The Great North Western Telegraph Company of Canada [microform] : revised tariff, January, 1892

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Revised Tariff,
JANUARY, 1892.
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TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES
REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Great North Western
TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF CANADA.
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Head Office, Toronto, Jan., 1892.
To Great North Western Offices in Ontaric, Quebec, New
Brunswick and Manitoba
:
1. This book is for the use and guidance of the employes of
the Great North Western Telegraph Company. It contains a com-
plete list (up to November 10, 1891) of the telegraph offices of the
Great North Western and Western Union Telegraph Companies and
their connections, together with the names of many places for which
messages may be accepted for delivery from the nearest telegraph
office. Additions, changes and corrections will be given intheTariff
Bureau circulars, printed monthly in the Journal of the Tele-
graph, or by letters, or "^3" messages. Enquiries for special
information respecting offices, tariffs, etc., should be addressed to
one of the following offices Hamilton, Montreal, Quebec, London,
:
Ottawa, Toronto or Winnipeg-
2. With the exception of those marked *' G. N. W.," theplaces
given in pages from Alabamato Wyoming before the names of which
there are numbers in the column headed '' SQ,'' are Western Union
offices.
' 3. Offices of the Groat North Western Telegraph Company are
designated by the letters ** G. N. W.," and by the notes on pages 208
and 242. •;- ' .•'.. !. '- , - , ,> .^^^i '.^s^i^y
"' 4. ** Other" line telegraph offices, i. e., offices on lines owned
or operated by other than the Western Union and the Great North
Western Companies, are indicated by single stars, thus : ^ i
'I . ;.,.Mt.)i. *Chewacla Lime Works(See page1). . i >. i.i
"'^ 5. Stations, places, establishments or institutions to which
messages are delivered from the nearest telegraph offices areindicated
by two stars, thus
: **Avondale (Seepage 1). !>^ -i-^--m v^1^t^|.tfr^>1
: : :
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6. Places to which messages are delivered by telephone from graphs
the nearest telegraph offices are indicated by three stars, thus star" 8tat|
, ^^. ., -.^. r-r-'^.-,r ***Ashville(See page 1). ,- 13.
A message to bedeliveredby telephone, train^ stage or mail, can be pany, follj
accepted only at sender's risk of error, delay or non-delivery. Check Wl
7. The numbers under the heading '* SQ" (square) denote the and"Half
squares in which Western Union and Great North Western offices are see paraJ
located.
8. When the P. 0. (post-office) and telegraph office names for a
place are unlike, the former will be found immediately after the tele-
graph name, as 14.
344 Akron. P. O. Akron Junction (See page 1). Western
No
Mail matter intended for the telegraph office at Akron should bead- Great
dressed to Akron Junction, which is the P. 0. address of Akron. 15.
be accep
;<?' ^.h r\;r•<<; »U9**^ rate for *
RATES
16.
n>».«.'/ \n. not desig
When
?!|r,j^.; Local and State Rates and exceptions thereto will be found re<
on pages ix to Xi. ^'y'^ut:y\-j,r>:' \y'--::-[' '- ^y-i.:- '>:. • rates for
lu. With the nameof each *'other" line or ** single star" office
will be found the "other" line rate from at least one connecting
office. To ascertain the rate to an ** other" line office, add the [«
"other" line rate from the connecting office to the rate to the con-
necting office. For example (see page 1) 17.
*Chewacla Lime Works. 20-2(10-1 N. M.) Yongesboro. sages fr(
The day rate to Chewacla Lime Works is the *' other" line rate 1. Bus
(twenty cents for ten words or less, and two cents for each word G
over ten)from Yongesboro added to the rate to Yongesboro.
—
[Note. The name of Yongesboro*s State is not given, for the a. Cot
reason that it is same as that of Chewacla Lime Works. When the ii;:.ul (
State in which any one or more of the connecting offices is situated
is not the same as that of the office to which rate is given, it will be .4 t)l!l
found printed with the name.] /I m^^ urtp;^ •:>. j. * '^1 h--ui;'tn^u\ *a ,.,1 K.t
11. Where two or more "other" line rates are given, two or
more routes to the "other" line office are thereby indicated. In
such cases, the route which offers the most prompt and direct trans-
mission should be chosen.
13. To telephone and "double star" stations, the rate will be
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found in the same way as are rates to "other " line offices (see para-
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lone from graphs 10 and 11). When a message is to be mailed to a ''double
us star" station, no charge should be made for postage.
13. For rates to offices of the Western Union Telegraph Com-
Ill, can be pany, follow the instructions for rates to Great North Western offices.
t. Check Western Union offices direct. For the treatmentof " Free'*
enote the and**Half-ratefranked'* messages to and from Western Union offices,
offices are see paragraphs 18 and 19. . '\.- »; n..; ,. , 'r. b
nes for a NIGHT MESSAGES.
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the tele-
14. " Nighf messages may be accepted for all Great North
Western and Western Union offices, in accordance with Kule 16 of the
ild bead- GreatNorth Westernbookof Rules, and at he rates givenonpagexii.
kron. 15. '' Other" line offices to or from wh^ h night messages may
be accepted are designated by the letters M.," which follow the
rate for *' other " lines (see Chewacla Lime \ rks, page 1).
16. Night messages to or from "other" line offices which are
! • not designated as night message (N. M.) officesmust not be accepted.
be found When received by any office such messages must be checked at day
' IV' rates for both *' this" and ''other" lines.
,» ,/,]
office »«Wl^»«
meeting >i- ,l.v-Vfi.. t. FREE MESSAGES.
add the
[supplementary to rules 19 TO 26 IN RULE BOOK.]
the Con-
17. Franks are issued to persons who are entitled to send mes-
sages free over the lines of this Company, and are of two classes, viz
:
ine rate ]. Business Franks :
sh word Good for messages upon the class of business indicated on the
frank.
for the 2 Complimentary (Stamp) Franks ' - »'
:
len the Good for messages of apersonal sodial character, and not for
itnated '*<; business or political communications. They are not to be
will be b! used by norfor any other than the person to whom they are
issued. A stamp must be affixed to every message of 20
two or words or less, and an additional stamp for every additional
d. In 20 words or fraction thereof. Answers may be franked by
trans- affixingthenecessarystampsasabove. Thesefranksaregood
only within the territorial limits defined thereon, and a mes-
n'll be sagefora '*this"line officebeyondsuchlimitswillbecharged
> para- for from the place of origin to the place of destination.
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FRANKED MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE WESTERN UNION one comp
TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S OFFICES. \ pany will
«•I Intl]
18. Messages between oflBces ot* the Great North Western and the full c
Western Union Telegraph Companies, which are entitled to free
transmission over the lines of bnt one of the companies, must be
treated in accordance with the following instructions
: HA
Great North Western franks are not good for messages over the
lines of the Western Union Company, nor are Western Union franks
good for messagesoverthelines of theGreatNorth WesternCompany.
For messages to Western Union offices which are offered by hold- 19. Me!
ers of Great North Western franks, charge the ordinary rate less 25
and 2, no message to be accepted for less than 25 and 2, and check The
such messages thus (supposing the ordinary rate to be 60 cents), for holder ol
example ' >- - :. rate fran
" 10 D. H. G. N. W. frank No. and paid 35 cents," or The
,
'' " 11 D. H. G. N. W. frank No. , and collect 35 cents." from one
(The word " collect"beingcounted, accordingtorule, butnotcharged Compan;
Western
for.)
For messages to Western Union ofl&ces, which are offered by the othe]
holders of Wes'srn Union franks, charge 25 and 2, and check such half thei
messages thus, for example " ., i Union C
" 10 paid 25 and D. H. W. U. frank No. ," or '" ' ^ , , The
"11 collect 26 and D. H. W. U. frank No.- }f account
(Theword "collect" beingcounted, accordingtorule, butnotcharged being re
-
for.) ' • ,.->v i (i'i'r ..:.--^%*ti.rf?.F f Messag
The full check as given in above examples, excepting only the
/ra/^A; wwwJers, must be transmitted ../iiiv) Th
Messages such as above described should be booked as paid, and of a We
also as free, and the office to which they are addressed, or at which No
they originate, should be checked directon paid messagecheck report, 50 cent
and also on free message report. Copies of the messages should be charged
made for the paid message files and the originals sent in as free the oth
messages... ,^,>,,;, ; . ,y..i.. . ., ,,...,.. ..,. .;.,,. . , . ^... ... thereoi
For a message offered by one holding franks of both the Great Union
;1 North Western and Western Union Companies, issued on the same Tl
account, the check should read, for example accour
:
"10 D. H. G. N. W. frank No. and D. H. W. U. frank being
,
No.- »