| Show I NOT YET MONOPOLIZED The Baltimore fc Ohio Telegraph I Company IZcfuhe to be Swallowed Swal-lowed by Western ITiiioii NEW YOBK August nIn relation to the cable correspondence between Messrs Garrett Gar-rett Pender and Field Mr D H Bates President of the Baltimore L Ohio Telegraph Tele-graph Company says The wild rumors which have been circulated during the past month concerning an alleged arrangement between the Western Union and Baltimore Ohio Telegraph companies have been repeatedly re-peatedly denied by Mr Garrett and myself only to be renewed in some varied form to meet what were each time deemed to be most explicit denials It is remarkable that statements have not only remained uncou tradicted on this side by those who must have known their falsity but that now it has been necessary to secure an official denial de-nial from Mr Pender who is I believe an honorary member of the Western Union directory The Baltimore Ohio which since the absorption by the Western Union of American Union and Atlantic and Pacific companies in 1881 has operated an independent inde-pendent telegraphic system has never faltered fal-tered in its policy of maintaining its independence inde-pendence believinp that ample and substantial substan-tial lines between the important trade cen i res of the country built at low prices for cash would command adequate custom and afford fair returns upon the investment and instead of selling as some would wish us to do we are still extending and adding to our system covering territory until lately occupied occu-pied by the American Rapid whose lines were recently abolished by our rival and contracts have been made for additional extensions to various other points I |
