An exposition of the differences existing between different presses and different lines of telegraph, respecting the transmission of foreign news, ... government commissioners of the Nova Scotia - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1850 Excerpt: ... despatch shall be forwarded without interruption from the time of its receipt, by day or night, until its transmission is completed. 2. If no despatch is delivered at the Halifax station by our agent, the stipulated sum shall be paid nevertheless,--except when the telegraph shall not be in working order,--at any point between Halifax and Boston. And in that case, he shall have the option to send the despatch over part of the line or not; and the transmission of the despatch shall not be paid for on any line over which it is not sent. 3. If only part of the despatch is sent over any line in consequence of the inability of the line to send the whole, payments shall be made pro rata for the part sent, and for no more. 4. Any excess over 3000 words in the despatch, shall be paid for at the same rate. 5. The quotations of cotton, corn, flour, consols, and American stocks, shall be published by the papers interested in the arrangement, immediately on their receipt,--H be at any time in the day before 3 o'clock P. M.£jj 6. The time of the delivery of the despatch at the Halifax station, shall be announced to the papers at once. 7. Any failure to transmit the news within a reasonable time after its reception, shall constitute ground for a reduction of the sum to be paid,--the amount of such reduction to be at the rate of 10 per cent, for every hour of such unreasonable delay. 8. Payments shall be made by drafts on the Committee at three days sight. 9. Any newspaper shall be admitted to this arrangement, on paying, or securing payment of its proper proportion of the expenses involved, and on agreeing to abide by such regulations as the dissociation may find necessary to make for the protection of the parties to the arrangement. You will oblige by stating, befor...
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