, 1879-07-30
GOULD'S TELEGRAPH LINE.

Tho 1roErGss TINT tho American untun
Company Il N1nkfng-l'uyiuK and I.coA!ng
nlnny Short Lines. and Promising tn Can-
nrcL 1sostDn md Omaha by fovosnl,rr-
B40o.ou0 41lrentiy Expended.
At'o l"rt snn. Juiv II.
Ever since tic Western Union Telegraph
Company's policy Of buylng mp competing lines
eliminated in the purchase OF lis must fornid-
able rival, the Atlanitc 4 Pacific, two ycors ago,
no teicgrapllIc enterprise bus been undertaken
that has been free frutn the Suspicion thut its
promoters were building property to offer It
ut thu Western Unlnn's doors. This wns pastell-
lurly The cnaa when aho1t three months nEo thu
articles vi Incorporation Of new telegraph ct'n-
pauy, to bu known rs thu American Unlo,,, Nero
He'd by Jay Gould mud tHo oRsoe!atce. 'llir
capital atock OF Tho now Company was fixed at
$l0,000G0u. What tlls now Company proposed
to do was not definitely known, and oycn now
tint ground has been broken for tic construc-
tlon Of its lines IN several pnrta Of tho country,
the belief i. still held IN many qnar.er8 Tint the
Company Ia now rcndY Or Is preparing for ltd
fronl tht Western Union aftor It has served Its
purpose III tho stocl; market. THIS belief IL
strengthened by 1oull's connection with 1t. 1ts
operations hnyo already received tho attention
| of Western Union In the courts OF seycEni OF tho
| Western States. Amoug ,tlluse Interested III 1t
besides Gould arc d. II. untcR, cue Of the cur
berators atitl thu President Of tho Company,
Russell Sage, md otlrrs whose railroad interests
| arc to U Cseattr or lets degree Identical with
| thosa Uf Goua. 1Ould's trip through ilIc West
u short tfme teturc ho started on u short ynva-
tion alrrmi was taken larCsly In reference to
tl'is new enterprise. What prosresB Tic catn-
pGIlY has undo. nnt what 1t proposes to necon,-
Asl, in te isnulrdlate iuture, IL told BY ono Ut
It's executive officers,
In tho direction Ut construction tlle c I'M
tauy has put un line from tsts rtty to 5nril-
frtF1 n caltut n nj
mites OF Saratoga. md Will w!un conp!etca
consist Of two w,rcs II Saratoga ns,l t,e to Al
bally. Another llno III IN prteoss Of constrlc.
tlnu between Albany anil nu1taio. A tine be-
length ulu! owned by The Central Uh0n Te!e'
graph Company, VIA lcnsrtt ~ the American
Union toun after lts orGanlznt!ul. llM Com
pany !ms nlko leased the lines of tic Dominion
Telegraph Company, extending from Oswuco tn
UgitnsDurg, an.! Including III its suyeral tlla.l'
sand miles ut wire l!l!c IRON Quebec To llnii
iax, about G0U mi1rs lung. 4 eontrnct has Just
Aug. ! d line frol. saratoga, TO a point ~
. cntIullA a1Uya vt. Albums, VI, to connect
with slie !ens@l lines Of the DuInlnton Com
SaSy 10 ~, s,outrra a linz estwsSn pe!rn't ane M
hccn distributed a!unE thu llnc OF the Wnhasl
l!a!lroaa .lt.tanco oil l50 miles westward frot1
To!cto, and It is the Intention 0f tho Company
10 tlulld ltne along this ruau to st. Louis. A
present The work Is delayed hy Temporary III
! Junction obtained bv thu Weatern uHi0u, OH tu
GROUND OF its contract lnHAe With Thu tailroas
company before Gould ottuncd control Ut II!
sanle, SECURING to Lie Westurn unun tae sol
; right to build q linz along tllc raisuno. a int
: thu for permanent Injunction will be argue
on tic 9ist inst. Ut Lafayette, Ind, leioru Judg
Ward.. Work tlas alan bcen lssuu t|ung til
] line Of the vt. Louis. Kansas Cir Il Nurlllcr
, | Railroad, Poles have been distributed xloI.
] thu railroad for 150 miles west 't 1t Loul.. B
tl,e liucs uloug THIS road nn. tl!a Wabash col
= nectlon will b. established from Detroit /
!! (,.nn3ln- Ths Wcs.rrI Union attemptrd 10 ito
J work upon the ltur along ths 1t, Louts. kausu
. tity u Northern lsailsoal by y petition for II
i tljunctiolt In Fl, Louis OIL thu lUth. Tl!e grutt
J. Of Ils application was the salno rs Iu ,l,e cas-
Il against ttn. Wabasll.-t!lat the Western Uulo
J, has q contract with thu railruad ri, IL
i it the exclusive right to, butd and o
= crate a telegraph ling ulong thst roa
r Judge Thayer refused u grant q tc.
!, mFary injunction, on tho ground TINT II
Court MES not certain 0f the vali.lity VI tle 60
tTactt Al. II It were valid ami should be 6rokc
Al Thu petitioner Iad oshrr ret!rrss liz ruled III
IL no Injunction would ho granted uatll Tie d
It irnlalta had t,lAr to uppcar as1 prescut tlls
Y | sidv u tho case. Thu Amctscau Uuign otll:Ia