The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
CABLE OFFICIALS
ABOUT TO RETURN
Bring to Successful Com
pletion Their LabOrs
at Honolulu.
Officers Of the Silvertown
Are Royalty Entertained
by the People.
sp...aL corr..aanasnes Q. The can


HONOLULU. Jan 9-Business cable
grams were hrst sent over the CONNER
cial Paci6c cable on January s. After
three days Of hard work the operators
ana officials OF the local end Of the deep
sea conductors had cleared away the
complimentary congratulatory messages
The working OF the line. has been com
pleteIy satisfactory so far. and the num-
her Of messages handled has passed into
the thousands The intrUments responded
10 the electric thrill al once and moved
Of almost without special adjustment.
The cable ship Silvertown has completed
ccaling and Il transferring the cable from
the tanks OF the vessel 10 the tanks
ashore The ship was laid alongside the
railroad wharf and the cable led across
10 the tanks. which have been specially
constructed for the purpose Of keeping
the cable intact until il may be needed
for the purpose Of repairs on the line
should there be a break The cable must
be kept under water. and the tank is ar
ranged specially for the purpose Of keep
ing the materials in the best shape until
. call for a length comes
The technical staff Of inspectors VIII not
remain, according 10 the present plans
longer than January u, for IL is neces-
sary that these experts should return TO
London for the purpose OF inspecting the
cable which is being made at the works
Of the Telegraph and Maintenance Com
pany for laying between Manila and this
pert. Captain Pattison viii have charge
OF the inspection Of that portion OF the
contract as well and he now expects that
he viii be back in Honolulu by the mid
ole of the year with the end Of the cable
afoard the Anglia.
The officers OF the SlvertoWn have been
warmly welcomed and entertained by the
people OF Honolulu since their work was
finished. Al a dinner At the Hawaiian
Hotel there We're many toasts proposed.
President Roosevelt. King Edward VII,
The cable and the Silvertowu, = well
the persons present and the future de-
yelOpment Of the islands. were among
the tOasts. At the conclusion Of the din
ner there was dancing on the lanais Of
the hotel, the young men among the Wis
itOrs being made the favored guests Of
the evening.
The cable on January took a message
around the world 10 Japan from Homo
lulu from the editor OF the Hawaii Shin
TO. Mr.. ShiOzawa, to the Jill Shinpo of
Toxic. Japan. This is the longest accessi-
bic cable point from here and the tolls
are the highest on the cable companys :
schedule of rates, being s. II per word
The message was as follows: "Jiji Shinpo.
Tokio-Cnited at last Greetings from
Hawaii Hawaii Shinpo." The cost of
this message was about s25. II goes from
one cable company to another all around
the world TO about the nearest point to
Honolulu on the other side.
Professor Lyons sent his first weather
report TO San Francisco at noon on Janu-
sry 3. announcing a cold wave Professor
Lyons says that the present weather re-
port is experimental, but he anticipates
that when its value is seen IL will become
q regular feature Of the United States
meteorological service. That is the hope
of the weather people at Washington. and
particularly Of Professor McAdie at San
Francisco, whose desire TO have Homo
lulu service is Of long standing. After the
Manila service is opened the bureau will
want a 2:30 a. m. report for the Washing
ton weather map, dated at a m. Pro-
fessor Lyons says that he will see them
further before he will get up a that hour.