Vernal Express | 1957-07-18 | Page 13 | Underwater Cable Links US-Hawaii with Telephone Section

eying tog knem FT fint mainland Under underwater telephone able system 1 k 0 m EE underwater cable links US hawaii with telephone hawaii end and the main land of united states are re soon to be he linked by A mile underwater telephone cable according to M 0 boswell local manager of the mountain states telephone company the cable will bv be laid this summer from point arena california to the island of oahu bahu twin submarine cables capable of carrying 36 simultaneous co conversations will be laid by the cable ships monarch and ocean layer the off shore portion of the cable was laid last april the deep sea phase of the project is scheduled to begin july 17 with the arrival of the monarch 10 miles of point arena photo 1 the monarch will lay 1900 miles of cable photo 2 and rendezvous with ocean layer near photo 3 the monarch will buoy the cable and sail for hon ilon alulu the ocean layer will pick up the buoyed cable and continue laying to oahu bahu this procedure will be reversed for laying of the second cable many utah people will be benefited by the improved service brought about by this 37 project being und undertaken by he the bell telephone system and the hawaiian telephone company as several calls a day are placed to the islands from this area