The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-05
STILL EXCLUSIVE
Judge HartWGl WithdraVS a
Request.
WILL GIVE UP LITTLE FOR MORE
Swings in Line for Scrym.
ser Cable Franchise.
Believes United States VIII Not
Grant Exclusive Franchise But
Hawaii Might.

General A. S. Hartwell has with
drawn his application for cable con-
| tract made on the 23rd of October last
| and has substituted therefor an ap-
plication from the Pacific Cable Com
pany, of which General JAS A. Scrym-
| ser is President. Associated with him
are j. Pierpont Morgan, j. Kennedy
Tod, Edmund l.. Baylies and George
| Bowdoin, as directors.
The following is Gen. Hartwell's
letter of withdrawal;
Honolulu, Feb. 3, 1897
Mr.. S. B. Dole, President of the Re
public of Hawaii.
My Dear Sir:-I beg to inform you
that [ withdraw my application of
October 23rd last for cable contract
My reason for doing so is, that | have
satisfied myself, after careful eXamin-
alton, that the Company which is most
likely to obtain recognition from the
United States Government is the Pa
cific Cable Company of New York, of
which Gen. Scrymser is President
After careful investigation of the
capacity and chance of success of that
company, l have decided thus to with
draw my own application, believing
that Gen. Scrymser's company will
make such a showing to this Govern
eminent as will assure from this Gov
eminent such assistance as it requires
in furtheranoe of its general Pacific
Ocean cable project.
You will kindly observe, that the
application of that company to this
Government asks for no exclusive
franchise from Hawaii to the United
States. The reason for this is, that
such franchises are deemed by that
company to be absolutely suicidal to
any application which it might make
to the United States Congress. Yours
very truly,
"(Signed) ALFRED S. HARTWELL.' =
The application made by Gen. Hart
well on behalf of the Pacific Cable
Company as their duly constituted At
torney is as follows:
Honolulu, H. l., Feb. 8, 1897
Hon. S. b. Dole, President of the Re-
public of Hawaii
Dear Sir:-In behalf of the Pacific
Gable Company, a New York corpora
ton, and its authorized agent by a |
duly executed Power of Attorney. |
respectfully request that the Hawaiian |
grant to said company |
the right to land, maintain and oper- |
ate submarine telegraphic cable or |
cables, from a suitable landing place |
at or near Honolulu, Island of Oahu |
to point to be selected by said Gable |
Company on the Western Coast of the |
United States, with a view to the es-
adjustment by said company of per-
cable communication between |
the United States of American and the |
Hawaiian Islands, but without any ex-
elusive rights in respect of the same |
also to grant to said Cable Com
pany exclusive Geographic rights and |
privileges for a period of not less than |
twenty-five years, for landing, main |
tanning and operating lines of sub |
marine Geographic cable between any |
and all of the islands composing the |
group of islands, and all |
other territory bordering on the Pa |
cific or Indian Oceans and adjacent |
waters, excepting always the United |
States of America
also to grant to said Cable Com |
pany an annual subsidy of forty thou |
sand dollars, substantially in conform |
ity with the contract and franchise /
now outstanding with Col Spalding,
in the event of the same lapsing or
becoming void in accordance with its
THE said Gable Company will I'M
dertake to establish Inter-Island cable
communication, and also the Hawai- /