New-York tribune., 1896-06-20
, RIG TELEPHONE COMPANY.
80 WILL BE CONTROLLED BY WESTERN
UNION MEN

.-osop J. GOULD ONE OF THE DIRECTORS
x.v1,p THE NEw-YoRK TELEPHONE CON-
pANy-PRoBABLY TO EXTEND THE
MErRoPoLIrAN's OPERATIONS.
.,h.rv June 19-The NewYork Telephone
.nsnv was Incorporated to-day with capital
s16 100000 for the purpose Of constructing
,us or leasing lines Of electric telegraph and
p,.,hone 10 be operated throughout New-York
49,. and thence 10 Albany and Boston and the
'~,.rmediate places in New-York, Massachusets
80 island and Connecticut: also across or un-
~ ha North and East rivers and NeW-forh
DER % Jersey City, Long Island City and
.orlvn. TO Mortauk Point Long Island anu
s'o9N' ,r,ermediate towns: also from Port Rich
.,d staten Island. TO all places IN staten is,-
nun" - 70 other places in the States mentioned.
anI ,,corporators are Charles f. Cutler OF
Inc T. John II. Cahill. Joseph p. Davis
MOI r Ec<ert, William F. Bouchele' James
Ih0|s and William II. Woverton, of New
w. CITY, William H. Forbes and Jon" f. i'ua-
>o'N - Boston; George J. Gould, of Lakewood.
son. " -, Jameson and Charles A. Tinker OF
',,,r and John Van Horne. Of Bayonne'
~ The capital stock is divided 'h'o ioo,o0o
o,1 each Of the incorporators subscr'pes
'o' y, soo oOo for the privilege OF Incorporation
could said yesterday with reference
~o,v-york Telephone Company incorpo-
" -. Albany. "'rh, company VAS not organ
'd'eD ." ..,,s.tion 70 the American Bell Tele-
,zed IN oppos'uo" ~ WV
phone ConpanY' sNo ,,oornora,o..s
VIM ,e,dort Of buildings of the Metropoh-
o." Aora ~,rupanv said: "A meeting VIII
"a" .ba fore part Of next week to orgah'|c'
" az" s.o..,,ent will be given 10 the pubic III
We" N.., time nothing can be said in regard U
u'e ~. o,~,,,nv or it's relations to existing
companies -.,oo-, ,,c,,,5e repre-
nv - ,be following companies: Western
c,u,a Eckert. Tinker, Merrihew' van
UA'0'. ,fa,ronolitan Telephone and Teiesr"p"
nO'"e -c,,t,er. Cahin. Davis, BoucheHe' Noi-
v.rton Jameson; American beli
-Hudson (presidenD. Forbes.
pam' ,orora, understanding is that the New
Inc sC'.- rompanv Is organized to take
.nd ox,and the operations Of the Me'ropoi''"''
@Nu 80, ,.,oeranh Company and the New
, %ev-I4rsey Telephone Company. .
1"N az - ,,r,,aoies work under perpetual
DIV" ,..,, tho American Bell Telephone COM
t..h g,,.a N them the exclusive rights III
.A.,r ,orr,tories The territory OF the -NV''o
o,r,,,anv includes New-York CITY ana I''
n..uha hstveen the Hudson and East riNe'T
snaTong Island Sound. within radius Of '',i y
- from the CITY Hall The terIi'0i!
,ho vavcYork and New-Jersey conpan!
1org Island including Brooklyn S'ale" i''
IA ord me counties of Bergen. Essex hu'sO"
,uadlesex. Monmouth Morris Passaic' 9o'''s'7
"a ,-ni,n IN New-Jersey. The MeIr0po,, Md0 o,S -
.oery has q capital stock OF S'ipoo'uvo' >.n,
.assS Indebtedness OF Sl9Gl,U". lhe 80,
Wy and Nev-Jersey company has CAPITA St =
-, "a 1si 1po and a bonded Indebtedness oii,a', -.
SSgOM Both OF these companies are @coIa @
by the Western Union Telegraph oCl" r,rhone
There was talk that the New \ orK I.rp.orn .rp
cmnarv was formed TO enable the western
I-nIon 70 go into the telephone business III
s,.,on IN the American Bell company. Ncr,I.ns cn
I'D no obtained t. confirm this loea M, ~
a. contract between the western OiilUl on an
.5o Roll companies which expires next -\.,, -\uNe,, :,
tsr The understanding has peen ina ~, =, .oi,
bs renewed IT provides that nelthti Ni,i' M -.
rs,as - interfere with the business oi thc
ia, the Rell company snail not Wrl'e - 20 I p. .
jevar MESSAGES received by teIephoHe, a. -
tba Wesrern Union shall not engage IN .me 80
"" te " h,,s,noss ,ndepardently Of the Bell CoH'-
pany. ,. t. annears will be
- control ~ the Western Unlon' anu WIN
u.,ry under a license from the bAll company
M ,roenect Is therefore. that the reia' Ons y
.,ear The Western Union and the bti IN IN
,anias instead OF being severed VIII ~ 0''
than ever.