The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-20

The foregoing telegram to The Trib-
unc is in confirmation OF the following
communication that was issued bv thc
holding company of the Postal Telc-
graph company:
NEW YORK Nov. l9.-Clarcucc H.
Mackay, president OF tho Mackay COM
panieE. issued the following statement TO
the public this afternoon:
We have had nothing t. do. either
directly or indirectly. with tho compinJ-
tinI Of th" American Telephone and TClc-
graph company with the Western Union
Telegraph company. We have not wished
To- jon IT, and have not been invited TO
Join lt.
No Negotiations.
There have hccn no negotiations what
SocNrr with us iu regard TO the matter
and there IS every reason why VIC should
not nave had anything To- do with n. We
ltncw nothing about IT until the day when
IT was publicly announced. 1t is true
that VIC own large block OF stock Of
The American Telephone aud rclogtapu
&c ulpauy. but that Is on" OF our many in
NcstmcntS We never have had, and have
hot now, any representation on the boa ri
consulted or considered any more than
tho stock of any other stockholdcr rs
YOU VIII sec from the fact that We knew
nothing about this deal until it was made
public.
"'rhc statement that William H. Baker
represents us Is Incorrect lie does not
represent us III anything IN the slightest
degree. Neither have VIC had anything
to do with the purchase of The tclcphon"
company i'm the middle west. our com
pauN IS slow and conservative In it's in
N"Sincnts. but swift and aggressive In it's
service. We arc not disturbed in any
way.
Postal Is Still Free.
we have successfully met hard com
petition FOR over twenty-five years, and
hav" prosDorcd. and arc Iu ;lrst class
a 4 Il hot l.-
Tore. VIC have waited uniil this matter
had SimmcrcJ down so that VIC could
mako one statement covering tine whole
subject As / stated several weeks ago.
competition viii continue and 10 will bc
real competition, the same as hereto
fore"
There seems TO he some grounds TO
doubt the correctness of the reports re-
ccived from New York the past two
or three days concerning the details
of the consolidation of tho Western
Union and the Bell Telephone com
panies. The Tribune lelcgraphed 10
George Gould for some confirmation OF
denial Of tho deal three davs AGO. but
SO far has received no answer.
IT viii he noticed that in all The
urcSs reports so far that no officer Of
either company is quoted authorita-
lively, nor has any official notifca-
tinn been given Of the character that
NNN" az 'lH l''A 'dul hlpNf NfUlN Si'lll
to require
ia an interview given in New York
last week, Immediately after his ar
rival from an SO0O-mile inspection trip
throughout the west. Mr.. Mackay is
quoted a. saying, IN part;
50 Fortunately, VIC began some time
ago the construction Of a new trans
continental line direct from san Fran
cisco via Reno aud Salt Lake. II was
Il serious undertaking. because of the
great difficulty of obtaining n private
right of way and Unfolding poles iu
solid rock across the Sicrras for prac-
tically forty miles. the altitude at the
summit being more than 1000 feet
" Happily this, the hardest part Of
the work, has been accomplished, and ]
had the pleasure Of receiving in Reno
the first direct message over this line
from San Francisco; also ON my way
back home ] received word of the
quashing by the Nevada courts Of in.
junction suits inauguratcd by our com
pctitors TO prevent our building east.
ward, so that now the way Is clear TO
Salt Lake. and the work Will bc pushed
forward with all possible speed -