New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-18
ORDER OF COL. CL0WRY.
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New-Jersey. or any other old place. and from
there to New-York The only drawback will
be that the betting the various races will
stop or fifteen minutes earlier than pres
tnt. This VIII prevent any getting a flash
ahead of the pooroom- At 2:15. for instance,
no more bets will be taken the first race.
which is called at 2:30. and that's the way it
Will go throughout tho afternoon"
For some time" he continued. 'the West
ern Union has been divorcing itself from direct
connection with the pooIrooms. and shifting II
to syndicates. II furnishes a syndicate n Morse
telegraph instrument and about forty telephones
and keeps tabs on the places to which It sends
news. The company's sleuths watch the syn
dicates closely and Il information is sent 10
any but subscribers that syndicates racing wire
IS cut
Mr. McAdoo was told that Captain Goddard
had declared that all the poolroom racing news
yesterday first sent 10. New-Jersey and
then wired back to the poolrooms in New York.
IF that is true" said Commissioner McAdoo
then the Western Unions work is only an eva
sion. It looks like a gold brick II that's tho
case and the gilt wears off before you get the
brick home"
The Commissioner said he understood that the
Western Union had big contracts with racing
tracks in cities like Chicago. and he had heard
that information Of races could be sent by them
TO New-York with an inhnitesimal loss OF time
The Western Union would thus not be actually
sending out IT'S information via No. 195 Broad
way
Commissioner McAdoo said last night that
from the information he had received from his
officers the poolrooms were doing business In the
city the same usual yesterday afternoon.
"Mr. Clowry had better look out, or he'll Iosn
. some of his property he said. after hearing OF
the raid
After President Clowry had given out his
statement he referred reporters to his secre-
tary.
"Win this order OF President Clowry affect
out-of-town subscribers?" was asked
II don't know why it should. It relates only
TO greater New-York" said the secretary.
Does this order prevent any individual from
using Western Union loop special wire
here in York;"
Not IL his business warrants it
would you deliver messages to such an in
dividual?"
We Will deliver to any subscriber or person
in New-York or elsewhere any message from
the racetrack or from any other point where we
have an Office. If the message its face is a
legitimate message"
Then that does not prevent poolrooms from
getting information, does it?"
Il don't know why it should. but President
Clowry's statement indicates plainly that no one
in New-York Will get racetrack information
gathered by the Western Union"
Would you send from Yonkers to New-York
a message containing the information which the
Western Union Company had gathered at the
track"
Il don't know why not"
Poolrooms IN the Tenderloin were delayed onIv
about ten minutes in getting the returns from
the racetracks yesterday. The proprietor of one
OF them said that If the Western Union Te,e
graph Company persisted IN refusing to give
them the service. 1t would merely mean that
relay stations would be established in neighbor-
ing States. and that the delay in the receipt Of
the news would not exceed two minutes though
1t would cost them slightly more, probably.
At poolroom in lower Sixth-ave there was
a delay Of about fifteen minutes on the first
race and ten minutes on the other races
When the service cut off by the
Western Union the proprietor got into telephone
communication with a poolroom in Trenton.
N. J., the proprietor Of which Is a friend of his
and he got the news through him.
In West Thirty eghth-st. there is a poolrooro
where there is a set OF Morse Instruments and a
telegraph wire. This is known as q "conversa-
ton Wire" which any business man can have
placed in his Office If he wishes. No charge Is
made Tor the wire, but when the man in whose
ohlce the wire is wishes to hold a teegrap hIo
conversation with any one in another city, he
informs the Western Union and the connection
Is made, he being charged for the length of time
the wire is in This is what we did to-
day" said the proprietor of this poolroom. I'VE
had the wire connected with Boston and another
with providence. and got the results
Tonight" said poolroom man. I'VE will get
together, and if the Western Union persists In
refusing to give us the service will establish
relay stations at various points In New Jersey
pennsylvania, Connecticut. Rhode Island and
massachusetts,. The delay in receiving the news
Will at no time exceed minutes. and he oDI,,
additional cost to US will be the salary of the
telegraph operator employed at the relay sta
tions'