The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-03
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
70 THE DAILY lETELLIGENCER
NEW YORK.
THE WESTERN UNION AND A. 4 7. TELE-
'ORAPH COMPANIES.

OEkOuI VI kue WebteGU Guluu 4eleBEupl
. Company, speaking in connection with
the proposition for consolidation with
the Atlantic q Pacific Telegraph Com.
pany, negotiations for which consolida.
. tion to all appearances are entirely broken
of, says that the statement that it was
the intention Of the managers OF the
Western Union Company to advance the
rates to the West and elsewhere is wholly
incorrect, The rates for the whole cOun.
try are based on AIRLINE distances, and
gradually increase with the distance un.
til they reach 81 so, which Ia the maxi
mum price for ten-word message TO
any part OF the United States that is
reached by our wires. have no desire
to do very large business between dis.
tant points at the same price for mes.
cages that Is charged for short distances,
but have great ambition to be able to
send messages to any part Of the United
States at q cost in no case greater than
81. The Western Union Company can
reduce It's rates to the price mentioned
sooRer,i il It can have the whole telegraph
business ofthe country under its control,
than II its plans are obstruCted by the in
terlerehee OF competitive lines
AN IMPROVED ASPECT.
A Herald dispatcb from San Franoisco
states that the inyestigating COMMITTEES of
the Bank Of California are slowly reach.
inc n better condition Of thinps tban tho
directors had any hopes Of. Within the
last "a hours they have discovered q
ruvp,rp co,,,,,rn,,
,u '"S ,, t'"Df, O''' '"N'
Ihe committee oil engineers invited Dy
Captain James y. Eade to consider his
plans lor increasing the depth oi water
over the bars az the mouth oil the Missis'
sippi river ana facilitating navigation
nave rs yet formed no permanent organl.
Zatlon, because ol the absence OF Prot.
behfy Mllcheil' OF Inc united states
coast survey, VINO Is one o. The committee
invited 70 be present at tho examination
Of the plans. President Grant called upon
the committee this morning and held a
long conversation win the members
NATIONAL hoard STEAM NAVIGATION.
Over one hundred delegates were nreu.
ent Al the session of the National Rnnrd
NJ Navigation to.1av A lone ronort
wos receIveJ and nJ3n,eJ rec5,inS Tho
eynreSSion NJ tbo commi,ioe Snnoir,"j
IN nrenare amendments IN iho aiaamboSt
inw and to nrpss them nm the atten,ion NJ
CorgroSs @ TEoso nmondmoniS fSiIoJ ~ hs.
con,e n law accorJinS ~ tbo ronort ow. Nv
Inc IN tho onnosition ~ Son"tor 1ontIing
TIa So,,ort rrr,j,,,,n. II /. H. Iii, sao.e,
,h", M ,brorSL ,bo nnnooaas,rw % nay v nUSais
SnJ carlsSs onnoSi,;on of ono man % "ov.
armed bv motiycs IN ,,s unknnwn We 6Svo
failed 10 obtain any ~ amenjmenis asEsJ
ior but We have nm abiding confidence
thnt ihe futuro will ronny nI1 the Iabnr of
the mat md thot tho good sonSs of CoU.
gross viii reliove ns frnm i,nnosi,ions
Snd exact;ons urdsr which ,Eo 1ron,
interest va ronresont bos boc" an lone
snlTsring we have mn s,ogos,ions ~
make ne To the course of 16e National
BooEd bnt Womb recommend thnt the
question of levislatinn bo reterred In
the Executive Committee now ID be elect.
ed. There are in Lhe act nIonv useless In,
sueciGo reouirementS Of law which the
Bonrd rnn al aside AlthoIvh /, has rs.
cnm mendpd that the Inv bs changed IN |
many particulars. nothinp hSs bcsn Jope
Tho report concluded win an exnression
Of thanks 10 senFeiarv Bristow md to tbe
members Of CONGRESS who had asssted the
committee In their labor. The'secretary Of |
The Board said, for ,he Information Of t6e |
public with respect 10 the objects Of the |
Board, he would state that tIiey are frat
a better safeguard for life and property:
second, hxed and permanent rules of
navigation; third, relief from the exac.
tionS of patent right yenders, ionrtb, pro.
teclion from undue liability, the Bonrl
then went into executive session.
' Ths f"ilo%ing rCsoIutinn S'ISi "tT%red bv 7
D. BoGngcr was referred to the Executive
Committee
RssOireti. That the Executive Committee
bc and nre hereby instr,,cted Ia hnve rre.
pared and presented 10 The forty.fonrth
Congress for passage a biz creating a
mixed commission. consisting Of two nfmv
engineers, two from, ciyilliie and one from
cosst snrvev. nne cantnin and nns nilot nf
', tSS stsasr. V"S nsviSatng tbS % inopd E V %ot
ers; tbe aid Commission TO be APPOINTED
by the President Of the United States ior
tEe nIrnose nj innnirinv inin nnI renntt.
inc tbe nracticability of imnroyin9 The
nayipable rivers Of ihe United States.
the Snid commiss,on 10 report to tbe
honorable Secretary oi war. atter hny,
inc ihorouo6iv sxamined snd nrr w rsd
charts. plans. and Estimated tbe e5St NJ
improyinp each nayipaLIe river.
The following officers were elected for
The ensuing yeap, FreSijent, I. r Viii.
Inc, Mich. Vice President Ihos Ciyde.
Kentnckey. Corresnondinv Secretary
Thomas Florcncc. Nav York. Recordin5
secretnry. ", q, James. Penn. TFeaStret'
r W. Nsekison, Ohio. Exerntivp Com.
m;ttee, q w Cjoniand. Nav Yotks b, r
Kncy, Mich. j. Il. Payne, Penna l..