St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-28
ASSOCIATED PRoSPERs.
1T HAS STEADILY GAINED
SINCE REORGANIZATION.
Four Hundred Newspapers Now
In Its Service, aud Not One
Has Deserted,

quarterly meeting Of the board of di-
rectors of the Associated Press, held
here today. the committee on the state
OF the association reported as follows:
The committee appointed by the
board of directors to present to 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 Asso-
ciated Press and are supplied with the
news directly by agents of the Assoc
ciated Press. A large number. of daily
papers in addition get the news through
minor associations procuring news from
this organization. Since the ~reorganiza-
ton of the Associated Press one year
ago. 1873 daily newspapers have given
up the news service of the United
Press and have become members of the
Associated Press, and in the same PEE
riod OF time not a single news
paper having membership privi-
leges in the Associated Press
has voluntarily reIipqu;shed that news
service to accept service from any other
news service not in close or friendly
connection with the Associated Press.
The committee further reports that the
present actual cash receipts each week
III payment for the various deliveries of
g. its news service are in excess of the
actual weekly expenses of the Associ-
ated Press. and III excess Of the average
weekly expenses OF the organization
since the last annual meeting,
h Associated. Press for the eXclu-
sive use of its news service today has
1851. miles, OF leased wire, extending
from ST. Johns, n. B., OH the east, to
Portland, San Francisco and San Diego
ON the west. and from Duluth on the
north to New Orleans. Galveston and
San Antonio on the south. B.
The number OF Independent agents,
correspondents. i'll the service of the
Associated Press is 1850. The number
iii the Eastern division is 52S: in the
Central division, 632; in the Western
division. 400; in the Southern division
the correspondents OF the Southern
Associated Press cover the territory.
The number Of telegraph operators in
the service of the Associated Press is
16S.
The average number of words trans
mitted over the day wire is liz, 600. The
average numbe over the night wires is
49, 900.
The approximate number of words in
the telegraph!c gathered-in service
throughout the country is 20, 900 per day.
The committee finds that the Associa-
ted Press has maintained and improved
at every point great superiority in its
news service over all competltCrs, and
that not only in its domestic, but also in
It's foreign news arrangements it stands
far ahead OF any previous record. 1t
holds exclusive contracts with the Lon
don Times. prohibiting the legitimate
use OF the news of that newspaper by
any other American news association,
and similar exclusive contracts with the
chief and most important news agencies
OF Europe-the Reuter-, of.LondOn; the
Havas, of France, and Wolfe, of Ber-
lin. the three great agencies of Eng
land, France and Germany, which
maintain correspondence at every i'm
portant city in Europe, Africa, South
America, Asia and Australia.
The examination OF the books of the
Associated Press shows that its mem
beers have signed and pI edged them
selves to a guarantee fund OF $3.50, 600
to maintain the high character of its
news service and to meet any extraor-
binary contingencies of expense. OF
this vast sum not one single dollar has
been demanded from any subscriber,
and the entire sum remains intact, I'M
used for any purpose, and available at
amy moment for the uses for which it
was subscribed. $50 Ht
SIS. CARvALHo.
New York World.
FREDERICK DRIscoLL.
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
c. w. KNAPP,
st. Louis Republic.
CLAYTON MCMICHAEL,
Philadelphia North American.
ALBERT j.. BARR,
Pittsburg Post.
j.. E. SCRIPTS. fH
Detroit Tribune ana Detroit News.
' E. H. PERDUE, @
Cleveland Leader and Cleveland News
and Herald.