The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-16

Officers of the cable repair steamerl
Restorer, which arrived here from Mid
way island at Z o'clock this morning,
are peculiarly non-commuitive about
the work done on the cable, the lati-
tude and longitude of the spot at
which the break occurred and the
depth of the water in which they work
ed The Restorer however had a hard |
job, according to their account, be-
cause of exceedingly rough weather. !
1t was necessary to do most of the
work between storms and, while they
had no difficulty in locating the break,
and in fixing it when they finally had
the ends of the cable above water, the
heavy swell and strong northeast gales
delayed them and interrupted them a
number of times.
The Restorer arrived at Midway
March l and, without waiting to land
the stores which she had for the sta
ton there, proceeded at once to the
westward to hunt the break in the ca
BILE According to members of the
crew this was Immediately off shore
and in such shallow water that the
steamer could not approach the break
but had to send off launches, small
boats and RATS to do the work.
ut was not very rough weather for a
steamer like the Restorer," said a
seaman this morning, but when it
came to lying out there in small boats
graphing for the cable in a heavy
swell and with gale blowing it was
different matter and we had to work
between gales"
The water in which they were work
ing was in no case deeper than six
fathoms and in many places was four
fathons and less. The water about
Midway was so rough that small boats
could not get in and the landing OF
the stores on the return trip was diff
ficult.
The work on the cable was com
pleted March 8. The bottom off Mid
way to the westward is rocky and the
break had been caused by chatting
The outer strands of the cable hat
worn through and all of the strands
but the core had twisted off. The
core held for some time but when the
Restorer reached the spot a clear
break had been made and both ends
had to be picked up with graphing
hooks. The Restorer lay at Midway
from March to March II and on the
evening of the latter date she set out
for this port The report that the
Restorer is to be overhauled here is
denied by her officers and it is said
that she will return to the Coast some
time next week. She suffered no dam
age from the weather and all on board
escaped accident.
Captain Piltz, who denied immedi
ately before the Restorer left here
that he was going along, accompanied
the cable mending party to assist il
landing the stores. 1t was rumoreC
among shipping men in this port thai
the captain of the Flaurence Ward
who takes pride in his navigation, was
going along to study the methods o.
the crew in anticipation of the build
ing of a new steamer for the cable
company which was to be stationed
here and which he was to command
This rumor the officers of the Restorel
denied this morning. Captain Pitt
was taken along on account of his
familiarity with the waters about Mid
way so that he could run the new
launch at that island and assist IL
landing the stores.
KILAUEA HAD FULL CABIN.
The Inter-Island steamer Kilauei
arrived this morning from ports oil
the Mauna Kea's regular run with IL
cabin passengers and a full deck load
besides a good cargo of general freight
The cabin was so full that H. Corsol
Clarke, returning from a highly sue
cessfu ltour of the towns on Maui ant
Hawaii, had to sit up all night in thu
Ismoking room and ruminate upon hi
successes. The Kilauea reported tn,
Kaiulani at Pepeekeo, the Kauai a