Category: History - American
In the second session of the Fortieth Congress, 1868, a bill was introduced and a paper submitted by Hon. E. B. Washburne, of Illinois, relating to the “Union of the Telegraph and Postal Systems” in the United States, which has naturally attracted public attention, and especia...
When the Belgian lines were opened to the public, an act of the legislature, dated March 15, 1851, established a charge of 2½ francs for a message of twenty words, if transmitte...
14. Part 14Such a partial experiment as that proposed by Mr. Washburne, or even by Mr. Hubbard, would destroy the unitary character of the service which the Western Union Telegraph Company...
7. Part 7As an illustration of the manner in which this service is performed, we will take the State press of New York for an example. The report is compiled by the agent of the Associat...
13. Part 13┌───────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────┐ │ │ Number of │Gross Receipts in│Average Cost per │ │ DATE. │ Messages. │ Francs. │ Message in │ │ │ │ │...
4. Part 4Among the working classes in the United Kingdom are included all who, whether as workers for others or as workers for themselves, are employed in manual labor, be it productive...
9. Part 9“This company will transmit messages between the principal cities on its lines east of St. Louis and New Orleans, both inclusive, during the night, and deliver the same the succ...
5. Part 5“The ‘information’ furnished to the Postmaster-General is compiled with the evident intent to discourage the experiment then contemplated. It is incomplete, and is compiled with...
2. Part 2In reply to the statement that our company is anxious only for profit, and that its charges are exorbitant as compared with those of other countries, we respectfully call attent...
12. Part 12There are in operation in Europe fifty-five submarine cables, varying in length from three to 1,500 miles, and containing a total length of over 11,000 miles of insulated wire,...
10. Part 10┌───────────┬────────┬──────┬──────────────┬──────────┐ │ NAME OF │ Number │Miles │ │Number of │ │ COUNTRY. │ of │ of │Rates in 1866.│Messages. │ │ │Stations│Wire. │ │ │ ├──────...
6. Part 6The difference between the use of the post and telegraph is well shown by the practice of the Western Union Telegraph Company, _which requires all of its employees to use the ma...
1. Part 1In the second session of the Fortieth Congress, 1868, a bill was introduced and a paper submitted by Hon. E. B. Washburne, of Illinois, relating to the “Union of the Telegraph a...
8. Part 8The rates are unquestionably often reduced by competition, sometimes below the cost of doing the business, and this will always be the case as long as men will listen to the pla...
11. Part 11It was at this period, when segregated lines were feeling their weakness, and their revenues were unequal to even a current vigorous support, that a few clear-sighted men in the...