The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-09-25

In the presence of some two hundred
Of the leading citizens Of Honolulu, in
GLIDING Governor Pinkham, Major Gen
eral Carter, Rear Admiral Moore, Brig
adler General Edwards, George r. Car
ter, president Of the Chamber Of Com.
meree, and many others prominent in
Army, Navy, professional and CONNER
cial circles, the million dollar plant Of
the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
pany Of America at Kahuku was for
mally started up yesterday at ten min
utes after twelve, Governor Pinkham
pressing telegraph key that closest
an electric eirenit aud set the wheels
in motion. 81
Within few seconds OF the opening
Of the plant for business the shriIl
whine Of the great apparatus rose to a
higher pitch and the great aerials be-
gan pulsing out a message from the
Governor in the open air luncheon hall
at Kahulll to the President Of the
United States in the White House,
Washington. This was followed by q,
score OF other messages, TO the secre-
tary Of the interior, the secretaries Of
war and the navy, tho Governor Of
California, the mayor of San Francisco,
the Associated Press, chambers Of com
merce and others. @
First Message Received
The great plant had been in working
order some twenty minutes before the
.lIst message. game from. San Francisco,
this being a greeting 70 Hawaii from
Charles y. Moore, president of the Pan
Pacific Exposition, and on the heels OF
( this message came one from A. p Tay-
Tor, the promotion committee represen-
tative at San Francisco, eongratulating
Hawaii on the final accomplishment Of
another link between the Islands and
the mainland. "a
Interspersed with these message were
read large number of other stwire.
lcss,' dispatches, addressed to some Of
those present and dealing unsparingly
with the foibles Of the addresses.
These latter messages furnished the
fun for the occasion. ar8a
Largest In the World
X With very few exceptions, the great
plant at Kahuku, which is literally the
largest wireless station in the world,
was an absolute revelation to the
guests of Engineer in Chief Slaughter
OF the Marconi Company and Of the
chamber of commerce, under whose aus
pieces the formal opening Of the plant
was held. The huge concrete power
house, with its bewildering mass of ma
chinery. its huge coils, its hundreds of
mysterious glass tanks, its "spaplt
room," in which few of the venture,
some stepped with ears carefull9
stopped with finger tips, and its CLEAN,
ing red Z" Danger" signs on the walls,
was an eye-Opener. The very substan.
tial boarding house, two stories OF eop.
crete, the administration building and
the other concrete structures. set down
. amid great towering steel masts, GOV,
ering the country for a mile, with
wires, wires, wires running in every di.
rcction, all were as impressive as they
were surprising, and this surprise was
multiplied when 1t was explained that
the Kahuku station was only half Of
q the plant ready for operation by the
company on Oahu.
BY special Train 5
The run down 10 Kahuku was made
BY special train, which left the city
at nine clock. At Haleiwa the eK-
eursionists were joined by some thirty
or forty who had motoTed that far and
who decided to 90 the rest Of the way
ly rail rather than chance the roads. AZ
Kahuku the train pulled directly into
the Mareoni grounds, whore the visit.
ors were greeted by n. III. Slaughter
the resident engineer, and the .iuspec'
tion Of the plant began at once.
Governor Pressed the + " '.r..
At noon the party sat do in an
improyised outdoor dining roolh, rooted
with corrugated iron against the
weather aud bright within with many
American flags. The head table had
telegraph key in the center, before
which Governor Pinkham was seated
George II. Carter oiliciated, and callel
upon the Governor to press the key and
start at work Hawaii's newest system
Of transpaeific communication. This
the Governor did and the whistles Of
the powerhouse acknowledged HIS act
Then came the sending and receiving OF
messages, the making of cOngratulatOry
speeches and the giving Of cheers fol
the President. for Signor MarcOni aud
for Engineer Slaughter. VIII.
Hawaii LED the way .a
- The first speaker I,orrin A, Thurs
ton, dealt with "The History of Com
munication in Hawaii briefly outlin
ING the history OF the cable, the tele
phone and the wireless as Hawaii knowi
them, His text was, {" All things eom'
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