. The Cuba review. 12 T II E C U n A R !•: \' I K W CUBAN TELEPHONE. COMPANY CONCESSION UPHELD (Si>ecial l« Tiik Cuba Rkview] Witli tlic decision of tlio Supreme Court rendered .\i)ril 22nd in the case of the application of Jose Fernandez to establish a teleplione system in the town of (iuanajay the long extended controversy as to the constitutionality of the law under wliich the L uhan Telephone Company received its concession to f)perate long distance and local systems throughout the Island is delmitely ended, the constitutionality of the law heing affirmed hy the unanimous opinion of the
. The Cuba review. 12 T II E C U n A R !•: \' I K W CUBAN TELEPHONE. COMPANY CONCESSION UPHELD (Si>ecial l« Tiik Cuba Rkview] Witli tlic decision of tlio Supreme Court rendered .\i)ril 22nd in the case of the application of Jose Fernandez to establish a teleplione system in the town of (iuanajay the long extended controversy as to the constitutionality of the law under wliich the L uhan Telephone Company received its concession to f)perate long distance and local systems throughout the Island is delmitely ended, the constitutionality of the law heing affirmed hy the unanimous opinion of the Court. The first step in the direction of the modernization of telei^honic conununication in Culia was taken about four years ago when the Red Telefonica I)e La Habana, the direct predecessor of the present Cul)an National Telephone Company, undertook to establish a central station in Marianao, under the title of the Marianao Telephone Company and extend its lines through a modern system of subways throughout the city of Havana to replace the obsolete overhead-wire system that had been in use many years. The concession obtained for this was, however, declared illegal. Under the old Spanish law long distance telephones were prohibited and it was held that the extension of service from Marianao, which is practically a suburb, to Havana constituted a long distance service. Efforts to induce (Governor Magoon to change the law were fruitless, the Governor holding that long distance telephones w-ere contrary to public policy as entering into competition with the telegraph service owned and operated by the Government. On July ISth of last year, however, the Cuban Congress passed a law permitting the erection of long-distance lines and descri1)ing the conditions under which concessions should be granted. The c(3nspicuous principle of this law- was that no concession should be exclusive. Under the old Spanish law all concessions, which were given only to cover a certain radius from
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