Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-01
TELEGRAPH TROUBLES.

The American Union EDjoins the Western
Union Another Blow at the Western
UniOn-The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Joins Hands with the American Un1on~
Six Thousand Miles of Line and Four
Hundred Offices Transferred.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 29.-After the American
Union telegraph company seized the wires OF
the Western Union company on the central
branch of the Union Pacific railroad, in Kansas
on Friday last, the American Union applied
to Judge Otis of the district court of Atchison
county for an injunction to prevent the Western
Union from interfering with possession or con-
troll of the wires along that road and the appli.
cation was granted.
ANOTHER GRAB.
New YORK, Feb. 29.-The Atlantic & Pacific
telegraph company, which has had working
understanding and arrangement as to the rela.
tive amount of dividends with the Western
Union telegraph company, had, prior to such
arrangement, a compact enabling them 1.-THE
Atlantic and Pacific telegraph company to
control the wire along the line of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad. To-day, however, the telegraph
war has assumed a still more complicated shape
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad company served
notice of its intention to take control of anC
operate the telegraph lines of thu
Atlantic & Pacific telegraph com
pany and the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad company between Washington, ID. G
and Marietta, Ohio, and Cincinnati, Ohio
Washington, Pennsylvania Columbus, Ohio
Newark, Ohio, and Chicago Illinois, heretofore
operated by the Atlantic & Pacific under tenn
porary license. After notice had been served
and the lines all taken by the railroad com
pany an injunction was served on president
Garrett of the Baltimore Ohio railroad at tn,
Windsor hotel in this city, to restrain his com
pany from taking possession of the line!
which were put there by the Atlantic d Pacific
telegraph company in 1876 and 1877 under an ar
rangeu ent made by Gen. Eckert then president
and ID. ii. Bates, then general superintendent
of the Atlantic e. Pacific telegraph company
This arrangement, it is alleged, provided thai
the railroad company, who were at that time
afraid of consolidation between the Western
Union and Atlantic & Pacific telegraph compa-
MES should at any time have the option OF
taking the lines at cost. On Saturday last q
contract was concluded between the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad and the American Union tele-
graph company, having ten years to run,
whereby all telegraph work and business OF
that railroad shall be managed in connection
with the American Union telegraph company
instead OF the Western Union and Atlantic 4
Pacific telegraph companies. The Baltimore
& Ohio lines aggregate 5000 miles and 400
offices, the principle ones being Washington, ID.
c., Baltimore, Cleveland, Frederick, Pittsburg,
Wheeling, Cincinnati, Columbus, Sandusky,
Marietta, Chil,cothe, Tiffin, Defiance. Chicago
st. Louis, Vincennes and Louisville. The
Baltimore & Ohio railroad company have &C
cepted the provisions of the act of Congress of
July, 1876, relating to telegraph commands,
and has taken out letters of incorporation in
Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other
States through which the lines pass.