Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-04-28
CAB B BILL SURE TO PASS
Bulletins COrrsSpOT dtEt Fully Reviews
The Situation.
Link 10 HIwai lIpJrst.ye L.Do Through
10 Manila Mdy Go By Way Of
Alaska house Favorable.
Especial Correspondence

i
Washington, u. g., April 13.-The
Senate has recognized the iact that q
cable from San Francisco To Hawai-
is one of the vital necessities q both
commerce and government, AID has
properly and promptly passrl Je MI
providing for 3ucn Il cable
| The bill recitos that to the end Of Is
tablishing hereafter, whenever desif-
able, Geographic communication be-
| tween the United States and the Phil
ippine Islands and Japan there shall lie
constructed, under the supervision CT
the Secretary of the Navy, submar-
inc telegraphic cable from the city
of San Francisco to the city of Homo
lulu. That the Secretary OF the Navy
| Is authorized to cause surveys ana
soundings to be made TO determine the
most practicable route for such cable,
and to obtain, by concession, lease or
purchase, such lands and rights as may
be necessary for establishment OF prop
er terminal stations, and for The iIgnt
Of way on the Pacific Coast or upon
any of the islands touched by the ca
Bile. That if it shall appear that the
work of laying such cable can be eX-
cally performed by vessels of the Navy,
their employment for such purpose Is
authorized.
By the provisions of the Act the Sec
rotary of the Navy is authorized I'M
mediately upon its passage to enter
into the necessary contracts to. have
constructed and equipped the said line
of cable. All of the cable, wires, In
struments, appliances and appurten-
ances necessary in the work are to be
of American manufacture, provided.
however, they can be procured at n
cost not exceeding IL per cent above
what they can be procured for in for
eign markets.
When completed the cable shall be
transferred to the Postmaster General.
who shall establish rates of toll, aud
who shall provide for the transmission
of messages to the newspapers of the
United States at suitable reduction
from the rates established for ordinary
private messages. The Postmaster Cen
eral shall establish a fund to be known
as the Pacific cable fund" into which
all receipts derived from the revenues
OF the cable shall be deposited, and the
net DIOtCtuS ONtI anu uboNt opti
expenses shall be paid into the Treas
ury of the United States.
That for the purposes OF carrying the
Act into effect the sum of $4,000, 900
is appropriated.
The passage of the bill by the Sen
ate has been approved generally and
| emphatically by the press of the coun-
| try and the universal sentiment eX-
pressed here is that the House should
take speedy action upon the measure.
II is believed this will be done and that
the close of the session will witness
the enactment into law of the measure.
1t is believed also that ii is wise at
the present time to restrict the compile
ton Of the cable to Hawaii. There is
serious doubt as to the best route for a
I, line to the Philippines, the contention
being made that line can be con-
structed by way of Alaska for less
money than by extension from Ha-
wall But 1t is regarded as an impeta-
tive and immediate proposition that
the line from San Francisco to Hon
lulu be constructed at once and that
this will be done may be confidently
predicted.
Holm A RRECKONS