02 Apr 1857
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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1857
Page
1
A garbled note references a fiquor tavern and an ion convenience while noting the Parent Office receipt total of 164,000 for last year. The fragmented text mixes terms and numbers with unclear meaning.
The Evening Post analyzes Congress duty on the Transatlantic Telegraph profits. It estimates total cost at 1,700,000 dollars and projects capacity to send about 1,800 ten word messages daily on seven wires. The article questions the line’s capacity and profitability, noting delays, signal timing, and a price of one dollar per word. It concludes the revenue seems unlikely to cover the project’s full cost.
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