the: commercial cable company 
AMERICAN OFFICES 
NEW YORK 
Commercial Cable Building, 20 Broad St. \ 
(Principal Office , .-I/ways Open) \ 
Stoek Exchange ...... 
Cotton. Exchange .. 
16 Beaver Street . . _ . 
Postal Telegraph Building .... 
180 William Street, cor. Spruce 
442 Broome Street ..... 
944 Broadway. 
“Herald.” Building . . . ^ * 
BOSTON 
100 State Street 7 .... 
155 Federal Street \ .... 
HALIFAX, N. S. 
108 Granville Street. 
TELEPHONE 
Rector 38Q 
Rector 380 
Rector 380 
Broad 427 
Barclay 6700 
Beekman 4416 
Spring 1108 
Gramercv 2891 and 
Greeley 3025 
Main ISO 
St. Raul 34o 
2892 
EUROPEAN OFFICES 
London (Principal) O'ffice, Always Open),, C3--C4 Gracechurch Street, E. C. 
L.i'V erro.ql,. F 7 Exchange Building and Cotton Exchange. 
jMAN.euns.TEs, IS Moult Street, Cross Street (Opposite Royal Exchange). 
Bradpord, S Forster Square. 
Kewcastee-on-Tyne, 29 Sandhill. 
Bristoe, Backball Chambers, Baldwin Street. 
Glasgow, 28 Gordon Street. 
Edinburg it, 18c George Street. 
.Dundee, 50 Bell Street. 
Leith, 5 Bernard Street. 
Bakis^ 49 Avenue de VOpera (New York Herald Office). 
Havre, 112 Boulevard de Strasbourg. 
ITqrt a. Fay At* Azotes Islands. 
CABLEGRAMS FOR TRANSMISSION BY COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL PACIFIC HALIFAX & BERMUDAS, DIRECT WEST INDIA. 
NEWFOUNDLAND AND COMMERCIAL OF CUBA CABLES ARE ACCEPTED AT ALL POSTAL TELEGRAPH 
AND CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TELEGRAPH OFFICES. 
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
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The Commercial Cable Company may decline to forward any message, though it has been accented for transmission, but in .case of so doing, shall refund 
to the sender the amount paid for its transmission. _ t l . r Y L,J,i „j; > 1 iAi 
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TERMINUS OF ITS OWN 
To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message'should WRITE IT LEGIBLY and order it REPEATED; that is, telegraphed back to the send 
tion for comparison. For such repeating an additional chargeif one-quarter, tile . regular rate will be made. 
It is agreed between the sender of the message on the •face hereof, and This 'Corn pan v, that said Company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in trans 
THIS COMPANY WILL NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN RESPECT - 
LINES. 
To 
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It is agreed between the sender of the message on — - . _ . 
mission or delivery, or for non-delivery, or mis-deliverv, of any unrepeated message beyond the amount of that portion ot the charge which mav or shall accrue to 
this Company out of the amount received from the sender for this, and the other companies, by whose lines such message may pass to reach its destination; and 
that this Company shall not be liable for nii&gakeSfin the transmission or delivery, or for non-deliverv. or mis-delivery of any repeated message beyond fifty times 
the extra sum received bv this companv from* rae •setfaehi lor repeating such message over its own lines. 
This Companv is herebv made the agent of the sender without liability to forward any message by the lines of any other company to reach its destination. 
This Companv shall not be responsible for messages until they are presented ancLaccepted at one of its transmitting.-offices; ,if a message be sent to. such 
office by one of the Company’s messengers, the messenger acts for that pitrpose a&tjie agent of the sender; if byjtelephone., the person r.eceivipg -thic message acts 
therein as the agent of the sender, and is Junior feed to assent to these conditions on Behalf oFThe seitder. 
This Company shall not be liable in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the filing ofthe message. 
This Company shall not be liable in any case for delays arising from interruptions to the working of its lines, nor for errors in cipher or obscure messages. 
In any event this Company shall not be held liable for any loss or damage, or for delay or detention, or errors caused by storms or the action of the 
elements, or other acts of Cod, or by civil or military authority, or by insurrections, riots, rebellions, or dangers incident to the time of war, or by the unlawful 
acts of individuals. *» 1 ' • ' , 
This is an UNREPEATET) message and is transmitted and delivered by request of the sender under the conditions named above. 
No employe of this Company is authorized to vary the foregoing. 
DEFERRED SERVICE. 
The Commercial Cable Company will accept for transmission to certain specified countries Deferred Service Messages at rates per word which shall be 
less than the rates per word charged for ordinary messages, subject to the terms and conditions above, and as follows: 
Only one language shall be used, it may be French or that of the country of origin or the country of destination. The sender must declare which of 
these languages is used. 
The sender must write before the address, and nay the charge on one word, for the letters LCF. LCO, or LCD, according to his declaration. . 
The message must have an address and a text. A signature is optional with the sender, but the Company will not be able to make unpaid inquiries about 
the senders of unsigned messages. 
The address may be a cable address. House and street numbers may be expressed in figures. 
The text must be written entirely in one plain language without figures, commercial marks, .groups of letters, abbreviations or mutilations. Numbers, except 
in the address, must be written in words. Genuine words spelled according to established usage, with not more than fifteen letters, will be charged as single 
words. Messages written in the manner prescribed will be counted and charged according to the International Regulations. 
The messages will not be subject to artificial delay in transmission or delivery. Their transmission will only be delayed until ranking' messages have been 
despatched. 
CLARENCE H. MACKAY, PRESIDENT. GEO G. WARD, VICE-PRESIDENT AND GEN'L MANAGER. ALBERT BECK, Spchetary, 
