Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-06-26

I tions effect the reven"e OF tins Department. -
Tho facilities secured by this mode of Convey
ance for sending letters bsPrivate hands very
seriously diminish the receipts Of the offices upor
these routes 4 single illustration Will establish
| this assertion.
Boston is one Of the most Important points Of
railroad concentration in the Union. lis bust
ness prosperity IS proverbial; and yet IN that
city the quarter ending 31st March last shows
as compared with the corresponding quarter OF
the year before, decrease IN postage receipts
of three thousand one hundret and ninty fire dol
tdrs-beIng double the amount OF diminution 10
be found, within the same time, in any other
post office in the nation, with the single excep-
lion of Philadelphia which IS another great ter
minus Of railroad communication.
These facts are presented IN no spirit of unkind-
ness towards those to whose management these
interpretations are intrnsteG. bu, that have con-
sidered il due to our whole people to refer to this
subject as one which will ere long call for nation
al and state legislation unless a corrective be
sooner applied by public opinion.
a considerable saving will be found in cur
tailments Of service generally, directed by my
immediate predecessor. IN limiting the transpor-
tatIon Of the mails to six trips a week upon most
of the routes throughout the uation. The en-
barrasscd condition of the Department. If il was
TO remain unaded by Government clearly indi-
Gated the propriety Of some reduction of service,
and the religious sense Of the community will
certainly approve the feeling hat selects the Sab
bath the day on which that service should not
be performed Yet it cannot BIO denied that this
order has borne heavily on contractors, and in
many Instances caused great arrangement IN the
transportation of toe mails.
Whilst III some sections of the country this al
iteration has not only received cheerful acquios-
cencc, but is warmly approved, there has been
great general complaint OF It's operation, and DAT
Iy appeals for the old facilities IRE pressed upon
the Department. Without entering upon this
subject at large, 1t is sufficient for my present
purpose to state that, as this order purports TO
have been given to reduce tho expences of tho
Department, and TO aid III bringing them within
It's receipts, return TO the former service at
this time. might well be considered declara-
ton Of my confidence its ability to sustain the
expenditure necessary for such restoration. 1
have therefore felt it imperative me 10 adhere
TO this order Of curtailment
The building no being erected for tho Gener
al Postoffice SO far advanced as 70 give assu-
rance that il can be completed before the session
of Congress in December. This is much to be
aCtiuus business. bus 't,,t t.'o Puuic properly
may be kept IN security. Such means q are kept
in my power are continually employed TO secure
the present building from fire. but in its exposed
condition the danger of destruction the books
and papers Of the Office is source of constant
anxiety. All which is respectfully submitted.
FIR. GRANGER.
To tho Prcsiden, of the United States
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