Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-28
ASSOCIATED PRESS WORK.
FouR HUNDRED PAPEHs VOW GET
IT'S REPORT.
Neariy Nineteen Thousand Miles OF
Leased Wire in Use-one Hundred
ana sixty-EIeht Teiegraph oper-
uors Employed.

Chicago, sept. PLAT the regular
quarterly meeting OF the board OF d.
rectors OF tho Associated Press held
here today, the committee on the state
OF 1.-The association reported as fol
lows;
Tho 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
Associated Press. and supplied with
the 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
reorganization Of the Associated Press
! one year aB, 129 daily newspapers
have given up the news service OK
the Nv tod Press and have become
4 4mbers Of tho Associated Press and
/. the game period of time not IA SIN
] ~ Newspaper ha"ing membership
/ privileges In the Associated Press has
! voluntarily ! llnquished that new SER
vice 70 hNNtpA aeTFlNt llDln any 0AAA'l
! news association, not IN close ana
| friendly relations with the Associated
! Press. The committee further reports
| that the present actual cash receipts
/ eat 1 week In payment Tor he various
/ deliveries OF It's g servl g are In
/ excess the act al WEEKLY expenses OF
/ the Associated Press. rnd In excess OF
| the average wec'.ly e.p- isas OF the or
! y 1lza'lo1 since the last meeting. The
! Associated Press has lor ~ exclusive
| use OF Its news service today, 1851
/ miles of lsaseG wire, extei ding from
81, Johns. y d., on the cast, to Poit-
| land, san Francisco ana Spl Diego
on the west, and from Duluth, on the
! North. 10 Now Orleans, Galveston and
San Antonio In the South The IA mbcr
/ or Independent agents and correspond
ents IN the service OF tho Associated
flesg is 1850 Tho number IN the East
orn dlyl1lon Is b2S In the Central IL
vision 632. f. tho Western division 400.
IN the southern division the CORE
Hpondents OF tho Southern Associated
Press cover tne terrt0rs
The number OF telegraph operators in
inc service OF the Associated Press is
The average number OF words trans
mitted over tho day wire Is 10000. Tho
aVerogu number over the night wire
Ia 10000. The approximate number or
words IA the telegraphlc gathered-ln
service throughout the country is 20 900
Pc day The committee In DIS That the
Associated Press has maintained and
improved at every point, great superior
ny Ia lis ncws servlcG over all COM
pehtorB, and that not only ln It's do
nestle but also IN IT'S foreign news mr.
runEemputa IL stauda far ahead OF amy
previous record. II holds exclusive con
tracts with the London Times pro-
hlbltng the legitimate use OF the news
or that paper by any other American
news association and similar other cx.
elusive contracts with the chief and
most important news agencies or Eu-
rope, The RutteRot London, the Hnvag
of France, tho Wolfe OF Berlin. the
throe great agencies OF England
France and Germany, which maintain
correspondents NJ every Important clty
@d9GRiuAf.a'' south A"'ar'"'- 4 90
The examination Of the books Of IN,
Associated Press shows that ia mem
bers have signed and pledged them
selves TO u guarantee fund NJ $780, 900
I TO maintain the high character OF III
news service and To meet amy eNtraor
dinpry contingencies OF expense. O
this vast sum. not one single dollar ha|
been demanded from any subscribe
= and the entire sum remains intact, uu
I used for any purpose and available q
any moment FOR the uses for Which /
was subscribed,
SIGNATURES. 8. $. Carvahu, Ne,
: York World Frederick Drigcoll, ST. Par
d Pioneer Press; e, w Knapp. ST. Loui
!, Republic; clayton McMiuhuel, Phtlpdcl
phin North American. Albert J. Barr
llttghurg Post. j 70, Scripps, Dutrol
p Tribune and Detroit News; -, II, POI
n due. Cleveland Leader and Clgvelan
NaWE and Herald,