in keeping with the precedent established at San Francisco a fort night before the end of the two thou sand miles strand was hauled upon the coral beach of Oahu island on Decem- Der 2S. The point of landing was at the beautiful private park of Sans Souci beach, five miles cast of the city of Honolulu.
 With the shore end landed there still remained a span of almost two score of miles to be closed between the buoyed deep sea end in AIololSai chan nel and the heavy beach line laid a half mile out from shore. The closing of this gap proved task that taxed the patience as well as the ingenuity of the Silvertown's staff Five days elapsed. the most of which was spent in awaiting the favor of the wind and sea before their labors were complet ed and the first signal flashed along tie entire length of 2,0oo and more miles.
 San Francisco, Jan 2.-San Francis 60 and Honolulu are now connected D9 cable. The first words passed undel the ocean few moments after II o'clock last night. The Wire worked perfectly.
 The Silvertown, just before splicing The ends, some thirty miles off shore Mom Honolulu, telegraphed both way For the land stations 70 walt until 11:l( o'clock, San Francisco time, befor'
 TylQS CHe CaDlS. ndJ tllu0 WAS uS sired to insure the perfect hardenin!
 of the gutta percha in the splice afte the join should be lowered overboart
 rom the ship In about 2,500 feet O
 water.
 Operators sat anxiously and eagerl. ibout the instrument in King street, q
 Honolulu, and in the cable office ol Market street in San Francisco, wait
 Ing for the time limit to expire. /
 lew minutes after II o'clock, befor
 he time limit was up, q signal wen from this end to Honolulu.
 The first response from Honolulu came into San Francisco at exaetl. 11:03 o'clock 1t was exactly 34 o'clock in Honolulu, the time difference being two hours and p minutes and
 few seconds.
 The first message received was iron Governor Dole to President Roosevelt 1t was merely a formal greeting am UUngratulation from the people of Ha waii to the people of the Unlted States from one chief executive to the other KFN1.n xs, acscoeyn {EfN5 CT,