Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Morrison, Daniel April 20, 1867 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925.
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

DANIEL MORRISON, Cable Superintendent. Daniel Morrison, superintendent of the 
Commercial Pacific Cable Co., at Honolulu, has been engaged in the development 
of transoceanic communication for 40 years, having started his career when a 
boy with the British Government Telegraphs, in which service he obtained his 
early training and technical education.
  Born at Rothesay, Scotland, April 20, 1867, the son of Daniel and Margaret 
(Whyte) Morrison, Mr. Morrison early in life left the public schools to enter 
government service.
  In January, 1885, he joined the Commercial Cable Co. at Glasgow, Scotland, 
and in the following June was transferred to the cable station at Cape Canso, 
Nova Scotia, where he remained for eighteen years, when he was sent to the 
Pacific.
  Mr. Morrison reached Honolulu in April, 1903, with a staff of men, en route 
to Midway Island to make preparations for the landing of the Pacific cable 
there. Midway Island, isolated cable station of the mid-Pacific, was Mr. 
Morrison’s home for 15 years. He was assistant superintendent, 1903-09, and 
superintendent, 1909-18, when he was promoted to his present responsible 
position in Honolulu.
  Midway Island, in 1903 a barren coral reef, was made to blossom by Mr. 
Morrison. He had soil and fertilizers brought to the island from Honolulu and 
introduced and successfully cultivated many plants and trees. He recalls with 
interest that the yellow canary, which he introduced to Midway, speedily 
returned to wild habits there. He also introduced the finch and rail to combat 
the insect pests which were menacing his gardens.
  Mr. Morrison is a member of Honolulu Lodge No. 409, F. & A.M., a Scottish 
Rite Mason and a Shriner, affiliated with Aloha Temple. He belongs to the 
Chamber of Commerce and the Oahu Country, Commercial, Pacific and Rotary Clubs.
  He married Jane Macdonald, April 27, 1908, and they have one son, Donald 
Whyte Morrison.


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