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Custer Weekly Chronicle
Custer, Custer County, South Dakota
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Representative Bennett of New York introduced a substitute bill to the House committee for a submarine cable from San Francisco to Honolulu, Midway Islands, China, and Japan, proposing a $160,000 annual subsidy for 20 years with fixed toll rates. The committee views it favorably but suggests reducing the subsidy amount.
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Representative Bennett of New York Introduces a Substitute For all Other Plans.
Washington, April 4.--Representative Bennett of New York today laid before the house committee at their meeting a substitute for the various Hawaiian cable bills already introduced. It provides that the cable shall extend from San Francisco to Honolulu, thence to the Midway islands and to China and Japan. The government is to pay a subsidy of $160,000 for twenty years, government business to be carried free of cost for all time. The tolls to China and Japan are fixed at $1.25 a word, and to Honolulu at 35 cents a word, with press dispatch rates at one fourth of these amounts. The general sentiment of the committee is reported to be favorable to the proposition, although some thought the amount of the subsidy should be reduced.
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Washington
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April 4
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committee favorable to the proposition but some suggest reducing the subsidy amount.
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Representative Bennett introduced a substitute bill for Hawaiian cable projects, extending from San Francisco to Honolulu, Midway Islands, China, and Japan. Government subsidy of $160,000 for twenty years, with free government business transmission. Tolls: $1.25 per word to China and Japan, 35 cents to Honolulu; press rates one-fourth.