New-York tribune., 1880-01-17
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,r,,, ,,ru, rri rcpApu SYSTEM.

THE NEW TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.
OPENING NEXT WEEK OF 1HE LINES OF THE AMER
IcAN UNION COMPANY FOR BUSINESS TIE
OWNER OF TWELVE THOUSAND MILES OF WIRE
IN TIE UNITED STATES.
The lines Of the American Union Telegraph Com
many will be opened early next week Tor general
bus,ncss A contract with the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, by which the Telegraph Company
has been admitted for long term OF years
to all the telegraphic privileges of that COM
pany has been completed. The earnings OF the
lines established along the railroad will be pcoieu
with those of the independent lines OF the raIoa"
company. 1t is understood that the eXlStlnS oon-
trocts with the Western Union Telegraph Company
will be renewed only on similar basis
The American Union Telegraph Company was IN
corporated in Ncw-York. May 10 1879. with cap
ital stock OF S13 900 900. Letters OF Incorporate"
,verc also taken out IN New-Jersey, Pennsylvania
Ohio and other states where 1t was he'eS-
sarv TO obtain rights of way under state
lovs The company accepted the con-
ditions of the act of Congress of lS66, authorizing
compaDies TO build and operate lines 81
telc0ropb along the military and post ROADS
of the United States. The provisions oI
the act approved IN June 1879 enabling raj
road companies to do general Telegraph
have been accepted by the Baltimore ana oIl" t,o
Wabash and other railroads III connection with the
American Union Company. .
In of tlp first acts OF the new company was ~
secure control of the Central Union lelegfaph ni-
pany which had begun building, early IN lol'
lines between SyraCqSe ana OST@Go anu anu
bct wcen Albany and New-1ork. In JuiV II Sc
cured tie lines Of the Empire IeieglaIh ON
pany which was operating several hundred miles ol
1yIrS in thc PENNSYLVANIA OIi regions At about Inc
same time its lrIen1s bought controlling interest
in the Domiaon Telegraph Company o. AN
ada, the lmcs OF winch were leased i'd "a.
Snce 70 the new company. Be>lueS the
yn.in lines Of the Dominion Company
this connection gave Ii the cohiIdc, I9i %n T
of business with the ec' cn,eo j S,''f Ircland ant
contract for exclusive exchange oi puS'I,
mes; t9r twenty Sc,ny S[a5S was Whose c'DiaGe caSe
was landed successfully IN Novcmber nc2r N2Gftn
E,stham. Mass. 1his cable extends lI"ih ''ue No''
fo St. Pierre. Migueon and 10 Brcst, France, wnere
II connects bY cable with Peuzauce on l-ahuS huu'
The American Union Company now owns $1,000
the principal cities Of the North ana M@est @
between Boston and Omaha. These lines nave
been built since 5 1st M tEc,n iIS 49 eco 9Sp mere re
miles of wire. Tho land lines OF the comp2aN
extend from Cape Cod TO Boston; bosioh 10 U,ou-
cester, Mass. and the White Mountains hoston 10
New-Yorl by way OF Providence Hartford ana
Ncw-Hayen. with branch to Spfineneiu a alH
Tolyoke: New-Ycrk to Albany and kutland'
ST. Albans and Montreal New-YoIk TO Washing
ton by way of Philadelphia and Baltimore; Al
,vitH n branch TO Oswego aud Ogdensbusg and
also from Fonda to GloversVlhe ana Johhse
TOWN. Buffalo 10 IltsDhiS "N 1,""',
With WIT "a branch from the oil regions to
Cleveland: Pittsburg to Washington. Penn;
Cleveland to Toledo Toledo 10 St. louis, By way
of the Wabash Railway; Toledo 20 Cinennau ~
the route of the Ohio State canal; Columbus, by
way of Dayton and Richmond, 10 lndihdpolis
Indianapolis to Lafayette. kankakee ana
Chicago; Decatur to Chicago, by - way OF
The Chicago and Strawn Railroad; Toledo TO
Detroit, 10y way of Ann ArbGr and Yps,.l3Tnti
BnffaIO 10 Detroit through the Dominion OF Can
oda: St. Louis 10 Kansas City, Atchison, LGaven-
worth and ST. joseph. with branch from Btuhs-
wick TO Omaha. over the PaitonSburg extension OF
the st. Louis Kansas City and Northern RallIoad
ST. Joseph to Albany. Mo.
The lines of the Baltimore and ONO Railroad
Company-about 900 miles III lcngtl-are oper-
sted in connection with the American Union Com
panv's lines Extensions to the south aud to laris
of the North and West not yet reached are no" In
process OF construction.
General Thomas T. Eckcrt, who was made presl-
dent of the new company soon after ms resignation
of the presidency Of the Atlantic and Pacific Ielc~
Of his new position. The other officers
of the company are: ID. II. Bates, h!st
yice-president aud general manager; Thomas SWIM
ward second yice-president and manager OF tue
Canada leased lines Thomas +. Clark. secIetpIy'
and ID. Doren, superintendent OF construction.