Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-16

The annua! transportation Of the mai. on he 4, .i
July las, was about 1881, 577 miles in stage: and the
whole yearly transportation in coaches, s,eamboa,s. ,uI.
kies, and on horseback, amounted, at that period. To
about 1880. 900 miles.
The existing contracts for Transporting the nail In
the southern division, embracing The States Of Virgi.
MIA. N. Carolina, 5. Carolina, Georgia, and ,h.. ,ritorv
oil Fiotida, will expire with the current wear. In IN.
renewal oi those contracts, provision has been made 10,
extending stage accommodation over 1902 miles Of
post-r Dads, on which the mail has hitherto been carried
on horses only, or IN snlkies. and on which annual trans.
Portation in stages. will, from the lst Of January next.
amount TO 27S,656 miles. The fre qusncy OF ,rips viii
also be increased on S9t miles Of existing stage rout..
TO the annual increase OF 1885, 5S miles making, TO-.
gcther, an increase OF stage transportation OF the
mail, from the lst Of January next, of li7,OI4 mile,
a year.
provi,ion /. also made for the more frequent trap,,or.
.suon OIL the mail on different routes, as iol,ows:
Increase Of trips on horse ros,es 81 1924 uils. a VAR
increase Of trips on existing
routes changed from horse 10
stage routes lIa Ihe 10
Increase of trips on stage routes lss.s5s do.
Making, together total increase Of PSI. 63s mis. q,
transp' rtSiIon OF mail, in a year, beyoua the amouut
OF present ttsnspot ta,iou In that division, besides the
IMPROVEMENT OF substituting stages for horse tran.por.
taion. f'
Among these Improvements are included. a line o,
stages from Eden'on TO Washington N. c.; from New.
bern to Wilmington, N C; a steamboa, line from vii
nnng'on 10 smlthvi'ie; and a line OF Stages from Smith
vme' NC. to Gsorgetewn, S C.; all OF which are to
~ ""ys thtrt arrangements
WIN complete the regular communication BY steam
ooa'' snd siages, between Baltimore, Md. and Charles
W' >: e, along the Sea-board. by way OF Norfolk
va. Elizabeth City, Eienton, washinpt ton, Newbern
wilmington, and Sini,hville, N. c., and Georgetown
!. IAN accommodation desired alike by the public
and the Department.
Provision is also made for expeditjnv tho mail -,
many important routes; amoBg which is lhe whole route
9etween This place aud Fort Mitchell, via Richmond,
"a hS'eish' N. Co Columbia, s. c., aud Miliedge.
vile, Ga; which line will be ,rsverssd in two dsvs
Tess time than at present.; so that the mail will run from
January next. "
Allowing he average expense of tr.,.n,r., A..
horse or sukey, to be five cents per mile. and bv st,g.,
10 be thirteen cents per mile, which is about the mssr
rave paid in the Southern division, the value of th.s,
petition, will be as f,llows:
Annual amount OF transportation changed from borsss
os'sges' 21s,o56 miles, ats cent, per mile. (the mean
To hns.srneej $22,292 As
90 the samr, amounting, annually, TO
1886 miles, at 8 cents per mile r o2o or
increased number Of trips on i,rmer stage
routes, amounting, annually, to lbs, 1853
miles, at liz cents per mile II os6 X
Increased number OF trips on horse and
sulkey routes, amounting, annually, to
'i'ozi miles, at D cents per mile 1851 &c
Making the total annual value Of the i'm
prove'nent' SIT 1913 o.
The contracts have been made for The ensuing four
years, from tie first OF January next, ipclu,Iiny All
'hese improvements, at a .um less than the amount no w
paid Tor transporting the mails In that divi.
r. non, o., ey S25. O47 81
the improvements, as before stated, Al 793 %
And the actual saving 10 the Depar ment.
In he rsnewing Of the contracts, will
amount annually, to 72,s40 SO
besides the very considerable amount pained m IN.
increased expedition Of the mails on many routes of great
interest TO the community, the value of which cannot be
well estimated.
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In this saving in the expense of the contracts. and
auuiuonal revenue which may be anticipated from
'he improvements they secure, together with the gene
raj increase OF hostages, which is still progressive will
pressed, that the current revenue OF the Departmen
Tor the succeeding year, viii be sufficient for its dis.
bursements.
The rules that have been adopted In relation 10 N.
conduct OF fost-masters, placing the investigation of al
omciai dennquencies under the immediate superintend.
ance OF an Assistant, and subjecting them 10 the stric,
scrutiny oil an able and vigilant officer, has been proluc.
I'VE OF the bappiest results. There are, at the present
ume' in tho United States, s,40l post offices; and among
that number, scattered over the whole Union, il is moi
possible to prevent disorders, TO the great loss of ind;vi.
duals, and some times Of the Department, without the
unremitted and undivided attention of a competent off.
Ger. The duties Of this branch of the DEPARTMENT
under its present organization, have, however, been $,
discharged as TO secure as great a degree of confidence
In the fidelity OF its officers, generally, as could have
existed in any former period, when the numbor wa.
comparatively small.
have the honor to be,
With great respect,
Your very obedient servant,
w. T. BARRY.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.