Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-01
LIGHTNING STRIKES.
The Baltimore 4 Ohio to Begin Work
in this State.
Cheap Telegraphing for Texas and Hail
Columbia to Monopoly.
The Western Unions Rival Capturing
the Fortresses in the South.
Special to tho Gazette.


GALVESTON, July Sl.-Mr, David
Hall, joint superintendent of the
Baltimore & Ohio and Gulf.
Colorado & Santa re Telegraph com.
panies, returned from New York to.
day and states that a contract has been
entered into between the above
named companies for a very
extensive competing system of
telegraph throughout this state.
The Santa Fe company will imme-
diately put up additional wires along
their lines Of railway between Calves
ton, Houston, Dallas aud Fort Worth,
aud extend their system to Austin,
San Antonio, Waco and other Inn
portant points in the state.
The Baltimore & Ohio company will
build a line of two hard copper wires,
equal to No. iron wire, from st.
Louis to Dallas, and also similar line
from New Orleans to Houston, con-
Meeting at Dallas and Houston with
the Santa Fe system, and connecting
at st. Louis and New Orleans with
the combined systems of the Baltimore
Il Ohio, Bankers and Merchants
and Postal Telegraph companies,
and the Commercial Cable company,
better known as the Bennett Mackey
cables; all of which companies and ca.
bles will, under the arrangements re-
Gently consummated i'm New York, be
operated under one management and
as one company, with ID. H. Bates,
president sof the Baltimore & Ohio
! company, as the executive head, and
( with Messrs. Garrett, Mackey and Ben
nett as executive committee.
Work on the Texas division will he
commenced this morning and pushed
to speedy completion. II is stated
the lines will be ready for business
at all the leading Texas cities before
the first of October Arrangements
have been made with the Commercial
Telegram company for market quo
tation service to the cotton exchanges,
boards of trade and commercial men
generally. A complete press service
at very low rates has also been pro.
vided for; money transfer service
for sums of 81 200 and less
has been perfected. The rates on
kilograms will be twenty-five to fifty
per cent. lower than those which now
prevail. Night messages will be trans
mitted at half the day rates, and toll:
will be based upon fifteen words in
stead of ten.
The Globe-Democrat Of the Goth ha.
New York special on the same sub
ject, which we here append:
Special to the Globe Democrat.
NEW YORK. July cS.--An important con
| tract was executed between the Baltimor
4 ohio Telegraph company aud the Gu
week which Will open up for competition
nearly the entire state OF Texas. The Gall
Colorado santa Fe Railway rompan!
Galveston, Houston, san Antonio, AusliI
Dallas, Fort Worth and more importan
towns, which VIII be connected withi
1 more 'hr os,o weeds ooapa%y n line. b"s
ready in operation TO Texarkana. No opp'
sition telegraph company has ever befor
reached this important territory, and tn
prospects OF compe tition are gladly welcome
by the citizens oil Texas generally. Mr. Davi
Hall, n prominent telegrapher, with man
sger Of the Western Union at Galveston, ha
been appointed Superintendent of the newt
acquired territory. Mr., Hall left New ior
F ID at ns paPo ssc 1 andegs
mediate progress. The necessary matcria
poles, wire, etc, have already pee
Tcaarkana and Paris, also setwee
New Orleans and Houston. " being the pui
pose of the Baltimore a Ohio Telegraph com
pany To give the state of Texas two outlets Il
the North and he East. The railway com
| papy have already begun to add aiditionn
| wires ON their lines, and within two month
ample facilities will be prov ded to all point
in the far southwest, II being The purpose 9
the Baltimore a Ohio Telegraph company 4
extend heir system south 70 connection
with the Central American cable system
Very high tariffs have hitherto ohtalne'
to points in TIE xas, which will be largely ri
duced by the aavent Of the new company
aud "a severe blow viii be dealt by this con
blnation TO the Western Union.