, 1880-03-02

Injunction was granted against the Western
Union Telegraph Company, preventing tint
Company t1ntn interfering with tho American
Unian Telegraph Hn,l!patiy IN building tele-
Ernph ]ineH nl01lg tho New Orleans 4 Mobile
N,!tiroad, their exclusive control being held
T1tE WESTERN UNION PROGRAM.
CHscAtlp, Mare1, 1.-The counsel for tl,o
Western Union Telegraph Company ],ere
ANNOUNCE t!,as tic published opinion IF
Judge Dlll0ft, III Justification of the reccnt
seizures Of tho lines Of telegraph, upnu the
Union 1'ncttic aNtl KANSAS Pacific Railroads.
hy Nr. Jay 0uiltl's Company Is based upo1l
statements which must undoubtedly have
lmrn furnished to him by Ills
client, but which arc entirely
erroneous. Tho telegraph 1incs upon these
.r'l'roatls wore not built and owned by tho
ruatls, us is implied IN tho nptslon referred
to. Upon the Union pac!sIc the Wes.erm
Uninn Company built, owns. operates, AMI
ilsaintains Its nwn lines. Under m express
net Of Congress It WIS permitted So totlo,
and its rights havo navcr hcforo
been questioned. The Union 1'ncIilc built
telegraph line tlllon Its roAti unh subsequent
iy ieascd that iina atld nit of lis telegraph III
tcrests In perpctuity To the Atlantic Il pac1ilc
Telegraph Company, md tho rn!lroad COM
pany received therefor s22,0oo,000 III sarcs
Of tho stuck Of the Telegraph Company,
together with valuable facilities, and nlso re-
served to Itself tho exclusive right to 0nu
wire only. Under this lease tllcsa telegraph
Hines llayo been operated up to tho time OF
t!teir scix;lre by thu Railroad Company.
Tho Kansas rActfo Railway Company was
originally organized ull,tor the laws Of Rail
StS, md contract WIS made by its ErefeceS.
sf,r will, tho Western I,uinn TeIcrrn,,f, fon.
tho virus WIS sci al,art for the use Of the
Railroad Company md the other two nro
owned md oneratGJ exclusively by tho 1'cle-
srsIip Wnstey?sr ii ~ the'n. Tic @ " Western
unio', TELEGRAPH, Company has also fur.
m ~ tho a15 f ,s for 3he eonstTncton 1 ts and
Tic ai4oM co%any G '"fs tc.esraphie M s s rct
sssGsss is s a5Syt 5ssyG' 81 Ss sar Of rs &c
Western Y; tern ,unIon, :, telegraph conlpany owns
tho operation Of these wires, which weru con-
ncctCa with III! Of The, commercial oillccs..
4 Il asserted by Judge Dillon TINT neither
Of thsso lines lave beei! se!zsd from nc Tele-
tho possession. of The respective Railroad
Companies, and, by nero ort1cr !ssntd, tho
Railroad Company .assnmcd control, The pos
session and control Of telegraph Ilno ii So
curetl ly tho ,,oascss0n and control OF ttln main
batteries ut each end Of the line. Tic UIioM
1,acttic Company have sccnrctl these lines OIL
tho Kansas Pacific by secretly erecting bnt-
terics Mt Denver and KnNs,ls CITY, al,d yto-;
1tntly and n1ilawftllIY, aid In the faco Of ths
aniunctio,ls, cut The telegraph wircs 1wny
from tho lnnn batteries aid iii tie comtlGf-
cln! Offices Of THO Western Union Company
III tie cnsu Of JIG Atlantic d I'ncff,c lines
on tho UntOn Pacific Ronti both hniterics atlel
telegraph linu were seized by the railroad,
dillon ~ to tl,e seiz,lre Of tia telcuraf,il
lines ,it,ot, the Central i,rnTch nf the fJmfpt,
Pacific, tia st. .Insopil & western Wotlroa.i.
tic l}enypr i'asitfc Haitroatl Co,nnnt,y''
aiM tho Cnioratio Central KaiIroat
COMPANY, 'rhrsu lines wera aiso
Violently scizc,i bylIis cllnnt nnd takcn frn1,
tic Western Union Company, aid aro now
nf lin latt"r rptmnnnS thn1ain nu ii IL r;1I,ts
liltjrr rxistInv crnifncts. witah havc h.,nt,
| rcnNniyrtl mil nhsrrvri III, in fin tlntr ri
tila sc1zmrn III" ~" ny ~ 'ao "''o u
This nn,isston IL certainly s,rntfcont