The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-30
THE u. 4 o. rELEGRApH.
Its Recent AtCrssion-Tho Compauy's
Plans.

Tho announcement was made In tho tele.
graphic columns OF yesterdays lSrrLliaxS.
oEH that the II. 4 o. Company had secured
control OF the National Telegraph line.
The National Telegraph Company was or.
ganiE:d about three months ago by some OF
the directors Of the New York, West Shore 4
Buffalo aud the Nickel Plate Railroad Com.
pAnies, 10 purchase and capi,slizs tho tele.
graph lints along the two roads, from Nav
York to Chicago. The property, oonsisttre
0t -FOUR wirea. wsa capitalized for 81 ON 600
Oaehhlt Of the stock was held by the North
Asver Construction. Company, which built
tho West Shore road and owns m jorily OF
me stock, atd the other one.half by the
nickel Plate interests. The holding o.. both
were sold 70 she D d 0. Tor sso0.0
A srecial dsartrh from Esw York 10 ths
pittsburgh Disfutch Of yesterday, gives the
following points from i conversation viii
Vice.Presldent Garrett, Of the h. 4 o, Com.
pany: Tho National Telegraph Company
had four wires between New York and chi.
cago. Orders have been Issued for the rinf.
Ing twelve additional wires. The purchast
ol this telegraph line gives the Baltimore &
no Telegraph Company connection will,
the Canada telegraph system, which wa,
reached at Dstroit aud Buffalo, Wa hnv,
made contracts tor huge amount OK tele.
graph material to bs used Ia building a mum.
oerol new lines. Just nsscon as the frt q, comts
out OF the s'ound 80 that poes can be
set We shal! otRln tue construction Of line
from New ioik t. Boston and we shall have
another line through the Pennsylvania iii
regions: contract was awarded last Sat.
drday for lines from Chicago 10 Milwaukee,
81. Paul, Minneapolis and other points Al IA
north AZ Winnipeg, and as far weat as BI,.
msrck. We Also s5all build lines south iron,
Ut. Louis to New Orleans aid Galve,top.
We snail establish district teleg,aphs In Nav
4ofk, Chicago and other cities for genera
messenger servioa, as we'll Us the delivery OF
messagss. The call boxes will have return
guAl attachment, 30 that the person u,inp
one will know that bis call has been receitea
and 10 being attended 10.
I'VE at all largely increase our Offices in
New York city when the telephone NOR
opoiy Is broken by the courts, IS believe /, |
Will be: TLere will be an opposition tel(. |
phone business, with which the Baltimore 4 |
OHIO Telegraph Company will have largely |
to d." NJ
Mf. Garrett said that although tho Bal,I.
more J. Ohio Telegraph Company 10 a dis.
tinct cooperation, ,,itri controlled by the |
Baltimore d Oaio Rsilroa4, which ad. aaces
Il the neeesssty capital. The policy Of ,bs |
company. would .os- to rssch al.1ihe isrIe
towns and oltits where commercial business
10 70 be secured. .rslegraphio, competition
Will not be confined to land buslLess,m Nj, ]
Garrett said II rm advised that the cable |
5 eamahip Faratey will start for this side TO
commence the laying OF the new Atlantic
cable by the latter part OF February, and tbe |
cable will be laid and ready for business by |
the first OF August" II Ia, stated that The
Je:s:y Central Railroad has given notice 10 !
the Western Union tia. ut The Termination
Of the existing contract, which will soon e1-
pire. 1t will work Its own wires. 1t Is under.
stood that the jersey Csntrai line will be
operated in connection with the Baltimore &
Ohio system.