Thursday afternoon, December 11th, 1902, was memorable in the history of San Francisco and the entire Pacific Coast. Men from every walk of life gathered together to show their appreciation of the inauguration of a cable service between San Francisco, Honolulu, Manila and Shanghai.
The Commercial Company's cable from San Francisco to Honolulu will cover a stretch of about 2276 nautical miles. The total weight of the cable out of water is about 5000 tons.