It is a singular fact that Argentina possessed cable communication with the outer world before it had practically any land telegraph. This anomaly is due to the fact that a corporation, known as the River Plate Telegraph Company, was formed to work a 15-year concession which had been granted to Messrs. John Proudfoot and Matthew Gray of London on December 10, 1864, and which provided for a land and submarine line from Buenos Aires to Montevideo (uruguay). This line was Opened to the public November 30, 1866.

The honor of being the pioneer of the land tele graph belongs to the Western Railway of Buenos Aires. Being of an experimental character, the tele graph line had an extent of only 6 miles. Service commenced August 30, 1857. In passing, it is of interest to note that this Western Railway was itself the first railroad constructed in the country.

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