Show PACIFIC CABLE h ji I SPLICED I iTO i-TO THE LAND END Ii S II I Landing and Splicing Accom S J plished Without Hitch 1I I if I S CHRISTENED BY A CHILD S IU I Li Forty Thousand People Present iJ 5 When Connection Made I I t Ii Steamer Silvertown Starts to Lay tho Cable Headed for Honolulu at r I S SevenKnot 1 Speed Ml I 1 J S i f San Francisco Dec 14 Inmemory 11 1 of John W Mackay I christen thee Pa rl cHIc cable May It always carry messages mes-sages of happiness With these words Ii Lucille Gage the 11yearold daughter I of H T Gage Governor of California at 955 oclock today christened tho I transPacific cable and breaking a bottle I bot-tle of champagne over the shore end t I I I inaugurated a new era in tho commercial I I commer-cial development of the Pacific coast if 1 The landing nnd splicing of the shore I end which is to connect the mainland with Honolulu was accomplished without with-out hitch of any kInd and was witnessed I 1 wit-nessed by 30000 or10000 people Ideal weather prevailed there S being scarcely I I any surf i i CONGRATULATORY SPEECHES t j Early this morning the steamer Newsboy carrying sis miles of cable II P j steamed close In shore and through a lifesaving boats crew sent a rope to j il which the cable was attached ashore II I While the cable was being spliced to I the land end Mayor Schmltz delivered I a short speech congratulating Mr Mnck I ny on the successful beginning of the I work He also spoke of the Importance of the undertaking and the benefit to the world at largo that would result from Its completion I j Clarence H Mackay president of tho L Commercial Cable company with a I voice full oC emotion thanked the t Mayor and those present Governor Henry T Gaga on behalf of the State of California paid a fervent l fer-vent tribute to tho late John VA Mack ny The formal exercises closed with I cheers for the cable and all those taking tak-ing part In its landing Mr Mackay S I also sent the folowinff telegram d i i President Roosevelt S San Francisco Dec HTo the Honorable If Honor-able Theodore Roosevelt President of tho S United States Washington havo tho i f honor to Inform you that the end of tho Honolulu cable wan successfully brought j S I S to shore this morning I CLARENCE H MACKAY I S J President Company of the Commercial Pacific Cablo t t I I I I t When tho splicing W completed late tl In the afternoon horses were hitched the end and Jlhe cable woo drawn through the conduit to the cable station Ii t sta-tion At the same time the steamer I Newsboy steamed out to sea five miles Ii j I 1 and anchored the cable with balloon I f I buoys It was picked up by the cable l I I steamer Silvertown and taken aboard 11 HEADED FOR HONOLULU j S I I The splicing to the main body was I I completed tonight and the Silvertown I headed for Honolulu at a eevonknot r I S speed The fIrst message over the cable i S S was sent from shore to Chief Engineer I Dcneat on the Silvertown congratulating fIn f-In him on the successful landing I Several tests were made as the cable i S was being paid out by the Newsboy and It was found to be In perfect condition I I I the cable was cut Into A portion of ns up S S 5 small bits for souvenlrn and distributed I S by President Mnckay among his special I S spe-cial guests estimated at about 3000 5 During the ceremonies an urtlllpry band I S S from the Prcsldlo nlayed Fifty policemen po-licemen were kept busy keeping the 1 crowd out of the enclosure where the J i S splicing was going on a S I I |