The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-14
COMPANIES ASK CASH
Philippine Corporations Enlist
the Aid Of Mckinley.
MANY CLAIMS ARE IN
POSTAL SERVICE IN ISLANDS
PAYS A PROFIT

Washington, Nov. 13.-The president
will submit to congress at the ap-
preaching session the claims for m
Identification and for other substantial
recompense of the British cable cor
poration which suffered as result Of
the American occupation of the Phil
ippines. The corporation claims dam
ages for the interruption of its cable
business by the American forces. This
claim was reduced to a low figure, but
was disallowed. The Eastern Exten-
sion company claims that it has fran
chise from the Spanish government. OBJ
tanned before the war, granting it a
monopoly of cable business throughout
the Philippines. and that this monopoly
has been invaded by the action of the
United States government.
At the same time the Manila agu-
pan Railroad company, the only rail-
road in the Philippines, set up claim,
first for compensation for the use of its
property by the United States, and sec
ond for the continuance of an annual
Spanish government by the Philippine
revenues.
Subsidy Need Not Be Paid.
The contention that the subsidy in
the last case and the monopoly of the
Eastern Extension company having
been legally obtained, must be contin-
ued. was recognized as a very import
ant one and was referred to the attOr-
hey general His decision was to the
effect that these claims were not based
on contract right. But he also held
that both the cable and the railway
companies had good equita bic claims.
"a
paid, temporarily from the revenues
contained from the islands themselves.
but it is the intention to refer the whole
subject to congress in order that it
may do justice to the companies. There
has been a good deal of cOrTespOn-
authorities are earnestly supporting
the claims of their citizens
Another set of claims which will be
referred to congress are those arising
from the detention and isolation of
japanese subjects in connection with
the bubOnic plague last summer in San
francisco and the claims of japanese
citizens for damages sustained through
the action of the Hawaiian authorities
Profit In Postal Service.
F. d. VailIe, director general of posts
of the Philippine islands, in his annual
report to the postmaster general. shows
a surplus of S19,628 to the credit of the
Philippine postal service. The revenue
to June 80 last was S117S4S aud eXpen-
ditures S9S,220, making both years of
the departments existence show a sur
plus.
Mr.. Vaille says the correspondence
between the natives on the islands is
'as near nil as that of ranchers and
plainsmen at our army posts in the
states"
There are now twenty-one pOstofices
under the charge of Americans Of
which eleven are money order offices.
Thtrty-seVeu other offices are in charge
of army officials for the sale of stamps
and the handling of registered matter.
In several provinces in which native
governments have been established i:
a revival of the system of service main
tanned under the Spanish regime for the
native mails only has been tried. Each
town pTesidente had to attend to the
mail for and from his town free and
each town provides regular carriers to
adjoining towns, who in this manner
work out what corresponds to the
American railroad tax.
Complaint is made of the low salaries
paid in the service, and Mr.. NaiIle says
that unless his salary ga, 000) is soon
increased he shall ask to be recalled.
The report says the time is not ripe yet
for civil service examinations for ap-
pOintment to this service. It is pre-
dicted that with the withdrawal of
American troops and the consequent
turning of the telegraph over to the
civil government the telegraph Oper-
atOrs Will have to act as pOstmasters
in all but the largest towns.