The telegraph in American and Morse memorial (1886)
Reid, James D · New York, Printed for the author by J. Polhemus · leaf 271
the Chicago Young Mens Christian Association. During Judge Catons telegraphic administration, various claimsfor damages, caused by errors, came up for adjudication. Thefirst case presented was referred by the Board to the Presidentwith power. In his controversy with the parties aggrieved, he… … ^ ——— ,^4^ The Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Company. 243 Judge Caton was determined to set no precedents which would en-courage claims of tliis character. In this respect, he took the extremeopposite ground of Mr. Swain, of the Magnetic Telegraph Company,who ranked telegraph companies as…
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 · Telegraph
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