Telegram from F. E. Brooks to E. A. Hitchcock

FORM 15. POSTAL TELECRAPH-CABLE COMPANY. CEWITH THE This Company transmits and delivers the within message subject to the following CABLES TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Toguard against mistakes or delays, thesender of a message should order it REPEATED ; that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-half the regular rate is charged in addition. It is agreed between the sender of the message written on the face hereof and the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, that said Company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any UNREPEATED message, beyond the amountreceived for sending the same; nor formistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any REPEATED message beyond fifty times the sum received for sending the same, unless specially insured, nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines, or for errors in cipher or obscure messages. And this Company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward any message over the lines of any other Company when necessary to reach its destination. Correctness in the transmission of messages to any point on the lines of the Company can be INSURED by contract in writing, stating agreed amount of risk, and payment of premium thereon, at the following rates, in addition to the usual charge for repeated nessages, viz : one per cent. for any distance not exceeding 1, 000 miles, and two per cent. for any greater distance. UP F 00 a it No responsibility regarding messages attaches to this Company until the samo are presented and accepted at one of its transmitting offices; and if a messagelis sent to such offide bit one 65 this company's messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sonder. o S 8 to >A C 7 TO Messages will be delivered free within the ostablies ed free delivery kimit$ of therterminal office. For delivery at distance a special charge ilbbo-made to cover the costlof such delivery. 3 S a 0 This Company will not be liable for damagos or statutory penalties nany gase where the claim is not presentedan writing within sixty days after the messageris filed with,there oppan compransmission. This is an UNBEPEATED message and is delivered by request of the sender under: the conditions named above. Errors can-be guarded against only by eppating a message Station for comparison. No employee of this Company is authorized PO vary the foregoing. WILLIAM H. BAKER, and JOH O. STEVENS, GLARENGE H. MACKAY, 13 v. P. and Geh'l Manager. Secretary. President. soldta