Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-18
REPORT OF The POSTMASTER GENE
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REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENE
Posi- OEr,cE DErARrmr~r, 4
18th November, 1927
10 hc Pre,;tieat " tic Cntied Stifes:
SiU iav. III. hnIoy 20 submit the following &c
port OF the state OF this Department,
The Gcnrral Post Office established July nG
IT'S. There then hut ono line of posts extend
ing from Falmouth, in New England to Savannah il
Goorg.a; aud the Postmaster General was author
Ecd to csu6!iah such posts ,e should thiai
proper
la October, 1892, the Postmaster General was
required, by act of Congress, TO the mail To be
Carried once week To ell the Post Offices; aud by
The same act he was authorized to make provision
for the Transmission of newspapers by mail
Wn"n the Federal Government way prgan god
under the presen, Constitution in 1859, the Post Of
flee establishment revised and perpctuated--
There then, and TO the close ui 1900 only sew
cuty-iivc post Offices III the United States: And
tho extent of Post Roads, in tic U, States, in $780,
amounted To 1875 miles. Now the number of post
oflic, is eight thousand and four and the Pos,
Roads amount to 900 miles.
The first Inc OF mail coIclics IN the United States
was established IN pursuance Of Act of Cong
rcss' passed september 2, 1905, extending from
f"rtsmonth, in New Hampshire, To Savannah III
Ge"rg'o. Tie transportation of tle u,ail IN coacirs
amounts at This time, to ,507 G miles iIi one wear
an8 from tho Let day of January next, it will he IN
cIcased {" 6.795, $40 rilrs The whole yearly trans
portatsom Of ne mail III coaches, sckics md az
horseback, amounts In about 3 100 0u0 miles
The whole amount of poStaycs, (the only source
OF revenue Ia the DEPARTMENT. from 1889, To Jul,
]. 1929 was, S,G,i;I ,l9G
The whole expenses of the D,purc-
m'.nt, during the same period, were us
GLOW
Compensation To Post TIT ,te.s S7G29.32J
Incidental expenses, 3oG o67
Transportation Of the mail i6O5:,5I3
-- 2i,779. 30;
Leaving a0Urepafe amount of rctrn,Ic-
of q Coz 81
The Revenue of the Department is accounted for
as f,lows:-
Amount of tho several payments into
the Treasury from 1889 to 1899, Sizes, 0GS
Amount OF the losses IN the transmits
sion of moneys during the same period, 1895
Balance. exhibited OF the books nf
tile Department, the LIST OF July, 1922, 81 ESQ
81 Coz ,coi
Prom this statement it appears that the Depart
ment has always been sustained by lis own resour-
ccs, and that money has at any time bccn drawn
from the Treasury for the transportation of the
mails: but that il has contributed the revenue vi
the Government.
Tue sums paid into the Treasury BY the different
Postmaster Generals, are as follows:
BY Timothy Pickering, from December
1913, 10 March, i79S, Si7;e9
BY Joseph Habersharn, from June. 1855,
TO September, 1901, e633lO
BY Gideop Grangcr, from December,
1901, in Bfccmber. 1918, 2oI,57o
by Return J. MeiGs, from March 1914,
10 !u9e 1872 237 ,2t9
December, 1929, 1886
Making together, the foregoing sum Of SI,lO3 O63
The balance. of S54i .63O exhibited by the b,uks
of this Department, the LIST of July, 1929 covers
all the balances due from Postmasters and others o
every description, which have been accommodating 70
forty years, including those Of the doubiul ant
many of dcperate character. The Report of the
late Postmaster General exhibit ed balance of 1892
los 10, the Of available funds at the dis
position of the Department the LIST Of July, 1898.
The amount exhibtad by the books Of the Depart
Inent that day, is S. 1884, from which it appears
that the of 1894 $780, of old balances, was esti
nuted to be either desperate or ofso uncertain cha
rgcter as that reliance could be had upon any part
OF it, and il is belle yed from examinations that this
estimate did essentially vary from what will prove
10 have been the actual amount of losses from 1899
10 1899:
To the above amount Of S2s4, 2G9
Mast be added this sum, due for hostages
prior to July |, 1923, which is since
found to be desperate, %, 23J
Counterfeit money found on hand 1864
Notes Of broken Banks 1872
- 1906
Making together the total amount Of Loss
cs by had debts and bad money, S3lOB3O
Which sum, deducted from the ubuve mon
toned balance OF $1,000
Lenycs the actual balance, Oh the LIST Of
July, 1929, $3.50, 1850
The fractions in this statement being omitted.
Tne amount of moneys OH hand aud due from. Post
masters, including Judgments obtained on old ac-
counts, was reported by the late Postmaster General
TO be, Oh tho first day Of July, 1927, S370033 81
lie also reported an excess Of expendi
lures beyond the amount Of receipts for
tho year ending tho LIST Of July, Ie2a Of 1929 q
Leaving bnauce Of moneys on hand
ard due from Postmasters, including judg-
mems obtained on old accounts on the
istof July, loae. Of S]J2,IO5 10
The amount Of post
ngcs from July I, 1860
July I, 1890, is found to
be SI,7O7Ai8 -
The expeDditurcsof tla
Department for the snne