The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1885-01-02
HEAVY REDUCTIONS.
The New Rates of the II. 81 o. TeIe.
graph Company.

The d. & o. Telegraph Company have an
nounced heavy reductions In their rates t.
take effect with the new year. There is a uni
form rate OF 10 cents for ten words between
New York city and Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington In place OF 10 cents as at
present.; Boston, Providence, Hartford and
Waterbury, Conn, I'm place OF existing 70 cent
rate); Fall River, Newport Newfoundland,
ETC., I'm place OF exciting 35 cont rate); the
rate between New York and Chicago is reduced
from 80 cents TO 15 cents Baltimore, New
York and Buffalo, from % to 20 cents; be.
tween New York and Cincinnati, Cleveland
and Columbus, from 40 to 30 cents, aud be-
tween New York to indianapolis, st. Louts, &C.,
from 80 to 20 cents. Between all New England
points south and west Of Boston aud New York
city the % and 80 cent rates are reduced to 10
cents; 10 Philadelphis, from % aud IS to 20
cents to Baltimore and Washington, from 30
TO 20 cents TO Buffalo and Pittsburg, from 30
and DO cents respectively to 20 cents to Oleve-
land, Cincinnati, Columbus, Chicago, st. Louis
and other prominent Western points, tom so to
% cents; between New York city, Philadelph Ia,
Baltimore and Washington, the rate is reduced
from 10 to 10 cents; aud between Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Boston, Chicago, st..
Louie, Cincinnati, Piltsburg, Cleveland, Oolum-
bus, indianapolis, Providence, Fall River,
Hartford, Waterbury, New Bedford and other
principal points, the present rates, ranging
from 80 to 80 cents, are reduced to a uniform
rate OF 30 cents.
rate heretofore prevailing is reduced to 10,
Between Chicago and 81. Louis, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburgh, Glove
land, Columbus, Indianapolis, &c, the old
rates, ranging from 80 10 so cents, are reduced
to 90 cent?, and between Chicago aud Boston,
Providence, Newport, Hartford, Fall River,
Waterbury, Gloucester, New Bedford, &C., they
arc reduced from go and 70 to % cents. Tho
restriction Of minimum rate of 25 cents for
a night message, heretofore prevailing With
all the rival telegraph companies, is removed
and the night rate is fixed at 10 cents for 10
words, a cent word, to all points 10 the Unit
ted States reached by the d. 4 o. Telegraph.
Ten cents Is prescribed as the rate for 10
words between the city Offices OF all cities.
This great reduction, II is expected, Will cause
an immense fall In Western Union stock.
At the ofllce OF the Mutual Union in New
York 1t was stated that the reductions are in
but few cases more than five cents below the
rates given by that company for six months
past to the points mentioned. Tho Mutual
Union now announces further reductions IN
rates from New York, as follows: To Chicago,
fifteen cents; to st. Louis, Cincinnati and In
termediate points, twenty cents; to all of1lces
In Massachusetts,, Rhode Island aud Oonnectl,
cut, and to Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington, ten cents.
The Bankers and Merchants and the Pos
tai companies have for some time boon taking
messages at low rates. Last week the Postal
reduced 10 Is cents for 20 words from Wash
ington or Baltimore TO New York, But the
Western Union oGlces continue 70 maintain
the old tariff rates. The Baltimore OHIO
Company claims 10 be looking 70 competition
with the Western Union, aud the telegraph
warfare will doubtless be- between those cor
porations direct. Commercial telegraph bust
ness is usually duh at this season, and the low
rates may give II an active start