Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-03

came into San Francisco at exactly 11:03
O'Clock. 1t was exactly s:41 o'clock In
Honolulu, the time difference being two
hours and twenty-five minutes and a few
seconds.
First Message from Honolulu.
The first message received was from Gov
ernor Dole to President Roosevelt. 1t was
merely a formal greeting and congratula-
tions from the people of Hawaii to the peo-
pie of the United States from one chief
executive to the other.
The message was transmitted at the
Market street office to a wire leading di-
rectly to the executive mansion at Wash
ington, and receipt was acknowledged at
I1;25 o'clock
when the message was received at the
White House President Roosevelt was
asleep and the operator refused to awaken
him.
Right after the Dole signature on the
first message came a second through from
Honolulu. II was a greeting from the peo.
pie Of Hawaii to Clearance H. Mackay, presi-
dent OF the cable, congratulating him upon
the completion Of the cable and expressing
sorrow that John w. Mackay had not sur
vived to see the instantaneous bond between
the islands and the American continent.
This message was signed by Henry e.
Cooper. secretary OF the territory of Hawaii
Ceremony at Honolulu.
HONOLULU. Jan. 2.-(By Pacific Cable.)
Having buoyed the deep sea end Of the
cable in the turbulent Molakai channel at
$50 o'clock on the morning OF Friday, De-
cember rs. after much dificulty and great
risk, Silyertown came on to Honolulu,
| docking at the naval wharf at noon.
The big ship was met in the harbor by
| tugs and excursion boats, carrying welcom-
| ing delegations with bands Of music, and
escorted to the wharf, where a great crowd
awaited.
1t was the intention Of the engineer In
charge of the expedition to take on board
1000 tons of coal as ballast and await ia
vorable weather to return. pick up the sea
end and bring 1t close 10 shore and buoy Il.
The shore end Of the cable was then to
be laid out and the final connection made
at that point. Saturday brought no inn
provement in the weather conditions, The
wind blew great guns from the northeast
and craft arriving through the channel
reached the sea-stirred maelstrom.
1t was then decided TO make no move
| that day, but to delay the attempt until
Sunday morning, December 2S, when a start
! was made. The vessel had not proceeded
! one mile from the dock when the full force
of a gale from behind the high hills struck It..
| The skipper did not go outside, as picking
up the buoy in the channel was quite i'm
J possible.
/ It was then determined to lay the shore
| end while the conditions were favorable on
that side OF the island silvertown was
taken in shore within half a mile of the
! coral reef and preparations were made to
haul a line ashore. The character of the
bottom, which is rock, with a narrow open
ing through the coral reef, rendered great
care necessary in placing the extremely
heavy type Of cable.
Crowds Wait on the shore.
Throughout the day crowds ashore
watched the steam launches running in and
out and awaited patiently the actual land
ing Of the long expected submarine tele-
| graph. At a quarter to in the evening
the end Of the cable left Silvertown's bow
with balloon buoys attached at intervals oi
fifty feet. half mile Of heavy line was
hauled ashore by steam power without
hitch or halt.
One hour and FIVE minutes from the time
the line left Silvertown the cable was
hauled upon the soil Of picturesque San
souci park, amid the shouts OF thousands
| anu AhS VI ooh VI a bdhu VI huolC1 pidglut
cable march dedicated to President
| Maokay.
Just as the cable touched the shore q
heavy shower of rain fell upon the gaily
attired multitude. but danger of wettins
was ignored In the eagerness to catch g
glimpse Of the magic line that is to con-
meet them with the rest Of the world.
There was no official ceremony at the
time further than the laying of a lei, ol
native wreath. upon the end Of the cable
by Mrs. Hawes, who repeated the Gus.
tomsry native greeting. Aloha"
silvertown remained at anchor, holdlnl
to the line until near Monday noon, De
cember 2s when It moved out upon tht
course prescribed by the chart in payini
out the cable Six miles were laid to
point of Koko head. At this point rougl
seas were encountered and the line wa
buOyed.
start was Immediately made To-
Molokai channel to investigate whether o.
not the buoy had weathered the buffetini
to which II had been subjected for nearl!
three days. Some anxiety was expresses
lest It had been overwhelmed and allowe
the line attached to the end OF the 1000
mile strand to carry away.
Fortunately, however. no such disaste
had occurred. The buoy was riding &
safety. but the marked buoy. which hat
been dropped near 1t on Friday mcrninE
December rs. had disappeared.
Wind Blows Gale.
The seas we're running even higher tina
three days previous. The wind continue
TO blow a gale from the northeast.
No boat necessary in the picking up G
the buoy could have survived and n
, | thought was given to making the attemp
at this time. Another marked buoy was pu
down some distance away and silvertow
returned to Honolulu harbor and anchore
on shore, II was agreed between Capital
Morton and Chief Cable Engineer Bene'
that no further work would be attempte
until the wind abated and the seas calme'
The wind showed no signs Of abating ii
Tuesday, but the big steamer made Z
move. Wednesday was passed in idlene'
with very little wind. and for time II WI
thought advisable to make an attempt
complete the work