The Western Union Telegraph Company has about 3,000 miles of
pole line, 8,000 miles of cicuit wire and 213 offices in Canada's
Maritime provinces.  The Company covers the whole of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick, with the exception of the portion of the latter
province situated on the International Railroad west of Moncton,
which is served by the Great North Western [Telegraph] Company.
The Western Union handles the land business of all the Atlantic
cables except those of the Commercial Cable Company.  The
affairs of the compnay in the Maritime province are managed by
D.C. Dawson, superintendent at St. John, New Brunswick.


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