The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-22
Postal Telegraph

Washington, 2l.-The snh
mls.ee OF the Senate com mit,co COM
posComces and post roads has on
tevefal postal telegraph hill navins
CONSIDERATION, formulated under
caused to b. printed an ~, aad
tne views OF the majority Owing Of .ag
subcommittee bill providin VI the
the Posemast General shalI mat
lish telegraph Offices .. estab.
postofiees on telegrapbic oil
cults and all other Gu
offices within ten miles of anv post post
circuit where the salary of the r na
master Is not less than $500 no. poSt'
nam. The charges for the PEI iran an
mission of kilograms shall he "aas'
paid by telegram stamina ., pre-
postal telegraph cards, and the ny y
lmum rates for kilograms of twaa aS'
words or less. shall be as fol,ouy
When the distance OF transnnis.;w:
Is 1000 miles, or under, zoe wbOl
over 1000 miles. or under o0a
miles, 400 for all greater distsn 1sOUO
5oc.; for kilograms directed to -
transmitted Dy night, under OSe ~
miles, 15c.; for greater distanca"'
25c.; all words to be counted. ard g.,
every i've additional words or leu
ons-fth the additional rate shan -
charged. Government business shan
have priority in transmission Ei IdiI
out prepayment, and at rates a.
nualIy fixed by the Po-tmasts,'
General. All other kilograms shan
be transmitted in the order receivas
except night messages. The cbarooa
for the transmission OF special tsls
grams to newspapers anu commas
eisl news associations, for each IN
words or less, for each circnit =.
LOCO miles, shall not exceed 5Oc y
sent at night, and 81 daring tbo
day; but when copies of the ssms
telegram are dropped off at one .,
more Offices, the rate for each Of;ca
shall not exceed SOC. at night ans
75c. during the day; and at the ssms
pro rata rate for each word in eY.
cess. Where special kilograms are
delivered at the same Office for two
or more newspapers, los. additional
shall be charged FOR each 100 words
or less for manifolding for each
newspaper receiving the same
kilograms shall be privileged com,
munications in law to the extant
that sealed letters are now. The
P ostmaster-Gene shall cause tn
be issued postal telegraph cards Of
the denomination of 15c. 2Cc., &c.
zoe. and 50c., on one side of which
word spaces are to be ruled for
postal telegraph messages;
such postal telegraph messages may
Dc deposited in any letter post box at
, postofiCe where there is postal tels.
graph connection, or in any letter
The post box of which is or may be
ixed on q letter carriers route, and
shall be dispatched by the postal
telegraph. The money order system
existing and now In operation in
The PostoAice Department shalI, as
soon as practicable, be adapted to
he postal telegraph, and the charge
,Or transmitting money orders by
postal telegraph within the United
states, wherever money order ofis;
ire now or may hereafter be estsS
ished, shall be the rates charged
lpOn money orders transmitted by
nail, in addition to the regular
charge for poetal kilograms, bat no
postal telegram order shall exceed
;199. The Postmaster General is
hereby authorized and directed to
.dvertize Cor three months in two
Tally newspapers published in each
# the cities Of Washing
on, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Boston, Chicago, New York,
md st. Louis for sealed proposals
rom any telegraph company or
now or hereafter inc0r.
,orated for the transmission of cor
espondence by telegraph according
O the provisions of this act, and
hall contract with the lowest re-
ponsible bidder or bidders to per.
orm the whole or part Of the tels'
graphic service, said contract or
contracts to be entered into for ten
Tears, tecminable at the option Of
,ougress, the contracting company
o have the right to construct
4 break occurs at this point
4 the Dispatched HERALDJ
M devices and material, not in
luding telegraph hnes, not owned
y person or operations, whether
or not, az shall be deemed
Necessary for the convenient and
uccessful establishment and opera.
ion of said lines. Two million ID
appropriated for the purposes OF TIE
CT for the fiscal yesr ending JuRe
0, 1885. The lines are to be undef
he direction of the Postnlss.er-
Ieneral and part of the posNlnGe
The bill has been SUD,
nitted to the full committee anu
ill be taken up for consideration IN