National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-25

:, ,ho rni,, Vi states telegraph, some sixteen
,hon.,nd ~. NO purchased by the Western
ITnIon Comma, ". This was followed by the
s,. 49, n n, y American Telegraph Com
s.n~,s ,v,rss a T. w months later, and two
80 i,,or 4, Tho california State Company
"a 90 unss from Illinois to Mississippi.
According 70 the last eeport o. .ne piSslue lu
q the eomp1by Mr. o. Non' dne eapl'al sto 90
is al, COO 900, and the h Noll'lSs to,VVV,VoV'
The net profits during the vi sh years u .,I "
June Of the present year we. . O'sI SihVV0,
900, Of which s5OOO,OoO have oeen uistrlo,
uted In dividends, s2,OOO, 900 pc IA as interest
on the bonds Of the company, and tne balance
Of s1O, 600, 900 expended In the &C Instruction
Of new lines. The same report STATE Nthat ou
the 3Oth Of last Juno the company 0. 'e'a'eu
62, OS2 miles Of line, with 137, 100 MI VS OF
wire. The moDopoIist organ vauntlngly VII
mcnted on these figures as follows
"Mles enough to double the equatorial lin
and ny out cT0ss-cut wire oyer elther poe Wiz
| and stray wanderinFly halfway round again
wire enough, indeed, 10 reach half way TO that
lunar planet universally considered somewhat out
/ ~ reoch-haIi-way and haaatere some thou
I sands Of miles TO spare. Look for moment At
I the ternni, In the East Plaster Cove, on the
] Gulf Of st. Lawrence-sctting aside the trinlng
connections In Newfoundland and Duxhury,
| Mass, which bring the cables into the chain.
south, Brownsville, Texas. lyon viii look on
the map for Brownsville you Will md u IN the
uttermost southern point Of the state, and the
line has been only recently extended thlther.
But you must not stop at BrOwnsvine Tor the
limit Of the Southern reach Of the company.
There IL Mexican organization, with some nyo
hundred stations at work, and here IA where the
connection Is made Of this great system with the
Western Union, and the land Of the Aztec lles
into line. Southwest, San Diego, Cal This Is
also In the very limits q the state and y Is
within tas ssi year Of i've ,ns line w sss o ssR
Francisco. WHITTIER would you further7 North
west to the fisheries on the Nlshyoe river, eight
hundred mhes north oi New Mestnins, , pt nS
overland TO Russia Is not entirely given up
though At present in abeyanoe. Through what
changes Of civilization does this take the wires
a wonder to the savage, scarcely less a wonder
J TO the most cultivated among ui, &C, &C.
These wires, we further learn, are operated
through i've thousand three hundred of1ces
In which are employed s,347 operators, whC
Z sent last year twelve and half million mes
! cages. This u In brief q summary Of tn,
D origin, growth aud development Of the com
: pany since Its first charter was Issued In 1851
E only twenty-one years, and 1t hns grown Int
- the greatest monopoly In America, extending
{ into every State In the Union, marching on h
It's deyouring course until It has swallows
4 up almost every competing line. Forty mil
= Iona Of people arc virtually subseryisnt to II
}, It IS master Of the press through an organiEH
D lion with which Il has Termed an alliance
n ,ud has become formidable rival to th
I Post Ohlco Department. The power that
! wields now will increase In tho same an
i even greater ratio during tho next twent
{ years, unless some check Is placed upon Il
b operations. The time for discussion hu
n come, and 1t Ia TO be hoped that the repr'
g sentatiyes Of tho people will give 1t the mo-
e | thorough consideration.