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l~ o t'm 1572 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT RECEIVER'S No. SEN D CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANA G ER TIME FILED totheter~s} the following message subject on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to CHE CK Dallas. November IG, 1914. Hon. C. S. Hamlin, Governor, Federal lieserve :Board, Hon. wm. G. McAdoo, Sect'y of Treasury, Hon. John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency, 1ashington. All members Board of Directors present at opening· A perfect day_ Augutt. well for our success- We believe a new era has dawned for the NatIon, and that with your guidance we shall be able to serve successfully this grea.t district. It is an opportune moment to prove our ability, and to confirm in the public mind the belief that a great piece of constructive legislation has been put on the statute books by this adminiitration. Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. (pd-chg FEB) This document was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) AL L MES SA GES TAKEN BY TH IS CO MPANY ARE S UBJECT TO TH E FO L LO W I NG T ERMS W HI C H AR E H E R E B Y A G R EED T O To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message should order it REPEATED, that is, telegraphed bac k to the originating office for comparison. For th is, one-half the unrepeated message rate is charged in add ition. Unless otherwise indicated on its face, THIS IS AN UNREPEATED MESSAGE AND PAID FOR AS SUCH , in consideration whereof it is agreed between the sender of the message and this Company as follows : 1. The Company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in t he transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any UN REPEATED message, beyond t he amount received for sending the same; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery of any REPEATED message, beyond [1fty times t he sum received for sendin g the same, unless specially valued; nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines: nor for errors in cipher or obscure messages. . 2. In any event the Company shall not be liable for damages for any mistakes or delay in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery of th is message, whether caused by the negli gence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the sum of F I FTY DOLLARS, at which amount this messa ge is hereby valued, unless a greater value is stated in writing hereon at the time the message is offered to the Company for transmission, and an additional sum paid or agreed to be paid based on such value eq ual to one-tenth of one per cent. t hereof. . 3. The Company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this message over the lines of any other Company when necessary to reach its destination. 4. Messages will be delivered free within one-half mile of the Company's office in towns of 5,000 population or less, a nd within one mile of such office in other cit ies or towns. Beyond these limi ts the Company does not undertake to make delivery, but will, without liability, at the sender's request, as his agent and at his ex pense, endeavor to contract for him for such delivery at a reasonable price. 5. No responsibility attaches to this Company concerning messages unt il the same a re accepted at one of its transmitting offices; a nd if a message is sent to such office by one of the Company's messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender. 6. The Company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within ninety-five days after the cause of action, if any, shall have arisen. 7. No employee of the Company is authorized to vary the fo regoing. T HEO . N . VAIL , P R E SIDENT B ELVIDERE BROOKS , GENERAL MANAGER ...l: I- ci () ... 0: > 0 z l: ... . ..." "0: ...0: "... ... l: " '!! ... I-'" 0: x 0 ... :! I-... '" l:... :I: W 11. z 0: <I: j II: I~ W ...J W z ::> Z II: w I- oJ II) ~ II) I- == ~ Z I- 0 z0 0 '" ,. II) II) oJ i 0: II) "" iil::> II) I!) " ... " ...l0: ...~ I- ...0 0lI0 0 3 ... ... z .i l: " 0: ~ 0: II) ...0 ..:.... ... z ... .z 0: ~ 0: In z 0 II) ~ ':' ::> ::> II) ~ " i: z " ... 0 ...0: 0 " I. '" ... l:l-'" "Z ~ l: j: l: ... ... > l: !: :;; 0: '" j: I"... ...~ 0... 0~ 00 ~ ... I- 0: ... 0: 0:... ci 0 ... 0 " l: ... l: ~ l- i: I... 0 I-0 Z ...l: I-...z ...0 0 iii 0 l0 0 Z ~ II) ~ == 0 II) N .. II) Q. Q. II) Q. ~ II) I!) oJ oJ ~ "" II) " ... ;: ... " ... " z " I- " " rn W II- ::> IQ. G II) 0: 0 0 0 l: oJ W E S TERN UNION A LL TEL E GRAPH C OM PETING COMPANY COMPAN IES MON EY TR A NSFERRED !BY TELEGRAPH AND CABLE TO ALL THE WORLD /
