The figures on the right show the United States with the largest area (except greater Russia) and the fewest people per square mile, with only 0.33 mile of wire per square mile; have 76 people to every wire mile, and gives one person 0.0131 mile of wire to use. Great Britain, with a denser population and a network of wires (2.55 miles per square mile), has 130 people to every mile of wire, affording them but 0.0076 mile of wire each. In this way the United States is superior to all countries. 4 In Europe, 2,100,000 square miles, 98,000,000 population; 47 people to square mile. 1 Egypt not given. Egypt in 398,678,871. 2 Austria, Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg, and Russia not given. 8 Austria, Germany, and Hungary not given. 4 Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg, and Roumania not given. 5 Foreign area, 10,886,619 square miles, subdivided as follows: Russia in Asia, 6,560,395 square miles; Egypt, 212,600 square miles; Algeria and Tunis, 207,554 square miles; total, 6,980,549 square miles; Europe, 3,906,070 square miles; grand total, 10,886,619 square miles. 6 Only 1,093 not competitive with Western Union operations. The United States above does not include Alaska in population or area. N. B.-The United States has two-thirds as many miles of wire as all the other countries in this table, or 41 per cent of the whole. It also has 25 per cent of all the offices reported and sends 24 per cent of the messages. EXHIBIT B. TELEGRAPH STATISTICS-THE UNITED STATES. Extent of service by Western Union Telegraph Company. TELEGRAPH STATISTICS-THE UNITED STATES-Continued. Extent of service by Western Union Telegraph Company-Continued. Places of less than 1,000 people reached by telegraph and telephone, in round numbers, 29,000; post-offices in United States, 76,000; all telegraph and telephone distributing offices in United States (estimated), 39,083. Great Britain has 10,816 telegraph offices and, say, 40,000 post-offices (estimated). Western Union Telegraph Company reaches practically 50 per cent of United States post-offices. Great Britain only 25 per cent. 16A-face page 237 Tallahassee, Fla Tahlequah, I.T. 1,319 1,446 1,361 169 373 1,154 575 Madison, Wis___ 940 910 Montgom., Ala 824 1,197 Montpelier, Vt_ Nash❜lle, Tenn Newport, R. I__ Jeff. City, Mo. 1,019 1,128 | 1,061 Lansing, Mich 311 124 604 816 646 Guthrie, Okla. 1,466 | 1,575 | 1,508 125 327 111 341 128 327 Helena, Mont 2,295 2,325 2,337 2,255 643 Indianap., Ind 763 685 Jackson, Miss. 1,011 1,384 1,053 Wash'ton, D. C_ 0 Wash'ton, D. C. Albany, N. Y.... Annapolis, Md_ Atlanta, Ga... 0 Augusta, Me___ 1,022 615 344 601 1,264 691 0 Austin, Tex...--- 1,556 1,796 1,598 972 2,137 0 171 2,000 1,623 1,758 2,841 Carson C., Nev. 2,898 2,944 2,940 2,675 3,285 2,129 2,401 1,774 1,018 3,139 Charles'n, W.Va 386 491 203 138 Harrisburg, Pa. Hartford, Conn. 759 428 567 1,001 1,300 1,005 1,311 | 2,271 830 2,569 Cheyenne, Wyo. 1,763 1,809 1,805 1,540 2,150 1,103 1,375 1,109 837 2,004 1,135 1,434 Columbia, S. C 490 863 532 238 1,105 1,200 812 1,690 2,592 934 2,890 Columbus, O.-. 487 617 529 596 958 1,228 963 1,152 2,113 812 2,411 175 1,276 750 Concord, N. H 477 1,140 176 1,996 1,670 176 1,996 1,670 1,689 2,846 71 3,144 877 2,009 981 817 Denver, Colo--- 1,748 1,748 1,862 1,790 1,505 2,203 996 1,268 1,162 944 2,057 1,242 1,468 Des Moines, Ia 1,113 1,160 1,155 930 1,501 920 1,017 678 1,498 1,355 1,796 Dover, Del 787 554 1,694 1,317 1,686 2,685 383 2,983 Frankfort, Ky 423 1,157 1,082 798 1,197 2,099 1,011 2,397 972 1,916 435 707 1,070 1,608 1,770 1,831 1,117 771 774 569 1,670 1,304 1,556 2,555 398 | 2,853 511 1,718 615 990 288 1,897 1,520 1,768 2,774 117 3,072 727 1,937 831 737 164 1,990 1,288 2,464 | 1,978 2,250 685 599 2,443 1,089 1,996 560 1,104 | 1,033 810 1,022 1,956 Lincoln, Nebr. 1,285 1,344 1,327 1,054 1,685 442 445 1,728 1,068 130 120 2,511 992 1,426 1,357 853 1,581 1,479 1,177 | 1,239 0 908 2,375 1,837 2,372 1,015 1,363 2,371 1,882 1,679 2,241 2,453 958 2,254 315 1,119 668 181 963 1,105 469 753 427 1,626 545 168 1,450 2,147 1,455 2,369 783 810 734 1,469 912 1,680 1,323 1,978 661 616 703 773 811 2,362 957 1,287 1,064 1,058 2,064 885 1,015 648 1,292 1,539 1,590 553 1,632 505 363 1,273 1,928 1,486 2,182 952 984 870 1,281 1,187 700 1,804 1,135 2,102 175 1,439 866 797 409 1,585 2,354 1,268 2,652 555 541 1,204 201 232 1,994 1,734 1,556 2,844 2321,994 203 3,142 289 1,360 586 1,281 2,088 1,214 2,386 770 1,019 812 870 415 237 401 1,064 239 1,971 1,594 1,826 2,883 68 3,181 801 2,046 905 139 2,099 1,397 353 1,019 1,804 Olympia, Wash 3,110 3,140 3,152 2,966 3,279 2,496 2,768 1,500 627 3,258 954 2,811 1,426 3,181 2,652 3,187 1,533 2,087 3,186 2,688 2,197 3,056 3,268 815 2,522 2,736 2,269 2,558 1,881 2,517 2,200 2,943 3,056 2,677 3,326 Phoenix, Ariz. 2,472 2,699 2,514 1,913 3,040 1,136 1,518 2,213 1,962 2,894 1,077 2,203 1,158 2,141 2,117 2,899 1,051 1,660 2,610 1,985 1,285 2,559 2,813 2,033 1,933 1,486 1,645 2,173 1,559 1,408 1,973 1,738 2,897 1,773 2,980 1,695 Pierre, S. D---- 1,554 1,584 1,596 1,415 406 1,690 1,779 2,050 1,255 915 1,630 1,096 1,772 968 1,554 1,584 1,596 1,415 1,864 1,281 1,411 454 1,079 484 1,630 1,124 872 1,500 1,712 1,091 953 1,256 718 1,002 299 672 341 422 914 1,415 1,006 1,711 2,671 Raleigh, N. C 743 2,969 400 1,834 424 236 640 2,396 618 1,379 715 437 790 1,842 1,184 809 1,357 960 1,011 849 1,066 116 489 980 158 550 241 Richmond, Va__ 777 1,326 1,015 560 2,938 587 1,434 731 | 1,522 1,134 | 1,680 2,640 391 457 2,365 684 369 1,803 544 607 1,837 1,153 962 1,039 Sacramento, Cal 3,022 3,068 3,064 2,734 3,409 1,957 2,339 1,898 | 1,142 | 3,263 | | 186 2,693 1,259 2,962 2,535 3,268 1,366 1,920 3,107 2,521 1,955 2,977 3,196 1,213 2,378 2,307 2,102 2,486 1,714 2,229 2,226 2,559 3,266 2,510 3,305 | | 438 1,722 1,397 2,022 St. Paul, Minn. 1,172 1,202 1,214 1,132 1,450 1,217 1,260 | | 714 1,358 620 591 426 920 | | 940 297 1,248 759 584 1,092 887 1,252 873 812 1,118 | 1,330 | 1,123 262 1,147 1,400 Salem, Oreg 3,104 3,134 3,146 2,896 3,273 2,426 2,698 1,494 557 3,252 780 2,790 1,356 3,111 2,632 3,181 1,463 2,017 3,180 2,618 2,127 3,050 3,262 809 2,475 2,666 2,199 2,552 1,811 2,447 2,194 2,873 3,050 2,607 3,320 Salt L. C., Utah 2,315 2,361 2,357 2,092 2,702 1,472 1,744 1,191 435 2,556 657 1,986 552 2,307 1,828 | 2,561 659 1,213 2,400 1,814 1,174 2,270 2,489 506 1,671 1,712 1,390 1,779 1,007 1,494 1,519 1,964 2,559 1,803 2,598 1,024 1,527 1,467 2,386 2,355 Santa Fé, N. M. 2,006 2,125 2,048 1,669 2,466 1,002 1,274 1,588 1,337 2,320 1,559 1,698 533 1,907 1,544 2,325 426 1,035 2,116 1,474 812 1,986 2,253 1,408 1,363 1,242 1,028 1,548 934 1,132 1,348 1,494 2,323 1,463 2,355 1,926 | 641 1,295 835 954 948 Springfield, Ill 877 956 1,775 1,149 2,073 938 751 844 913 289 945 878 1,046 864 1,646 808 1,787 493 988 771 618 1,050 1,715 1,641 1,969 495 1,436 310 1,487 978 539 1,834 2,603 1,316 | 2,901 431 877 1,766 906 1,363 1,683 1,171 1,010 710 881 886 788 1,456 1,518 1,754 572 933 1,664 233 1,314 619 1,165 275 2,991 818 446 1,725 1,348 1,694 2,693 555 1,856 659 742 1,523 322 1,866 1,206 Columbus, O. Concord, N. H. 175 812 623 891 1,707 630 675 1,136 1,352 | 2,135 988 1,256 1,600 744 1,743 436 1,240 1,472 | 1,333 795 1,091 709 1,491 419 1,151 1,405 1,958 0 815 132 2,060 1,358 469 1,251 527 811 949 1,165 2,270 656 1,152 997 1,213 2,519 731 1,134 249 1,427 352 1,184 2,364 1,796 282 1,184 1,451 | 1,473 471 546 862 1,521 661 1,553 2,045 1,427 Montgom., Ala. Montpelier, Vt. Nash'❜lle, Tenn. TABLE OF DISTANCES-BY CAPITALS. |