The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-11-10
HUmBUa AND MOsOPOLIEs.
DOWNING, o'REILLY, AND HOUSE,

| DOWNING, O'REILLY, AND HOUSE.
TN communication to the National ntegence of the
"This House 'h.nbug has been constantly thrown in the
way of Morse's telegraph commenced build
ing in 1916. IL has found patrons in Henry O'Reiy
and Hugh Downing, the former of whom had denounced
ter year ago, offered to sell bodily the propretors OF
Mose's patent for the purpose of securing TO them
"a monopoly ofteiegraphing but we refused 'nonopo
lize' Mr. House and his patrons and now they the
greatest enemies of monopoly in the wide world"
Mr. Downing in the Intelligence Of this date proceeds
S to himself 70 be anqaalfediy tai'ee :" fae and
Let the public read the following ofers being
all that relate 10 the subject and decide for themselves who
! utters unqualified fasehood:"
Extract of letter from Hugh Dowang to Amos Kendall,
| dated January 3, 1871
CT said to him George H. HART esp tina, thought an
All nm sr' b be nnenes xyon make some sliybt
modification in Mr.. o'keiys contract thought sond
os 81 RHx fkEEEET At least
and one other for ALL TINE TO COME and the sue
msss S Ss
reference 70 all Of Mr. OReys contract and might be
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Be MAP sATsscTFoRY pss
concerned, feel assured effect the object speak at
least in regard to Mt HOUSES and another Improvement
81 trust you win meet this in the spirit intend-that is,
perfect irankness and strikes favoaby we can
enter more into particulars"
Extract from Nh KendaAs reply dated January H. 1si7.
"Your of the 9Th duly hand, and shall
swer it frankly, you desire.
"Frankiy then, w know enough of Houses invention
know that 'corth buying and but for its encroac-
Morse, should wish adversary luck
than to try it, Of course we know nothing OF the other
system which you alude So far from considerations OF
That kind operating the paenees to seek reconciliation
with Mr. ORelly and his associates, they have effect
directly the reverse"
Extract from Mr. Do~ming's roimdr, dated jan 49, 1877
m O a Of IsstR daS By M
PROPONENTS nth much importance do. My
opinion is not changed, but Strengthened"
uen the competition Of rival imrovements at least Houses
and leutrahaing other sgstsms" co1d matters be made
invention the paten,ees of Morses telegraph and their
associates .or The erpysss purpose q seeing g them mo,
another market he replies that he regrets that they do
consider it so important to secure monopoly as he does
Henry o'Reiy's opinion of Houses invention until he
thought it his interest 10 think otherwise:
Extract Of letter from Henry 0Rcay to Amos Kendall
'You win see by the article now enclose you that am
the ys the to geep win he H a, af
publishing such articles which the editor does freely
such Improvement printing telegraphs Still, the talk and
paragraphs about such things calculated to BOTHER
ss Ge es5 m na pna nns % pSsa e a
come next 70 eclipse even Morse"
From he the same dated November %, 1915.
alt is clear that have been made from New
Jersey, other persons in the get up at least
bgbear OF opposition Indeed, it is evident from the
a few such may be among the multitude from whom
experience civity,) that efforts have been made
to block operations in that State Also"
From the sa me to the same dated Jan. 49, 1916.
"Houses . y 70 and other IUMBUGS have the effect
of distracng attention the part of the public but the
annoyance though temporary, can be but short ltved
From, The same the same dated february 2, 1876.
"Thinking OF public gratitude by-,he,by, it to
me whether just characterize this application OF
n nat n9 on" Of che
when recolec the names OF Dagnere, Volta, &c 2 1t
ia merely for the eltherot to designate psrtic-
uiar Kind Of iclegraphing"
Extract of letter from Henry OReMy TO Francis 0. j.
Smith, dated October a. 1916.
s.They (himself and assocate) that or
@ a NJ W E f IN
TANNING BOTH WITH EQUAL ENERGY ,chencver
etSe, may be ssaiea IN ANY FORM s. OR Place p %
had denounced Iouse's invention "humbng' cacua-
tie P" a his
Nlorses patent whenever assaed I'm any form o. Place
as a cover 10 attack Morse's patent, spends the money
Morses telegraph has earned for him in circulating the
with that advertise reward OF $500 to any one who viii
enable him more efiectualy to evade that patent!
of his associate Downing to monopoise Houses system
and other well their and although he claims
and boasts that he has "monopozed Morse Houses and
sundry others for his lines, making himself Downing, and
Co. the only monopozsrs of telegraph systems in the
Mr. Downings publication discoses the fact that he is
part of the House patent on the lines for which Mr.
ORey says he has secured its use and that Mr. House is
the Of his own invention on the line from Cncin-
Louisville where he recently challenged bring
| a suit! This is perfectly characte rsc.
But it not tetegraph"g only which these patriotic
gentlemen sought "monopoiize" Mr. Downing had a
factory for making iron cord tor conductors which he
peced to furnish at 1888 to s49 per mile when so was an
(,rhch mistakeD and threatened prosecute any
who should to encroach upon his monopoly
And if should say that he offered to pay if would
avail myself Of my position in the telegraph enterprise
impose his inferior article the various telegraph compa-
MES that price, suppose he would pronounce
it ''ungmaifediy false and then, with charming sim
pcity, publish his letter making The Offers
However, if, under OF Houses telegraph he can
sell wre-cord enough line Of posts from Pha-
dephia to New York, by of the Highlands at $3s or
$40 per mile, and get the money, uiU be hu,bug
him.
When he gets Houses instrument to working uv
his line, will be enough for to think of
But would not be prudent for those who think of putting
their money into this experiment insist that he and his
partner OReily shall first try Houses lightning against
Smiths ball, according to the annexed challenge
NOVEMBER 8, 1877 AMOS KENDALL.
GREAT RACE PROPOSED.
Francis o. j. Smiths Durham Bull
Royal T.. HOUSES Lightning Letter Printer"
STAKES $1,000.