New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-15
Telegraph Proht-'-Is not Amos Kendall 10
be believed on Oathr

Tie Iubanc, aiming - be- correct ma al Things,
Saws nothing about Telegraph matters which Il
has DOT proof 10 maintain. One OF rs recent
statement. is thus attacked by writer in Tn
Ttcg Observer
TEIEGRAPH PROFITS u nder tn' head writer I'D
toe Vac Ios Tribnsf Gays. the New iork and " ash
ingion Line has brought The PatenIees' upward OF
s-0 900 10 stock the r1'r 0f The Hc income oR rhrt u
l0 per cent per annum- Having been siocSnoider
in that company from Jos nrst commencement allow
ma On say that his s1fcnrnf s tHiirfy '1c0rrt ne
Neo .rS and Washington Line has paid out one diVi-
dsnd of pr c0f and thst on the last rflrf m'.'hs
business presume the nrfsr 10 Ihe Irl'tnf d.d not
Intend o. deceive the pablo yet am certain no
i-h1f,rsr b. PLACID upon hf statements f t' cent
,sln suarars o. be % enlist the preiuciccs 90 le
community against Mr. Morse by creating the imprc'
sion that b. is receiving ample reward Tor ms m
veution than he il deserving u s an appeal 70 N"
iynobe and bad passions of human nature
TIE Tribaue waited til 70 could prove The facts
controyerte9 by ile oath Of Mr. Kendall. who
swears point blank o. an Ttr Tobins stated
The enormous gains realized by Messrs Morse.
Kendall and r d j Smith on q few lines will
indicate the immense amount they seek 90 real
ize from all other lines DO the Union by barring
the door al the Patent Olice against every COM
peti,or. They quarolcd with O'Reiiy. and re-
undated their contract with him. boa on effort as
The evidence shows TO extor from him double the
yalne called for by that contract. Next they es-
sayed TO punish the public by issuing orders of
non. intercourse with the % Reilly lines east 90
phuaderIma iorb.diins the telegraphers ou
their New-N0rk aud Boston lines % receive any
DISPATCHES from or for 1uy lines constructed by
d Reilly because be would not pay them sd per
cent ol ihc'who.e te egraph stock on a contract
wherein they agreed % accept D.. The Lefsa
tire OF New-A0rk last Winter passed iaw to
rsN raI .f NaesHz. Nose and
smith ou the Boston line. still persist boz refusing
Le-aI measures are about fl ue taken to eniu'r.
redress and new line VIII be- speedily bu..t be-
tween New = 0r. and 3 -ston. bl way o. insurins
isir Competition and imparua.ity 20 aii
When the great West was thus lateriicted. TIE
Tuiaae said that the attempt OF the asssnees
of Morse 90 punish the public Tor ana alleged Inc
irngement % their patent by Reilly Co. j. az
once atr0c0us and impractlcabie-as the previous
assumption that Morses patent covers all possible
modes Of communication hy means of electricity
is prep0sterous
But let - repel the attacks oi the Utica journal
St aud others 0i a kindred character by answer
ius him according 20 Mr.. kendals oath, the part
OF which that states the facts is, verbatim "a io-
low.
Am0. Kn8ars oath a5gaf DO TELEGRAPH P.ef's
slvasi = B Morse aae otiersvs Hery OReliy and
0fiers-In Equity IN the Circuit Court II tho United
states Tor the u strict OF Kentucky -Iae AFFIDAVIT oi
Amos Kendall This afiani states that be 10 citizen
of The District Of Columbia residing 10 the City OF
Washington aged ~ years In the Sprug " the year
- be became agent for samuel T. Morse, the in-
v-ntor OF Morses American Electro Magnetic Iele.
grsph Alfred Vail and Leonard ID Gale, o whom sad
Morse had transferred Interests IN his invention and
the ssd Gale having sod and reconveyed MS interest
% said Morse this asn remains agent t0r the said
Morse and Vail who are owners OF three Ourfls 20
Morse patents excerpt ia rshts u use the things
patented have been sod u other individuals and com
psnies
The afsnt farther states that soon after BE- under
took the agency Aforesaid he did. 10 company with
Francis u smith. OF TIE other fourth part %
M0rses invention, project plan for making the tiec-
toMagnruc Telegraph profitable - the inventor ana
owners thereut.-tic MAIN FEArrRE % WHICH PL
that the Inc of commune .t0n along IN Allan
&c coast from Bsston o. Ncw-Orrsn ans and from New
YORK other eligible point that tne, 20 Bu1a
To- the rfcs rtsere1 % fts orHrs u M fsent should
be NOT LESS THAN ONE HALF Or rHE PROPERTY on ~
CONF - IHE LrSEs-the value Of the Patent privilege
being cons deret eQls. % the cost Of construction
On the terms of equal partnership lines have
been bulk hy different Companies from W asnlngt0n
City 70 Newiork, from VISA ington City % Nev Or
leans from New-llrk % Boston and from New YORK
g. Buffalo The line from W. Trk % Buffalo pr0duc-
Cd 70 the owners OF the Patents upwards Of Hinft
si0lscr1 dglGrs in the stock oi J0intst0ck Company
~hich las yielded during the past year dividend oi
seven per cent and much of which hss been sot a. par
or thereabout The line from Washington % Ncr Tors
has produced % the o~ners of the Patents upward OF
asg aoasghd Dollars 10 stock-the rate u net income
upon which l. now no. l,ss GH Zen pr cent Per an-
be amount Of stack srcr-ng o. tie owners % TIE
Patent On the Sew.York and Boston line, snd the n-
come sccrainz thereof. unknown O this s-ant
but the Wsshngtou and NeT ork ine. he con
sders q Il Inc the most ranab "a "a tlgs IN proper
ton Is l-ngih. The Washington and New Orleans
M viii give the Patentees upward u fr0 AHn1r,d
rJasaua dollars 10 sfocs which e confidently expected
q yield an income arg1iy exceeding sN per cent PER
snnum % much az Tat hne ~ les between Wash
ing1n City and Petersburg Va hss been year IN oper
alton md ass yielded net income Of eight pr cent
Per annum
The privilege Of using Morses Invention nss been
so.t absolutely and pad for. soout rye hundred
and my miles ci line A. 80 per nile, producing up
~ard o.; 5000 10 cA.h and sales have been made
on shout two hundred miles ~ lower prices producing
about 5000 more About DO niles more are under
contract more than half OF IL a. 80 per nile
TINS Ghani has no doubt that bot for the unounded
assertions AMI publications OF Heury Reilly and 80
sssocstes-sssertiug that good better sTstes n
Islegrspning than Mor-es had been invented and nad
been secured ~ them-foii0Itd b. the employment
ot machinery somewhat cI-erenf.y constructed ana
called the new Columbian Telegraph. on the line
from Louisville IN hentGcky Nashville IN Tennessee
the r0HH rs1lisd from sale, b. Professor hgrss and
his copartners IN the Pa;eu; right would have been
LAEGELY fNczEAsKD and. 10 Consequence Of said a.
serrOns and acts sales IN parts OF the country
have been prevented zad In most q the Union CRAFTY
retarded AMOS KENDALL.
signed and s~srn 70 before Judge MolrOe IN Ky)