The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-19

r. Bishop is the richest man on the
islands; Hugh Craig is q prominent
New Zealand capitalist; John D.
Spreckels is son of Claus Spreckels,
and the others are prominent Califor-
MIA business men.
It is understood the incorporators
will endeavor to obtain subsidies from
the governments interested, and will
try to secure the patronage OF the
United States for their company.
Representative Stone says he is hear
tily in favor of the Senate provision
the plan for Incorporation Of this com.
pany need interfere with the Govern
ment's course, or Is necessarily antag-
Onistic to the Senate plan.
The bill is the outcome Of the pRi-
vate cable schemes OF four years ago.
The new company had no connection
with the cable amendment adopted by
the Senate Saturday. That action
means the construction OF asubmarine
cable by the Government OF the
United States as q quasi-military
work, but open to commercial busi-
ness at regular rates, exactly as in the
case OF q postal telegraph system,
should one ever be adopted.
IF the cable scheme which passed
the Senate with flying colors should
get through the House, which is
somewhat doubtful, the new cable
company will have nothing to do. II
the Government cable scheme fails,
the new company will be on hand at
the next session and the subsidy
scheme will be pressed for all it is
worth.
Senator Perkins, who was to have
- Il
ate, said tonight: ''I shall not intro
duce it until we dispose of the Senate
amendment providing for an appro-
priation Of $5O0,OO0 to begin work on
cable. It the Government will
build a cable to Hawaii, of course we
are willing to let it do so.''
Admiral Irwin, the originator of
the project, said: tThe American
terminus viii probably be in q small
cove near Monterey, CAL, and run to
Honolulu and thence directly to
japan, with station on Midway ISL
and, owned by the United States,
about a thousand miles west of Ha-
waii on the direct road to Japan"
Minister Thurston, Of Hawaii, was
waiting in the corridor for an oppor-
tunity to talk with Representative
Stone He seemed to be very much
pleased to learn that the bill had been
introduced. Speaking OF the incor-
porators, he said to the Chronicle cor
respondent that he knew several of
the gentlemen interested in the pro-
ject, and that they were all men of
the highest business standing.
Hugh Craig, on being interviewed
in regard to the bill, said: "Its object
is to ask simply for permission to in
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States and nothing else. No subsidy
will be asked for.
''Having obtained this permission
the incorporators would then ask con-
cessions from the Russian, French,
Japanese and Hawaiian Governments
in order to gather funds sufficient to
lay the cable on such routes as are
necessary.
'Such concessions being obtained
they will be in possession, when the
next Congress meets, of all the neces.
sary facts to lay before it to serve rs
arguments in favor of further assist
ance from the American Government:
t'The plan contemplated is to build
first a connecting cable from CaIifor-
MIA to Honolulu, thence radiatiDg to
Japan and Australia.
trFhe Japanese Minister here intl-
mated his strong desire to assist the
proposition and of communicating
with his Government relative to the
necessity Of granting assistance.
1.-THE Russian and French legations
have not yet been seen, but from
the fact that the French already have
a cable from Australia to New Gale
donia on a direct line to Honolulu,
and from the further fact that the
French in Honolulu recently informed
the Hawaiian Government that such
a company was anxious to proceed
with its cable to Honolulu, shows the
sympathy of the French Government,
while the warm interest taken in the
proposition by the Russian Govern
ment in go leads us to believe that
subsidies can be obtained from both
those governments"