The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-23

FIG COMMERCIAL ADVERT
ny, which proposes to lay a cable fror
San Francisco to Honolulu, and so o.
l to Manila, stated here yesterday tina
] he expected to be in San Francisco il
q month or six weeks for the purpos
of selecting landing place. After tina
he will either proceed to Honolulu. Of
will send 81 representative to select &
suitable landing place there. Mr.. Ware
was accompanied on his trip here by
Mr.. w. w. Cook, general counsel of the
| company. They were given hearings
before the house committee on inter
state and foreign commerce, of which
Col. Pete Hepburn. OF Iowa, is chair
man, and before the Senate naval COM
mittee, of which, Senator Hale, of
Maine is chairman. These committees
1 have Jurisdiction in the respective
branches of Congress of cable legisla-
| ton. The Senate committee invited Mr..
Ward to come here and make a state
ment about the intentions of the Com
mercial Pacific Company, following
some correspondence with the chair
man. Mr.. Ward sought hearing be-
| fore the House committee because of
poses of the company. a belief has
gained some ground around the Capt.
tol that the company is not a bona fide
one for the purpose of Immediately
constructing a cable to Honolulu and
the Philippines.
Il want to reiterate what L have
said many times remarked Mr.. Ward
to your correspondent, that we actu-
ally intend to build a cable to Homo
lulu by November 1, when we expect
to have it in operation. 1 am willing
to hold up my hand and swear to that
We have never received any answer to
our application to the Secretary of !
State some months ago for permission |
to land cables in the United States and
Hawaii, but we are now proceeding on
the advice of counsel, who assure US
hat we have all the authority neces-
'ary, under the act of October, 1866
Dur cable is at the present time being
by the India Rubber and ,
iutta Percha Telegraph Company. of
at the rate of fifty miles
week. Very soon the manufacture of !
his cable will be increased to 125 miles t
week 1t will require 2,412 nautical
niles of cable to stretch between San I
francisco and Honolulu, according to .
UT calculations. Then, of course we a
NAH purchase few extra miles of I
able to meet emergencies. We ex-
ect, barring accidents, that the cable /,
i'll be completed in June The cable a
Gamer Sllverton, the largest and best c.
iulpped cable steamer in the world, n
now at London awaiting the COM
etion or the cable and, as soon as al
lie work is done, will sail through the p'
rats of Magellan to San Francisco. -
Id from there begin the work. Con- V.
acts binding on the Commercial pa ia
NC cable Company and on the India
upper and Gutta Percha telegraph
'mpahy, in London, have been made
ei can recede. Fay di,
ents of over $1S0,OOO have already wi
en- made by our company for the ISL
,rk'' m;
Mr. Ward reiterated much that has IT,
ooaply already been said in Homo op
u ABOUT the tolls on the proposed ste
pie. The commercial rate will prob St,
~ be about so cents a word between IT.
FRANCISCO and Honolulu at first, We:
d about 80 cents a word after thu, sor
e has been comn1e+a. :. PR
ba ,,rose ''' va,
IN that, continued Mr. Ward. I'VE an,
rays look out for the press" Mr. her
ira appeared for two successive
IS before the House COMMITTEES b;s ,,r;
{ hearing there being today. He is the
ne heard by the Senate committee wa
- tuesday The attitude of the 70
use committee was something of an the
gina to him and to other friends of 1t
cable. Representative Sherman. of zoll
e. vorl, &; - , line
'he iiioVeHlehe bay
a cable built by private enterprise. De,
Representative Corliss, of Michi- the
/, is heading the members who want flag
able built and maintained by the ".
'heiit' poth are members of the and
rState and foreign commerce com beef
tee. There is vast deal of ignor OF
~ ~ ranl
- ltee' DIS wen as IN reta
House. on the subject, and a great ton
~ members do not know what thew Adm
f sion
-, III, r Hen
SECRETARY OF the navS
,rican Asiatic Associa ton, who has mira
| in this vicinity for several weeks Stat
problems affecting trade in the far
mt. also appeared before the House III
mittee yesterday and today in adj ne e
cy of a Pacific cable He is en- nren
Y in accord with the views of Mr.. She
d. day
thing bas va. haan do,, .,., 49, conn
wv "i'ii 'he Adj
RAJ fia"aiian lana bllls introduced tendt
his session of Congress. Il have Won
just organized my committee on nigh
tories, said Mr.. Knox. the chair III,
yesterday. Il have not had time, dissir
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