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Show WESTERN UNION NIOHTJ.ETTERS The Western Union local office announces an-nounces that on and after March 7 tho company will be prepared to handle long night messages at tho rate usual ly charged for ten-word day mcs sages. The great telegraph concern has an Immense wire mileage that is to an extent Idle during tho night hours which do not earn anything. At the same time the wires during the day are overcrowded with business. busi-ness. To the end of equalizing the volume of business and to encourag. the public to take advantage of the night wires, which must be maintained maintain-ed In any event to take care of the ('ay business, the company has inaugurated inaug-urated tlls new service, and It Is apparent ap-parent that the present management of the Western Union 19 going to lot th: public have the benefit of the reduction. re-duction. The announcement states that "A ppeclal night letter service will be es tabllshed as soon as practicable. Tho charge for this service will be the standard day rate for ton words, for i bo Iransmlsslon of fifty words or less, and one fifth of such standard day rate will be charged for each ad dltional ten words or less." To be taken at these rates, "nlglit letters'" must he written in plain English language, that U to say, code words or communications written in foreign languages will not bo accepted. accept-ed. Tho messages will be taken at any hour up to midnight and transmitted transmit-ted at. Ihe company's convenience during dur-ing the night for delivery the following morning. For the present the nov service is confined to Western Union offices in the United States Tho tariffs chuged for night loiters are so low it Is expected that the new service will he largely availed of bv I business concerns and others to quid:- j en their correspondence by using tho telegraph instead of the mails. J i.ight letter sent by telegraph will reach Its destination at the opening of business hours the following m-.ra- J lng, thus saving as much as three or four days when long distances are in-vohed. |