Cable from Joesph Duveen to H.C. Frick, 3 March 1915 [back of page 1]

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POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY [ILLUSTRATED MAP] THE GREATEST TELEGRAPH AND CABLE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD EXTENDS OVER TWO-THIRDS OF HTE WAY AROUND THE EARTH. THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY (INCORPORATED) TRANSMITS AND DELIVERS THE WITHIN NIGHT LETTERGRAM SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The Company will receive not later than midnight, NIGHT LETTERGRAMS, written in plain English, to be transmitted only for delivery not earlier than the morning of the next ensuing business day, at rates as follows: The standard day rate for a ten-word day message shall be charged for the transmission of a NIGHT LETTERGRAM containing fifty words or less, and one-fifth fo the standard day rate for a ten-word day message shall be charged for each additional ten words or less in such NIGHT LETTERGRAM.

To guard against mistakes or delay the sender of a NIGHT LETTERGRAM should order it REPEATED that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-half the unrepeated NIGHT LETTERGRAM rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated on the face of this blank THIS IS AN UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTERGRAM, AND IS PAID FOR OR AGREED TO BE PAID FOR AS SUCH in consideration whereof it is agreed between the sender of the NIGHT LETTERGRAM and this Company as follows: 1. The Company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery of any UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTERGRAM beyond the amount received for sending the same; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any REPEATED NIGHT LETTERGRAM beyond fifty times the sum received for sending the same, UNLESS SPECIALLY VALUED AND INSURED (in which case, conditions 3 to 8, given below, shall apply to such repeated message); nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines; nor for errors in obscure Night Lettergrams. 2. Correctness in the transmission of NIGHT LETTERGRAMS to any point on the lines of the 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 NIGHT LETTERGRAMS, viz: one per cent, for any distance not exceeding x000 miles and two per cent, for any greater distance. 3. This Company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this NIGHT LETTERGRAM over the lines of any other company when necessary to reach its destination. 4. NIGHT LETTERGRAMS will be delivered free within one-half mile of the Company's office in towns of 5,000 population or less, and within one mile of such office in other cities or towns. Beyond these limits the Company does not undertake to make delivery, but will, without liability, at the sender's request, as his agent and at his expense, endeavor to contract for him for such delivery at a reasonable price. 5. No responsibility attaches to this Company concerning NIGHT LETTERGRAMS until the same are accepted at one of its transmitting offices, and if such a NIGHT LETTERGRAM is sent to such office by one of the Company's messengers, the latter acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender. 6. The Company shall not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within thirty days after the NIGHT LETTERGRAM is filed with the Company for transmission. In further consideration of the reduced rate for this special "NIGHT LETTERGRAM" service, the following special terms are hereby agreed to: A. NIGHT LETTERGRAMS may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destination to the addresses, and the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect to delivery by mailing such NIGHT LETTERGRAMS at destination, postage prepaid. B. NIGHT LETTERGRAMS shall be written in plain English, Cipher or code language is not permitted. 7. The above terms and conditions shall be binding upon the receiver as well as the sender of this NIGHT LETTERGRAM. 8. No employee of the Company is authorized to vary the foregoing. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTERGRAM and is transmitted and delivered by request of the sender under the conditions named above. Errors can be guarded against [illegible] by repeating the NIGHT LETTERGRAM back to the sending station for comparison.

CLARENCE H. MACKAY, PRESIDENT EDWARD J. NALLY, VICE-PREST. AND GENERAL MANAGER CHARLES C. ADAMAS, SECOND VICE-PREST. CHARLES P. BRUCH, THIRD VICE-PREST. - POSTAL TELEGRAPH—FASTEST SERVICE IN THE WORLD

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