Show COMPETITOR FOR fORI I UNION WESTERN UNION New Company With Capital of to Enter the Field MILES OF WIRE Will Adopt Hour Eight-Hour System From Start and Maintain It It Chicago o Sept S. S S S-L. L. L K IC Davis president president dent of oC the Rock Island Construction company toda today confirmed the report that the Am American rhan Union Telegraph company compon which Is to enter the field against t the Western Vestern Union enlon and Postal Telegraph companies will open up tip In th this city within lie tho next day days The new nest company compan will b be he In Incorporated Incorporated incorporated In- In under the laws of oC New ew ew JerI Jer- Jer soy isey I se and will hu have havo a capital stock fock of Mr h Davis said said- I We Wt havo hwo secured options upon the wires o of four telephone companies and miles of telephone wires wire are a for use now nov In the East Cast e Vt t and anti a large portion of or the time South We c e propose to construct ct equip and operate standard telegraph lines throughout hout the United States R also to lease and otherwise acquire local and amid through telephone wires tires and use them for or the transmission of our telegraph business and when necessary we c will construct net next along the highways and andover andover 11 over the rights of or way wa of oC local and i through electric railway line lines l. l i Wire tiree Dy By the u use p. p of our proposed new In Instruments Instruments In- In we e will be bi able to transmit telegraph me messages over tr local loal anal ami through h telephone wires without Interrupting Interrupting interrupting Inter Inter- or In an any wa way Interfering with th the telephone service therell thereby greatly Increasing tho earning capacity of ot the local and general telephone companies and reducing the cost of operation and main maintenance We P wilt will in no wa way affiliate with an any other tele company compan With these rats nuts In effect wo we could make a n splendid splendid did showing t Jr our company Every i man knows Inow that ho he would send 15 or om 20 words Instead tead In o of ten If it It could be don done at nt one ono cent per word and aid the tho cost cot to tho the tel telegraph raph company compan In sending five Ave or ton ten extra words In the tIme sumo mS message would be exceedingly ly slight while he the ben ben- general public would r n I T C J C Ci c ll J. J i sPOrt Im j t l o greed u upon upon on Pair Fair and honorable ar arbitration ar- ar shall h be he adopted In each lach case caseto caseto casl to adjust an any dispute that mn may arise between the American Union Telegraph cl company compan and Its Is Whore women wo wo- tomen to me men n are arf competent to p perform equal services required of oC men mn their com coni- atlon shall hal b bo be equal Wo Wc p expect to 10 form our company nex next week and to o open en up for Cor business a n Week later The wires art are already buit built over pr o miles of oC them and andall all 1 we wo will wi have to do to will bo be to In Install Intal lim- lim stall tali tal our new device de for tor telegraphing telegraphing- on O n a telephone wire Irp to be ready to tc torP serve erve r P t time the h nubile I I. I |