, 1873-05-12
TELEGRAPHlc ABSORPTION.
Proposed Control of thc Pacific ana
Atlantic by tho Western Union.

A-EUFNBNH SOH&fOa u +N% EAtAtIC AAAtA
atlantic by tho Western Union. :
From khe Htw Fork Tribune, lfayo.
For aonle time past tho officials OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company hayo been consider
ing tho adYisability Of securing the control Of
the lines Of Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph. with
. Wow to increasing thoir present facilities and
preventing Improbable competition. Matters
however, had not appeared favorable to a union
Of interests until tho election at Pittsburgh, pa.,
on Tuesday, Of d now Board OF Directors favora-
bio to o harmonious arrangement betweon tho
/ two con1panoa. d committee Of conference
with tho Western Union Company has boon ap-
pointed by tho now Directors, and q meeting Of
the representatives Of both companies will prob
jcct Of translorrng the control Of tho Pacific and
Atlantic to tho Western Union. It ig understood
that tho basis Of the proposed arrangement is to
bo tile transfer OF portion Of the Shares hold In
number Of sharos in tho Pacific and Atlantlc at 4
rato to be agreed upon, tho Western Union
sharos being worth much more tlan tho Pacific
and Atlantic.
The capital stock Of tho latter Company Is
1900, 400. It has line from New York to
nhiladeiphia and baltimore. From each of
these points lines run wost to Pittsburgh, thonco
to Columbus, Ohio. From Columbus q limo
runs to CINCINNATI, Louisville, Nashville, Mem
Phis and Noy 9reans an nnothoF ", west to In, In,
Co!umbua to Chicago. From st. Louis limo OK
tends up tho mississippi River to St. Paul, con-
nsnting at Dubuque with line to Chicago.
buang fS ~i bo ns ssa new ana
proved modes Of local telegraph communication
President Orton for aomo timo past has boon
considering the subject Of the obstruction to
tslegrapbing cauaea by tho dsarrangomont Of
ground aud Tho best means Of overcoming tho
Hamo. He therefore instructed tho officials OF
the Western Union Telegraph Company who
wont abroad on o tour OF inspection and con-
The pneumatic system OF communication and tho
working OF tho telegraph wires underground.
Upon the presentation 1T tho report Of those
gentlcmon and the completion Of the new bnid-
Ing. e1perlments will be made, and II practicable,
wree will be placed under ground and = gystom
Of pneumatic tubea 10 established. 1t is e1-
pcceod that this will obslate much OF the trouble
which now arises from the dlsarranGenent OF
wires BY storms and from other oausos, while by
the latter arrangement nessagos from tho
numerous sub-atatlona in tho city, now requiring
as much for transmission to the main Office on
broadway 40 from tho latter place to Chicago,
will be placed In bo1es and dispatched lnstsn-
taneous}s TO tho general Office.
wonders of the SEN Depths,
Tbs nother darknoss. so far from being a lIfo-
loss waste, teonsa almost everywhere witl osea.
tnres not only more fantantlo, but larger, than
ns ses5 viii ina ,esrn from a. "1is at
fat away at sea are found eca-nlouetesa
far bigger, al vel! as tar ughor mud fur mora
beautiful than waso ever transferred to
an aquarium. To give two instancca,
tho Caprella. "the phantom.shrlmp." which
may to found on aea.wccd, sitting upright
li1s monkey, holding On BY hls bind claws, aid,
with ghastly grimacos, mesmerizlng all passcrn.by
with hs forc-olaws, sita in llho gaiHe upon
Bpongos milo or two dccp In the daganssa-
there, howovor. not quarter OF al inch lutthroo
inohep long and tho Nymphons- -soa-spidors who
crawl from under stones, and who, hnvlng no
body to speak Of. curry their stomach, for ooon-
amy, Of spacc, packed In long branehee up the
ipatde Of each leg-are found !n tho depths Of
In diamotor.