Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1911 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Proposed Modification of Existing Arrangements

A provisional modification of an arrangement which has existed for many years has reached between the Western Union Telegraph Company, The Anglo-American Cable Company and the Direct U. S. Cable Company, under which the cable systems of these companies now worked , exclusively in business connection with each othey, but operated and maintained separately, will be operated in direct physical connection with each other and with the Western Union land system. Twb objects are to be attained by this arrangement: Pint, more efficient and economical operation. Second, the introduction of new forme of eervice to the advantage of the public. The Trans-Atlantic Cable Situation and Competition The trans-Atlantic cable situation is as follows: The Mackay group of seven cables, including the German cables, owned by or worked in physical connection With the telegraph lines of that company form one system. The French cables comprise an independent system, using both the Western Union and the Mackay land lines for their United States connection. In competition with these is the Western Union group of cables, eight in all, owned by three separate companies, two of which are British companies owning five of the eight cables. Two only of the British owned cables terminate in the United States and all of them are entirely dependent on the Western Union for their connection with any telegraph system, or for their reaching any centre of business, and are now worked exclusively, so far as business is concerned, with the Western Union. Efficiency Increased, Waste Prevented The proposed arrangement between the Western Union, the Anglo-Amer-ican and the Direct U. S. companies will bring the eight cables of the three companies under one operating control. The consequent increase in effectiveness and economy will place the Western Union in a position to offer certain advantages in cable service not now enjoyed by the public. The other way open to enable the Western Union to make such improvements and introduce such new services as it proposes to do, would be to lay new cables. This would seem to be the height of folly. Duplication of the existing transAtlantic cable facilities at a cost of many millions, when there are more than ample facilities for all business, would put an unnecessary financial burden upon an already fully burdened business and would probably postpone the reduction of rates or introduction of new services. Limited Business Hours , and Idle Facilities As at present carried on, the transAtlantic cable business is practically all flash service, i. e. instantaneous. Owing to the difference in time, there are only a few business hours of the day common to both sides and during these at least of the cable business is done. This is demonstrated by the accompanying chart. In the interests of international business nothing should be done to interfere in any way with the so-called flash or instantaneous service, and the lines should be kept clear to accommodate such messages during the few business hours common to both countries; but to continue to confine the cables to this class of service, as at present, will utilize only about of the existing capacity of millions of property and places on that limited service all the capital, maintenance and operating charges. The limited time and the character of the business, if best results are to THE WESTERN UNION Hew York, Sept. Ist, 1911.

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