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Elizabeth City, Edenton, Pasquotank County, Chowan County, North Carolina
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Senator Cullom from the Inter-State Commerce Committee reported a bill favorably to the United States Senate, extending federal control over telegraph companies in inter-state business similar to railroads under the Inter-State Commerce Act, with exceptions for newspapers allowing special rates.
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An Important Bill Reported to the United States Senate.
A bill relative to the Federal control of the telegraph has been reported favorably to the United States Senate by Senator Cullom from the Inter-State Commerce Committee.
The bill excepts newspapers from its restrictive provisions, and permits telegraph companies to make special rates with them, irrespective of the "long or short haul."
In other respects the bill places the telegraph companies, as to inter-State business, under the same general control as the railroads are now under the Inter-State Commerce Law.
The general principles of the Inter-State Commerce Act, and, in many cases, the language of the act, are made applicable to telegraph companies.
The report is unanimous.
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the report is unanimous.
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A bill relative to the Federal control of the telegraph has been reported favorably to the United States Senate by Senator Cullom from the Inter-State Commerce Committee. The bill excepts newspapers from its restrictive provisions, and permits telegraph companies to make special rates with them, irrespective of the "long or short haul." In other respects the bill places the telegraph companies, as to inter-State business, under the same general control as the railroads are now under the Inter-State Commerce Law. The general principles of the Inter-State Commerce Act, and, in many cases, the language of the act, are made applicable to telegraph companies.