, 1876-11-07
TELEGIfAPHIC.
Andncfous Conduct Of the Atlantic j. Pacific
Conpauy--1t Fcnr1essly Iscnrds tho Great
Electric Lion In Is4 Den.

Andncfous Conduct Of tho Atlantic j. Pacific
Company--1t FcnrIessly I.cnfds the Great
Electric Lion In Is4 Den.
Saec'at MEpdtch 10 7he Tribune
CIsclSNATl, Nov. G.-Thc Atlanttc t. Pacific
Telegraph Company stole an important 1nurcll
on its great rlval, the Western Union. last Sat-
urday night. Tho Atlantic d. Pacific Company
It seems, has long desired to run lino from,
Cincinnati to Louisville by way Of North Yer
nun, Ind, hut has been crowded out by the
Western Union, which cIaEtns the exclusive cum
troll Of the poles Ut tho Ohio !. Mississippi Rail-
road for tho purpose Of private telcgrnphing.
THIS claim the Atlantic tS Pacific Telegraph
Company most strcuuously resist, taking the
broad ylcw that the poles are part Of an elcctric
highway, which is. anl must be, open to nil.
The evidence at hand shows that they regarded
the aceeptatton Of this view of tile case as soo-
what Important. At all events, tho Company
started III to ciforcc 1t, II possible, OH Saturday
night, and their success or fntIurc Is not vet d
matter OF record The fact tllat
3Ay GOULD,
the reat Boss Of the Atlantic s. Pacific Comnauy
went over the Ohio e. Mississippi Railroad, froi,
here to Louisville, wit! C1,n4ncey Dtllpu, thc
President Of t'lc Union racltlc Railroad, about u
month aEo, and cvinccd great curiosity US to the
workings Vi the telegraph, might hare raiscd
suspicious.
On saturday night special trim from Dal,I-
more consisting of tllrco l,ox-curs unl d rassc,i-
ger coach, left the Ohio q Mississippi depot for
ko1lsville There were about men
nlent troops for tho South, and tile box freight
caFs wesu said to contain the paraphcrnaltu Of
circus. The men wcro In the hablllmcnts
was paid tor, however, aud, beyond TIC rocup-
tion nt the money for Its clartcr mil tho giving
OF Instructions as to how II should 10 t7lii 30 Us
not to come IN collision With other trulns, the
officers O{ the road Acttn to 1iayc IsivGu
TIE ESPECIAL"
very little attention. About II o'clock the real
chnrnrter Of the train becamc manifest. Il
stopped about fifteen miles bcyonl Auroru, Int.,
md put down half dozen met, who Immediately
produced \ .nnbcs Of coils Of telegraph wire
1rom the frctght.clrs and vent tn stE1nElng up
new line Ol the posts, working cas-, tn Al,Fora-
Ihirtcun or fourteen miles lHyoNl tllu same
to Louisville, attachments of four, and six, md
eight men were put down at points separated
from cach othcr by FROM twelve to tftccn ui.ce,
until the Wholc force VI s.xty-ttye was cngaged
In putting up the line. The gung
WORRIED ALI NIGHT AND ALL DAY SUNDAY,
IN to o'cioek In the afternoon, ut which tllnc
tic Company, having previously lclsctl thu
privileges IT operating the tinG lInu to Ausora,
md Louisville. As soon as the several gangs
S tran ior e't ciucns Tc WIZ wiS1c In isc ne. be.
twccn Aurora aud Louisville. le7 miles, was
puL UP III al&llt Ita9 lHAu bCfcHteE!l nOtlTN, nnk
iar Mstnu time WIS operated very satIsf.,ctorl1y-
that Is to ray, Until tho Western Union fOiks
gut wind OF tic thing, whiel, thcy lid early Sun.
,lay morning Tl1cn, acting under legal Advice,
they
BET MEN 70 rEANlNu DOWN
tho Ncwly.placru wire between DiIsboro
md rlrrccYillc, q distance Of Abnut teu
miles, an,t llnti twu 1nrn arrested ut
.Nnrth Vernon for having assIstcd in putting
the llt,o up. Tue ,Icn arrested were speedily
discharged from euslndy, ln'wrvcr. aud 1t lust
accounts The Atlansfct y fncitc Company was
replacing the br'ken wires Without opposition,
and thu Western rn!on, under later trnul u.l'
ytce possibly, wcrc lrtslng thu resl ut tbu lino
SEVERELY alone. ihu matter will psulu.
BY o:xnry ,1I t!o , Intention ot tlo indi.
nf The UhIn Il Mississippi Railroad
Company III the prernlsrs nay 'bu found 10
figure eunkl,trlullsly III the ruiltroycrsy. Tho
Company clA!Nts to own tho tclcgrapl,.polcs III
!ts usSn right, md rc..Mrtts
THE EXPEDITION or "wiHE-rtLLENs
~ truspasscrs. Str. David T0rrcnce, thr rrcs..
dent ot tc road, IL II large stuckl,nllcr or tho
Western unl1n Company, and may bc relied Ol
to Elya the Atlantic & Pari!sr Company alI tic
trouble lie can conveniently nrcasto.i.