 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - George Huntington Hartford akabatana neGilman Company semunyori zvichida mukupera kwema1850; Hartford akazokwidziridzwa kuva muchengeti wemabhuku, ipapo cashier, muna 1866. Pakazosvika 1871 Hartford akanga ari munzvimbo yesimba uye akanga ane mutoro wokuwedzera AP kuChicago pashure pomoto wayo mukuru. Chitoro chokutanga cheAP kunze kweNew York City chakavhurwa mazuva mashomanene bedzi pashure penjodzi. Kambani yacho yakakurumidza kukura; muna 1875 AP yakanga ine zvitoro mumaguta 16. Muna 1878, Gilman akasiya manejimendi anoshanda ekambani kuHartford. Panguva iyoyo, kambani yacho yaishanda zvitoro 70 zvakashongedzerwa zvakanaka uye bhizimisi rokutenga nokutengesa netsamba raiva nemari yaitengeswa gore negore inosvika US1 miriyoni. 