Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-04-16
POSTAL TELEGRAPH CO.
WINS IMPORTANT SUIT
Five Hundred Miles of New Line to be Con
Structed as Result of Vict0ny

Direct transContinental telegraphic
service between New York and Sal
Francisco was assured to the Posta
Telegraph Company by the decree
signed by Judge Pike in the Second
Judicial District Court of Nevada
yesterday afternoon, which sustained
a petition for condemnation for a
right of way between Reno and Salt
Lake City, the only gap in the 5000
miles between the Atlantic and the
| Pacific coasts.
The Mackay Company will start
work at once, stringing line be
tween this city and the Utah capital,
and $4,000 poles and several thousand
miles OF wire are available to bridge
the 500 mile gap. Gangs Of workmen
| have already been located at points
along the line in anticipation of the
! decision, and il is expected that the
| work will be completed in time to
allow the Postal Company to handle
details of the Jctfrics Johnson prize
'S'il Pii JhiS flH
.N present the Postal line from
Fri>c" ends at Reno. while the Salt
Lake station is She furtherst point
west. along the middle or direct
route. The company operates coast
t" coast service via both the northern
and southern routes. but has long
been ANXIOUS to compete with the
Western Union over the main and
shortest route. \ telegram filed at
Salt Lake from Reno is sent to San
Francisco, to Los Angeles. to Den
yer, to its destination by one route:
and to Seattle from San Francisco.
through Helena and Butte, and then
to Salt Lake by the other route
The decree signed by Judge Pike
was entered by consent Hv wise
acres, this Is taken a, another sign
OF the merger between the two com
pctng lines. The report OF the con
sOlidation of the Postal and the West |
ern Union has REQUIRED at various
times since the formation of the |
it'l liltl Ntllipt1lS I'ul ii HIS Always
been ~trcnouslv denied and has never
Officials OF the company
also testified in the recent federal
of common carrircs
that they had no idea of merging.
The original suit which has been
pending for over year, WAS against
he Southern Pacific railroad. which
was made defendant The railroad
WAS under contract with the Western
Mon company, and was there fore
obliged to defend the suit if the com
pany so desired
Charles r. Levers represented the
Western Union yesterday, and Albert
Ayrcs was associated with Judge
Powers for the Postal. BY the de
>ree the right of way is allowed. for
| consideration OF S4,50O and costs.
The money was paid into court The
inc will extend straight through the
state and will cross eight counties.
The stipulation entered into be
tween the representatives of the Pos
"l iSltSldpli q NdDlc company ana |
he Southern Pacific company. where
~ the Postal company will be able
20 put in telegraph pole, along the
light Of way of the Southern Pacific
company in Nevada provides that
he Postal Company shall pay the
sum OF $40 per mile for all land ac-
iually used II is further agreed that
he Postal company post 81 500 with
he Southern Pacific company As a
guarantee that the right of way will
)c paid for. \ decree to this effect !
has been signed and entered by Judge
Pike.
The case Of the Postal company
marked the beginning Of the efforts
Of Clarence Nackay to have the Pos
al lines cross Nevada. BY way of
history ii is interesting to note that
Nevada is one of the last states to
have the Postal lines, and at the same
time the company has met with more
opposition in getting into the state
than in any other state in the union
Even in cncrgizing Reno the com
)any experienced great difficulty in
getting the necessary right of way
and this in spite of the fact that Clar-
nnce Mackay the president of the
has done more for Reno
han any other man in recent years.