The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-28
BIG ENTERPRISE.
The Associated Press the
Gre s.esi News Gatherer.

crc,ov, H., Sept. 27.-At the regular
quar- ~ meetii;g ct The board of direc-
sofs "a IA Associated Press held here to-
1s. the tJmm..iee on the state OF the
a sociniioa reported as follows;
he committee appointed hy the board
ci dir ors 10 present To the board the
rciua. present condition of The Associ-
Et,d Press reports that more than four
hrpdrcd newspapers are now receiving
disectly by Telegraph the news report OF
The Associated Press. These news
pap.rs are members OF The Associated
Press and supplied with news directly
by agents OF The Associated Press.
A large number OF daily papers,
in addition, get the news through
minor associations procuring news from
this organization. Since the reorganiza-
tion o. The Associated Press one year ago
100 daily newspapers have given up the
United Press and have become members
OF the Associated Press and ip the same
period Of time not single newspaper
having membership privileges in the As
sociated Press has voluntarily relin-
quished its news service to accept service
from any other news associations not in
close aud friendly relations with the AS
sociated Press.
The committee further reports that the
present actual cash receipts each week in
payment for the various deliveries OF its
news service are in excess of the actual
weekly expenses OF The Associated Press
and in excess OF the average weekly ex-
penses OF the association since the last
annual meeting.
The Associated Press has for the exclu-
sive news service today 1881 miles Of
leased wires, extending from st. John, n.
B., on the east, to Portland, San Francisco
and San Diego in the wesJ, and from Du-
luth on he north to New Orleans, Gal
weston and San Antonio on the south.
The number of independent agents
(correspondents) in the service OF The
Associated Press is 1860. The number in
the eastern division is 52S, IN the central
diyiJion 632. in the western division i60.
The correspondents of the Southern
Associated Press cover the southern di-
vi3ion.
the services Of The Associated Press is 16S.
The average number of words transmitted
over the day wire is 5000 words. The
average number over the night wires is
1900 The approximate number of words
in the telegrsphic gathered-in service,
thfoug ghout the country, is 20,0J0 per day.
ih- committee finds that The Associat
- IA ia it,f al ot int
!. ireriority in its news service over
r; onpc.i TORS and that not only in its
&. ne,sic. bat also in its foreign news ar
IaugemeA.s, il stands far ahead OF any
r4yioGs record. 1t holds exclusive
81 VI 90 wAh London Times pro-
h .-Ms the legitimate use of the
n~ss 0. this paper by any Ameri-
c usive contracts with the chief
&nd most important news agencies of
L4ropr, The Reuter- OF London, the Hsyas
o. Fsgpce, and he Wolfe Of Berlin-ths
thrcs s.sat agencies OF England, France
and Germany, which maintain cor
respondents at every important city in
Eusopo, Africa, South America Asia and
a t3. 4A4te.s a Ai@ VI tklt DOOk5
OF The Associated Press shows that its
mcmLers have signed and pledges them
.sciyes 80 guarantee fund OF S5500O0
TO m4intain the high character OF
Its news service and TO meet any extraor-
dinary contingencies of expense. Of
vast sum not one dollar has been de-
manded from any subscriber, and the en-
tire sum remains intact, unused for any
purpose and available at any moment for
the uses for which it was SUBJ
scribed. Thereport is signed by the fol-
lowing: >. $. Cary the New
York World; i lex Dris-
coll, st. Paul Pioneer Press;
G. w. Kaapp, ST. Louis Republic; Clay
ton McMichac., Philadelphia North Am
erlcan; Albert }. Barr, Pittsburg Post;
J. Il Scripps, Detr it Tribune, Detroit
News; r. ". Perdue, Cleveland Leader and
Cleveland News and Herald.