The proposed union of the telegraph and postal systems / Statement of the Western Union Telegraph Company
by Western Union Telegraph Company
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- THE PROPOSED UNION OF THE TELEGRAPH AND POSTAL SYSTEMS.
- CONTENTS.
- REVIEW OF HON. E. B. WASHBURNE’S PAPER ON THE UNION OF THE TELEGRAPH AND POSTAL SYSTEMS.
- A MERITED COMPLIMENT TO PROFESSOR MORSE.
- CONGRESSIONAL AID.
- ERRONEOUS CHARGES AGAINST THE AMERICAN TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.
- BRIEF STATEMENT OF FACTS.
- THE COMPLAINT OF INDIFFERENCE TO PUBLIC CONVENIENCE WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
- THE ASSERTED UNION OF THE POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS IN EUROPE AN ERROR.
- THE SHORTCOMINGS OF BRITISH TELEGRAPHS.
- THE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES UNPARALLELED FOR ITS EXTENT AND EFFICIENCY.
- ASSERTED EFFECT OF GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL ON BELGIAN TELEGRAPHS.
- EARLY BELGIAN RATES CONTRASTED WITH AMERICAN.
- NATURAL INCREASE IN TELEGRAPHY.
- UNFORTUNATE EFFECTS OF LOW RATES AND COMPETITION.
- AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN RATES COMPARED.
- THE PECULIARITIES OF THE BELGIAN TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
- BELGIAN OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPERFECTIONS OF THEIR SYSTEM.
- INSTRUCTIVE HISTORY OF BELGIAN TELEGRAPHS.
- SINGULAR IDEA THAT A SMALL TELEGRAPH SYSTEM IS MORE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE THAN A LARGE ONE.
- NECESSITY FOR THE UNIFICATION OF THE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.
- ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF BUILDING TELEGRAPH LINES.
- DOUBTS REGARDING THE ESTIMATES OF TELEGRAPH EXPERTS AS TO COST OF CONSTRUCTING LINES.
- INCORRECT ASSERTION THAT AMERICAN TELEGRAPHS ARE NOT CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS.
- COST OF AMERICAN TELEGRAPHS ESTIMATED BY EUROPEAN DATA.
- VALUE OF WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH PROPERTY, BASED ON EUROPEAN DATA.
- ERRONEOUS ESTIMATE OF THE VALUE OF THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY’S PROPERTY.
- THE ORGANIZATION OF THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
- STATIONS, LINES, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
- ENGLISH AND AMERICAN TELEGRAPHS COMPARED.
- ACKNOWLEDGED SUPERIORITY OF THE EARLY AMERICAN SERVICE.
- REMARKABLY LOW TARIFFS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN TELEGRAPHS.
- NO SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE TELEGRAPH AND POSTAL SYSTEMS.
- COLLECTION AND DELIVERY OF TELEGRAMS BY LETTER-CARRIERS IMPRACTICABLE.
- MR. WASHBURNE’S PROPOSED EXPERIMENTAL LINE.
- LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
- TELEGRAPHS UNDER GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE CONTROL COMPARED.
- THE TELEGRAPH AND THE PRESS.
- REVIEW OF MR. GARDINER G. HUBBARD’S LETTER TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL ON THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN SYSTEMS OF TELEGRAPH.
- ERRONEOUS STATEMENTS RELATIVE TO BELGIAN TELEGRAPHS.
- BELGIAN TELEGRAMS DELIVERED BY POST.
- WANT OF UNIFORMITY IN RATES.
- ASSERTION THAT COMMERCIAL MESSAGES ARE TRANSMITTED AT A LOSS.
- CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUS STATEMENTS.
- TARIFFS NOT INCREASED BY CONSOLIDATION OF THE LINES.
- ERRONEOUS ASSERTION THAT A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE OFFICES ARE AT RAILROAD STATIONS.
- AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH TARIFFS COMPARED.
- RULES OF THE EUROPEAN TELEGRAPHS.
- RULES OF THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
- MORE ERRONEOUS STATEMENTS.
- SINGULAR NOTIONS OF PRACTICAL TELEGRAPHY.
- ABSURD THEORIES REGARDING THE WORKING CAPACITY OF TELEGRAPH LINES.
- IMPOSSIBILITY OF UTILIZING THE TELEGRAPH LINES BY NIGHT AS WELL AS DAY.
- PROPOSED INCORPORATION OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
- MESSAGES DELIVERED WITHIN A MILE OF THE OFFICE FREE.
- EUROPEAN CHARGES FOR DELIVERING TELEGRAMS.
- Charges for Postage, Foot Messenger, and Estafette.
- TELEGRAMS TO BE PLACED IN THE STREET BOXES.
- PRIVILEGED PERSONS TO HAVE PRIORITY IN THE USE OF THE WIRES.
- PROPOSITION TO OPERATE TELEGRAPHS AT A LOSS, AND MAKE MONEY BY IT.
- SPECULATIVE TELEGRAPH SCHEMES.
- MORE STARTLING INVENTIONS FOR RAPID TELEGRAPHING.
- ERRONEOUS TABLE OF EUROPEAN STATISTICS.
- ERRONEOUS TABLE OF EUROPEAN STATISTICS.
- EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS COUNTED SEVERAL TIMES.
- LABOR THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENT OF EXPENSE IN OPERATING TELEGRAPHS.
- PREVAILING ERROR OF ALL THEORIZERS ON THE BUSINESS OF TELEGRAPHING.
- PROGRESS OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN AMERICA AND EUROPE.
- THE UNITED STATES.
- PROPORTION OF TELEGRAMS TO LETTERS.
- EARLY HISTORY OF THE TELEGRAPH IN AMERICA.
- EVILS ARISING FROM SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS.
- THE UNIFICATION OF THE TELEGRAPH ACCOMPLISHED.
- TELEGRAPH COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
- DOMINION OF CANADA.
- AUSTRIA.
- TABLE C.
- BELGIUM.
- TABLE D.
- TABLE E.
- TABLE F.
- TABLE G.
- TABLE H.
- TABLE I.
- BELGIUM.
- GREAT BRITAIN.
- UNITED STATES.
- BAVARIA.
- DENMARK.
- ENGLAND.
- FRANCE.
- DECREES REGULATING THE USE OF THE TELEGRAPH IN FRANCE.
- PECULIAR CHARACTER OF THE FRENCH TELEGRAPH.
- TABLE J.
- INCREASE IN TELEGRAMS NOT DUE TO LOW RATES.
- TABLE K.
- GREECE.
- PRUSSIA.
- TABLE L.
- RUSSIA.
- SWITZERLAND.
- NO ANALOGY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SWITZERLAND.
- TABLE M.
- SPAIN.
- ROYAL DECREE RELATING TO TELEGRAPHS IN SPAIN.
- TURKEY.
- REASONS WHY GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT ENTER INTO COMPETITION WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE OPERATION OF THE TELEGRAPH.
- POLITICAL REASONS WHY GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT CONTROL THE TELEGRAPH.
- THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT NOT COMPETENT TO MANAGE THE TELEGRAPHS.
- GOVERNMENT ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY.
- THE PROPOSITION TO ERECT COMPETITIVE GOVERNMENTAL TELEGRAPHS UNFOUNDED IN PUBLIC NECESSITY, UNJUST AND DELUSIVE.
- THE TELEGRAPH BILL PROPOSED TO BE ENACTED BY CONGRESS WITHOUT NATIONAL EXAMPLE.
- APPENDIX.
- THE TELEGRAPH AND THE GOVERNMENT.[30]
- POSTAL TELEGRAPH.—EXTENSION OF THE INTERFERENCE THEORY.[31]
- TELEGRAPHING BY GOVERNMENT.[32]
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