The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-11-26

damaged place we lost the Midway
end. This obliged ns 70 go out into
500 fathoms Of water 90 pick up the
cable. The bottom Of the sea drops
right down from the psiae where the
break was, which WIS in thirteen
fathoms of water, down TO SOC fathoms.
"But just at this time there was
every evidence that typhoen was
coming. The barometer went down
and there was the typhoon appearances
of the sky. So we were obliged to
go into the harbor and prepare for
it. That is we put out both anchors
with all the chain, and everything
aboard furled and made fast. The
typhoon, however, passed off to the
west, but we were delayed several days.
"'Then we went outside. as I said.
into 600 fathoms ard picked up the
cable there. We cut it. spliced new
cable on and laid the cable right back
on through the channel to where we
had buoyed the Guam end in 81
fathoms of water, and splieed again,
and the work was completed.
Gin relaying the cable through the
channel we laid it nearer the center
of the channel, so that it will not be
interfered with in mooring buoys. These
buoys, in order to be of service, have
to be moored at the edge of the reef.
With the cable in the center of the
channel, these buoys can be moored
without interfering.
''The break in the cable was not
more than 200 yards from where the
Scotia, the cable ship that was then
on her way from the Orient to be the
eableship at the Honolulu station, as
the Restorer is now, was wrecked and
lost The remains of her are to be
seen there yet.
CATER completing this work we
waited for orders. 1t was expected
that these would send us to Nagasaki,
but after waiting some time for them
they sent us back here. We left No
vember s. For the first five days we
were in the tail end of a typhoon, not
exactly in the typhoon itself but in
the effects Of it. From that time on
we had heavy northeast winds and bois-
ferrous seas, making nasty voyage
That IS why we were so long in com
ing. We ought 70 have been here two
or three days ago But, of course, we
were not like a mail boat that had to
make time, no matter what the con
dfrfsns. and 80 burns coal TO do II. We
took on 600 tons of coal at Guam.
1--WE are very glad to get back to
Honolulu. The cable force at Guam
IS very comfortably situated They have
been furnished with every convenience
that can be given them, and where
they are it Is fairly cool There are
two operators there who were formerly
here You1g Cation is one of them
They seem to like it very we'll
'1Affairs in the government are now
n charge Of Mr. McSanee. an Amer
can naval officer, who is the Acting
Governor, the Governor having gone
'aek to the maitland. The naval vessel
stationed there, the Supply, was away
n Japan during the time that we were
here
Soon after the arrival Of the Restor-
II yesterday afternoon Superintendent
iaines and other friends OF the officers
'egaa arriving at the Restorer, which
vas at the Channel wharf, to welcome
hem back TO Hoaolulu.
The officers Of the vessel all express
themselves as glad to be back at Ho-
Iofulu, the isolation OF Guam and ITS
ssueity Of diversion, as well as its
Innate, making an undesirable place
o spend any great length of time.