Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-07-05
WON BY POSTAL.
II Beats Western Union IN Securing
Pennsylvania Railway Lines.

Manager 'Croegan OF the local Pos
tai Telegraph companys Office, last
Saturday, submitted the following ar
ticle to The Citizen and asked that IL
be published in full:
An agreement has been consummat.
ed bctWCcn the Postal I, icgraph com.
pany and the pennsylvi ia Railroad
company under which a. former aC-
quires the exclusive right to transact
commercial telegraph business on the
lines belonging to the railroad system
east of Pidsburg and Erie. Pa. and to
string wires on the railroad company's
poles and rights of way
The agreement rs expected To take
effect July / and transfer of Offices to
the Postal system will be- made as rap
idly as possible after that date. II Is
understood that similar agreements
GOVERNS the remainder of the railroad
company's system will be put in force
as soon as the existing contracts with
the Western Union expire.
The agreement just Consummated
will take away from the Western
Union and add TO the Postal system all
Offices and the telegraph lines on i.745
miles of railroad in "A populous and i'm
pOrtant section of this country This
is the most important and far-reachng
deal ever made 10y an opposition tele-
graph company
Il not only takes away from the
Western Union and gives To the Postal
large revenue from commercial tclc-
graph business. but incidentally viii
put the Western Union company to
heavy expense in removing poles
aud lines from TIE railroad rights of
way and rebuilding it's lines while
this is tho most serious blow that the
one-time monopoly has ever received
il is not the only recent one
The Postal Telegraph a Commercial
Gable Company's victory In connection
with the Pacific cables. in which fight
the Western Union is said 10 have cN-
pended large sums of money. involved
the loss 10 the Western Union of very
considerable future revenue. even the
Cuban cable fight although pominally
victory for the Western Union. real
~ resulted in loss 20 them because il
compelled heavy reduction in rates
The Postal Telegraph a Commercial
Cable company 5 comparatively recent
connection with the now German ca.
ulcs and also the Halifax and Bcrmu
das and direct West Indies cable have
resulted In divcrting a very Considcra-
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The completion of the Pacific cable,
now under construction. will also re-
suit In large increase of the Postal
Company's business.
The Postal has within the last two
years, made substantial gains in vari.
Gus other directions notably i'm the aC.
quirine of branch Offices in all the
principal hotels OF the country.
The company has recently opened
offices in every important hotel ON the
81. Lawrence river, and has made
numerous connections with railroads
particularly with roads extending into
the newly developed copper and coal
producing territories OF the south and
southwest II has also won numerous
conformation suits in various sta,cs.
thus establishing Is right Ia construct
its lines uHon railroad rights Of way.
and destroying the most valuable OK
elusive feature OF the Western Union
railroad contracts II has also within
the past few years, secured long term
leases in the most desirable locations
I'm tn, lergcr cities with new and inn
proved apparatus, and is oNpcudipg
over million dollars a year In rapidly
extending its lines H. al directions.