New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-16
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH IN ENGLAND.
EXCELLENT RESULTS THAT HAVE BEEN REAL
,zvn-uow THE SYSTEM is MANAGED.

,zrn-How THE SYSTEM is MANAGED.
washington. Aug IS (SpecaD. Interesting accounts
bovs been received at the Posooe Department from
Henry George jr., q newspaper correspondent ho" sup
nlyipg syndicate OF American daily newspapers WIN
letters from England, touching the postal tciesiap'
system in that country. He says that lie charge O
elegrams to all parts OF the United Kingdom Is one oeS
"a word including the address, the minimum ona 30
being IL cents, for twelve words or less. oiunais
ostage stamps are affixed to the messages IN pay
moderate additional charge is made wnen tne aa-
dressee lives beyond the limits OF tue iree uen'0'
Telegrams can be repeated at halt tne orieai ''''
The cost of a reply exceeding fory-eght Words may
BIO prepaid, and reply form Is 'ieh ueh'e'eu :"
the addressee who can send his reply from any tele
granh office within two months. Five figures are
counted az one word In this country the telegraph
companies count every figure word. AS measure
of economy, where many messages are Likely 10 DC so'
nm abbreviated or arbitrary address may be resislereo
for S. year. In addition to these direct DEMENT'S inc
people enjoy very substantial indirect advantages suc
as result from q cheaper service for newspapers anu
news agencies.
The rate for news messages to all parts OF the hing
dom is twenty four cents for every 100 words transmit
ted between p. m. and a. m. during uhe gay ~ 10
twenty-four cents for every seventyhve WORDS WIN
the additional charge of four cents per 100 OF seventy
five words according to the hour, for every dupeae
teIegraphic communication. correspondent IN Lon
don with 900 papers on his list for instance pays for
sending out piece of news after p. m at an average
rate of fraction over four cents per 100 words In
this way. Mr. George says. the bulk OF the news tee-
graphing Is done.
The Delaney multiplex is one of a number OF Amer
iran inventions In use England, by which 1t Is pos
sibe TO send out six over single wire al one
time The British Government pays $4,000 year
ROYALTY on It, Although it has been In prohtaole uss
there five years. 1T has never been introduced IN TINS
country. T.,
A great amount Of work in very short tme Is
accomplished in the English postal telegraph system oy
the Wheatstone automatic process. This Is an Eng
l,sh invention transmitting 400 words minute ana
is used in newspaper telegraphic work since the
Government regulation of the telegraph lines IN Eng
land the number Of telegraph offices has been IN
creased from 24s8 to 1900, the rates have been re-
duced more than oneha and press rates cut down 10
fraction over four cents per hundred words, ana.
more important than all that, the service mas Deen
equally and mparially cheap to al: universal senu-
ment according to Mr. George, testnes 70 inc eIetJ
convenience and efficiency Of the postal telegfapn
system and no one would think OF going bacK 10 ING
old pan of private companies. Mr. George THINKS tns
as GOOD q postal telegraph system coua De esCaDto
in the United states. The American Ietter serVoG 20
really much cheaper than the English taxing mo
account the fact that the territory Is thirty uics
larger; and electrical invention, instead OF peins
checked, would be stimulated.