Project Gutenberg 2020-05-23 Public domain in the USA. 219 Western Union Telegraph Company Company, Western Union Telegraph 08014198 The proposed union of the telegraph and postal systems Statement of the Western Union Telegraph Company Produced by Richard Tonsing, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Proposed Union of the Telegraph and Postal Systems" is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This document is a critical examination of a proposed legislation presented by Hon. E.B. Washburne regarding the integration of telegraph and postal services in the United States. It aims to defend the existing telegraph system, highlighting its operational efficiency and financial viability against the claims made by supporters of the proposed union. The opening of this work introduces the author's objective: to counter the assertions made by Washburne, which suggest that the American telegraph system is inferior to those in Europe and inadequately serves the public. The text begins by acknowledging the historical significance of Professor Morse's inventions while arguing that government control of the telegraph, as proposed, could undermine its growth and efficiency. It discusses the existing state of the telegraph system, providing statistical evidence of its extensive reach and operational success, ultimately calling for a recognition of private enterprise's role in enhancing communication services instead of government intervention, which the author views as potentially damaging to progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Postal service -- United States Telegraph -- Law and legislation -- United States Telegraph -- History -- 19th century HE Text Category: History - American Category: Engineering & Technology Category: Politics 476053 2025-09-24T13:31:20.557912 text/html 463453 2024-10-18T03:34:38 text/html 203981 2025-09-24T13:31:30.382861 application/epub+zip 202013 2025-09-24T13:31:22.422860 application/epub+zip 202013 2025-09-24T13:31:21.554867 application/epub+zip 375949 2025-09-24T13:31:36.154823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342763 2025-09-24T13:31:29.485856 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343000 2022-09-28T04:27:05.847360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387839 2025-09-24T13:31:19.107904 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367819 2024-10-18T03:34:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17093 2025-09-24T13:31:36.329829 application/rdf+xml 10177 2025-09-24T13:31:21.693860 image/jpeg 1927 2025-09-24T13:31:21.629864 image/jpeg 169734 2025-09-24T13:31:20.585877 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia