No. 272.
Mr. Maury
to Mr. Bayard.
Legation of
the United States,
Bogota, December 29, 1887.
(Received January 30, 1888.)
No. 73.]Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a
communication, received yesterday, from Señor Carlos Holguin, minister of
foreign affairs, relating to the claim of the Panama Railway Company to
exclusive telegraphic rights across the Isthmus, with a translation of the
same.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
73.—Translation.]
Mr. Holguin to Mr.
Maury.
Republic of Colombia,
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs,
Bogotá,
December 28, 1887.
Mr. Minister: I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your courteous note of the 19th instant, and of the 14th
and 28th of April, and of the 12th of May last, all relating to the same
subject, namely, the monopoly which is said to he claimed by the Panama
Railway Company over the telegraphic line across the Isthmus.
The Government, availing itself of the right which it possesses, of
constructing that class of public works within its own territory, has
resolved to establish in (the department of) Panama a telegraph of a
national character, of which your Government
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can have the use, with the utmost assurance that
its communications will meet with no obstructions.
I believe, Mr. Minister, that this measure of the Government fully meets
the wishes expressed in your note to which I have the honor to refer,
and I suppose it is thus made clear to you that the Government does not
recognize the monopoly referred to.
I repeat, etc.,
