The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-04
CASH BY TELEGRAPH
WILL Be CHEAPER
Western Union Announces
Cut in Transmission Rates,
Effective March /.
SAVING OF 80 PER CENT
You Can Soon Wire 81, ,OOO,-
900 From Salt Lake to New
York for S2OO3,33.
SAVING OF 80 PER CENT

To take effect March I. the Western
Union Telegraph company has announced
reduction, ranging from so 10 so per
cent upon the rates charged for the
transmission o, money by telegraph
\ the present time, II you send $1,000.
GOO from New York city 20 Salt Lake
CITY. Il viii cost You Sio.00l.5o. n also
costs the same amount 10 send 5000. GOT
from Salt Lake City To New York city.
or between any other two points. irrc-
spective OF distance. After the new rule
Gocs Into effect. however. persons who
arc in the habit Of sending millions ca
vortins around over tho country Will Of
feet r. big saving. rs It viii only cost
$o0oS.S2. with a small charge for the mes
sage In addition TO sending the million
Under the rates now existing the
charge Tor transmitting money by tee-
graph is | per cent of the amount trans
mlttcd, with an additional charge FOR two
ten word dav MESSAGES. The charge for
the distance. but the distance does not
affect the charge for sending the money.
For example, $1,000. .oo0 would be trans
mltted from New York city TO San Fran
cisco for the same amount that would bc
charged for transmitting the money from
Salt Lake city TO Ogden. Whom the
new rule goes into effect. n fifteen word
day message VIII take the place OF the
two ten-w word messages and this will ef-
feet big saving. especially between dis
tsnt points
Tho schedule in effect on March / is
as follows with tho addition of a charge
for the fitteon-word day message:
For a transfer OF go or less-25
cents
For a transfer OF over s25 and not
exceeding S50--35 cents.
For % transfnr NJ r2
exceeding $3.50 cents
For transfer OF over $50 and not
exceeding S100--S6 cents.
For each additional Sl0O or fraction
thereof up 10 and including $3000-25
cents.
For each additional 800 or fraction
thereof over 100000 cents.
The design Of the new rates Is 10
cneapen particularly tho charges for the
transfer Of small sums OF money. 4
tabulation Of the business OF tie company
for 1872 shows that the average amount
telegraphed was S4T. Nearly two thirds
Tor sums OF SO or less. while % per cent
OF the transfers involved were for sl0O
or less. During the past ten years. tho
records OF the company show the trans
mission OF money by telegraph more than
trebled. There arc now more than a, 600
offices In the United States and Canada
where this class Of business is trans
acted
There are many persons who do not
realize the dispatch with which the trans
fer OF money by telegraph is handled
Recently U. G: Life, commercial superln-
tendent for this district. was In Boise
and was approached by a man. In a great
state OF excitement, who asked il Il would
be possible to have $50 900 telegraphed
from New York city within a short time
and II the money could be paid to him
Immediately after the receipt of the mes
sage. Mr.. Life assured him that the en-
tire transaction could he closed up with
in short time. The man then wired to
New York for the money, the Western
Union office received an order 10 pav
the $50. 900 within twenty minutes and
seven minutes after this message was re-
ceived the man was handed $50, 900 in
cash by Mr.. Life.