Incorrect Assertion that American Telegraphs are not constructed according to Specifications 29 Cost of American Telegraphs estimated by European Data 30 Value of Western Union Telegraph Property, based on European data 32 Erroneous Estimate of the Value of the Western Union Telegraph Company’s Property 33 The Organization of the Western Union Telegraph Company 35 Financial Statistics of the Western Union Telegraph Company 36 Stations, Lines, and Employees of the Western Union Telegraph Company 39 English and American Telegraphs compared 40 Acknowledged Superiority of the early American Service 41 Remarkably Low Tariffs of the early American Telegraphs 42 No Similarity between the Telegraph and Postal Systems 43 Collection and Delivery of Telegrams by Letter-Carriers Impracticable 45 Mr. Washburne’s proposed Experimental Line 47 London District Telegraph Company 50 Telegraphs under Government and Private Control compared 51 The Telegraph and the Press 52 REVIEW OF MR. GARDINER G. HUBBARD’S LETTER TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL ON THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN SYSTEMS OF TELEGRAPH. Erroneous Statements relative to Belgian Telegraphs 56 Belgian Telegrams delivered by Post 58 Want of Uniformity in Rates 58 Assertion that Commercial Messages are transmitted at a Loss 61 Correction of Erroneous Statements 62 Tariffs not Increased by Consolidation of the Lines 63 Erroneous Assertion that a Large Proportion of the Offices are at Railroad Stations 64 American and European Telegraph Tariffs compared 65 Rules of the European Telegraphs 66 Rules of the Western Union Telegraph Company 66 Statement showing the Minimum Rate for Telegrams from London to Principal Cities in Europe, and from New York to Principal Cities in America 67 Singular Notions of Practical Telegraphy 68 Absurd Theories regarding the Working Capacity of Telegraph Lines 69 Impossibility of Utilizing the Telegraph Lines by Night as well as Day 70