Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-20
. Postal Telesraphy.

On the 10th of January was incOr-
 p0rated under the laws of Iowa
 what is known as The United States
 Postal Telegraph Company" wltl
 Charles C. Gilman, President; H. L
 fluff. R. u McBride and J i. H. Ham
 mond, Vice. -Presidents; W. H. Pol lard, Secretary, and Joseph Edging-
 Ion. TreasUIer-all of the State O.
 Iowa. On the ssh of January Sen
 at IF kiIkwOOQ, Of the same State m. lroduced a Jil in the United State:
 senate to aid the United States Pos tal Telegraph Company in the con- struction aud maintenance of its pro- posed system The scope of the cumpany's scheme is 10 construct tele- gr,rJh lnes In all the States, Terri torres and possessions of the United States, including submarine cables.
 They oOligate themselves to begin work within ninety days after Kirk woods bill shall become law, and In twelve months thereafter 10 comet The cities Of Washington, Brooklyn, New loik, BCston, Philadelphia, Bal tmore, RiCAIIOLd, Charleston, New Orleans, Puts burg, Chicago, Cincin- nat, Milwaukee, SJ. Lotus, |" and intermediate cities" by its wires. Within three years thereafter they are to have 50, UJ0 miles Ill operation, within seven years 70, OO0 miles, and after that tO increase their plans and lines at such rate as Congress may direct. The capital stock Of the com pany is limited tO SlO0, ,OOO, coo, di- vided into two series" A and B. q The first Is lO becOntrolled by the com pany, and t0 be dividend bearing. The second is to be held by the Government and to bear no dividends but to be 50 used that the company can never lease or dispose of it's stock and work to any other corporation or person. hey ask no subsidy aid what they dO ask is as follows: First That they shall be provided with offices m all pOslCfiiCe buildings by the Unlted States. SecOnd-All the rights of eminent domain possessed by the United States, with a charter extending for one hundred years; free transportation at the expense of the Government of the officers and line men of the company; and that all tel egfaphic messages sent between the several departments Of the Govern ment shall be sent over their lines at lhe rates Co be annually fixed by the Postmaster General. In return for these privileges they agree 10 send all messages tO and nom points in the United States ana Territories at not exceeding twenty cents for each mes sage of twenty words, ' exclusive of daje, direction and signature, and one cent per word over twenty words. ' Ia thIs connection we quote still fur ther from section six of the bill:
 When delivery tof any messagci is made through the Postal Department the Govern mcnt shall assume all espOusibillty attached Co the came and charge Ouc cent Der message for drup-lctter delivery, two cents Tor carrier delivery. and price lO be fixed by the Post master GrA,r1I for special delivery. The charges for 0cilyuIy to be added Co the cost CI ,rlL-lis-IpIi, and the receipts for all deliveries to -0 Go ihe Ocneat of Inc United States Fu-iO-4ca Department.
 The thirteenth section calls for the creation 0i the Oircc of Fourth Assist ant Po,tmastsr-Gtne!al, who shall be ex-oliicio Director in the Telegraph Compauy, and exercise such super vision over its affairs as the Post shall direct. The last section authorizes the Postmaster General to prescribe all neediul rules and regulations for the company not mentioned m the bill tseli. The Os- jealblc object of tine incurpOratOrs is Go connect The business of teie1raphy ailA tle Posloiiice Department, and tO establish communica- uun with every postoilice in the coun- try Their prospectus assumes that their =v-tem Nill save Co the public 50, O0O, O0U a year; but what it might cost tu the Government Is not eX- pla!nci. By comparison with the lyeIage rate, charged by the West erE Union m 1oS1, Ihe rate proposed .u this bilI--Jue cent per word, eXclu- i've ot date, signature and direction IS very low The average per word Uy the Western Union m 1871 was 1l6 cents: in loSJ, 4 l-j cents Bu, it may well toe questioned whether even SO uw present ch irEe as one cent word, before the company's charter has oue-quarter elapsed will not be considered as much too high as an ay- craze of five pr six cents would be now.