The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-01

that the consent of the United States
be granted 10 the proposed lease"
The Presidents message provoked
much hostile comment In both houses.
II was referred TO several committees
on Foreign Relations and discussed in
both committees, but no action was TAX
en- thereon.
Since the Ottawa Conference, tenders
have been invited, and the following
figures submitted:
Route f.-vancouver Island TO
flaming, Fill. Norfolk ISL
ands. New Zealand, and
Tweedmouth ...... -. ......S $4,000
G.ti5 knots. averaging si,062
per knott.
Route 2.--vancouver Island TO
Necker. Fiji. Norfolk Islands,
New Zealand. and Tweed
mouth .................... -. 7.OsO.OOO
Route 3.-VancOuver Island to
Necker. Onoatoa, Fill. and
Viii Lew. TO New Zealand.
Onatoa 10 San Christoval. and
San Christoval TO Bowen..... 6,5i5, 900
Route t.-Vancouver Island to
Necker Island. Apamana. san
Christoval. and bowen. $500
Route 5.-Vancouver Island to
Necker Island, Fill. and New
Ieaiand .......s.s ............ 6,4O5,VOo
Route 6.-Vancouver Island TO
Honolulu. Fiji. Norfolk ISL
and. New Zealand. and
Tweedmouth ...... ........... 1856, 900
Route 7.-vancouver Island to
Honolulu. Onoatoa, San
Christoval. and Bowen....... sos. 900
Route S-vancouver Island TO
Honolulu. Fiji and New Zea-
| land ..s...ss ...s..s...ss...... 6,2l5,0OO
AS before stated, the distance from
Monterey Bay to Honolulu may be fig
ured at 2.fO0 miles: from Honolulu to
/ Yokohama, 3,450 miles; from Honolulu
To Hongkong. 5000: Honolulu to Mica
ragua. 400 miles; Honolulu to Samoa,
1850 miles; Honolulu to Auckland. 3,9Oo
miles.
/ A French cable company has recently
i laid n cable from Australia to New
Caledonia, the French colony lying ap-
proximateiy eight hundred miles north
OF Australia. The company receives Q
subsidy OF 1000 a year from France
and $4,000 n year from each of the
Colonies OF Queensland and New Soutf
Wales.
| Upon the occasion OF the proposition
of the British commission to Hawaii
the French commissioner at Honolulu
requested the Hawaiian government
before concluding any agreement will
Great Britain To first give the French
company mentioned an opportunity 4
make proposals.: as they were intending
TO make propositions looking to the ex
tension OF their cable northward to TIA
hiti and Hawaii.
shortly after the receipt by Congress
! OF President Cleveland's message con
Cerning the cable, Senator Hale o
Maine submitted n diplomatic appro
priation bill, providing that the Presi
dent should Immediately proceed I
contract for the entire expense OF lay
and appropriating 5000 900 for the frs
payments thereon. The amendmen
: was adopted In the Senate by vote @
&c TO 20. but was rejected I'm the Hous
by n vote approximately 100 to 156. TIL
D disagreement was referred to n confer
. ence committee of the two houses. VIII
: were unable to agree. each time tn
y Senate insisting upon Its amendment
Z n was lntlmated and generally believe
= that the House would resist the passae
: OF the amendment. even though IL d.
: feated the entire diplomatic appropris
= ton bill. and that even though IL pass
. ed. the President might veto the bill
4 In either case an extra session Of Cor
! xress would have been made necessar-
% as such action would have left the Ell
. tire state Department without Apr,
a priations. Under these circumstanc,
A the senate. on the evening OF March
"A receded from Its amendment.
? In 1891 n number Of gentlemen, res
J. dents Of California and Honolulu
y sought n charter from Congress wit
70 authority 90 lay cable to japan AT
"a Australia via Honolulu. and asked
subsidy from Congress. The history
10 the proceedings concerning this prop
~ sltlon ~ similar TO the recent acti,
l. concerning Hale's proposition, the Sc
r. ate having approved thereof by n lar
" majority. and the House opposing II u
ie an the senate receded from its positi'
n on the night Of the third OF March. 1s'
Il. About the same time that Senat
IN Hale introduced the proposition abo
A. mentioned into the Senate. this cal
no corporation proposition was resuscita
A. ed. principally through the efforts
Admiral John Irwin, retired. OF Was
NJ Inrton. and n bin was introduced In [
no House by Congressman Charles Sto