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Show TliLtCiRAPHfC CONSOLIDATION. CONSOLIDA-TION. I'VuiJi N;W V'uik iiii.ft rnjiur.i of a miVt-UituL tl.at Laa luii Lctii luiAud f r by t'Jt;iraj,h uiei, 'I Iiih in, a eon t -u1uU ,li wilIi lIih V. t(.l.:n 1,'niofi A iiuj-ai.y of all ilM halt tibfn ur m-uc riv.il' 'I ll CI,:ciil IUJ01t to the St, Lom.H fjlub': o " ll;e 1,0th, 8 iiiin:r taking, (.icIn-Tivi iy, (li'j Auit-riuaii iicwn ri:purtn criLu jLLi:i1 ami mijjplit:d Ly the t:li:Krapli com pan it in uppuiiiin Uj ttit) VVi;tt:rn Ij'aiou, bayu : !ti(nirii:ri uimio to-day of proru mnt olliwrn of lhi:.t Cjiiifaiiu:n rc-ulii i in c(.f(Iiruni:L' this iiiauy rti'ijon rirailaN'd. Mr. MuCargo, oiip;nu(;iid.:ht of tlic I'aiiilii; ami Al Ian lit! tolcy ritli com pany, ttaid tho ropre.icnuiivus of (lit; ditl-;runt tl!iraplt linen in all parta of tho couhlry liail b:eu privately confer rihj( in thiMciiy for ncvural rlayn, and wurc mill in eoiiiiullaiiun. The nulijcet ooiiidiircd in a union of all lints auta')-nifitio auta')-nifitio to tho VVtnttrn Union, undur out n:tu:rti manavcmurit, tur ilio pur potto of harmonizing m:U ot their inUireHtti an conduit with each other, and iiiortaoinif thtir failuies fur Luni-newH Luni-newH where tho lines interned. A reduction of rales dnta not, an re ported, form any part of tho Kolieruo. No organization of tho kind tins yot been completed, hut a plan has been proponed pro-poned which m regarded with favor by tho companies iiilercnted. Among thcue which havo tak:n an active pari aro tho A. &. R, tho K k. A., the Franklin and Southern and tho Al-lantia Al-lantia Tho New York Times, noting the movements of prominent telegraph oflioialu and commenting tlicreon, bur-K:itH bur-K:itH that it in intended to consolidate, in opposition to tho Wt U. Co.,al other linen. In reply to this euggca-tion, euggca-tion, K D. L. Uwoetd.Kcnoral suporin-tendent suporin-tendent of tho AtlaHio and Pacific company, and manager of tho Prank lit company whoso lines extend through Now i'ngland, replies, in an Amerioai Drown dispatch: I know lot' no Buch proposition as that uiontioncd in yesterday morning'H Times, being under consideration ty tho independent telegraph companies. Tho object of all the conferences and consultations between tho cfViocrs ot the independent companies has bcon biuI will lio in tho future aa to how tho telegraph business entrusted to them aan be most economically and efficiently efficient-ly handled. 1 know of no general manager of au iudej)Oudont telegraph company who advocates a reduction of rat eft. Whether final arrangoments have mado by tbo various oom panics for tho grand consolidation has not yet transpired, tran-spired, but there is do doubt that Rucb will take place ero long, Financially and commercially it will make but little difl'erunco to tho public, in view of tho fact that although tho companies con-tond con-tond for business they combino on rates, tho W. U. Co. cictating those rates and tho opposition inevitably agreeing to , such dictation. Hut politically tli ore- is danger in this, as in ovory aggregation of hugo monopolies and largo corporation"; for their united ofTorts, in an ago which is nioro noted for vonality than patriotism, could secure legislation aod carry mcaturos inimical to tho public interests, d-c-gorous to liberty, and subversive of true republican govorcmont. |