New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-17

person as the Court may designate. all the property
of the company which it may have received thai
writs of perpetual injunction may be issued, ana
that the plaintiff may be allowed costs; ,.u -,
Judge BlatchfoTd. on the filing of the bill, mahe
al order that the defendants should appear to-day
and show cause why the prayer Of the petitioner
should not I've granted.
WHAT The AGENT OF THE CABLE COMPANY SAYS
George G. Ward. the New-York agent of tie Dl-
rect United States Cable Company, said last even
ing that he had nothing to add to the complaint
which he had made as the cOmpany's agent. He was
acting under specific orders from the home Office in
London. which he had received only few days
ago. II SAID also that there was no doubt that tie
suit would be prosecuted to the cnd that the char
acter OF the counsel engaged by the company was a
sufficient proof Of the commences of the suit and OF
the intent of the company to protect its r ghts; ~
Some doubt was expressed on Wall -si." IHE
TRIBUNE reporter suggested " that the sUIt recently
BROUGHT bv Mr. Hatch WAS altogether genuine
action against the telegraph companies"
,, -" The present application isnot such suit Mr,
WaId replied. 4" II these rnmOrs are correct. lhaye
not consulted Mr.. Hatch in any way,
and this action is not lnstigaed by
him or in his sintercst. 1t is simply an
effort the part of the cable company to preserve
its privileges under its exclusive contract with me
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, which the
new Weston Union Company would be unable 10
fulfil"
STATEMENT OF TELEGRAPH OFFICIAL.
A prominent officer of one of The telegraph com
panies, referring to the present suit SAD last even
ing to TRIBUNE reporter: 1t has hc'n
evident for somo time that the cable
companies felt great anxiety in regard to The con
sOdation Of the telegraph companies. The
Western Union has an exclusive contract for
the interchange of business with III" Aug o-Amerl-
can Cable Company the Atlantic aud Pacific a
similar cOutract with the Direct Uniteh StIu Cable
& mpany, and tho American Union had "A contract
with the new French Gable Company. The con-
tracts were made tor q long term OF years and tor
tiIp ~ ~ lslV A. a
tive companies If It were possible for the new
Western Union Company % fulfil the PROVISIONS
of these separate and antagonNtIc conirAcis, tue
equitable division at tue business be-
tween the cable companies would he eX-
tremey difficult. The cable companies, 10 be- sure.
have what they call " lrl.mg arTang uPnt tnr The
division of bus under their ex>ttng con rdciS
with the land COMPANIES, buj this pooling arrange
mrut did not contemplate the union of the Telegraph
companies.
Inns state of affairs would appear to be sulli-
cientN complicated hut the interests OF the verdI
companies might possibly he adjusted harnoniOnsiy
If oven this was tho worst. But the present
cable companies evidently apprenend danger from
the new company C"nily OrganlZrd-. he American
Telegraph and Gable Company-whch has been
formed uv MIR. G0uli ard hts associates, who now
control also the Western UuiOn Company. The ca
Die companies f0re,ee in this movement bitter hos
tiitv and competition"
Bat could their existing contracts be rendered
utterly vOld ~ the porter asked
Some persons make contracts" was the rep y,
d" VIII ch they think themselves az liberty 10 bIoak
whenever suits heir purposes TO do IL ~ fear
of this result which undoubtedly has iDstgated the
present sdit."
STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.
In speaking OF the suit last cNonIng 10 a TRIBUNE
reporter one Of the counsel for the Cable Company
sud:
The suit it IS quite Obvious, is neither in the III
tCre-t of Mr.. Hatch Oi the bears 1t ~ simply
u struggle for existence and Tor a share of the
telegraph Of the country. winch necessary
to the existence of the plaintiff COM
pany. lh re three cable COM
panIeS-thc Auglp-Amcrcan, the French and
the Direct United States. Tho Angie American had
alliance with the IVES crn non. The French with
the American Union and the Direct with the At.u-
TIC and Pacific THESE Alliances were bi>cd
written contracts whereby each land
company agreed. unless the sender otherwise
directed thai all messages rrcc we'd by II
should go over the ptr.icular cable VITA
winch 1t had an alliance. he PLAN, Il
company had made alliance wan
the Atlantic aud PacnC CompauY. and II was To ran
for seventeen yra.s By TINS alliance each agrccd
tOI Interchange of mcssASCs. hc Atlantic ana
Pacihc Company has sjld out IT'S plant
10 the Wcs'ern Union CoLpnuy, and
hence the plaIhi claims that ITS bESnrss greatly
injured and that IL - titled 10 equitable Tricf
Under the consolidation. al the caDie cOmpa IT,.
stand out III the cold. We don't mention that
the COMP amt. but, nevertheless. II "A
a fact. All tie business. to he gwen to ine West
ern Union Cable Company. We seek to have tue
that II may be able longer Ia perform ITS con-