Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-12
TELEGRAPH CONTROVERSY.
ANOTHER CHAPTER GIVEN.

given TO the public To-Day ~ ~ ~
follows:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, !
WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAPH COMPANY,
NEW YORK, August II, 1883. }
To the Associated Press
To correct the impression made by
Robert CARROTS cable card IN
this mornings papers l respect
fully ask that you give the pubic the
entire cable correspondence in respect
TO the proposed arrangement between
this company and the Baltimore ana
Ohio Telegraph Company, when mere
with hand you for publication very
respectfully, -.
President.
h,ly s. 1SS5.-To Hon. John PEN
9ey. N. F.. London Your let
tcr received. We had the same
form Of deal with the Baltimore
and Ohio Telegraph Company suggested
here. but no figures were proposed. IL
is difficult for us to propose figures
without data. Cannot the Baltimore
snd Ohio Telegraph Company give an
order to admit an examination of reye-
nues and expenses:
lSignedl GREEN.
London, July IL, 1sS5.-To DR..
Norm Green, NeU York: The morn
ing received your telegram Mr. Gar
rctt had left for Paris. | did not,
therefore, see him. He left a memo
randum for me which amounted to
this That he was not prepared to ex-
hbit his books; that the West
crn Union Telegraph Company
knew exactly the extent of his
system, and that the mileage
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph
Company to-day was in excess Of what
the Atlantic and Pacific and American
Union were together at the time they
were absorbed by the Western Union
Telegraph Company. lie seems to take
this as basis. DO you see your way
10 deal with him on this ground, or
even at considerably modified price
ISignedl PENDER.
July is, ISS5.-To Hon. John Pender,
LopdoH: We could not think of deal
with Garrett on anything like the basis
Of the American Union years ago. lie
has no such amount Of property. We
cannot 60 beyond the cost value Of the
property as a basis.
ISignedl GREEN.
London, July 81, lSS5.-To DR..
Green, Ns,r York 1t is reported here
that the Western Union Telegraph
Company and the Baltimore and Ohio
Telegraph Company have come TO a
settlement. Is there any truth in this?
start for Hamburg on Tuesday on my
way to Berlin, and shall zee Garrett.
Is there anything can 10 for you with
him in the matter:
lSignedl FENDER.
Juiy 81. lNo5.-To Hon. John PEN
der, W. r., LoHdoa Not true. No
progress made with the Baltimore and
Ohio Telegraph Company here; nor is
any pressure being made. We must
stand on a liberal cost value as a basis.
While the indications are that the Bal
timore and Ohio Telegraph Company
exac,s large profits, do not think best
TO urge it.
lSignedl GREEN.
London, August 40 DR.. Norcin
Green, Ncu York Shall see Garrett
at Hamburg, and will let him know
about your views.
lSignedl FENDER.
august 5, lSS5.-To Hon. John Pen
der, ". T.. London do not think it
best to press Garrett with any urgency.
We are not more anxious than he is to
reach a conclusion, but am satisfied
we are long way apart in views as to
terms. He wants handsome profit on
his investment. which we cannot afford
to concede even for the temporary adj
vantage it might afford. 1t would only
stimulate a new enterprise for the same
result. There must be an end to taking
in at profit. fear it will take some
tine Of discussion to convince him that
We must maintain the position.
lSisnedl GREEN.
Auqust 10. ls~j.-To Dr.. Norrin
G,e,n. Ncw l'ori observe that the
Western Union companies have ID
vanccd from about - to is, and a con-
siderable portion Of this advance has
taken place since Field and had an in-
ter,iew with Garrett. ! ain told it is
understood in America That at that in
tcryiew-ard there was but that one
Mr.. Garrett strongly urged upon Field
and myself The purchase If his system
as settlement OF the existing state Of
things with the leased lines. This
is untrue; and it is only fair to
Garrett that / should let you know
that. as it ~ evident to me that the in
formation YOU have got elsewhere is not
correct, and that you should let thepub
lie know the real facts Of the case. Car
rett has been perfectly straight with me
in all this business, and since | came to
Hamburg ne has read me extracts from
his letters showing the exaggerated
statements gong about the other side,
which Justify me sending you this tele-
gram.
lSicnedl PENDER.
Auqust ll.-Hon. John Pender, ".
j.. London CARROTS card, with
what purports TO be copy Of your ca
blegram to me Of yesterday, appears in
this mornings papers. think you have
been imposed on and must have acted
under a misapprchension Of the facts.
No one in this company has repre-
s,nied that any deal with the
Baltimore and Ohio has been
made. have steadily and uniformly
denied that there was any spproxlma-
ton to al agreement. Several inter-
views with me to that effect have been
published. CARROTS card and your ca
blegram make it appear that we were
pressing a negotiation, whereas your
letter Of June 22d shows that the
first overture came from Garrett. Iou
say The day after dispatched my
message 10 YOU | received message
from Garrett to ask me TO give him an
interview. which | did. He told me
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