"c VAR 0292 03019 RAT RAP 3R 942-956 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0292 LOC 2589 WIDTH 9 DK 41 COL 71-79 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES, WESTERN UNION AND POSTAL TELEGRAPH " "c COMPANIES " "c ------------------------------------------------------------ " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 03019 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1942-06/1956 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, OPERATING DATA " "c FROM MONTHLY REPORTS OF LARGE TELEGRAPH, CABLE AND " "c RADIOTELEGRAPH CARRIERS, EACH HAVING ANNUAL OPERATING " "c REVENUES IN EXCESS OF $250,000. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 03019 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1942-1956. " "c BEGINNING IN 1943, A NEW ACCOUNTING CLASSIFICATION WAS " "c INTRODUCED MAKING PREVIOUS DATA NOT COMPARABLE WITH THIS " "c VARIABLE. HOWEVER, BACK DATA FOR 1942 ARE GIVEN MONTHLY IN " "c 1943 ISSUES OF THE SOURCE. IT CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED FROM " "c INFORMATION GIVEN IF THESE BACK DATA REPRESENT A NEW SET OF " "c FIGURES OR IF THEY ARE REVISED OLD FIGURES. " "c AS OF OCTOBER 7, 1943, WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. AND " "c POSTAL TELEGRAPH INC. WERE MERGED INTO THE WESTERN UNION " "c TELEGRAPH COMPANY SYSTEM. REVENUE FIGURES FOR 1943, SHOWN " "c IN 1944 MONTHLY ISSUES FOR THE TWO COMPANIES, WERE COMBINED " "c FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR; THERE ARE NO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE " "c FIGURES AND THE SUM OF FIGURES FOR THE SEPARATE COMPANIES AS " "c SHOWN THROUGH OCTOBER 1943 IN MONTHLY SOURCE ISSUES FOR THE " "c YEAR. " "c BEGINNING IN 1946, REVENUES FROM WIRE TRANSMISSIONS AND " "c REVENUES FROM CABLE TRANSMISSIONS ARE SHOWN SEPARATELY; THEY " "c HAVE BEEN ADDED BY NBER. BACK DATA IN 1947, SHOWN FOR THE " "c FIRST TIME IN 1946, WERE COMPARED WITH ORIGINAL TOTALS IN " "c 1946 ISSUES AND THERE WERE NO CHANGES. " "c DATA FOR APRIL AND MAY, 1952 REFLECT A STRIKE LASTING " "c APRIL 3 - MAY 25. " "c DATA FOR 1955-1956 ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c "