Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-12

THE TELEGRAPH WAR. President Green Gives The COrrespen- dence Relating To The Proposed Purchase Of The Baltimore And Ohio.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The following cor respondence explains itself:
 EXECUTIVE OFFICE
 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Co.,,
 NEW YORK, Aug. 11th, 1881. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: To correct the impression made by MT. Robert Garretts cable card in this mornings papers, respectfully ask that you give the public the entire cable correspondence in re- spect to 8 proposed arrangement between this company and the B. & O. Telegraph com pany, which herewith hand you for pubE cation. Very respectfully,
 NoRvIN GREEN,
 President. Hon. John Fender, N. F., London:
 Your letter received. We had the same form of
 
 for us to prepare figures, without data. Cannot (Signed) GREEN.
 LONDON July s1, 1885. It is reported here that the Western Union Tele- graph company and the Baltimore & Ohio Tele- there any truth in this! I start for Hamburg on sH d for you M m matter? Signed) FENDER. To Hon. John Fender, M P London: Not true. No progress made with Baltimore & ing made We must stand on .i liberal l cost value as the basis While the indications are that the profits we do % not think best to urgeit. o'S
 (Signe0 GREEN.
 LONDON, August 4, 1885. Shall see Garrett at Hamburg and will let him know about your views.
 AUGUST 5, 1885 To Hon. John Fender, M. F., London: urgency. We are not more anxious than he is to reach conclusion. but am satisfied long some profit on his investment which we cannot af- ford to concede even for the temporary advantage terprlse for the same result There must be an end to taking in at profit. fear it will take some time and discussion to convince him that must main ''''-' '''''' f0 (signedD GREEN To Dr. Norvin Green New York:
 observe that the Western Union company eight and considerable portion of this advance has taken place since Field and had an interview with Garrett. I am told it is understood in Ameri- ca that at an interview and there was but one MT. Garrett strongly urged upon Field and myself the purchase of his system settlement of the exist ing state of things with the hard times This is un true and it is only fair to Garrett that should let nation you have got elsewhere is not correct and that you should let the public know the real facts with hG me in all this business, and since came to Hamburg he has read extracts from his letters the Other side which justifies sending you this telegram.
 (Signed) FENDER. Hon. John Fender, M. P. London, of your cablegram to me of yesterday, appears in this mornings papers. think you have been inn posed upon and must have acted under a nisappre- henSion of the facts. No one in the company has represented that any deal with the Baltimore & ly denied that there was any approximation to any agreement Several interviews with me to that eabIegram make appear that we were pressing a negotiation whereas your letter of June 22d shows the day aft ,rI dispatched my message to you re ceived message rom Garrett to ask me to give the time had come, and if so whether was dis t9 the tn 6So the one side and the Western Union lines on the idea conveyed in the enclosed memo" is enter. tained by you and your friends believe the busi- desirable. You should come over to London while Garrett is here The memo" referred to is marked from Garrett h through @ you ask your permission mission to give it to stockholders. MT. Garrett's cable card arraigns us for misrepresenting his position
 (Sgnedl GREEN.
 LoNDON, cOAo A1, 1oco. am invited to neet Garrett at Tenders house Garrett says that he can arrange with McKay as to settle the tariff for the cables as well
 GSigneD FIELD.
 NEW YORK, June 19, 1885. can only repeat what cabed you the other day in reference to Mr. Garrett. His company are los ing fifty thousand per month in their telegraph business and it is only question of time when it will carry down the Baltimore Ohio company This opinion is concurred in by the shrewdest bankers here.
 LONDON, July H. 1885. Jay Gould, Irvington on the Hudson. New York, From all that hear think that Garrett and Nc. Kay are sick of their investments in telegraph property and would like to come to some arrange Wth Garrett Please let me Inow if tSere is anY thing can do here before sail. the sth of August The Anglo-American directors meet on the 17th and the shareholders on the 3lst inst.
 (Signed) FIELD.
 NEW YORK, 11th, 's5. have your message. The situation with the opposition companies is getting desperate all thrown up the sponge and at the request of the ceiver with the approval of the court the Western the pany is advertised for sale general air of bank Baltimore $ Ohio is little better than the rest If, however MT Garrett willing to let the auditor of
  the figures with view to deal on the actual con liable data to their business beyond the current belief that they are losing fifty thousand dollars
 LONDON, July 1e, 1885. Jay Gould, Irving ton, N. Y.:
 and W see sef Fender and oters t s perfectly evident to that Garrett is very anx- ious about his telegraph matters.
 NEW YORK, Aug 4, 1885 Russell Sage says he thinks it desirable that you get all the information possible from the president his teeeraph companv and his best offer of settle ment or sale and bring with you.
 (Signed) HARRIS. (Mr Harris is MT. Fields private secre- tary)
 Another Word From MT. Garrett. NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The following is furnished for publication in addition to the correspondence published this morning:
 HAMBURG, Aug. g. To Bates, president B. & O. Co.,, New York: Field replied as follows from Queens town:
 quest received % by cable from % New % York E Advise you to communicate with Russell Sage any answer sng Wihe other te in Nsw ing you and myself You certainly did tell me you settle Wu the he telegraph war. Hope you will have peace and plenty instead of and poverty. Should have forwarded this before but for some errors in message between Barnard and myself.
 (Signe0 ROBERT GARRETT.
 Flying Logs Deadly Work. WEYMOUTH, Mass, Aug. 11.-A large log hurled by heavy blast in Broad street at 9:3O this morning fractured the skull of 8 wateruorks amplova nanad Suaanv He