The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-04
ANOTHER CABLE PROPOSITION.


lishment by said company of permar-
ent cable communication between the
United States of American and the Ha-
waiian Islands, but without any eX-
elusive rights in respect of the same.
Also to grant to said Cable Company
exclusive telegraphic rights and privi
leges for "A period of not less than
twenty-five years, for landing, main
tanning and operating lines of sub
marine telegraphIc cable between any
and all of the islands composing the
other territory bordering on the Pa
citic or Indian Oceans and adjacent
waters, excepting always the United
States of America.
Also to grant to said Cable Company
an annual subsidy of forty thousand
dollars, substantially in conformity
with the contract and franchise now
outstanding with Col. Spalding, in the
event of the same lapsing or becoming
void in accordance with its conditions.
The said Cable Company will under
take to establish Inter-Island cable
communication, and also the Hawaii
an-United States submarine cable,
within three years from obtaining the
grant and contract herein mentioned;
Provided, That the said company shall
obtain the passage of its bill now
pending in Congress, giving it not less
than one hundred and fifty Thousand
dollars year for twenty years, for
the establishment of cable between
the United States and the Hawaiian
Islands.
The said Cable Company will deposit
with the Hawaiian Government bonds
of said Government to the amount of
twenty-five thousand dollars, as secur-
ity that the said cable company will
establish the said cable between the
United States and the Hawaiian
Islands, and also system of inter
island cable, within three years, such
bonds to be forfeited in case the cable
company fails to carry out it's con-
tract; upon the sole condition that the
said company shall within such three
Government a contract for the estab-
lishment of cable between the United
States and the Hawaiian Islands.
The said company will also agree,
upon obtaining the grant and con-
tracts herein mentioned, to establish
a line of Submarine telepraphic cable
communication from Hawaii to Japan
within three years after the establish
ment of its Hawaii-United States
cable; provided the said company shall
obtain the necessary grants from that
country and intermediate islands.
/ think it is obvious to all who have
given any attention to the subject,
that no one continental line to Hawaii
can possibly pay its running expenses
until connected with another conti-
mental line, so as to be able to com
pete for the commercial, diplomatic
and telegraphic business of the world.
In that view it would be great loss,
both of money and efficiency to en-
gage one company for cable line
from Hawaii to America, and another
for line from Hawaii 10 Japan maxi
ing it essential that one company or
the other shall be bought out on its
own terms.
This Government has now given an
exclusive franchise from Hawaii to
America, which may lapse by May first
next if its holder shall fail to secure a
cable contract, and may lapse earlier,
as its holder can release it at his OPP
ton.
l beg to urge upon your attention
that it is improbable in the extreme
that either the United States Govern
ment or the japanese Government
would lay and operate cable line as
national affair; and on the other
hand, whatever may be said by inter-
ested persons to the contrary, j tank
it ought to be obvious that the Ameri
can and japanese Governments will
not contract with two separate com
panies, an American company on the
one side, and japanese company (ac-
tually or nominally, most likely the
latter) on the other; but whatever
company secures the confidence and
assistance of the United States will
also be engaged by Japan.
If then, the Pacific Cable Company
receives from Hawaii the privileges
and rights which it now requests, and
if the granting of the same is made
conditional upon its securing the
requisite aid from the United States,
as far as the California line is con-
cerned, and of securing the requisite
aid from Japan, as far as the japanese
l., Il /. NJ r.,