Cost of cable services despite a competition was very high - the small telegramme cost about 20 dollars. At the same time the first transcontinental telegramme sent to president Abraham Linkoln by Supreme judge Stephen Field reported that California remains in the Union. The first offices of the company settled down in Reynolds Arcade building in Rochester New York. For three years (1851-1854) quantity of cable offices Western Union has increased from 132 to 4000 and corporate capital - from 220 thousand to 48 million dollars. For three years (1851-1854) quantity of cable offices Western Union has increased from 132 to 4000 and corporate capital - from 220 thousand to 48 million dollars.

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