The following was printed as a heading on all
the telegraph forms of the Southern Telegraph Companies:
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THE SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH COMPANIES |
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Terms and Conditions on which Messages are
Received by these Companies for Transmission |
| The public are notified that in order to guard
against mistakes in the transmission of messages, every message of
importance ought to be repeated by being sent back from the station
at which it is to be received to the station from which it is
originally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be
charged for repeating the message, and while these Companies will as
heretofore use every precaution to insure correctness, they will not
be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or
delivery of repeated messages beyond five hundred times the amount
paid for sending the message, nor will they be responsible for
mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages, from
whatever cause they may arise, nor the delays arising from
interruptions in the workings of their Telegraphs, nor for any
mistakes or omissions of any other Company over whose lines a
message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All
messages will hereafter be received by these Companies for
transmission subject to the above conditions. |
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J. R. DOWELL, Gen'l Sup't, Richmond, Va. W. S.
MORRIS, Pres't, Richmond, Va. |
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