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The Western
Union Telegraph
Company

THE LARGEST TELEGRAPHIC
SYSTEM IN THE WORLD,
OVER ONE MILLION MILES
OF WIRE IN THE UNITED
STATES AND CANADA.

It has over 24,000 Tele-
graph Offices, including Branch
Offices. It has also Direct Con-
nection by Telegraph or Tele-
phone with as many more re-
mote and smaller stations, mak-
ing a total list of over 48,000
in the United States, Canada and
Mexico, and this number is rapid-
ly increasing.

The Western Union Company has
Two American Atlantic Ocean Cables
from New York to Penzance,
England, direct: both CAbles duplexed.
Four Anglo-American Cables, and one
Direct United States Cable, Direct
communication with Germany and
France.

Direct Wires to Galveston, Texas,
connecting with the Mexican Telegraph
Co. and the Central & South American
Telegraph Co., for all points in Mexico
and Central and South America.

Direct Wires and Cables to Havana,
Cuba, and all points in the West Indies,
and to the Bermudas and Bahamas,

Pacific Cables to Austra-
lia, New Zealand, Honolulu,
Guam, Philippine Islands,
Chia, Japan, etc.

Connects with U.S. Gov-
ernment Lines and Cables to
and in Alaska.

Domestic and Foreign Money Orders by Telegraph and Cable

THE TWO TELEGRAPH POLES REPRESENT THE
RELATIVE SIZE IN NUMBER OF THE OFFICES OF
THE WESTERN UNION AS COMPARED WITH ALL
OTHER COMPETING COMPANIES COMBINED

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