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Show Comlitioii of (lie W. V. Tcle-;i'nih Tcle-;i'nih 'o. At the election for officers of the Western Union telegraph companv, to-dav, the following were chosen directors: di-rectors: Win. Oiton, James H. ; Banker. AIoijo B. Cornell, Harrison j Durkee, Norvin Green, Joseph Har-; Har-; ker, Edwin H.Morgan, AgustusSelicll, ! W. K. Thorne, C. Vanderbilt, Frank ' Work, Chester W. Chapin, Ezra Cor-; Cor-; ! nell, Vrus W. Field, Wilson G.IIunt, i David Jones. Cbas. Livingston, Geo. . ( H. Munifonl. O. II. Palmer, Geo. M. j Pullman, K. S.Sanfoixl, Hiram Sibley, ! John Steward, Moses Taylor. W. H. ' I Vanderbilt, W. A, Vermillye, E. B, . j Wesley, Stilhnan Wilt and K. D. A"orcester. The election for officers takes place to-morrow. The stockholders of the West-j West-j 1 ern Union telegraph comjtany i i met, to-day, for the annual elec-f elec-f tion when President Orton presented I the following interesting statistics: 1 T'hc report is made up to June 30th, 17:1, at which time the capital stock i , of the company was $11,073,410, of ' '. which there are outstanding $3o,77S,- 1 ami owned by the company $7,3i5,; total 073,410. The debt of the company on June 30, t73, was .0;i.40. of which there was due October lt, ls7;t, for the American Telegraph Co's Iwnds. SS'J.oLHi, of November, W". There ; is also due for W. U. currency lxmds, , l-iy.'.'i.iO: there is due on maturing Western Union gold londs, $l,o00,-000: $l,o00,-000: total, '.,0:;.4iA). Tht gross receipts re-ceipts for the year, from all sources, amounted to $M.;!-".-'i,01 s.."ii ; the gross expenses to $ri,:;7-",iV)."i.K makingthe net earnings. $2,707, '.tO:?. Git. Of this amount tlu re has been applied for the construction and purchase of new lines, sU."-' I2.u".'.7 ; inten'st on 1-omU, '17.7'-.i:;; real itale. 'c'.U.-40; 'c'.U.-40; purchase of sundry stocks of Telegraph Tele-graph Co.'s in the Western Union Co.'s system, U,-57(.Gii; paid for H.)A0o o Western E'.et trie Manu-faeiuring Manu-faeiuring Co.'s sto.-k. S'jii.OiXI; patents pat-ents on account of steam's Duplex, fl(J,2-"; miscellaneous, :S!0,:.'-jU: to-t to-t $l,722.4.3l'.-V.. The balance which lias been carried to tiie income account ac-count anumntcd to 1,0-10,072.13, On July 1st, LS72, the company were operating op-erating G2,u3- miles ot line, 137,1'JO miles of wire and o,-37 uilices. On June "V.h, l:-73, the company oper-atc-d G7,7o7 miles of!inc,lo4,471 miles of wire and O.740 offices. The number num-ber of messages scut in 1S72 was 12,-I 12,-I 444, 4U0, and tiie total lor the year , ending June 3Uth. 1S73, was 14,4oG.- The n.'port go?s into extended detail, rfciernng to the increase in the business of money transfers, and the ' general reouirement and prospects of tiie lines. |