Telegraph Poles sold

 In 1902 the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Telegraph Company sold twenty-nine miles of poles and wires from Delmar to Kings Creek Maryland to Western Union.  As the name implies The New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Telegraph Company was owned by the railroad. It had started New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Telegraph Company to be competition to Western Union.  New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Telegraph Company was to be part of the Postal Telegraph Cable Co which in the early 1900s was the only competitor of Western Union.  In 1943 the two companies were combine into Western Union.  

The cost of the line was to be $165.00 per mile plus some additional fees for use of the wires in a certain section around princess Anne.