New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-09
pprsrnENr oRroN,s REPORT


Construction snd parchae Of neN ines..... Sl2422oS 81
tueres. on boIos @lGt9% 0U
Pulc6sss Of sulG sock. Of Telegraph Companies in
Paid soi 10000 Western Electric Manufacturing Com -
s.ss SSo asc...' .. s,.' D.p l' o3 50 %
To4,l. .......... 81 700 $50 5G
II, balance earned 70 hs ceo Of iacoss .ceoaat 05j5I2 10
On Inc LIST day OF July, 1874 tne Company operated
tc92mios Of line. 49, l90 miles OF wire aud 5237 Offices
close the year ending June So 1879 II operated
The during the year has been 37?5 miles OF
line cent 1921 miles OF WIRE or 1915 per cent,
Rnd Jd3 Offices or g5 per cent FoF the construction re-
construction and repair Of lines there We're used 19S
poles 16l5 cross arms, 133270 nsulators. and lC0
pms &ud brackets. There were IN the employ OF the
Company tue 30h of June 1875 990 persons OF these
four were general superntendentS OF divisions % super
intendeus OF districts, 554 managers and operators,
1850 messengers 6l clerks, 6S9 fOremen OF construction
aud reparmen llG mechanics in factories, "a battery
men ana 2j miscellaneous There were In the lines
OF the Company that date 6,3JO OF instrument
for reading 10y sound 1878 recording instruments 1901
printing Instruments, "a sets OF duplex Instruments
2C62 switch boards, 3412 cut-0s 3,29 lightning arrest
SIS Zl cups OF main battery, and lllI cups oil local
battery The cost Of new instruments aud apparatus
supplied during t4e year was $toS7 o. and OF battery
material aud supplies, Sl46f93 g. 49,
The number OF messages transmitted during the year
ending June 80 1879. 124ii,4g9 and for the year
ending JuDe 80 1873 l4j6s32 bslug an increase OF 2Ol2
S or 6l per cent Tls Includes press reports reduced
70 messages the basis Of 80 words 10 each message
last year cents the average cost Of transmission
% cents ami the average profit per message ~ ceAts
REPAIRS AND RECONSTRUCTION
Durng the past year, S705.759 IS expended for
yepair OF line, aud $652S3 for reconstruction making
total expenditure for maintenance OF line OF 81 3952 S.
an increase over the previous year Of s40gj37
Der cent during the past year the cost
of maintenance Of line is mainly for reconstruction
the cost OF which S352l3 IS in excess Of the pre-
yiOus year. This increase IS principally contucd
60 the Eastern and Western States, aud much Of
q rs OF exceptional character. aud nope
not likely 10 recur. severe storms nave prevailed,
particularly ~ January aud March, causing great injury
to the lines and nCcessating large OUTLAWS for repairs
Great expense also been incurred in the removal OF
lines 10 accommodate railroad extensions aod IONS %
tracls and sidugs, and the removal ana erection OF
New York Central and Lake Shore Railroads, and
considerable exteut on many other railroads. in the
Of the plant for the five years has been
ioOws; Cost or maintenance per mile OF line-1SC9,
Cost OF maintenance per nile OF wire-le69, q 1870
rs 1871, 81 1872, y 81 1873, IS &C. Tue cost OF re-
construction heavier than usual in the Eastern
States on account OF the large number Of poles Which
required renewal during the p1st year.
The maintenance of The plant In the best pos BILE state
OF efficiency Is nccessltV WHlch WIZ ne readily appre
the capacity of the wires FOR the transmission
ponds upou tneir condition Tor work IN all weather
Whc every effort has been made 70 keep the cost Of
down 10 the lowest Practicable limit, the
average cost per has materially changed during
che pact i've years, and 10 is not likely that The annual
eX.cnse VIII We natea"S less pei ME IVf The next u'e
Great pains have been taken daring the past seven years
"a
poles formerly used. and Is hoped that the cost
~ viii hereafter lie somewhat decreased
puics, which treated WIFI suiphate OF copper or
rreos0tc To make them more enduring bnt investigation
shows that duration OF the treated poles I'm Europe
greater than that of QUO best natural timber lne
lines which are now reconstrlctng were oult before
building, and when reconstructed they are better
than when originally built
Al has been the policy the Company under its present
Ear merely 10 eject such repairs as w6nd enable
ff la h.l
lion than they had been IN before keeping always IN
stant necessity Tor providing additional facilities. To
Illustrate lines OF poles bearing three wires require
renewal: they replaced 10y poles capable OF ueallns
dozen wires when VIII last long the old
ones n only three wires placed upon these poles
me whole Uutiav s clarged profit and loss although
the value Of renewed line much greater tnan that
of The one replaced when the latter new. As al
iuOna wires are uut up on such poles the cost merely
of such addition charged TO construction. Under TINS
very Yer n0re Than that wears p6rtion OF Natural
lecay SO that the apprehension sometimes expressed
of what appears betne natural result OF annual dete
roratOn oi the Coupauys property Is grouDdess. The
average condition ire whole property Is better Al the
end of every year than at the beginning.
HONTY TRANsFER SERVICE.
On the first Of July the transfer system had been IN
operation q months with very satisfactory results The
increase OF the business had been greatly beyond the
expectation Of results when established The reye
nue. OF the Company from tins service the first
months s. $50 For the same nine months one yea
later Il f45su increase OF more than five fold
The revenue from this source during the past year wac
$4,000 The number VI transfers, 10000. Tie amount
transferred. N,GJ20O. The average amount OF each
transfer was about SO. Ninety-twO new money order
Offices have been opened during the year The service
has increased IN prUinptitude aud efficiency, anC
measures are now IA progress which Il Is expected
Will s further improve H. Judging Of the future by
the past, X not 70 estimate tho growth OF th
business appreciate the results which II may u
inaie reach II the rate OF increase - maintained
during the present year that has been developed during
the past y months our nonthy revenue from transfers
viii De over GO al the rate OF 10000 per annum
Ia rs gratiD Ing and healthy feature of the business
that while the number OF transfers Is increasing rapidly
sno AVERAGE amount transferred Is diminishing: Tor
the average amount OF transfers grows smaller the rsk
og O-s dimnshes. and the prons OF the business are
proportiOnately greater. Experience seems 10 prove
fba r transfer system the best that be devised
Tne Alterations details that have been found ad
Vsablo since it, inauguration nave peeh rev ana uln
portaui while al enlarged knowledge OF Tue cuisines
go D. arty with It's working seems 10 Indicate III
NECESSITY only OF rigid adherence TO all the regulation
Established order 40 make ia operation a oomp'eu
success. . .,,.s.cxs
e FREE messages so classified in our accounts trans
,,t. IA, tpe company during the pact year, amount a
,glar toll to s76GoO0 or this sum- s5s6OOO or " pe
rept w.s p.rformed for railroad aud other transports
ton companies all Of which render us similar service
return Without this service our line eOuid not De keR
an, 20 cbeaply nor our business 80 well conducted ou
are not free business ia the proper sense OF IN
term They sent under contracts Mnlon i1to
cave the company an equivalent IN ignt Ol way, uaus
pUrtatUu Of men ann material, ana aDOr 10 hhnldil
AND Operate line While the contracts vary III terms
fey are IN aggregate very favorable 10 tuls com
rs pifOued for te directors officers aud OPERATORS
the company; $4,000 on accountof rcut SsO0 ~ con
bscIiBg telegraph companies; sse0 for coinp'n1rc
tary and ClgOD for iniseellSncous messages. IN
lEttNa of Western Union business include
ILie telegraphic correspondence OF AL the ON
csJs abd agents OF the Company. II hns bee.
the CONSTANT tfort of The management 10 curtail thu
business aH the figures DO~ reached I1e behaved to ~
ao1 ana reasonable I'~a rent account 81 pLihs ibseII