The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-01-07
NATIONAL HAWAIIAN CABLE.
Incorporation and Organization Of the
Hawaiian Pacific Cable Company.

incarceration and Organization OF the
Hawaiian Pacific Cable Company.
AS shown by legal notice in this issue,
the organization and election OF officers
of the Hawaiian Pacific Cable Co. took
place ON the SOth of December, 1889.
The capital stock is $4,000 with the
right to increase to $3.50, 900 under the
customary legal restrictions. Enough
stock has been taken and paid for to
complete the first division-Honolulu to
Wailuku-and enough more money sub
scribed to construct and equip the Ha-
wall Observation-Disclosures to Kawaihae-
and this without liens upon the property
or pledging of the stock in any way.
Three of the five officials-Messrs. Bar
tholomew, Hall and White-are Hawaii
an citizens, but both American and Brit
ish capital is interested.
J. Sherman Bartholomew, the Presi-
dent, was graduated and received his
degree of Electrical and Telegraphic
Engineer from the New York Electrical
College, Poughkeepsie, n. Y, occupying
the position of Treasurer and later AS
sistant Superintendent of the Pullman's
Pacific Car Co.; Manager of the Burling-
ton Route Telegraphs at Omaha, Neb.,
and officer in charge OF Custer, U. s.,
Signal Station under Chief Signal Officer
Hazen. Has had practical experience
in land telegraph and cable construction
and in lifting and relsying submarine
cable. Mr. Bartholomew is blood rel
alive OF Superintendent Charles Barthol-
omew, who was in charge of the Atlantic
Cable Station at Trinity Bay, Ireland,
during the cable laying period of 1858.
Hon. Edgar Crow Baker, of Victoria,
B. c.. retired from II. B. MS navy as
naval lieutenant after serving eighteen
years. He settled at Victoria, B. c.,
and after serving the then province in
various positions of trust was largely in
strumental in the admission OF British
Columbia to the Canadian Dominion.
He has represented his constituency in
the House of Commons for nine years,
leading the entire poll at the last cleo
ton. Mr.. Baker is Secretary-T Treasurer
of the Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone
w., ll0 WI lAAO
Victoria Electric Light Co., and general
agent for British Columbia for the Bell
Telephone Co., besides being heavily
interested in commercial business at
Victoria and Montreal.
The Treasurer, Frank A. Dudley, is
member of the law and real estate firm
of Ely & Dudley of Niagara Falls, New
York, and has been connected with bus
mess for the Northern Pacific Land De-
partment at St. Paul, Mimi, and Port
land, Oregon, and brings to the cable
company valuable experience in legal
matters connected with corporate and
financial affairs. The London, Eng
land, stockholders-John Thompson,
William Redmond and Daniel Munroe-
are represented by the firm of Bartholo-
NEW & Baker, holding general power OF
attorney for the transaction Of cable bus
mess.
For the information of the British and
state that the newly elected Secretary,
E. o. White, is also Secretary, Treasurer
and Director of the "E. o. Hall & Son,
Limited" hardware company, and has
been connected with the company for
the past ten years, four years previous
to and six years following its incorpora-
ton.
The Auditor, William w. Hall, is
President of the "Halr' company just
mentioned Mr.. Hall entered the SER
vice of the firm at the age of Is and has
been occupied in the different positions
of clerk, partner, director, and finally
President of the corporation, during the
past thirty years. Mr.. Hall is a member
of the Board of Education of the Ha-
waiian Kingdom, and one of the most
influential and prominent citizens of this
country.