New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-11
TIE EUROPEAN NEWS At HALIFAX.
STATEMENT OF THE NEW-YORK AssoCl-
AJFD PRESS To THE PUBLIC.


ti- delay b. already been given 70 the public, br'
further ~aeuent seem. De necessary. 10 order that
there may b. NJ mi.take 20 who i in faalt in the
ms.ter.
The responsibility attending the delay belongs 20
one Of two parties. ci,isr 70 RE N0r0-Scotn Ts,s
graph Company or 10 tie Ner-Yort ASSOCIATED
Pros.
To which Of these pal;es the public 70 look for
redress
The New York Associated Press j. ST Institution u
about ten yesrs' stardng. II hal it. origin in the
necessity occasionei by the introduction OF sys
TEN Of procuring news b. telegraph. When one or
two short telegraph lines were bulk in lsi6-t-S,
the usual efforts were made by several journals 10
csrry On the existing competition, and TO get such
rews as they wanted over the wires in advance OF
esch other bot owing TO the imperfect condition OF
the telegraph lines aad the want Of sufficient nam
Der of accomplished operators, the working Of the
lines was slow, and j; was )nnt impossible Tor any
one news 3aper 20 get ahead OF another, and thai
in fact the Interests of not only the Press bl. Of tie
public suffered from the great delay arising from the
competition Accordingly, after repeated efforts on
the part of the Press 20 carry their enterprise
as they had previously done, independent OF essen
other the necessity OF organizing al ASSOCIATION 10
get the General Jews of the day was fully demon
s,rs,ed The leading papers Of New Y rk, therefore
can together and formed Association, and organ
lied a system by which this general news was to oe
received daily through General Agent AMI sent 70
the office Of each paper az received In making ss
Arrangement the individual enterprise OF no one paper
WA paired as scope enough was left for the display
Of the energy of all has been amply shown during
the las, ten years.
Among the news OF the day that this Association
deemed il necessary TO obtain, was that brought oy
the steamers arriving at IslitaX. IN arrangement
wa accordingly made with the Nova-Scotla Telegraph
COMPANY. then owned by the NOva-scoua Govern
men by which the Association was TO receive, Overtime
wires from II ,ilax TO Sackville, dispatch OF three
thousand words, embracing the points oil eacn
steamers news for the OF seventy-tiye dollars tor
each dispatch. This larger than the regular tolls
Of the Nova.Scota Company; but inssmuco a 'he
Association, representing so many JOURNALS was ac-
corded the privilege of sending its dispatch continu-
ousv a, Immediately upon IT, delivery at the tele-
graph office i, was considered fair and just to the In
teress OF the telegraph line, and the arrangement WAS
deemed an acknowledgment that the Association wss
the proper channel of communicating this news to tue
public
Thi. plsn worked admirably while the telegraph
line remsined in the bands of the NOva Scotia Cow
eminent Bu, when it passed into the hands OF a
n,ivate company new arrangement was thought nee
e,sary. by which the New-York Press have been
compelled for several years to pay the Novascotia
line double the price thar had been previously charged
them or ODE hundred and fifty doIsrs for each dis
patch of three thousand words from Halifax % Sack
VILE To make this important point in this cortro-
very It'll clearer il sproper TO state that the Canada
Telegraph Company have built line, mainly i)r the
accommodation of the press, from Quebec TO Father
Point on the st Lawrence greater distance thsn
from Halifax to Sackvie, aHdtraHsmH the d'sDatctes
fer tLe Press embracing foar dGys later aers, for
less han one kalt the paid the Nora Scotia Com
poay fer dispatches Of tlree days later neEs.
Owing to the annual increase of steamers and the
growing desire on the part OF the public for European
news ihe New-Yoik Press 10 meet this demand
deemed it proper to have many steamers possible
boarded by a news.yacht of Cape Race, and thus
lessen the time from two to Eve days between Europe
and the Crited States. When THE arrangement was
made it was supposed that when the neSs-yacht
boarded Halifax steamer of that point, the amount
of tolls paid the Nova Scotia Company for the Cape
Race dispatch would be deducted rom the amount TO
be paid for the regular dispatch The arrival Of the
steamer at Halifax The Cape Race dispatches were
all necessarily short but comprising the points OF the
news. the additional details obtained at Halifax would
have ve,y little real value importance. The Asso-
ciated Pfess in accordance with its contract, was
always prepared to pay the price agreed upon, and
only asked the deduction for the Amounts paid the
same line for the dispatches of the which
had come from Cape Race
Tie Nova.Scota Company declined to make any
deduction, ard insisted upon the payment OF the iuu
price for this useless dispatch, although by the Cape
Race arrangement two or three NeT-lork steamers
were boarded to one of those regularly touching a.
Halifax and the receipts Of the Nova Scotia Company
were by these means increased, not only from the
Associated Press dispatches, but also nom private
DISPATCHES sent from the steamers that we're thus
boarded At a great cost by the news yacht. Tkss
ioc,casc Of the spsiaess Of nc Nora Scotia lire By The
,aferDyse atone of he associated Pres iras rk0ily
lgRoycd by fke t0rBer ckcH insisting the taH pay
raent for the cGlseless dnpatcic, Transmitted from
Hohtar.
What was the result this action on the part of the
Telegraph Company
The Associated Press gave police thst on the eIpir
alton Of their contract in May, 1879, they would pay
the Nova-Scciia Company tie price charged for the
Halifax dispatch but should ms st, in justice, upon
the deduction therefrom OF the Cape Race tolls when
the steamers were boarded of that point, and thus
matters remained until just before the ls OF May asst
II wa, determined Il no contract was made, that
the Pres. would have their transmitted IN the
ordn, Try manner paying the tolls charged to private
individuals.
The steamer Niagara was due q. Halifax early in
MAJ and the Associated Press was given to under
saId by the Telegraph Company that the news would
be transmitted a. usual Thinking that the Company
had made no other arrangement and supposing that
the matter stI open, the press renewed the offer
TO the Telegraph Company, the 18th day Of April,