The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-12
telegraph companies. Mr.. Gould, against
wa'cn Mr. Rufus hatch aked an iuiuu,ion,
been finally accomplished"

oollpanies, Mr.. Golld, against
winch Mr.. Rufus Hatch sked an iuiua,iop.
been finally accomp!ished!"
Mr.. Gould-It has.
nporter-So that it is not likely TO be dis.
,us9ea on;~ oy any farther legislative or judicial
MIR. Gould-oertsinly. Itis completed
..ran,Saetlon, y. ~, complication just and fair terms
70 all concerned as well as to the public, and
u compliance with the Law. So tha il can
no, oe disturbed by legislation, and as Won
wi'l see py the very able decision of ,Judce
narrelt which has been concurred in by tne
amorsey general of the state. the courts
rm sinrm Inc absolute legality of all that has
heporler-This being the case, Mr.. Could
perhaps you will not object TO stating what
was the OBJECT of the consolidation.
Mr.. Gould-Certsinly not. On the con.
trary am very glad to hsve the opportunity
TO say that the object Of the consolidstion
was 10 carry out a long cherished plsn of a.
velopiug in the United States an efIicient
system of cheap telegrsphy on a great scala
both by sea and by lnnd When I ,Oss in
Europe in 1879 | was struck by soeinr now
much moro freely the ielesranh
was used ia ordinary private. bust
ness There than in this country. This Is es-
peelally true OF Switzerland. Of course tho
distances to be covered in this country ara 40
enormous and the population is so compara.
uVoiy sperse that wa cannot for some time To
come ,xpect TO see the work of covering the
whole couatry with telegrspAic system
done as cheaply hero as in a little country
llkN SNltyQFlunH Rut / -
under ono system without conflicting intar.
es's TO look after and with the expenses Of
only ono organization instead of thres or
iour TO DO met, such economics can be intro.
dueed into American telegraphy that rates
Doth to the press and to the public can be
gra 'ually and Systematically cheapeped
without impairing the efficiency OF the
service.
Reporter-Do you think then this will be
the result o. the change?
MIR. Gould-0f course | do; for il will be
the policy and purpose OF the new company
10 elect this. | went into il with this view
and shall certainly use my constant effort
end all my Influence TO make this policy and
this purpose successful.
keporter-Of course, you know that this
is not the general impression, Mr.. Gould,
and that there are movements on the produce.
stock and cotton exchange looking To nav
telegrsphic projects.
Mr.. Gould-1es, know this, and am not
surprised at these projects nor the solici.ude
with which merchants and business men
nave looked al u consolidation about which
SO many sensational etorios have been sat
aioat. ii there had been any truth il ihase
stories whetsoev'r r, the exchanges would
have very good reason to set about ocaniz.
ing new companies, but when sem
slole people come 10 understand
General Eckert's practical, compre-
hensive plans for the future, which embrace
establishing direct special wires between tho
business exchanges all over the country and
putting them into direct communication
with each other and with the great markets
OF Europe, l think they will sec matters in
different light MY idea Of teeg.aphic
system is to supply everybody who wishes
tho control of telegraphic facilities with
those facilities, giving private business houses
wires and operators OF their own whenever
they require them, and doing the
same thing for newspapers exchanges,
railways-in short, all interests.
Reporter-I observe, MIR. Gould, that you
speak Of communications with Europe. How
will the consolidation affect cable matters
Mr.. Gould-Very favorably, because the
new company now has under contract
through the new cable company organized at
Albany two cables between this country and
England, which are TO be laid early IN the
coming summer. Gables will also bs laid
from Cuba, where they will connect with our
present system, 10 the other West India
Islands and to Brazil and other
parts of South America, as well
rs from San Francisco 10 China.
Japan, Oceanica and Australia, with
northern line by way Of Pugers Sound 10
Alaska and Northern Asia, and connected in
hamschatka with the Russian system; so
that at no distant date st. Petersburg will be
in communication with New Yors by way
of Asia as well rs Europe, and England will
reach her Australian colonies through New
York and by our American lines more
cheaply and expediliously than over Eng
llsh wires through the Rid sea and by way
of India.
Reporter Then you contemplate q gen.
eral cable and telegraphic system around the
world2
Mr. Gould Certainly we do; and we con-
template such system rs an American sys-
tenn, of which New York, and not London,
shall be the sentre, see no reason why the
United States should permit position which
geographically belongs to US to be taken
away from us by England. While the rival
telegraphic companies Of this country were
fighting each other for domestic business they
could neither do the domestic business on
sound principles nor do anything to compete
with Great Britain for the general telegraphic
business of the world. Now we have
changed all this-how completely you may
judge when l tell you that since the consoli-
dation was effected Sl0,0OO,0O0 have been
subscribed to carry our new cable connec-
tions into effect.