The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-22
Postal Telegraph Bill.


WASHINGTON, March 81. - The
subcommittee of the Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads, having
several postal telegraph bills under
consideration, has formulated aud
caused to be printed as emboiying
the views Of majority Of The sub.
committee a bill providing that the
Postmaster General shall establish
telegraph offices in all postoffices OH
telegraphic circuits aud in all other
puslotices within ten miles Of any
such circu t where the salary OF tue
postmaster is not less thau $500 per
annum Charges for transmission of
kilograms shall be- prepaid 10y tele-
! gram stamps or by postal ~telegraph!c
cards, and the maximum rate. fer
telegraa1s Of twenty words or less
SHALT he as i flows: When the dis
lance Of transmission is $500 miles
or under. 20 cents, WHEN owe: 1900
miles or Under go miles, ~ CENTS;
for all greater distances, 80 cents; for
kilograms directed to be transmitted
by night under 2,OOU miles, Is cents:
for greater distances, - cents, ali
words to be counted, and I.r every
Gye adliii. nal words OF less one.
fifth additional rate will be charged.
GOverGinent business shall have
priority in transmission Without pre-
payment aid ut rates annually fixed
Ivy the Postmaster Geaeral. All 9th
er kilograms to be transmitted III the
order received except night messages.
Charges for the transmission Of spe-
clal kilograms to newspapers and
commercial news ASSOCIATIONS for
each one hundred words or less for
each circuit Of one Thousand miles
shall not exceed SO cents ii sent At
night and $l.OO during the day, but
IL hen copies of the same telegram are
dropped off at one or IN ore offices the
rate Tor each office shall not exceed
fifty cents at night and IS cents At
day, and at the same pro rata rat.
for each word in excess. Where
special messages are delivered at the
same Office for two OIL o DeWsDa-
pers ten cents additional shall be
charged for each 100 words Or less for
manIfolding for each newspaper re-
ceiving the same. 1t shall be Il priv.
eleged communication in law to the
CALCnI (nds SEAlCu jSElI1S Il bu"s
The postmaster general shall caise to
be issued postal telegraph cards ofthe
denomination of loo, 2lc., 25c,. 4lc.
and Sue, Oh n side with word
spaces to be ruled for writing tele-
graph messages. Such postal teie-
graph messages may be deposited IN
any letter post box At any postoffice
where there is postal Telegraph con
n%ectiOn, or in any post box Which Is
or may be fixed On letter carrier
routes, and they shall be dispatched
by postal telegraph. The money or
der system now existing and in Oper
a,iun in the p~ostOtfice department
shall soon be practically adopted To
the postal telegraph and the ctlaiges
for transmitting money orders ny
postal telegraph within the United
States wherever money order Offices
are now or may hereafter be estat-
llshed shall be charged the same as
upon money orders transmitted by
mall in addition to the regular
charges for postal kilograms, but no
postal telegram money Order shal! ex-
coed $lOO. The postmaster general ~
hereby authorized and directed to ad-
verllse for three months in two daily
newspapers published in Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Chicago, New York and st.
Louis for sealed proposals from any
telegraph company or companies now
Or hereafter incorporated tor trans
mission of correspondence by tele-
graph according to the provisions of
this act. lie shall contract with the
lowest IT spUns.bie bid ler or bidders
to perform in whole or in part the
telegraphlc service. Said contract OF
Contracts 10 be for a term of years
at the option of Congress. The con-
tracing company has the right to
construct lines Oh all post routes and
shall provide telegraph lines to every |
postal tel. graph office on the request
Of the postmaster general and may ut
it's own expense establish telegraph
offices in addition to those estao-
lished by the postmaster general:
The postmaster general is aulhoriz ID
to advertise for sealed pro-
poSals either to sell existing