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16 PAGES. J PAGES 1 TO 0. A. vi Aft fre - 1 T'RTAPT TCUP'n TTTT ."XT ICC VOL XXXV., NO. 6361. HONOLULU, HAWAII f TERRITORY, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1902 PRICE FIVE CENTS. B 1 CiE CF AISLES v- Silvertown Enters This Port After ::.;: and Sensational 3;rWS V- -:' . v;: 4 Voyage. V Deep Sea Line Is Now Successfully Placed and Only the Shore and Intermediate Lengths i j Are to Be Put Down. r 7 2ii4 Arriyar-o- the;; Ship .Greete'd:'.With-'AccIain- by a Concourse of the A People Line From Waikiki to Deep Water May Be Laid mi: blLVtKJUWN AKKiVcy . (Photo by Rice & Perkins.) Today Connection Next Week. a loop to the stern, which was gently vas made, and the outlook was for off to the south and bound for th lowered into the sea, the strain wa? the same kind of fast work duriiig the coast. The day's work, too, showed taken' by the paying : out drum, the remainder of the trip. Thursday's the deepest valley of the ocean's floor. propeller began to revolve as the ves- record was better, with 207 miles and The average, closing with the noon tt TING in 450 fathoms of water. tendered. Admission will be entirely sel's head swung into the course, there a total of 661 for the half of the week hour, indicated that the cable of the was nothing in the way of machine or which had been passed, and with the day had dropped into 3,000 fathoms, attached by a strong line to a by ticket, issued by the company. ; The electrical connection, or apparatus promise of further trouble, for a fall- the deepest point being 3,083 fathoms. Li buoy which rides the waves connection is yet in the distance, but which did not respond to the touch of ing barometer gave indication of worse STORM ON THE COAST. above, indicating the presence it will not be beyond the first of the life, the order for the cruising speed luck ahead. There was to be no holiday for the and furnishing the connection with week, the time depending somewhat was . given, and at a half hour past The Friday after the false start had busy men aboard the ehip, though the beneath,- - the cable upon of on midnight on Sunday, December 14, the been made saw a perfect, day, but ow- the strand the subsidence the storm holiday feeling was there and everyone, new actual start of the Silvertown, with ing to the fact that the main tank of which means the advent of the the north. from chief to scullion, was in .fine hu- seven miles laid which do not appear cable had been exhausted, there hav- - Hawaii, is now within twenty miles HOW THE LINE mor over 300 mile3 would WAS LAID on her reports as they were taken dug been taken out $29 miles of cable, the fact that bring sight of land. The morning of the Island shores. The foretaste of the Pacific's way of from the lighter, was made and re-- there was a delay of about an hour cool strong After twelve days of such cable lay- receiving the thread which will soon ported. during the evening in changing, which showed a breeze and the causing experien- cross from side to" side and complete 204 sea was running with, vigor, ing as has never before been t cut down the record to miles. STORMS MARK THE JOURNEY. ship, which now nearly the exploration of the deeps of the i the thowed ced by the experts aboard the ves- There was little out of the ordinary great engi- or night, twenty feet of free board, to roll al- sea which was 'had by the uut into the darkness the wni(;h marked the week end, the ves-wi- th sel, days when the question of cutting most to .langerous angle. The sec- neers of the expedition on Friday. the slender thread of copper and fiel relieved of nearly half her cargo, the uppermost the minds ' change time from the cable was in December 12, when the unsuccessful its multiform coverings, steamed the rolling like mad and the speed being ond of tanks, this ft all, as. the only means to save the attempt was made to put down the San Silvertown. There was little sea on eigM the after one to the fore tank, was d of It was a tale of high seas and the at about knotSf the at time, everything had to be ; made during the night without trou- precious line, the Silvertown, yesterday Francisco shore end was more than the but days. work netting lg9 Sunday. putting out or a Duoyea caDie ena tnat fuifine(j by experiences which smoothed up, and the speed was a lit- - ble, and the last leg of the work was morning,, two hours' steaming the ,4jusfc seyen days out from Californlaf when seven speed fairly on. The noon hour observation the officials on board told. The seas crowd the record of the twelve days" tie below the knots. This wag tie mosfc perfect day of tte entin oft Makapuu Point cast overboard the was to 11 o'clock, ' showed 215 miles for the day had swayed the light vessel so that to splice cable laying. Rough and boisterous maintained till close trlp and meUf batfl Jn englneers that Com- passed, 2,109 of the first stretch of the was upon wnen rmtnerto smooth sea iook on ; been and that miles of end and lay intermediate cable was Im- the treatment bestowed the the depaiiment and, In the management of the grey of an approaching storm, and cable had been dropped into the sea. Pacific cable and ran into this great ship which, as Its precious load the ship, was-passed- . mercial possible, and so the end was marked the felt that the worst r upon, the hour between the time when the j But the afternoon and evening were harbor to look over the ground and was laid the floor of the ocean, and dropped and the ship came in for became more and more the toy of the barometer began to fall and the noon puch as to try the hearts of the bravest before undertaking the putting .x refit coal which will put it down so that wildest waves which, have been seen reckoning was one which gave presage un. of all. The wind which swept as a local shore end and the down of the some steadiness will result. along the track of the steamships be- of approaching troubles. When the Monday was marked by two events, gentle breeze through the rigging all weieht line, which will! was up noon was was 4 da into gale and howled over in.rmiuiiti 1 tween San Francisco and Honolulu count made at it The British cable crossed at turned a 1 , MAY LAND connect the ed rock cable with TOIJAY. for many years. found that 70 miles had been traversed, o'clock in the morning and the Call- - the rolling craft. Empty, almost, the as ship's rew day began the fornia folk some news out-- vessel turned on the sides,, the angle the deep sea line, which is now off thel While nothing can be said as to the The story of how. the surf beat back and the sent of the - J the boats and rendered unsafe the lay- motion of the Silvertown took on sev side, world for the workers afloat, j ot rolling passing forty degrees, and lee coast. movements looking to the completion ing of the slender cable has been told eral new things in rolls, and early in There was some increase in the seas the life boats on the upper davits being great feat, the laying of the! of the work, it is believed that the It was a and the trip of the vessel described the afternoon the rails were under . and the winds and the appearance of I dipped into the green seas which went it will laid off j - cable, and the men who carried shore end of the cable be througQ the brief Dulletlns which pass- - water and seas were shipped with another storm was imparted by the swirling over the decks. The officer through successfully were received Sans Souci this afternoon. The plans ed between the ship and shore at noon each toss of the vessel. , choppy seas which rose and sent the of the deck was lashed into his place During night seas increased, great and the quartermaster was kept busy with acclaim when they arrived at will be announced this morning and each day. Then alone was the line the the ship rolling about like a porpoise. used for speaking purposes. Every the wind coming from the west, and The tecord showed 211 miles for holding his place beside the wheel. - the ' their destination . for the Silvertown the laying of the mile or more of cable twenty-fou- ac-bei- ng were as the head of the vessel was to the . r hours. The The pitch of the light ship was increas- when, other minute of the day there first real finished its task the will take place as soon as possible j will have pressed the tests, which were southwest there was a nasty cross sea, J cident of the trip was recorded this ing and the screw half exposed In thirty-fiv- e en- cable yet to be put down, some thereafter. The only trouble now continuous and exhaustive, each man- - ' accompanied by a roll which made life day, owing to the slipping of one of smooth water, often raced as the seas miles in all, is under water and countered is to secure a power lighter ute the cable, as it passed over the aboard anything but pleasant.