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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: | 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. | 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. | 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. | ||
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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.