Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-02-05
POSTAL

Senator Ramsey, Chairman Of the
Committee on PostoTces and Post
roads. In the United States Senate, has
introduced a bill to provide for the
transmission OF messages, by telegraph,
which appears to be In the line Of
progress. We copy the following syn
op.i. Of 1t from the Washington Re
public:
The bill authorizes the Postmaster
General to establish a telegraph Office
In each po.tofice on n telegraph cir
cult, aud Ia each p~ostoflce within ten
miles Of any circuit where the salary
Of the Postmaster Ia $500 and upward.
and the company to establish offices at
any other points; all OF which means
that tho Government shall, in al. Its
postoflces so situated, provide the
necessary o or rooms. without
charge, for the accommodation OF a
telegraph Office suited to the business
OF the locality, and that the company
may. at its " cost, establish such
offices at any other place.
The company Is then required to put
In all the necessary machinery, bat
teries. furniture and operatives, and to
construct or purchase tile wires or tel
ecraph lines, so rs to " aud control
them, connecting all such Offices; and
further. TO transmit all messages to
the place Of destination.
The compensation Of the company
Is to be all the receipts for dispatches
and sale OF telegraph stamps, les. live
cents on each message, which Is ~ be
retained by the Government rs COM
p~ensatlon for the office Dol the
printing and sale Of stamps. aud the
delivery OF tho messages TO the per-
sous addressed, II the Office bs u letter.
carrier office ; II the office be not q
l%etter-carrier Office then the Post
master must deliver the message or
cause IL to be delivered TO any address
within half n mile Of his office.
The rates OF compensation 10 be
charged for the whole service are {:
For % words. under 100 miles, 25c;
over 100 and under 2JU miles. 35c ;
over 200 aud under 800 miles. 55c ;
over 500 and under 100 miles, SOC;
over $50 aud unJer 1000 miles, 81;
any distance over 1000 miles, 81 %:
sent at night, under 1000 miles, Joe;
sent at night. over 1000 miles, 5Uc.
All words TO be counted, and for every
five Additional word., or loss, one. iifh
additional to be charged.
These rates covrr the cost OF delivery
within half n mile OF the Office aud
within the letter.carrler delivery, aud
transmission by mall to any Office
where there Il no postal telegraph
Press Dispatches. S~pecih-lW words
$50 miles not exceeding 20 cents by
night. 81 by day ; and II dropped at
one or NOR offices 30 cents 10y night
aud 30 cents By day. Where the same
dispatch l. delivered 10 wv or more
papers at the same office. To be charged
a. special. and 10 ccnts addi,l0 ,al
charged on each 100 words for mani.
folding-including prompt delivery at
the newspaper office.
The rates to press associations not to
exceed those now paid by the Assocl-
ated or American Press for similar ser
vice. A postage OF flvc cents to be
paid on each press Dispatch.
All dispatches Oh Government busi.
ness to be paid for ut such rates rs may
be- determined by the Postmaster Gem
eral. and to have priority over the
wires when al desired by the sender.
The Postmaster General to contract
with the company for the transmission
of all kilograms at not exceeding tho
before mentioned rates. Such coii-
tract 10 be terminable ut the option Of
Congress.
The Postmaster General to supply
stamps aud stamped paper Of the re-
quired denominations, TO be sold M
postage stamps ara sold, and proceeds
OF sale To De accounted for monthly.
The Postmaster General to establish
n postal telegraph money order sys-
TEN.
kilograms to be privileged commn.
nications Ia law To the same extent
that letters are. and protected ~ TO Sc.
crecy aud against violation or disclo-
suie by like rules aud regulations.
Telegraph lines operated under the
set 10 10 post routes, and all the pro.
visions Of law for the protection OF tho
latter made applicable to the former.
The lines and property Of the com.
pany are practically exempted from
taxation by n provision which author
lies the Postmaster General to III
crease the charge on messages In any
State or locality which shall tax the
lines to such extent as TO refund the
amount Of tax.
The other provisions Of the bill cre-
ate the corporation. with the usutl
powers and obligations, aud the whole
Is subject TO alteration, amendment,
mr. renpal nv Conyrpss.