RULES OF THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The minimum tariff is for a message of ten words. No charge is made for address, signature, or date. After the first ten words the rate is so much per word, the amount being proportional to the rate for the first ten.
All words are counted as one which are found so written in the dictionaries. No extra charge is made for messages written in cipher, and no restrictions are placed upon their transmission.
Replies can be prepaid if desired, and no charge is made for inserting this information in the sender’s message.
Messages can be repeated by the payment of one half the regular charge in addition, and the company agrees to be responsible for any mistakes which may occur in repeated messages, to the amount of fifty times the sum received for sending the same.
Correctness in the transmission of messages to any point on the lines of this company can be INSURED by contract in writing, stating agreed amount of risk, and payment of premium thereon at the following rates, in addition to the usual charge for repeated messages, viz.: one per cent for any distance not exceeding one thousand miles, and two per cent for any greater distance. No employee of the company is authorized to vary the foregoing.
| Statement showing the Minimum Rate for Telegrams from London to Principal Cities in Europe, and from New York to Principal Cities in America. | ||||||||||
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| From London | Distance in Eng. Miles. | Tariff. | From New York | Distance in Eng. Miles. | Tariff. | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | U.S. Cur. | $ cts. | ||||||
| To | Cambridge | 40 | 1 | 6 | = $0.52 | To | New Haven, Conn. | 70 | 0.20 | |
| Dover | 50 | 2 | 0 | = 0.70 | Hartford, Conn. | 100 | 0.20 | |||
| Birmingham | 100 | 1 | 0 | = 0.35 | Providence, R. I. | 150 | 0.20 | |||
| Worcester | 100 | 2 | 0 | = 0.70 | Springfield, Mass. | 125 | 0.30 | |||
| Havre | 125 | 3 | 6 | = 1.22 | Worcester, Mass. | 155 | 0.30 | |||
| Liverpool | 180 | 1 | 0 | = 0.35 | Boston, Mass. | 190 | 0.30 | |||
| Caen | 160 | 5 | 0 | = 1.75 | Portsmouth, N. H. | 200 | 0.45 | |||
| Plymouth | 190 | 2 | 6 | = 0.87 | Washington, D. C. | 190 | 0.40 | |||
| Paris | 200 | 5 | 0 | = 1.75 | Augusta, Me. | 280 | 0.65 | |||
| Amsterdam | 200 | 6 | 6 | = 2.27 | Oswego, N. Y. | 250 | 0.40 | |||
| Rheims | 250 | 5 | 0 | = 1.75 | Portland, Me. | 250 | 0.65 | |||
| Aix-la-Chapelle | 265 | 5 | 0 | = 1.75 | Bath, Me. | 275 | 0.65 | |||
| Wakefield | 300 | 5 | 0 | = 1.75 | Rochester, N. Y. | 280 | 0.50 | |||
| Dublin | 290 | 5 | 0 | = 1.75 | Pittsburg, Pa. | 300 | 0.45 | |||
| Edinburgh | 320 | 4 | 0 | = 1.40 | Camden, Me. | 330 | 0.65 | |||
| Rochelle | 350 | 7 | 3 | = 2.53 | Belfast, Me. | 350 | 0.65 | |||
| Frankfort | 380 | 7 | 6 | = 2.62 | Buffalo, N. Y. | 330 | 0.50 | |||
| Hamburg | 380 | 8 | 0 | = 2.80 | Erie, Pa. | 360 | 1.00 | |||
| Strasburg | 385 | 7 | 3 | = 2.53 | Bangor, Me. | 340 | 0.65 | |||
| Hanover | 400 | 8 | 0 | = 2.80 | Cleveland, Ohio | 425 | 1.00 | |||
| Stuttgart | 420 | 7 | 6 | = 2.62 | Toledo, Ohio | 470 | 1.00 | |||
| Berne | 450 | 7 | 3 | = 2.53 | Columbus, Ohio | 475 | 0.95 | |||
| Bordeaux | 455 | 7 | 3 | = 2.53 | Sandusky, Ohio | 480 | 1.40 | |||
| Munich | 540 | 8 | 6 | = 2.67 | Cincinnati, Ohio | 550 | 1.00 | |||
| Turin | 550 | 7 | 3 | = 3.53 | Lexington, Ky. | 575 | 1.00 | |||
| Copenhagen | 552 | 8 | 0 | = 2.80 | Dayton, Ohio. | 552 | 1.00 | |||
| Berlin | 560 | 10 | 0 | = 3.50 | Charleston, S. C. | 590 | 2.00 | |||
| Milan | 575 | 8 | 6 | = 2.67 | Fort Wayne, Ind. | 580 | 1.70 | |||
| Marseilles | 576 | 8 | 6 | = 2.67 | Lansing, Mich. | 590 | 1.85 | |||
| Prague | 600 | 9 | 9 | = 3.41 | Louisville, Ky. | 625 | 1.00 | |||
| Modena | 650 | 9 | 6 | = 3.32 | Indianapolis, Ind. | 650 | 1.90 | |||
| Saragossa | 652 | 9 | 6 | = 3.32 | New Albany, Ind. | 660 | 1.75 | |||
| Christiania | 700 | 17 | 6 | = 5.95 | La Fayette, Ind. | 700 | 1.95 | |||
| Trieste | 720 | 11 | = 3.85 | Chicago, Ill. | 730 | 1.75 | ||||
| Vienna | 780 | 11 | = 3.85 | Racine, Wis. | 750 | 1.90 | ||||
| Madrid | 750 | 10 | 6 | = 3.67 | Milwaukee, Wis. | 770 | 1.90 | |||
| Ancona | 800 | 11 | = 3.85 | Peru, Ill. | 800 | 2.25 | ||||
| Rome | 850 | 12 | = 4.20 | Madison, Wis. | 850 | 2.40 | ||||
| Stockholm | 860 | 16 | 3 | = 5.69 | Montgomery, Ala. | 860 | 3.05 | |||
| Warsaw | 875 | 13 | 3 | = 4.64 | St. Louis, Mo. | 880 | 2.00 | |||
| Pesth | 880 | 12 | 3 | = 4.29 | Galena, Ill. | 880 | 2.35 | |||
| Cagliari | 925 | 14 | = 4.90 | Rock Island, Ill. | 900 | 2.35 | ||||
| Naples | 950 | 11 | = 3.85 | Prairie du Chien, Wis. | 950 | 2.65 | ||||
| Lisbon | 955 | 14 | = 4.90 | Quincy, Ill. | 950 | 2.60 | ||||
| Seville | 980 | 13 | = 4.55 | Jefferson City, Mo. | 975 | 2.70 | ||||
| Cadiz | 1,000 | 13 | = 4.55 | Mobile, Ala. | 1,000 | 3.00 | ||||
| Belgrade | 1,005 | 13 | 6 | = 4.72 | Little Rock, Ark. | 1,050 | 4.00 | |||
| Palermo | 1,080 | 12 | = 4.20 | Des Moines, Iowa. | 1,080 | 2.70 | ||||
| St. Petersburg | 1,160 | 18 | 6 | = 6.47 | New Orleans, La. | 1,100 | 3.25 | |||
| Novgorod | 1,275 | 18 | 6 | = 6.47 | Houston, La. | 1,330 | 5.00 | |||
| Smolensk | 1,280 | 18 | 6 | = 6.47 | Galveston, Texas | 1,340 | 3.95 | |||
| Malta | 1,250 | 16 | 9 | = 5.87 | Grand Island, Nebraska | 1,350 | 4.60 | |||
| Odessa | 1,360 | 18 | 6 | = 6.47 | Fort Kearney, Nebraska | 1,380 | 5.25 | |||
| Athens | 1,450 | 1 | 12 | = 11.36 | Austin, Texas | 1,460 | 5.50 | |||
| Constantinople | 1,480 | 19 | 6 | = 7.00 | San Antonio, Texas | 1,550 | 5.50 | |||
| Smyrna | 1,540 | 1 | 6 | 6 | = 9.43 | Fort Laramie, Nebraska | 1,600 | 6.40 | ||
| Nishni Novgorod | 1,700 | 1 | 2 | = 7.86 | Denver, Colorado | 1,700 | 7.60 | |||
| Moscow | 1,485 | 19 | = 6.65 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 2,100 | 5.95 | ||||
| Taganrog | 1,490 | 1 | 6 | = 9.26 | Sacramento, California | 2,500 | 6.75 | |||
| Sjumen | 1,500 | 1 | 8 | = 9.96 | Stockton, California | 2,500 | 6.75 | |||
| Alexandria | 1,867 | 2 | 6 | 9 | = 16.69 | San Francisco, California | 2,600 | 6.75 | ||