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Postal Telegraph Company (Postal Telegraph & Cable Corporation) was a major operator of telegraph networks in the United States prior to its consolidation with Western Union in 1943. Postal partnered with Commercial Cable Company for overseas cable messaging.

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  • Postal Telegraph Company (Postal Telegraph & Cable Corporation) was a major operator of telegraph networks in the United States prior to its consolidation with Western Union in 1943. Postal partnered with Commercial Cable Company for overseas cable messaging. (en)
  • La Postal Telegraph Company était une société américaine de télégraphe, créée en 1881 et entrée en service en 1883, pour concurrencer la Western Union du magnat des affaires américain Jay Gould, en utilisant la référence à la poste américaine, qui souhaitait bénéficier d'un câble télégraphique. Après dix années d'existence, en 1893, la Postal Telegraph Company avait déjà construit l'un des gratte-ciel de Manhattan, à New York, dont elle occupait les derniers étages. En 1945, elle a fusionné avec la Western Union. (fr)
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  • La Postal Telegraph Company était une société américaine de télégraphe, créée en 1881 et entrée en service en 1883, pour concurrencer la Western Union du magnat des affaires américain Jay Gould, en utilisant la référence à la poste américaine, qui souhaitait bénéficier d'un câble télégraphique. La société a parmi ses premiers dirigeants , l'un des futurs opérateurs de la tentative ratée de . Dès ses débuts, elle subit des attaques boursières et à l'automne 1883, le millionnaire californien de l'argent John William Mackay achète plusieurs dizaines de milliers d'actions, à la demande d'un des investisseurs, George Roberts .John William Mackay investit ensuite dans la Commercial Cable Company, une troisième société de télégraphe, fondée en 1884. Après dix années d'existence, en 1893, la Postal Telegraph Company avait déjà construit l'un des gratte-ciel de Manhattan, à New York, dont elle occupait les derniers étages. En 1945, elle a fusionné avec la Western Union. (fr)
  • Postal Telegraph Company (Postal Telegraph & Cable Corporation) was a major operator of telegraph networks in the United States prior to its consolidation with Western Union in 1943. Postal partnered with Commercial Cable Company for overseas cable messaging. Postal was founded in the 1880s by John William Mackay, an entrepreneur who had made a fortune in silver mining in the Comstock Lode. Mackay's original purpose was to provide a domestic wire network to directly link with the Atlantic Cable. Mackay built the Postal network by the purchase of existing insolvent firms. The company was initially called The Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Co. Under president Albert Brown Chandler, the Postal network was able to achieve sufficient economy of scale to compete with Western Union, occasionally controlling as much as 20% of the business. By 1893, the company's rate of growth had allowed it to become the only viable competitor to Western Union. It had grown so large that management had to move out of the company's New York City headquarters to accommodate more operations staff. Chandler oversaw the design and construction of the Postal Telegraph Company Building, a new headquarters at Broadway and Murray Street. (en)
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