The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-22
A NEW OVERLAND TELEGRAPH.

There have been filed at the Secreta Of
States office articles of incorporation by the
Atlantic and Pacific States Telegraph Com
pany, for the purpose of constructing, own
| ing, holding and working lines of telegraph
partly in this State and partly beyond the
limits thereof. The general route of the
principal line or lines Of telegraph will be
from San Francisco to San Jose, Stockton,
Sacramento, Auburn, Colfax and Cisco,
in California Virginia City. in Nevada !;
| Salt Lake City, in Utah Territory Chey
enne, in Dakata Territory; Omaha. in Ne
bra>ka, and thence to Chicago, in the State
sions of said telegraph line as said company
may deem necessary or proper. Capital
stock, s., 500, 900, in $4,000 shares Of 500
each. The names of the principal share
holders are J. II. NickerSon and c. A.
Cadwalader, of Placer county, 100 shares
each NJ. S. Hurd, C. NJ. Hubbard and W.
P. Michener, OF Sacramento county, 100
shares each. Drration, fifty years; prin-
cipal place Of business, san Francisco. D-
rectors-F. T. Low, L. L. Robinson. L.
Epson and T. McCoppin, OF San Francisco,
Sacramento Union, Nay 20.
Half a loaf is better than no bread "
and we, that is, the public and the
newspapers. should feel thank full that
there is somewhat Of PROMISE that com
petition in ,elegraphing may bring tie
prices down nearer to the standard
that can be horne without iHcucring
bankruptcy, even If Congress fails OF
lis duty 10 purchase all lie great tele-
graph lines for the Government aud put
their use within reach Of the people |
Bat we mus: confess that cur faith il
opposition railroads, steamship lines .
and telegraph companies is rot s;roug. /
% Success is the touchstone of promo
ton " out of the army as well Is in it {;
ana so the Placervi!le Route went down
to tracklcss, degraded grave, whilst
the c. P. Z. L. q went up " as well Oh
Wall street as On the ruggedest and
most snow bound crags Of the SierTas.
Thus too the penny whistle lines of
steamships that have competed for the
raveling trade with the P. S. II. Co.,
laye succumbed as the - North Ameri-
AN Steamship Company" will succumb
% soon as Pacific Mail Stock goes down
o SOC. or. what is more likely, as
erts its power to weather the opposi-
ion Storm And but a short memory
: requisite to enable us to recall to
mind, the brief, inslorious struggle
nade By the " United States Telegraph =
company with lis handsomely painted t
oles and its great flourish of trumpets {
n the ears of Nevada Legialatnre. If
re could believe that 1.-THE Pacific and
.tlautic States Telegraph Company " V
ad the back bone, courage and honest
1tention to give the Union Telegraph
company, with its millions of capital, Il
good hearty tnssel for life and sta
ility, we should feel like rejoicing
yer its incorporation and the implied
results thereof. Bat corpor- /
tons never have any souls and are
ut too apt to fail OF existence In the
ody when brought square up before
le strong box of the thing they were
orn to assail aud overthrow. If we
Fought that the new company could F
OF be induced TO sell out to, and be
up in, the monstrous mon
,oly that holds the 90 Independent
ress of the Pacific states as its will
10 slave, we might be inclined to =
SIS up our hat in joyful excitement
,er the " glorious prospect. But
e fear that it is hot thing to be gush-
| over. VI