The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-08

,een presented, of which $50 had been dis
posed Of at the date of the report. j am
informed that ITO casese were decided dur
ng month of November. Arrangements are
being made and decisions given on the re-
naming cases with all despatch consistent
with proper reconsideration of the ques-
hons submitted. Many of these claims are
in behalf of mariners, or depend on the evil
lence Of mariners whose absence has de-
layed the taking or return OF necessary evil
dence. 1t is represented to me that 1t will
be impracticable for the government to
finally dispose of all the cases before 1t
within the present limit of its duration.
Justice to the parties claimant who have
been at large expense in preparing their |
claims and obtaining evidence in their sup |
port, suggest short extension to enable |
the court to dispose Of oil of the claims |
which have been presented. and recommend
legislation which may be deemed proper to |
enable the couIt to do otherwise. 1t has
been found impossible to give proper
consideration to these claims by the execu-
tive department of the government.
Such tribunal would afford an opportu
nifty to aliens, other than British subjects,
to present their claims on account of acts
committed against their persons and prop
erty during the rebellion, as also to those
subjects of Great Britain whose claims
having arisen subsequent to the ninth day
of August 1865, could not be presented to
the late commission organized pursuant to
the provisions of the treaty of Washington.
SUBMARINE CABLES.
The electric telegraph has become an es-
sential and indispensable agent in the trans
mission of business and complete the work
haf Aauirpno tbat tho mr.
posed connection should be made, but Ger
tain provisions of this concession were
deeucHAby me to be Objectionable, particu-
larly one which gave for long term of
years the exclusive right of Geographic
communication by submarine cable between
the shores of France and the United States
| should not concede that any power should
claim the right to land a cable on the
shores of the United States and at the same
time deny to the United States or to its cit
liens, the grant of an equal right to land a
cable on its shores. The right to control
conditions for the laying of a cable within
the jurisdictional waters of the United
States, or to connect its shores with any
foreign state, pertains exclusively to the
government of the United States under
such limitations and conditions as congress
may impose in the absence of legislation by
congress. was unwilling on one hand to
yield to foreign state the right, to say its
grantees might land on our shores, while it
denied similar right to our people to land
on its shores, and on the other hand was
reluctant TO deny to the great interests of
thet world the civilization facilities
of such communications as were proposed,
therefore withheld any resistance
to the landing of any cable on
hat IF Go.
ture of concession be abandoned, and that
| theright of anycablewhich may be establish
| cd by authority of this government to land
upon French territory, and to connect with
| French land lines and to enjoy all neces-
saiy facilities or privileges incident to use
thereof upon as favorable terms as any
other company be conceded. AS the result
thereof, the company in question renounced
the exclusive privilege and the representa-
| tive of France was informed that the un-
Outstanding this relinquished to be constru.
| ed as granting the entire reciprocity and
equal facilities which had been demanded.
The opposition to the landing of the cable
was withdrawn. The cable under this
French concession was landed in the month
of July, 1869, and has been an efficient ant
valuable agent of communication between
this country and other continents. II
soon passed under control, however
of those who had the management of thu
cable connecting Great Britain and the con
tinent. Thus whatever benefit to the pub
lie might have ensued from the competition
between two lines was lost, having thu
greater facilities of an additional line ant
the additional security in case of acciden
10 one of them. But these increased facili
rites and this additional security, togethe
with control OF the combined capital O.
two companies gave also greater power Il
prevent the future construction of othe
lines and to limit the control Of telegraph,
communication between the two continent
to those possessing the lines already laid
Within few months past cable has beef
laid, known as the United States dlrec
cable company, connecting the Unite
: States directly with Great Britain. A
soon as the cable was reported to be il
working order the rates of the then existin
consolidated company were greatly re
duced. Soon, however, break was an
/, nounced in this new cable, and immediate
! ly the rates of the other line, which ha
been reduced, were again raised. Tn
cable being now repaired the rates appea
not to be reduced by either line from tbos
formally charged by the consolidated CON
3 panies.
! There is reason to believe that larg
3 amounts of capital, both at home an
, abroad, are ready to seek profitable nves
ment in the advancement of this useful an
most civilizing means of intercourse an
correspondence. They await, however
the assurance of the means and condition
. on which they may safely be made, an
l tributary to the general good. A
: these cable telegraph lines connect separa,
}. states, there are questions as to their Of
ganization and control which probably ca
: be best, if not solely, settled by CONVEX
q tions between the respective states.
the absence, however, of international col
ventions on the subject, municipal legisl
D., ton may secure many points which apes
l to me important if not indispensable fl
: the protection OF the public against exto
= tons which may result from a monopol
! of the right of operating cable telegram
u or from combination between sever
: lines.
;, First-No line should be allowed to lar
J. on the shores of the Uuited States und'
" the concession of another power whit
). does not admit the right Of any other lii
/ or lines formed in the United States to lar
o and fully connect with and operate tfToul
10 land lines.
|
l. land on the shores of the United Stat
L which is not by treaty stipulation with Il
N government from whose shores 1t proceed
or by prohibition in its charter, or o.he
wise, to the satisfaction of this COVER
/ ment prohibited from consolidating
r matchmaking with any other cable tel
D. graph line, or combining Herewith for Il
y purpose of regulating and maintaining Il
le cost of telegraphing.
d Third-All lines should be bound to gi
J. precedence in the transmission of offici
81 messages of the governments of the tv
70 countries between which it may be laid.
s. Fourth-A power should be reserved
l. the two governments, either conformity
Is to each, as regards messages dispatch
" from Its shores, to fix limit to the charg
% TO be demanded for the transmission
v messages.
n present this subject to the earnest CO
sideration of congress. In the meantim
n | Loco ooporaoa hor lao dtraot I ohe