and then he lit a cigarette.  And then once that cable was on shore, they began to prepare to connect it to the other side, for the cable that had been brought down from the landing station.
담배를 태우더군요.  케이블이 해변으로 올라오면 반대편으로, 즉 지상무선국에서 끌어온 케이블로 연결할 준비를 합니다.