New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-04
THE TELEGRAPHIC QUARREL.
OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATED Pass,

NEw-YoRK June 3, 1859.
| To the Ereeutire Cormitee
| GEsTLEAES: The recent arrangement of the Asso
Citations facilities for procuring early and full reports
of news by the European steamers arriving at HALIFAX
seems to me to call for brief explanation to the pub
c and propose to recapitulate in this communica
ton all the essential facts out OF which the present
difficulty with the Nova-Scota line has arsen-the
delay of reports being caused by the unjust con-
duct of the managers Of that line.
In the first place it may be well to remind you that
the Nova-Scotia line originally lsi9-5O-
by the government of that province under an agree
ment which bound the Associated Press to receive
over the line from Halifax to Sackville 3 900 words Of
by each Of the regular mail steamers arriving at
Halifax, and to pay therefor seventy-fve dollars
about double the rates charged to the public. Ga the
part of the line the government agreed to give instant
transmission 10 our reports from the time they were
1nr ransneements with the Government and with its
employees continued mutually satisfactory, until the
Government surrendered S5l2 the line to the present
Telegraph Company
Shortly after the present Halifax Company got
trol of the lines in Nova-Scotia, although bound by
their charter not TO increase the rates OF tart "a they
existed under the Government, they insisted upon the
Association paying advance of one hundred per
cent carving the sum up from SIS TO $l5O. After
strong but unavang protests on the part of the Asso
cation the eXtortonate demands of the Company were
submitted to- aud this large sum was regularly paid
until July of last year when the news by the steamer
due at Halifax anticipated by the newsboat OF
Cape Race Before the steamer arrived at Halifax the
Nova Scotia Company were notified that we had re-
ceiyed the leading points Of her news via Newiound
land and that we should claim to have such additional
details forwarded from Halifax a. our agent there
might think proper at the usual rate of tar charged
to the public. The Telegraph Company made no re-
sponse to this communication.
Two weeks later a second Halifax steamers news
was ANTICIPATED, via Cape Rice, when the Nova-Scoa
Company were again notified OF our expectation as
before in relation to the tariff and also that Their draft
for the amount stipulated only, would be paid. Still
the Company made response except to draw for the
full amount $50 for each report OF unimporant de-
tails over their line.
The draft for the second steamer allowed to go
TO protest and then ensued correspondence between
the Association and the Nova-Scotian Company, which
terminated the part Of the former by the tol-
lowing letter; 60.
Dsdv S. The absence Of member Of the Executive Com
reply your addressed Mess Hldson and
Andrews Of u The Executive Committee have Instructed
that the A.ocia,ed Pres. viii pay da for the Europa
@ foI s5o lee. ths sum pviGaay paid for III. New,
Canada in Juy secondly directed to state your Com
with large expense entirely independent Of all .eiessPhic tolls
the Associated Pre after May ls5s viii pay than
by any Halifax h. have been anticipated
wholly or in Pa By arrivals At Newfoundland elsewhere
At about this time, certain prominent parties con-
nected with the Nova-Scota Company ana Others less
hoporaby connected, conceived the wild project of
laying cable from Yarmouth, Nova-ScOtia, to Cape
Ann, Mass, and the Halifax, people made to be-
eve that it was possible for them to sell their pecu
nary) worthless lines TO the cable company for their
cost $l2O 900. and public demonstration in this dl-
recton shortly afterwards made at Boston, and in
its progress, the couidants of the Nova-Scotia Com
pany most profuse in their ssnderous references
10 the Associated Press and it, agents.
There is good reason for believing that the Nova
Scotia Company desired to break with u, in order that
il might eectuslly second the efforts of the un-
scrupuous parties who were striving to break up our
foreign news arrangements for their own benefit and
the foregoing letters were seized upon by the company
the preie1t for putting end to the arrangements
with the Association the first of May of this year
Thus matters continued until April, when the follow
ing note was sent to the Nova-Scotia Company:
To ae P,eleAt Of Tie Ncra seoa Electric Iet9raph C,mpaey,
srT III. uote viii be handed yoa BY N John Hunter vo
h. to-day appointed ssri and 9ndert Hall
authority relation to al el-Ersphe and o.er
business Ano we u, ts.i you you, ee-r' and
proper the patrons Of your lnes
your Company has nt to Dissolve and Pt Al end al
special r.uens with from snc After tne trs, Of Msy
eeeruly ese- your eee'oa And have made snch
arrangements viii enable 70 ootaPeir se irrs.
yoaf Presunns that the r- will b., hr't cone
served have rsh; ssk anything more and Of
fany &c. h CRAIG
uehs3s htrlt q. sne ~. 4 ArSN,eo rresa
No response was made to this note, when, toward
the close of April | addressed note TO the Novs-
Scotia Company, nquring # il it was true, a. repre-
serted by the companys recognized conhtants that
the control Of the Halifax and Ssckvle wires had been
surrendered to certain private parties for s!I
hours after the arrival Of steamers at that port sud
begging that if the company had adopted any new
or unusual rules that might be sppnsed Of their ns
ture The response Of the company was insulting and
evasive but sufficiently pointed 10 indicate that the
Nova-Scotis Companys line was TO be placed under
the control of these private parties and that the egu
lar report of the press would De withheld Until the pr
yate spectators had been served.
Our agent was, however, instructed 10 endeavor TO