The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-03
CABLE SHIP HAS
A PERIL0US TRIP
Storms Endanger Vessel, Crew
and Precious Wire Rope.
HAWAlIANS ARE REJOICING
HAPPY OVER THE ENDING OF
THEIR ISOLATION.
ARE REJOICING

, row in honor of the successful ,
= completion Of the trans-Pacific :
= cable. The day win be observed =
as public holiday. A number of =
= congratulary addresses by public 4
officials viii be made during the =
afternoon, followed by a bail at =
= night. :
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HONOLULU. Jan. 2.-By Pacific
Cable.)-The first section Of the
submarine cable that is to con-
meet the United States with its in
sular possessions in the Pacific,
and eventually with the CONT
nent of Asia. is now in full work
ing order. The cable was comple-ed
at $40 last night, when the two ends
were brought together in Molokai chan
mel, thirty-five miles from Honolulu,
where the San Francisco end had been
buoyed since Dec. &c. Shortly after
communication was established, rhe
fact was announced to the crowd in
waiting and was greeted with cheers.
Judge Cooper. representing Governor
Dole, who was absent from the island,
fled a message to President Roosa-
welt announcing the opening and ex-
tending a greeting from the citizens
of Hawaii Thus has been finished,
after a memorable struggle against
wind and waves an enterprise which
brings the Hawaiian islands 1000 miles
nearer the parent country puts IN
important but hitherto isolated com
munity in communication with the en-
tire world, and susceptible to all the
industrial impetus which follows really
accessibility.
The point of landing was at the
beautiful private park of Sans Souci
beach, five miles east of the city of
Honolulu With the shore end landed,
there still remained a span of almost
twOscOre miles to be closed between
the buoyed deep sea end in Molokai
channel and the heavy beach line laid
a half mile out from shore. The clos
ing of this gap proved a task that
taxed the patience as well as the in
genUity of the Silvertown staff. Five
days elapsed, the -nosC OF which was
spent in waiting the favor of the
wind and sea, before their labors were
completed, and the first signal flashed
along the entire length of 1000 and
more miles.
Delay in Splicing.
Having buoyed the deep sea end of
the cable IN the turbulent MolOkai
channel at 500 o'clock on the morning
of Friday, Dec. 20, after much difficulty
and great risk, the Silvertown 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 delegations, with bands
of music, and escorted to the wharf
where a great crowd awaited. It was
the intention of the engineer in charge
of the expedition 10 take on board LOCO
tons of coal as ballast and await
favorable weather to return and pick
up the sea end and bring it close in
shore and buoy it. The shore end OF
the cable was then to be laid out and
the final connection made at that
point
Saturday brought no improvement in
the weather conditions The wind
blew great guns from the northeast
and the craft arriving through the
channel reported the sea a stirred
maelstrom- 1t was then decided to
make no move that day. but to de-
lay the attempt until Sunday, Dec. %.
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 her
The skipper at once decided not to 20
outside. as picking Up the buoy in the
channel was impossible. 1t was then
determined to lay the shore end While
conditions were favorable on that side
OF the island The SilvertOwn was rak-
en- inshCre within half a mile of the
coral reef and preparations were made
TO haul q line a shore. The character
of the bottom. which is rock with a
narrow opening through the coral reef,
rex dered great care necessary IN plac-
ing the extremely heavy type of cable |
Ihroughout the day crowds ashore |
watched the steam launches running |
n and out, ard awaited patiently the !
ctuai landing OF the long expected |
submarine telegraph. At q quarter to /
5 in the evening the end of the cable |
left the SilYertown's bow with balloon /
buoys attached at intervals Of fifty
feet A half mile OF heavy line was /
hauled ashore by steam power without i
hitch or halt.
one hour and FIVE minutes from the |
time the line left the Silvertown the /
cable end was hauled upon the soil OF l
picturesque Sans Souci park amid the /
shouts Of thousands and the crash Of /
band music, rendering a cable march |
dedicated to President AIackay. Just
as the cable touched the shore a heavy
shower Of rain fell upon the gaily at
tired multitude but danger of a wet
ing was ignored in the eagerness to
catch a glimpse Of the line that is to
connect them with the rest of the
world.
Wreath Laid With aloha
There was no official ceremony at
the time, further than the. laying of
! lei, or native wreath. upon the end
IF the cable by Mrs. HAYES. who re-
oeated the customary native greeting.
Aloha"
The Silvertown remained at anchor
loldiDg to the line until near noon
Monday, Dec. %. when she moved out
Upon the course prescribed by the
hart in paying out the cable. Six
niles were laid to a point off Koko
Head. At this point rough seas were
and the line was buoyed.
start was Immediately made for
'iOlokai channel to investigate whether
IT not the buoy had weathered the
to which it had been sub
eeted for nearly three days. Fortu-
lately, however. no disaster had
occurred. The buoy was riding in
afety. but the marker buoy, which
lad been dropped near ii on Friday
morning. Dec. &c. had disappeared. The
cas- We're running even higher than
hree days previous. The wind con-
inued to blow half gale from the
ortheast No boat necessary in the
licking up of the lucy could have sur
iVed and 10 thought was given TO
1abng The attempt at this time. An .
Their marker buoy was put down some
istance away and the Sslyertown re-
urned 10 Honolulu sarbor and an !
hored offshore. It was agreed between
'aDtain Morton and Chfae fr.hro T..