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Telegraph statistics of chartered companies, by company, 1910 to 1916
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| Line | Wire | Messages | Offices | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| miles | number | |||
| Great Northwestern Telegraph Co. | ||||
| 1910 | 11,134 | 50,092 | 2,907,494 | 1,183 |
| 1911 | 10,726 | 50,568 | 3,812,159 | 1,194 |
| 19121 | 9,582 | 46,311 | 4,400,443 | 1,175 |
| 1913 | 9,582 | 30,134 | 4,559,972 | 993 |
| 1914 | 9,563 | 30,134 | 4,756,322 | 993 |
| 19152 | 16,337 | 50,342 | 4,627,530 | 1,335 |
| 19162 | 17,696 | 53,881 | 5,580,956 | 1,393 |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Co. | ||||
| 1910 | 12,257 | 75,758 | 3,431,4933 | 1,372 |
| 1911 | 12,866 | 87,703 | 3,921,4773 | 1,424 |
| 1912 | 13,182 | 96,2964 | 4,642,8203 | 1,524 |
| 1913 | 13,824 | 102,857 | 4,831,1193 | 1,532 |
| 1914 | 14,561 | 105,780 | 4,225,0003 | 1,520 |
| 1915 | 14,633 | 106,066 | 3,965,1423 | 1,564 |
| 1916 | 14,617 | 106,143 | 4,914,5192 | 1,663 |
| Western Union | ||||
| 1910 | 2,639 | 11,244 | 551,764 | 217 |
| 1911 | 2,598 | 11,599 | 572,081 | 219 |
| 1912 | 2,576 | 11,674 | 618,214 | 216 |
| 1913 | 2,278 | 12,504 | 621,423 | 235 |
| 1914 | 2,832 | 17,463 | 694,447 | 235 |
| 1915 | 2,819 | 17,130 | 677,976 | 235 |
| 1916 | 3,082 | 18,106 | 647,445 | 241 |
| Timiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway | ||||
| 1910 | 265 | 1,865 | 131,106 | 22 |
| 1911 | 294 | 2,299 | 211,920 | 25 |
| 1912 | 300 | 2,670 | 167,326 | 26 |
| 1913 | 343 | 1,407 | 147,634 | 27 |
| 1914 | 343 | 1,407 | 136,258 | 27 |
| 1915 | 332 | 1,413 | 120,170 | 28 |
| 1916 | 332 | 1,670 | 111,225 | 28 |
| Algoma Central Railway5 | ||||
| 1910 | 130 | 174 | 3,639 | 4 |
| 1911 | 214 | 517 | 4,497 | 6 |
| 1912 | 378 | 700 | - | 7 |
| 1913 | 314 | 413 | - | 8 |
| 1914 | 424 | 799 | - | 8 |
| 1915 | 424 | 799 | - | 8 |
| 1916 | 424 | 799 | - | 8 |
| Algoma Eastern Railway5 | ||||
| 1913 | 85 | 89 | - | 3 |
| 1914 | 85 | 89 | - | 4 |
| 1915 | 85 | 171 | - | 4 |
| 1916 | 85 | 171 | - | 4 |
| Grand Trunk Pacific Telegraph Co. | ||||
| 1910 | 1,699 | 5,081 | 71,154 | 73 |
| 1911 | 1,963 | 6,004 | 101,048 | 92 |
| 1912 | 2,310 | 8,780 | 133,677 | 112 |
| 1913 | 2,948 | 10,728 | 155,027 | 120 |
| 1914 | 3,185 | 14,894 | 146,689 | 134 |
| 1915 | 4,639 | 13,229 | 182,003 | 213 |
| 1916 | 5,190 | 20,052 | 218,606 | 233 |
| The North American Telegraph Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 1910 | 44 | 783 | 38,015 | 63 |
| 1911 | 44 | 783 | 40,508 | 62 |
| 1912 | 44 | 783 | 46,999 | 61 |
| 1913 | 44 | 783 | 49,308 | 61 |
| 1914 | 44 | 783 | 43,180 | 59 |
| 1915 | 44 | 664 | 45,451 | 54 |
| 1916 | 44 | 664 | 53,340 | 50 |
| Canadian Northern Railway Co. | ||||
| 1910 | 3,685 | 7,841 | - | 191 |
| 1911 | 4,367 | 13,073 | - | 227 |
| 1912 | 5,232 | 15,195 | - | - |
| 1913 | 5,457 | 17,209 | 1,120,676 | 352 |
| 1914 | 5,924 | 18,233 | 1,040,846 | 373 |
| National Transcontinental Railway | ||||
| 1911 | 313 | - | - | - |
| 1912 | 1,171 | - | - | - |
| 1913 | 1,429 | - | - | - |
| 1914 | 1,798 | - | - | - |
| 1915 | 1,990 | 4,834 | - | - |
| 1916 | 2,003 | 5,089 | - | - |
| 1. This company leased its property and plant in New York State to the Western Union Co., which accounts for the reduction in the figures of 1912. | ||||
| 2. Including the Canadian Northern Railway Co. | ||||
| 3. Not including press messages. | ||||
| 4. Including 962 miles of cables. | ||||
| 5. These are telephone lines and are used for both despatching and commercial business. | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17. | ||||
