Show DETAILS DEMS OF o BIG ic DOLLAR BILLION MERCER OF 01 Ml TELEPHONE AND AD TELEGRAPH COMPANIES NEW V YORK Xo Nov 17 Announced ia ill Boston and und In in New ew York ork another r billion dollar or became a a reality with the practical absorption of oC ibo ho Western eStern Union Telegraph company by y the American Telephone and Telo- Telo graph company Tho Tim Western Union ono one of the pet properties s of tho the lato Jay Gould Could has has been been in tho the G Gould Could family fam fain ily fly for a n generation and it was Tas by tho tim sale alo of Gould stock stack that tim the merger mercer was accomplished While tho the r report ort has 11 been beau current that the tho Mackay companies controlling the tho Postal Telegraph company ultimately ulti ulti- vill bo be included in tho the plan of reorganization no confirmation of this could be bo obtain obtained oil in New York Officials dais dal of tho the Postal were emphatic that the company would remain remain- independent i STAGGERING AMOUNT AMOUNT I OF or CAPITAL INVOLVED BOSTON naSTON Nov XO 17 li- li A Jon long stride toward thu complete control by ono iiO corporation corporation cor cr- of oC all nil wire wiro communication in in thu tho United Hta States es was made 1 in in the acquisition bv by tho American Telo- Telo and aDd T Telegraph ll lOmp company n of the tho Control contra o of tho the Western Union Telegraph Pete Tele graph COOl company 21 1 11 To thin tho absorption thin tion complete the inc incorporation of a an anew new n dullar billiou-dullar company it j is is said will bo ho necessary n to include tha tho of bond anti and stocks stuck of tho the American Telephone and Telegraph cl company known as ns the nell Boll company and ind I the thu nc H of and stocks of tho lItO Western Union compau acquisition of r th tIm c Western ten Union company fly by h. t tho o corn company lia bren n in in for siv Ri months month and only n a sufficient n-Cm n amount i t i-t itin to to in insure injure u-r- u urI I control eon con O tro trot f saul said to be lie 51 SI per cr was wai taken over ocr Officers of ho tho telephone believe o that tho merger mNer will save avo the tho I Bell in company new uC cou con it wilt aoi HIP s n Jl will hj by I of or wires for both telegraph telegraph- in ing ng and telephoning Associated Corporations I Some associated t ci corporal cor corporations ions ns en cur Jel engaged a god godin in n the lie telephone ur I business e a ni majority of whoso whose rest rost in JD tho thio t ra ul hp thin parent concern are arc New York orl fol Telephone l company pany 50 Now ow 1 Telephone l corn com Pliny n Bell corn com pony 01 of J hania Now low lowY Y York rk and No Now New ev Toli corn com pan OOOO rn Southern eli Bell Telephone Pole Tele phone Cumber Cumber- land and Telephone I and imd Telegraph aph company J Chicago Telephone cum com any fl Western Telephone and Telegraph company Bell Jell Telephone company of or Canada Ganula I Tho telephone annually transmits trans nuts mits mes messages w cs while whilo the Western Union thoon handles t Tho The telephone system system has miles of wire lUt ami tho the We Western Union 1332 Tho rho total property value of the telephone company compan is 5 5 rind that hat of tho the Western Union oo COLUMBUS COLUBUS 0 O. Xo Nov The Tho an announcement ant toda today that Uma tho thio American Telephone Telegraph mph company controlling eon con trolling force in the B Bell ll Telephone com corn party had ad obtained control of the Western West Vest Vestera ern era Union Telegraph Tole-raph company compan makes it certain to Columbus independent tel tel- men that it is is the tho Po Postal Telegraph Tele- Tele raph graph company for which James S. S J purchased tho United States Telephone company the tho Cuyahoga a Tel Tel- c company compan and md the New Long J on Distance Telephone company of Ind In In- I d lana diana 1 As tho the Den Boll concern has s announced that a large boldin holding company is to bo be formed to mer merge mere e the telegraph and telephone tele phone rhone companies it is ig believed here herc that lint a n similar announcement will be bc made mado b by tho the Postal The Tho l purchase of the in independent long lone dist distance nc companies gives tim tho Postal thousands ot of miles of new nen line lino in in Ohio and Indiana and would mako make it a formidable for for- competitor of tho Bell company |