Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-28
WORK OF The ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Not Paper has Deserted II, but One
Hundred and Tweaty-nine Papers Bave
Lett the United TO Join It-SOms Inter
estiuE Figures.
CHICAGO, ILL, Septemb Der 27.-At the
regular quarterly meeting of the Board
Of Directors of the Associated Press,
held here to-day, the Executive Com
mittee of the Association reported as
follows:
The committee appointed by the
Board Of Directors TO present 10 the
Board the actual present condition of
the Associated Press report that more
than four hundred newspapers are now
receiving directly by telegraph the
news report of the Associated Press.
These newspapers are members Of the
Associated Press and supplied with the
news directly by agents Of the Associ-
ated Press. A large number OF daily
papers in addition get the news through
minor associations procuring news from
this organization. Since the reorgani-
cation OF the Associated Press one year
ago, one hundred and twenty-nine daily
Papers haYe. givPress and naee-"btc
come members Of the Associated
Press, and in the same
period not single newspaper
4 hor rriXyilnUQG in the
Associated Press, has voluntarily re-
linuuished that news service to accept
service from any other news associa-
ton not in close and friendly relation
with the Associated Press. The COM
mittee further reports that the present
actual cash receipt each week In pay
ment for the various deliveries OF It's
news service are in excess OF the actual
weekly expenses Of the Associased Press
and in excess of the fixed average
weekly expenses Of the association since
the last annual meeting.
The Associated Press has for the eX-
elusive news service TO-DAY IS, 500 miles
of leased wire, extending from st.
Johns, n. B., on the east TO Portland,
San Francisco and San Diego, on the
west, and from Duluth on the north TO
New Orleans, Galveston and San An
tonic on the south.
The number of independent agents
CORES Dondeuts-in the service OF the
Associated Press is !, $50 The number
! in eastern divisions is 52S: in the central
| division, 632; in the western division,
! 400; in the southern division the cor
respondents of the Southern Associated
Press cover that territory. The num-
Der OF te Iegraph operators In the SER
| vice OF the Associated Press Is lBo
The average number OF words trans
mitted over the day wire is 10000
words, the average number over the
/ night wires Is $4,000.
The approximate number of words In
the telegraphiC service throughout the
country is 10000 per day. The COM
mittee finds that the Associated Press
has maintained and improved at every
point its great superiority in its news
service over all competitors, aEd
that not only In its domestic,
but also in its foreign news
Arrangements, it stands far ahead OF
any previous record. 1t holds exclu'
| sive contracts with the. London Times
prohibiting the legitimate use OF the
news OF this paper by an American
news association and similar exclusive
contracts With the chief and moss i'm
portant news agencies OF Europe-tht
Reuter-, of London; the Havss, o
France, and the Wolfe, OF Berlin, th'
great agencies Of England, France anC
Germany which maintain correspond
ents at every important city in Europe
Africa, South America, Asia and Aus
tralia.
The examination of the books OF tn
Associated Press shows that its mem
bsrs have signed and pledged them
selves to the guarantee fund of $3.50, 90
to maintain the high character OF II
news service and TO meet any extraoI
binary contingencies Of expense. q
this vast sum not one single dollar ha
been demanded from any subscriber
and the entire sum remsins intact, VI
used FOR any purpose and available q
M any moment for the use for which
was subscribed.
n :. s. Carvalho. New York World
Frederic Driscoll, ST. Paul Ponce
RreSS.
Nc. w. Knapp, st. Louis Republic.
Glaytou McMichael, Philadelphia
Nortb AmGricdp.
Albert J. Barr. Pittsburg Post
-. E. Scripps, Detroit Tribune.
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