The telegraph in American and Morse memorial (1886)
Reid, James D · New York, Printed for the author by J. Polhemus · leaf 418
at all times, in working order, doing business expeditiously,serving the public faithfully, and in giving them what they have everwanted, and what they are ever willing to pay for — Reliability. Such language was significant of the qualityof the man. It isscarcely necessary to add that what he so… … Charles F. Wood. raised the telegraph in the estimation of the public. The amount ofdiscretion called for, may be comprehended, when it is stated that theselines extended over the routes of not less than twelve distinct railroadsand occupied nearly 300 miles of turnpike road. Mr. Woods successwas…
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 · Telegraph
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