The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-25
THEPOSTAL
Provisions OF the Bill F%avorably Re.
ported uponto Congress.

Provisions OF tho Bill F%avorably Re-
ported upon to Congress.
MI. Ramsey. rom the Committee on Post.
oficessandP Post Roads, has reported a substitute
for the postal telegraph bill Of last session, the
bill now reported being ''the Hubbard bill,s
with sundry notifications.
The Postmaster General is required, as soon
az practicable, to establish telegraph Offices at
al! postof1ces on telegraphIo CIRCUITS, and at
all other postofhces within ten miles OF any
circuit where the salary ls not less than $500
per annum. and is required also to establish
telegraph offices at such other places as the
wants OF business may require. The charge
for transmission OF kilograms shau be uniform
for equal distances at q rate not exc eedlng one
cent per word for each circuit through which
follows: For distances under 600 miles, $50
miles snail be deemed q circuit. For any e1-
cess. 500 miles shall be deemed q circuit. For
night messages 1000 miles or less shall be
deemed o circuit. All words are to be counted,
and no communication shall be transmitted at
q rate less than twenty-five cents for each cir
cult. These rates shall Q ,ver the cost Of i'm
mediate delivery within one mile or the tele.
graph Office, or within the latter-carrier de-
livery, and transmission BY mail when received
at or destined for any placs where there is DO
telegraph Office; but when the addressee lives
mora than one mile from the office, or beyond
said delivery, auoh telegram shall be delivered
through the usual letter. dslivery or by special
MESSENGER upon. payment OF o Just and proper
sum to be fixed by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ali
telegraphic communications between the seve-
raj departments OF the government, their ofh-
GERS and agents, shall have priority 10 trans
mission, without prepayment, and ct rates to
be fixed by the Postmaster-General. hHother
messages shall be sent IN the order of their re.
ception, except night messages. Telegraphio
tolls are to be prepaid by stamps. The money
order syRtem is to be adapted to the tele.
graphic. Rates for special dispatc es to news
papers for each 1U0 words or less, for each cir.
cult OF 900 miles. shall not exceed rs cents, II
sent by night, and 81 by day; but when copies
Of The same dispatch are dropped of OF one or
more Offices, the rate for each office shall not
exceed 30 cents by night and 70 cents by day,
and at same rate for each word in excess.
RateR for Press Associations are not to exceed
those now paid by the Associated orkAmertcan
Press for slmt liar ~service. A postage OF 8 cents
shall be paid on each press dispatch. Afourth
ed 70 exercise a general supervision over the
administration or the telegraph. The Post
master. General 10 authorized to contract with
the Postal Telegraph Company for the trans
mission Of correspondence by telegraph. as his
agent, for the term Of ten years, according TO
the provisions Of this act; and the said COM
pany shall have the right to construct Lines on
all p%ost.routes and provide lines Of telegraph
to every postal telegraph office. In case the
cording to provisions Of the contract, the Post
master-General may take possession OF SAID
lines OF telegraph n contract with some
other party instead, and charge to said COM
pany any loss that May accrue. Fine and I'm.
prisonment are to be imposed for violations OF
confidence or hindrance OF transmission.
The following are named az lncorporators
Of the proposed postal telegraph Company;
Gardiner g.. Hubbard, Franklin Haven, and
Estes Howe, OF Massachusetts,; 3. ]. Hersey
and B. D. Rice, Ut Maine; a.. O. Murphy,
b. 0'Reilly, R. a. MoCurdsy. and Russell Sage,
OF New York; A. Cernegle, John Rice, David
Brooks, and Joseph B. baker, OF Pennsylvania;
r. N. Watson and T. G. Service, OF Ohio;
William a.. English, Of Maryland; John I.
Tracey, Of Illinois; 4. Blakeley. Of Minnesota;
B: +. Allen, and John N. Dewey, Of Iowa;
Nebraska; @. B. Fisk, OF Missouri; 3. a. Stock.
dale; Of Louisiana; Charles o. Whitney, Of
Alabama; J. 2. King, Of Georgia; A.. Gage, OF
South Carolina; q. Wetherbee, and George
Sutton, OF C%aIifornra; and Peter Parker. Antho.
ny Pollock, and J. q Lathrop, Of the District OF
Columbia.
The capital stock of said company shall ct
the organisation consist of 10 600 shares, OF
the psr value OF $l00 each, to be paid up in
O sb; which capital stock may be increased by
an amount equal at its par value to the cost OF
lines ottelesraph purchased BY the company
thereafter, and by amounts equal to the actual
cost Of such lines as 1t may from time to time
construct. II any telegraph company In actual
operation at the date Of the enactment OF thus
bill shall within one year offer to sell its cor
porate property to this company, 1t shall pur.
chase such property at o valuation to be fixed
BY fvs disllterested persons, two to be N
by the Postmaster General, two by the seller,
and one by the four previously selected. The
COMPANY is authorized to establish and main
tain offices independent OF those established by
the Postmaster. General, and any postmaster
may act as operator with the assent Of the Post
master-tieneral. The company may also
make special contracts with railroad COM
panies, and also with persons or associations
for the use Of wires for the transmission OF
commercial news, 30. The Government re-
serves the right to reneS the contract or
apnuI the franchise In ease ofneglecto or hilure
on the part Of said company.