Reports of the Industrial Commission...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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Page xxxix
... messages of all lengths and covering all different distances , during 1900 were 30.8 cents . The rate per word for messages in Great Britain , from any point to any point , regardless of distance , is stated to be 1 cent , the minimum ...
... messages of all lengths and covering all different distances , during 1900 were 30.8 cents . The rate per word for messages in Great Britain , from any point to any point , regardless of distance , is stated to be 1 cent , the minimum ...
Page xl
... messages 15 cents . In Germany the ordinary rate per word is 14 cents , and the minimum charge 12 cents . The rates in Belgium and Switzerland are very much lower still , while those in Austria are practically the same as in France . Mr ...
... messages 15 cents . In Germany the ordinary rate per word is 14 cents , and the minimum charge 12 cents . The rates in Belgium and Switzerland are very much lower still , while those in Austria are practically the same as in France . Mr ...
Page xlii
... messages , favoring especially the brokerage business and in some cases the news- paper business . Instances of long delay in the transmission and delivery of private messages are presented . It is replied by the officers of the ...
... messages , favoring especially the brokerage business and in some cases the news- paper business . Instances of long delay in the transmission and delivery of private messages are presented . It is replied by the officers of the ...
Page xliv
... message rates is gradually supplant- ing that of unlimited rental rates , and these witnesses hold that it is much fairer to subscribers that they should pay a certain minimum amount per year , with an added charge for each message ...
... message rates is gradually supplant- ing that of unlimited rental rates , and these witnesses hold that it is much fairer to subscribers that they should pay a certain minimum amount per year , with an added charge for each message ...
Page cciii
... messages . - The number of messages sent by the Western Union Tele- graph Company , as stated in its annual report , increased from 5,879 in 1867 to 17,153 in 1875. By 1885 the number had reached 42,096 and by 1890 , 55,878 . The number ...
... messages . - The number of messages sent by the Western Union Tele- graph Company , as stated in its annual report , increased from 5,879 in 1867 to 17,153 in 1875. By 1885 the number had reached 42,096 and by 1890 , 55,878 . The number ...
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