Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-27
THE WESTERN UNIONS
NEW DAY LETTER"

The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany makes still further announce
ment of the establishment on March
LIST of the DAY Letter" the COM
panion of the Night Letter The
night letter was established one year
ago and the day letter now comes as
an additional telegraph facility which
secures to the people of the United
States the cheapest telegraph SCR
vice in the world and enables the
business man to conduct his cores
pondence by wire with every ad ant
age which may be gained from "A
savings in time. the elimination of
distance and the immediate atten-
tion always accorded To kilograms.
The day letter has finally been made
possible by the economical and eff
cient use of the telegraph company
surplus facilities when such facii-
ties are not utilized by the more ur-
gent traffic The day letter viii
be trans uitted and delivered with
rromptness and care at all points
and fifty words may be transmitted
at a cost Of one and one-hali times
the regular full day rate, for cN-
ample the regular rate for ten
woIa DAY message from an Francisco
To New York is one dollar. for a day
letter. containing fifty words, which
M be : mt at Gry time during the
twenty four hours. tie rate will be
one and one-half times the regular
day rate or one dollar and fifty
cents The added cost. however. gives
the privilege Of sending fifty words
/ and for any additional number o:
words Of ten or less charge of one
| fifth of the total rate for fifty words
/ is made. which i'm the case of = mes
sage destined to New York. would
he one fifth Of one dollar and a half
or thirty cents This method OF
computing the rate applies To mes
sages destined to all points. All dar
| letters will be handled with such
dispatch as To- secure reasonably
prompt delivery but the full paid day
message will still exist at the regular
rate and will he given an expedited
service. which of course must be
maintained in order that its value as
| quick and specialized. but short
message may be continued. As in
1 the case of night letters. the day let
ter will be written i'm plain English
! to avoid the delays and complications
| of code words and code language
which will not be accepted. The day
letter mar be handled by telephone
/ the same as all other messages now
collected and delivered through this
service by the telegraph company
: The Inauguration Of the day letter
service will be especially serviceable
upon the Pacific coast. where. be
cause of the difference in time be
tween that territory and the east,
business may be contaminated in one
day where now two may be requir-
ed. The telegraph wires after March
1st will be placed at the disposal of
all in such manner and by such
classes Of service that every charac-
ter of enterprise may be handled with
economy and rapidity by the use Of
the three classes of service rendered
by the telegraph company, vice the
regular day rate rapid service, the
dav letter and the now very popular
night letter No doubt business
houses will adjust themselves rapidly
to the new service and the telegraph
company has endeavored to provide
for the new situation incident to the
simultaneous establishment of the day
letter throughout the United States
upon a given date.