Show WANT LANDING PLACE FOR PACIFIC CABLE Washington Sept 23 John W ly V Mac kay kayo president of ot the Postal Telegraph lIac company compan the Commercial Cable com pany r Commercial r and nd the ih Cable newl newly company has Pacific been in m Washington for a few days with George J Ward Vard vice president of oC the cable company com pan Their mission was principally to make arrangements re garding the landing privileges of their cable which is s proposed d to run from r i San Francisco c via the Hawaiian J ra raI is lands Hands I and Guam to Manila The fob fol I lowing statement was made by an of oC I I of Mr Interested Mackay In ir In the project in behalf The P project Is ls different from any thing thing which has been ben proposed propose as no concessions indemnities or subsidies are asked aske the proposition being simply that permission pr to land band be granted The cable will wi land and be maintained without any cost to the te government gov I The cable company compan agro agN agreed d to give the government business bU right of way wa and in Ia cs case cs of or war or other oth r public necessity ant I to permit the th cable to be b taken over by the government It furthermore te I prom promises promIse laos Ise to reduce the far eastern casters eater rates trot from charged charge 40 4 to 09 60 G per pr cent below those now Mr r Mackay and others connected with the new company are hopeful that the concessions they a ask ak k may be grant granted ed pd but on account of ot the provisions of the treaty tret of oC Paris relating to t the con concessions I cessions granted gr te by Span Jn Lu the Phil Philippines prior to American A ieno occupation 1 of I Ithe the islands some doubt as a to the right of the government to grant rant I such concern a privilege as a is asked to a u private p I |