The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-28
Outcropping in Congress Of
Herald Teaching.
Senator Ramseys Bill to Provide Cheap and
Safe Telegraphic Communication.
LIGHTNING FOR THE POOR.
Explanations of the Proposed Law and Com
parsons of the English and Existing
Systems Of Telegraphy.
WASHINGTON. April q. 1877.

The most notable event in Congress to-day was
the speech of Senator Ramsay on the postal tee-
graph. Senator Ramsay called up the bill reported
by him from the Committee on Post Offices and
Post roads some days since and explained its pro-
visions at considerable length and with much force.
The bill laid aside. In explaining the bill Sena-
tor Ramsay said that
and The atss "d sr the s M gn
large cities limited while business unreguated
hands Of a fRe
e New d cr s wsifn e G De &
Union Pacific Railroad and the Atlantic and Pacific
S2vas psrss that the World has ' e
Rs
nS q SO nS to %
teesrsph that Welded neither by va an ndi
nal sS an y %
recognizes the telegraph instramenaly for the
eteF only The esabs
ana a. and s for the Sssp"G
their transmission BY parties under contract for OF
N e Taa s are G ike
the post offices located only with reference to the accom-
rt section provides for the establishment Of postal
ap the ar and at
such other places the need Of business may require 1t
Sy that be sda heaeSy
ruR ENGLISH SYSTEM
Nineteen hundred postal telegraph offices have been
railroad stations Continue; but the postal oees
are n 50 nm much more @ N n all respects to the
messages forwarded from them, and only nine per
inc second section Of this. bin fixes uniform for
win S $' ns
The present day rate for distances under 2o miles 80
for distances and miles, the present.
@ IS 90 s 81 f snc
T. rss" mss s qa dis
~ postal rate 81 reduction O. per cent for dsiances
duction 20 per cent.
the proposed reduction i for distances between go and
800 miles @ per cent between 500 and 900 miles 56 Per
e 80 na the Sss s. and the pro-
exclusive OF address % S M0ans
ar s G system o, o Mos I
r"ss TS lie nfns are based on S Psr d The The
the paid BY the aoyernmen for is telegrams
to- S y cen, iSsa si S pad
a. ought to be made me on
@ aso for the the
in their transmission and for
which win have p4Sr'y on Of
double This pr9Scn copied from hf foreign
cent the are this
a IS al n w ss.s N s done IF s a
mercal which take precedence other ele
S
Ct f by sm for Ss
and paper and ,S for the destruction Of all
mail instead of Keeping the originals and etterpress
The fourth section provides for Geographic money
ders between aT money order Offices i
mo r,,S m aSp PRES, ~ NEWS
charges and gives every association and paper right
NE news ysd prices instead of leaving the press
as o e sp t. w The " S
The paper be operated by is clerk, thus removing
IpPesaSa Assistant
and eceney which might oher r f be wanting
assistant General has Authority to
al rules necessary to ensure the prompt transmission and
The seventh section relates to the transmission of tee
e' "s
mcnt reality Congress likes the compensasn and the
isno fixed investment in permanent road, but only
s Dv Ct e Ss BY and
bulk Of the @n mails rates
permanent belonging the realty carrying out the
sad s 'PSs Fn ne Of v s
rs s e % az s
named less cents on each telegram for the expense
assumed by the Post Office the company to furnish and
operators good instruments and al the equipments
Is se s pls
a & the By o ana m and
Postmaster General Is required to examine all lines and
tensions macy Be rered ne or the
a as % i All to make
cury the entire property Of the company bound fort
The eighth section provides for
| THE SECURITY or CORRESPONDENTS
The ninth section authorizes the Postmaster General to
hs s Ss cent %
guard against discriminating taxation the Postmaster
he tps "A offp
in State where taxes imposed the property Of
and to the Company Of the for stamps sold
he sn.ny aw y %s ,s aar nosss
be paid on letters transmitted outside Of the mails,
a e To lines s
the T ad Viii eee nd e the
transmitted their stamped value and the number and
liver i to and receive It from the operator furnish en-
ass the
and for these services it win receive postage cents
% Of S number
he to and receives them rom mail and
delivers them finally 99eh bird sy ne GSfeEs and The
Of Win cent on @ Ts rips o sns on
ss$;, ss. .ls
s % s Us ssss q igSdss
and and thereby reducing the expsnses The cicsrsaph
promptly performed BY single corporation whose lines
u
connections girdle the world than by of cor.
4 either lib sas in fife
business whose operations extensive, and by
which all money exchanges effected between remote
places VIII soon be made evident to all and this be
accomplished only by laws which shall directly
the parties performing the services which services can
be systematically and correctly performed only by cor
poration " -
DERIVING ITS POWERS CONGRESS
and responsible to Congress- In pursuance this object
the tenth section incorporates the Postal Telegraph
psny in Washington for the performance Of the postal
corporations 1t confers right of eminent domain
because none IL required, since every State gives the
right Of constructing telegraph lines TO any company II
requires the company to render accounts OF it,
General shall direct.
The eleventh section xcs the capital of the conpany
on its organization at 81 the expense OF liz or.
ganization aud connecting its lines with the postal
graph Offices II also authorizes the purchase OF exist
ing lines subject to the approval OF the Postmaster
raj BY the act of July r. 1865, the United states nc
qured the right TO purchase any line of telegraph
ceptng the provisions OF that act appraised
TO be xed by arbraers IN whose appointment the tee-
graph companies should have an equal voice. All the
companies have assentcd to this provision.
THE TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
contend that the tclcgrapic system