The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-04
DUB FOREIGN NEWS DISPATCHES
The Rupture Of the Entente Cordiale Of
the Newspaper Press and the Nova
Scotia Telegraph Company.

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Interesting Correspondence on the RIght
Principles Of Conducting Telegraph Lines,
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LETTER FROM THE AGENT OF THE PRESS.
OFFICE OF TEE ASSOCIATED Pass,
Nzw YORK, June 3, 1859,
To The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
GESrExxs-Ihe recen, arrangement Of the Associs-
toms facilities for procuring early full reports Of news
BY the European steamers arriving aaax seems 70 me
to call fer brief explanation to the public propose
u Iecaptuate in this communication all the essential
facts out Of which the present difficulty the Nova
Scotia line has arisen-the delay Of reports being
caused by the unjust conduct Of the managers OF that
line.
In the first place may be well remind you that tina
Nova Scotia line originally built (s4e-5o) by tho
government Of that province, under agreement which
bound tho Associated Press TO the line from
Halifax to sackvilie 5000 words Of news BY each
Of the regular mail steamers arriving at Halifax,
and to pay therefor seventy i've doarsabout double the
rates charged 10 the public On the part Of the ne the
government agreed 10 give transmission to our
reports from the time they placed the Office until
they finished.
Our arrangements with the government and with it,
employees continued mutually satisfactory, until the
government surrendered s5l-2 line 10 the present
Telegraph Company.
Shortly after the present Halifax Company got control
of the lines in Nova Scotia although bound by their char
ter not 10 the rates Of they existed under
the government they insisted upon the Associations paw
ing an advance of hundred per cent carrying the
sum up from SIS to $780, After strong but unavAilng
protests the part of the Association the exsorsion-
ate demands Of the Company submitted TO- and this
large sum vas regularly paid until July Of ear when
the news by the steamer due at hafax anticipated
by the pewsboat II Cape Race. Before the steamer ar
rived at Halifax the Nova Scotia Company were potoed
that we bad received the leading points her ne va via
Newfoundland and that sc should claim to have such ad
duopa details forwarded from Ha flax our agent there
might think proper st the usual of tariff charged 70
The public The Telegraph Company made response TO
Two weeks LATER second halifax ste. mer's news WAC
anticipated via Cape Race when the Nova Scotia Company
were sgap notified Of our expectations a. before in re
ton TO the tariff and also that their da for amount
stipulated only, would be paid. Sill the company made
no response except draw for the full i5O) for
each report of unimp,rtaDt details their line
The draft for tue second stea allowed 70 10 to
protest and then ensued correspon jence between the
Association and the Nova Scoiian company which was
terminated on the part Of the former by the oo wing let
ter
OFFICE ASSOCIATED PREss,s
". II. wnwEI- ESQ.,, Seer. tar, y H. Tel Co., HsiSax-
M
esrer reply to your CON mrci ioD addressed 6ud
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doe
ecd s he y s s
secsSdy am erected to state 70 your csnssny hat nss
s1pen.e :nsrsy isssrs1Ss Toll. he 4.
Charged % cubic he
s.ws By AM steamer .as ha, may have been sn,ic,
where Sespecsully Ss D. f. Ie ID .fo o. 'se-
Agent OF the Associated Prem
At about this time certain prominent parties connected
With the Nova Scotia Company aod others honorsbly
connected, conceived the Wild protest of laying \ cable
from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia TO Cape Aon Mass and me
Baiiax people we're made 70 bssve that possible
for them to sell their lines to the cable company for their
est (sl2oo0o) and public demonstration tots drec
lion was shortly afterwards At Boston, ana In il
progress the friends and condaus Of the Nova Scotia
coapany were most profusc in their refer
There gooo for believing tina. the Nova Scotia
Company Desired to break With u.s. order that IL might
more eectpaly second the Efforts OF toe ruouIocs
parties who s,.vipg to break I'D our foresn ne ~
arrangements for their beoefs and eaoing let
,m sei s upon Dy The .s tue for
on the first of May Of this year.
Thus matters continued until Apr. when the following
note was sent TO the Nova Scotia Couny-
rs n lla lee" - '5 Co. . ls''
snel new 911sss and We trust tbs. officers and
Sic, - are usual snd TO The patrons of
Sa s %. a., s1s an ED 2 an
We cheeruy arouesce IN decsion de such
fully With The pubnc delivery OF The surapsan new 4
We have o mai ns s be ,s r
you WI Dot expect US TO submit 70 anything less Very re-
General Al gent N Y ssociated res.
No response was made to this note, when t~ards the
close OF april addressed despatch to tue Nova Scotia
company, inquirpg II was true, represented BY the
company recogn zed condans the control OF thu
b.ax ano ssckve wires tan been surrendered certain
private parties for Blk or ten hours after arrival Of
steamers ut halifax, and begging that II the company
bad adopted any Dew or unusual rules might be
was evasive but icenty pointed Indicate that the
Nova Scotia Company line be placed virtually un-
Ger .ne coSo OF snose private pa'es ana that the
private specuaiors bad been served.
Our agent vas hoxever instructed to endeavor TO put
our report nrst into the office At Halifax and 10
prepay the tolla which he full hour in advance OF
the delivery TO the operator Of private spccuasors
despatch out, notwithstanding this the Nova Scota m
pany wnhheld our report from between and 10 p "
until the afternoon of the wing day-uot ouv giving
preeeaenSe 70 the speculaors report but actually
lax to Sackville for fourteen eighteen hours
This conduct Of the Nova Scoa Company has been re-
but each time the spectators have fosd by the
conmendabe stand Of American Telegraph Comnsnv
dence with the Nova Scotia Company. which have psen
permitted to read and which earnestly commend 70 your
attention Respectfully assn sI New yo,. CRAIG
LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH coxpASys Orucr.)
No Il WALL STREET, NEW YORK, June 3, 1859.
To- THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATED Press
GESTSMESEver s CO the establishment Of teleersphic
lines Of communication in this country the fundamental
rule Tor their use BY the pubic has been that messages
shall be transmitted in the order Of their reception and
that no preference shall be allowed in the TRANSMISSION
dispatches The only exception TO this equitable and In
dspensabe rule bas been in favor Of intended for
publication in the newspapers and therefore REGARDED a.
the property Of the whole community Telegraph COM
under the laws of th state ARE allowed
10 make such preferential arrangement and no other
The public have peculiar interes, the foreign news,
which usually comes to us by way Of Halifax st. Johns
N. F. For some years the arrangements Of tia
Associated Press have secured to the public at
large the foreign in advance OF any
and all private advces whatever Previous 70 these
rapeemeps the lines frequently cut, and MANY
we're secure the neua