The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-18
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lr IAN American ana entirely under
American control. WAKE and Guam
Islands lID in dir.Ct line U.tN,Du Hu-
uoluu and Manila. but Wake ls out
90 the question, az n Dr. OCCASIONALLY
under water so We trust 30 VIII be pos
siblu tu land at Midway and Guam.
The NaNy Department sent out the
United states steamer Nero year or
two ago and surveyed the whole route.
aud Admiral Bradford hag stated that
u is quite practicable TO lay a cable
between Honolulu and ID" Philippines
touching az the places I have mem
toned. and We hope TO obtain the
NprO's sounding- and other informa-
tiuu Of that expedition, which are now
u possession OF the Navy Department.
II we had them AT this moment We
could decide at once and would inn
modiatey prepare the specifications
and let the contracts without delay.
THIS would save much time, and the
sooner we can complete the cable TO
Manila the better, not only for the
government and the people. but FOR the
Commercial Pacific cable Company, as
we cannot get any return on the out
lay until We reach the places that do
the business"
MACKAY THE HEAD AND FRONT.
Mr.. j. w. Mackay Is the prime
mover IN this enterprise. is he not?"
Yes. Mr. Mackay has taken upon
himself the responsibility Of carrying
out this work. \ more patriotic Amer
team does not live. He always desired
to see a Pacific cable laid he felt the
country needed it. lie got tired of the
fighting in Congress for several years
over different bills. and decided. after
Congress adjourned last session, to
take up the scheme without any aid
from the government. The public
owes a great deal To Mr.. Mackay. He
has saved the community millions Of
dollars by bringing the rates down 80
per cent on the Atlantic, as well as
considerably reducing the rates on the
land lines. The service, too, has been
grc1tly improved since we started. on
both land and sea. Business is done
every day between New York and Lon
don In two and three minutes which
formerly took hours and We shall be
able to exchange messages with Ma
Mia and China, across the Pacific, in
fifteen minutes. This quick service
win stimulate business more than any
thing else"
What will the tariff be to Honolulu
and MANILA
we propose making the rate to Ho-
n"lulu 80 cents per word until the ca
Poi" as completed to Manila, when we
shall reduce ii to 81 cents. W. intend
90 make the tariff from san Francisco
I To Manila and China 81 per word. The
| present rate is Sis, and yet, with all
| these reductions | have spoken OF, you
may have observed that we are charg-
! ed by Mr.. Corliss, member of Congress
! for Michigan. with violating the law
| by combining tC raise rates. But
| facts speak for themselves"
Mr. Corliss is the advocate Of a
government cable, is he not?"
Yes. Mr. Corlss said great deal
about government ownership, claiming
that other governments are laying ca
bes Such statements are entirely
misleading. Now, it is an open secret
that the English government would
never have undertaken to lay a Pacif-
L. cable IL they could have prevailed
upon a private corporation to have
done so: bat no company would take
the risk, even with a subsidy. 1t is
true that the German and French gov
ornmentS are aiming to get cable con-
nections with their different colonies.
but through subsidized private corpor-
ations and not by government owner
ship. only last week IL was announc-
ed the cable between Germany and
Portugal was to be transferred to n
German company Governments ind
that cables can be operated and hand
led To better advantage by private cor
porations than by government machin-
cry. Take this Pacific cable project,
for instance: We are laying the cable
without the cost OF a cent to the gov
eminent. The government makes its
own rates for government business,
and we are pledged to tarlff for
commercial business. In the event OF
war we turn over the cable to the gov
eminent for its sole use. In other
words, We take all the risks as a bust
ness enterprise, and the government
has all the benefits that II can possibly
need. But We go further. We say to
the government, should you desire at
any time to own the cable outright, we
viii sell it TO you at an appraised val
ue. IL there liz an answer To that prop
osition, l have yet to hear it,"
viii there be press rate to Manila
and China?"
Yes. Probably 35 cents a word. The
present rate is 81 cents"
And so, whatever the action OF Con-
gress, San Francisco will have cable
connection with Honolulu before the
end Of the year, while direct line to
Manila is probable before the end Of
1904. Mr. Ward expects to select
landing place for the great cable before
the end of this week. Then the shore
work, the underground conduits and
receiving stations. will be pushed right
ahead so as to be up with the work
Of cable laying in October or November
next
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