Dividend.
"To This End, I Advised You To Confirm The Order Of 175 Tons Of
Charcoal Wire And Of The
Insulators, post pins, batteries, and
instruments needed for the length between Fort Garry and Jasper House
(the wire from England,
And the other material from Canada and the
United States), at a total cost, already given you in complete detail,
estimated, when delivered at Fort Garry, as not to exceed
10,000l.. This statement of cost, and a reference to my past
statements, will answer the question in Mr. Fraser's letter of the
13th, as to whether I had calculated the heavy expense of carriage -
20l. per ton to Fort Garry. The question shows that it had not
been calculated in Fenchurch Street that the poles and timber would be
got in the country, and that the whole weight of material to be sent to
Fort Garry was about 200 tons at the most.
"I may pause, however, in answer to another similar question, about the
relative prices of American and English wire, &c., to say, that the
best market for wire is England; and the best market for the less
important articles is the United States, while the proper prices
chargeable for the best article by the best houses are known to all
practical men. I may add, as I am asked what is the weight per mile of
telegraphic wire, that 'best charcoal No. 9 electric wire' is 320 lbs.
to the mile of 1,760 yards.
"On leaving this subject, I may add, that if on further consideration
you determine to store the material above named (cost and carriage
10,000l.) at Fort Garry, there is yet time to get it out to St.
Paul, and some, if not all, may go through to Fort Gany.
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