The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-29
NORENO'S LATEST DREAM
DON CELso CAESAR PROJECTS A
PACIFIC CABLE.
Bill Introduced in Congress Revivlng
His Old Gable Franchise of 1S76-Text
of the Bill.

Celso Caesar Moreno has not quit
dreaming his Hawaiian dreams. 1t is
Pacific cable dream now and tne fig
ment of 1T is contained in the following
bill introduced i'm the House of Repre-
sentatives December by Congressman
cyrus A. Sulloway of New Hampshire
and referred to the Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce. The bill
is House Bill 1869 and is as follows:
A BILL
To revive and amend and extend the
Act of Congress of August fifteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to
encourage and promote Geographic
communications between America and
Asia, across the Pacific ocean, from the
western shores of the United States to
the Hawaiian Islands, to Japan ana
China.
Whereas on the fifteenth day of Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and seventy-six.
the Congress of the United States pass
ed an Act granting to Celso Caesar
Moreno and his associates the right to
construct, lay, land, and maintain a line
or lines of telegraph or submarine ca
BILE or cables on the Pacific coast of the
United States of America to connect
the American and Asatic coasts by
telegraph lines, wires, or submarine Gu
bles; and
Whereas several of the associates
and certain others. from other causes
are unable to act in the revival of this
enterprise: Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representative of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That Celso Caesar Moreno and his as
sociates shall have the right to con-
struct lay, land, and maintain line or
lines of telegraph or submarine cable
or cables on the Pacific coast of the
United States of America to connect
the American and Asatic coasts by
telegraph lines, wires, or submarine ca
bles: Provided, That said c. c. More
no and his associates shall begin to lay
said cable or cables within three years
from the passage of this Act.
Sec. 2. That any telegraph line or ca
BILE laid by said c. G. Moreno and his
associates shall be subject to the fol-
lowing conditions, stipulations, and re-
| servations, to wit: The Government OF
the United States shall be entitled 70
exercise and enjoy the same or similar
privileges with regard to the control
| and use of such line or lines or cable OF
| cables that may, by law, agreement, or
| otherwise, be exercised and enjoyed by
any foreign government whatever; Sec
ondly, citizens of the United States
shall enjoy the same privileges as to the
payment of rates for the transmission
of messages as are enjoyed by the citi-
| zens of the most favored nations; third
ly, the transmission of dispatches shall
| be made in the following order: First
dispatches of state, under Such regula-
| tions as may be agreed upon by the
Governments interested; secondly, dis
patches on Geographic service; ana
| thirdly. private dispatches; fourthly
the lines of any such cables shall be
kept open to the public for the daily
| Transmission of market and CONNER,
cial reports and intelligence, and al
messages, dispatches, and communica'
tions shall be forwarded in the ordei
in which they are received, except as
hereinafter provided; filthy, before eX
tending and establishing any such INT
or lines or cable or cables in or owe
any waters, reefs, islands, shores, AM
lands within the jurisdiction of tn
United States a written acceptance o
the terms and conditions imposed b.
this Act shall be filed in the office o
the Secretary of State by the said Z. |
Moreno and his associates.
Sec. g. That the right to alter ameno
or repeal this Act at any time is herep
reserved to Congress.