The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-08-12

heD. CpoCldl OOIlQlL-
tee On the bill extending the time for
the completion of the inter-island cable
presented the following report:
To the Hon. ]. S. Walker, President OF
the Legislative Assembly, 1890.
SIR:-Your committee to whom was
referred Bill No. 3S, to extend the time
for the completion and equipment of the
Inter-Island Submarine Telegraph Gable
to July 81, 1892, beg to report that it has
taken the subject of this bill into careful
consideration, and has held several in
vestigating meetings, at some of which
meetings, Mr.. ]. Sherman Bartholomew
fthe gentleman named in the aforesaid
bill) was present by request of your COM
mittee
Your committee have examined sun
dry charts showing ocean soundings,
nature and character OF sea beds, etc !,
in the proposed line of cable to be laid
between, and connecting the islands of
Molokai, Maui, Hawaii and Kauai with
Oahu.
Your committee have examined sam
Piles of cables and telegraph instruments
such as are used in other important
business parts of the world and which
have been in active and continual use
for great number of years doing COM
plete service and giving thorough salts
! faction.
Your committee are informed that the
! said j Sherman Bartholomew has al
ready spent sum approxlmatlng $40, 900
i'll cables, and sundrY material, labor,
etc, etc., in laying the same. The SAID
| J. Sherman Bartholomew acknowledges
that the cable, etc, now laid by him is
not what is really required for these
waters, that he has found by expensive
experience the natural resistances of
currents, ETC., greater than he at first
anticipated. He now states that If an
extension OF time is granted him, he is
prepared to and will provide, lay and
construct an Inter-Island Submarine
Electric Telegraph Gable with instru-
ments complete, such as are being used
in other business parts of the world,
which he is positive will answer its
requirements. stand the wear and strains
of the seas, and give full satisfaction to
the Hawaiian Government.
He is prepared to supply a similar
cable to that now in use between Hall
fax and Trinity Bay, Ireland, distance
of about eleven hundred miles, or
the Shore-end Torpedo Cable used in the
New York Bay and on the United States
coast defenses, the latter, if preferred, to
be served with a proper protective serv-
ing before laying in place, and shall
possess copper conductor of the size,
quality and strength contained in the
first cable herein above named, samples
of both of which cables accompany this |
report. He Is also prepared to supply
instruments known as the Morse tele-
graph instruments, adopted by the In
ternational Congress at Paris in 1872 ,and |
have been in use ever since.
He further agrees to complete what is |
known as Section 1st, that is from. |
Oahu to Wailuku, Maui" within eight
months, and Section q" that is from
Oahu, via Molokai and Maui, to Hawaii, |
within twelve months from and after the
passage of the aforesaid bill, granting
him the desired extension OF time, and
further agrees to have the sd Section,
which is from Oahu to Kauai, completed
within the time specified in the said bill.
He further agrees that in case of fail
ure on his part to complete "Sec-
tions one and two," that is to say, con-
Meeting Hawaii with Oahu, via Maui and
Molokai, within the time above pre-
scribed, that this agreement shall be-
come null and void and, further, that
the Hawaiian Government shall become
possessed of all cables, instruments and
telegraph material that the said j. Sher-
man Bartholomew shall have in, or
cause to be delivered into this kingdom
at that time without pay or lemunera-
ton, except as a forfeiture on part of the
said j. Sherman Bartholomew, his asso-
ciates or assigns for non-fulfillment OF
agreement.
Your committee have taken into care
ful consideration the amount of time and
money spent in this work by the said
Mr.. Bartholomew, which to him means
a serious loss; and further believe that
1t is the intention and desire of this
House to mete out justice to all wherein
the public is interested
Your committee further realizes the
of thorough and complete
system OF g Submarine Electric Tele
graph Gables with the numberless i'm
portant advantages to be derived there
form, and with view of being in the
near future connected by cables with
other parts of the world
Your committee therefore beg to re-
commend that the bill pass, and the
Minister OF the Interior be requested to
execute an agreement between the Ha-
waiian Government and the said Sher-
man Bartholomew, his associates or as
signs, under the conditions above named
and set forth. w. II. RICHARD,
A. MARQUES,
JOS NAwAHI,
THos. r. LUCAS.
Rep. Kalua-I did not sign the report
as had not time to read and consider it
l thought the company {
ought to furnish some guarantee that
they will really complete the work {
in the specified time. therefore move t
that the report be laid on the table until +,
can bring in report
Noble Widemann-That the thing is
a swindle is amply proved by the late t
Minister OF Foreign Affairs taking Zee
Of $1,000 dollars for looking after the in t
terests OF the company. Mr. Bartholomew c
IS my authority. know this now. l t
did not know it two years ago. l opposed 9