GABLE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HONOLULU.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10751, 12 May 1898, Page 5

GABLE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HONOLULU.

'■ , Honolulu, March 24. •' Sksator Brown has introduced in the Legislature a Bill authorising the construction, by the Pacific Cable Company, of a cable between the United States and these islands. The Pacific Cable Company, better known as the Seymour Company, is the one whose Bill in the American Congress has just been reported on favourably by the committee. 'The Hawaiian Bill 'gives exclusive cable rights to the islands for 20 years. It must be laid within 18 months after .the passage of tba Act by the American Congress, and extended to Japan within three years. It must be capable of transmitting 15 words per minute. The toll-rate between here and San Francisco is riot to exceed 35 cents per word, and to Japan not to exceed 90 cents per word. In case of war - the ' President , may seize the cable and exclude all messages he sees fit.!; A guarantee of 25,000 dollars in ] Government bonds must .be put up by the company.. v, ". The proposition has been well received, and there seems but little doubt that the Bill will ;i speedily.' pass.'lf it ■ does pass, the long-expected cable will probably be laid this summer.. -