, 1881-01-14
Loss of 3370,000 by 4 Boston 0per-
ator-Half a Dozen Losses
Of $250,000
Coulil to he President Of The "CoMsoli-
datci" Con!pnny-lils Flnan-
cfnl Position.
Tho Cable Of the Now Company to Bo Laid
Immediately y-Vauderbilt's
Qowa.dioe.


Et,Il WHICH THE PEOPLE MIST PAY.
Spteiai Hlspateh IL Tie Chteaeo Tribune.
NEW IpHK, jim. 1:,.-There was intense
excitement OH tho street tlifs morning over |
the consolidation Ut tic telegraph Interests.
The talk WIS general. Nearly every one |
Int. something tn shy, fur or against. The |
ser. ~ Of tho movement, mud tic mystery
lInwlitg It, tile refusal of tho officers Ut tho
companies 10 be sea,,, and tlle rctlccncc NJ
Directors ant! kh0wlny ones. lnre combined
to put the street ut its witty end anil cn,'sc
many snFlci0i,s possnts to doubt whether
thcru has been any attempt to consolidate,
a,,d whether the wio!e thing IL not q 1uassIye
stuck jub tu bull the public, md
TO pIrCK THE I.tMlss.
But this latter suspicion was speedily tttssi-
latet. There Is llu Question but whit II
basis Ut consolidation llas bcrl reached by
partIes uc:ing ii, tho interests of the c0nl-
panies concerned. Nuw, whether tlluse per-
sous were authorized to net ns they utts, or
wilr.l!er this art!.ls Will bo ratified by Tho
stnr.;i,nl.lurs th1uSelvcs, Is another nattcr.
On tho Stuck Exeltango tho trading wns un-
precclle,,telt. Western Uldon opened Mt lD0,
ur2t< above the highest price VI yesterday,
ami higher than It Ind bceu fur
yrars. 1t Immediately advanced to
1IU, where 1t l,cll fur nil hour asd hnif
Will slight variations, AMI slowly aila grAd.
ualEy advanced to ll415, there be!ng Il slnRfc
quotation of d small bauck 0f fifty slInres ut
lis. I'lp stuck then7 :grn&lun!ly dculEned to'
ll:s5. American Uniun opened ut W, which.
wns ~ abovc yesterdays highest quotation,
bnt lll not Immediately a.lsance, falling
gra,tl,atly 10 0li1, ind gu!,lg bacl; nsafn to
tho lrlce ut t|rst cnlI. Atlantic d. Pacific,
which Int, ctoscl ut A511, opcucu 1T 419ii, aMd
advanced tn lyl{ ut mon.
IN syMp.yrilY WITH THESE MOVEMENTS,
tho American District Telegrnpl, stuck,
w),usu highest poiut yesterday was IT,
,cacncd II ut s,uxte }ulnp, Ting excitement
alo,t thu o!lica OF jay Gould, M. 10 Droa.!.
wny, u1ltl At tho Western umton Offices, WAS
| alsU great, liusts Ut ruttrrs In Renrctl
OF ppssiblp information, which most ut tt,e.a
G;,ilrsl to gct, rrnwtic.l the sairways alnl c,,-
tteayorcd tn sro tie principals to the lral,s-
| arlion. Thu door of Nr. Gouisi's o,,tpr ui.iea
WIS slammed twenty times Il nlinute, and
cnrds duzet, at q time were taken
! In 10 DR.. t;rae,l. Tl,u uiljces uf
Isufus Ilutcl,, Sidney Dillon, nlld otllvr
Interested parties wero similarly bcs!egs.l.
| NTH, uov1.p
was II, New York, and not In st. 1.ouls, rs
rcuortel by tho wires lust night, nil! i, wins
stated TINT be hull uu l,rgsrnt iutcl,lion Of
l EElilft III 3ltS1CU {1t1 f1l{f{Hfl 1T DINER UHSls
ness. 1to ,yus. howuycr busy md inncccssi-
Bile, Il ID stated ou very goott authority tl!ut
the Western t1utou ConItauy IL 10 1ncypas,,
its capitul stuck to sso,o ,uN,-.or, rather, n
new cunpany under Tint little IL to lo
fprnetl, which N to is3to that amount OF
alock. tri, prrsu,1t Western Uniun stock.
laidurs oru 10 recclyu Sss, ,tJ. 600 In nycl,a1ige
for tt,o $it .013.3lo outstanding. Tho Amerl.
cun I1nIon strckl,o.s!crs. nlins. tl,e Central
Construction Cou,uany,
ALIAS Jay .oorLp.
w1E1 be u,vnn ain. .0D. 90 in oxrhnnra for thct,
sin0U.0Do If stOck and 50 oao of bonds
lhn Atlantic Il l'aclt,c ytockhol,lers win ee
s1iro nm f,,r thrir al .0oo. C01 uf o,,tstandiu.
ra,ttn1. A l,tttp mara linn ilnlt uf ttIs lust
or s.,lrsn I'M vii In tl1yf,lc,l nmn,,u TIN
Wnst,ri; 1,u,n,, .tnc),hnt,t{rs. WIN. M
ro,uno,,v. nwn r, Dlo shares. ruIint, thai
tot,i shnr., NJ ,,,a rirni uvrr,,rnt, mi fsDl 51
nn,,n, IN n uwntnrInrn nf nm. S.z.Mn. n
,v;tl,in ar, .rlo ~ bD ,ur ccnt- t,r I'm Amncf
cnn f1nlnn xhnrc. slo o0ou COO viii ba nru.
! ti'.,,,v
n,v,rp,n
o,,d ta,,,r tho y,,mnt,n, ~ ,v,,tst tta r, nj
s,,ar,,s ,v.,r, ~ rr",, hv tl,a wnstcrm ii,n,, n
- rnsIa -, ~ ast -th, n,,,n,,i,t ,f !. wut"r
t,io..tn,, ,nt,, tno Attnmt,. 4 l,ocI,, co,,tt,
Iii ,..s,' sw ~ s ~ s' ,xn ~ m, ,u.r
,,'a ,s.,s w. ~ a.''r,s =, III. ,,,.,. r,,,,,
vi, ,"1', IN, III, ~, .'s ,,.,',,,, ~, W.,
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