The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-16

| either the plant for such a job or tn
steamers to lay a cable OF this length
| and character, and we did not care t
! try any experiment with what Nigh
| be termed green hands," on the big
igest and most difficult cable expedition
/ that has ever been undertaken. Th'
ordinary layman does not realize that /
requires years of experience and grea
| ceal of engineering skin to properly lay
6 cable in deep water.
| These are the sole reasons for let.
| ting the contract in England, otherwise
we would have been glad to nave giyei
the contract TO an American ssrr. VIII,
/ not? We are an American company
Relieve in home industries and certain
| " have no desire to go to a foreign
| country to purchase anything that can
| be obtained in the United States as
| good and as reasonable in price. I I'M
derstand the copper wire for the cable
has been bought here and we shall
have the underground cable, which will
connect the landing place with the Of
flee. made in this country"
will it be necessary to have a ship
always ready in case the cable breaks
at any time?"
oh, yes; we cannot get along with
out repairing steamers, L am sorry to
say"
WILL BUILD REPAIR STEAMERS.
Then you viii have a steamer
built?"
Yes; one. and perhaps two Now,
that Is something that we can do in
America, build ships, and we hope to
place the order for the repairing ship
in this country. Personally, L would
like the order for the ship to go to San
Francisco; it is only a question of
price"
When do you expect to complete the
cable to the Philippines, and at what
places do YOU expect to touch? ''
we hope to complete the cable to
the Philippines before the end of 1904,
and our desire is to land only on Amer
lean territory, so that the cable will
be all American and entirely under
control. Wake and Guam |
islands are in direct line between Ho- |
nolulu and Manila. but Wake is out !
OF the question, as it is occasionally |
under water, so we trust it will be pos
sible TO land at Midway and Guam |
The Navy Department sent out the |
United States steamer Nero a year or |
Two ago and surveyed the whole route
and Admiral Bradford has stated that
L is quite practicable to lay a cable
between Honolulu and the Philippines, l
at the places 1 have men,
Toned. and we hope to obtain the
Nero's soundings and other informa-
ion of that expedition. which are now
n possession of the Navy Department. !
II we had them at this moment we
,ould decide at once and would i'm
nediately prepare the specifications
ind 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 Gable Company, as {
We cannot get any return on the out
ay until we reach the places that do
he business"
dACKAY THE HEAD AND FRONT.
Mr.. J. w. Mack&y is the prime
mover in this enterprise. is he not?"
Yes. idr. Mackay has taken upon J.,
himself the responsibility of carrying :
ut this work. A more patriotic Amer
can does not live. He always desired
o see Pacific cable laid; he felt the
ountry needed it. He got tired of the
ghting in Congress for several years "
yer different bills, and decided, after
congress adjourned last session, to :
AXE up the scheme without any aid
rom the government. The public
Yves a great deal to Mr.. Mackay. He 1
as saved the community millions of
ollars by bringing the rates down so S
er cent on the Atlantic, as well as =
reducing the rates on the
md lines. The service, too, has been J..
realty improved since we started, on -
9th land and sea. Business is done
very day between New York and Lon r,
on in two and three minutes, which y
took hours, and we shall be
BILE to exchange messages with Ma
liza and China, across the Pacific, in
fteen minutes. This quick service
ill stimulate business more than any d
ling else
What will the tariff be to Honolulu
Id Manila?'
We propose making the rate to Ho- =
)lulu so cents per word until the ca ID
e is completed to Manila. when we
an reduce it to 80 cents. We intend
make the tariff from San Francisco
Manila and China 81 per word. The -
esent rate is SI.7S, and yet, with all 70
csc reductions L have spoken of, you
ay have observed that we are charg-
by Mr.. Corliss, member of Congress n
r Michigan. with violating the law
combining 70 raise rates. But
cts speak for themselves"
Mr. Corliss is the advocate of a
vernment cable. is he not?'
Yes. Mr.. Corliss said a great deal
out government ownership, claiming T(
al other governments are laying ca
- Such statements are entirely -
sieading. Now, it is an open secret
AZ the English government would
YER have undertaken to lay a PacIf-
cable if they could have prevailed
on a private corporation TO have
ne so: but no company would take
risk, even with a subsidy. 1t is
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