Operation on this continent, having over 1,400 stations, and employing upwards of 10,000 operators
and clerks. The number of messages passing over all the lines in
this country annually is estimated at upwards of 5,000,000,
producing a revenue of $2,000,000.
rapid communication of information to distant locations
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the increased ability of people to work at night
-Atlantic Monthly, March 1860
rapid population growth in the western territories
The invention discussed in this article led directly to -