New-York tribune., 1841-06-09

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subject to draft or the discharge of such arreaE-
" 80 H. report is herewith submitted. marked q
T an examination OF a statement. I vii be seen tlat
c va, due and uupad o. ascetteined pal
,ces on the first o; JANUARY last the OF ieur hundre4
and forty-scve thousand and seven:are dollars S44I
079 considerable portion v.ch mas beer Pas IRON me
Of the quarter ending me Sl-t aarc = [gFoF'
from the Auditor upon all the outstanding contracts VIII sh
douktedl, increas - Indebtedness 20 tota e
ceeding half million o: dollars In addition to which
heayy demand, are frequently made me Deartren upon
,pliouidated claims OF such demands. no notice can be
taken al this ,irne it proper that an o2inon as 70 e
justice should be expressed
Under these circumstances. questions natural! pre-
sen, How / Department 70 oe sustained
under its present erDarrl,7ert- and what are = 'aai
cal hopes for the future
A no estimates upon which can be Based III a'@"e -
be fr. uorirv can be presented until tut statement OF
balances due from Po=traas;e shall have been reported o
the Auditor 1t Is passed with thc single remark ia a.
though can hardly be doubted ;hat large aggregate sun
will be found due. It II 10 be feared that iFoiA ,Ae S
amount of most separate balances scattered through
on, ,bs widespread nation, the want c responsibility IN
many of these officers and many Of their securities and te
pe of time since these balances accrued but an hcen'
erable part of the actually due VIII ever be Tecee
7, therefore remains for Congress TO determine whether the
or,o, noy dre 10 contractors shall be paid from the Ma
ona Treasury whether this Department shall siTgse on
with its present crnbarrassants consuming rs da'S acofa
ing revenues the partial payment OF oe dents ana >i'
leaving large balances which 1t has not the aoi!'H % us
Notwithstanding the heavy increased expenditures con'e-
ouen upon the act of the 7t July 1889, and although IN
stead of the supposed gradua! increase OF revenue M ie
ccips for the quarter ending 3ls March last present =
conparcl viii, the spending quarter OF the year before
dinnuon OF than six per cent sun the department
would probably find sufficient relief IL future operations
from the decrease Of prices which may De ea'coaed VIII
be hereafter demanded upon most OF the routes were not
for the continually increasing exaction, in other branches o;
the service -,
To present this subject in the Ineligible form, the
FIRST Assistant Postmaster General has prepared 'aoa
view of recent proposals. that comparison ma: ee made be
tween the am n, Of present bids and the sums now pad Tor
mail service upon the routes The table hereto an
ncxed, marked ID.
On an examination Of this it will be seen that
in some cases the demanded by railroad companies
for transportation of the mails than twe hundred per
higher than Is pail for coach service upon roads io'
inr connecting links between different railroad companies,
pon the same man route and that where the night ser
vice upon the railroads less than tha' performed IN coaches
Sneh demands deserve consideration from the fact tt
whilst at the lettings in New-l erk and the sly Eastern
STATES the accented by coaches and other modes OF
CONVEYANCE has been secured SAVING o fTc
t,co per cent upon the OF 1887 there but iew
instances where the demands Of Incorporated companies nave
been increased in such manner Is imposed upon me M
necessity of sspcnng the contracts. Nor the eXtrnva-
CANT price demanded for mail transportation upon railroads
the only manner in which these interpretations affect the rev
cnne of this Department The facilities secured by this
mode of conveyance sending letters by private hands
seriously diminish the receipts ot the Office upon these routes
a
Boston is of the important points OF railroad con-
centraton the USion. lis business prosperity oyeoa
and yet in that city the quarter ending the 3ls March last
shows as compared with the corresponding quarter OF the
wear before decrease of postage receipts OF three thousand
one hundred and nnetyiyc doarsbeing double the amount
of dminution 10 be found within the time IN any other
post office in the nation with the single exception oi iha
dephia which another great tertHS OF ralroad comnu
nicatlon.
These facts arc presented spirit OF unhindnesS to-
ward those to whose management these interpretations are
ntrl,sied but that have considered due 10 our whole peo
pc to refer to this subject which will long call ior
National and State legislation. unless corrective De sooner
applied by public opinion.
considerable saving will be found in the cUrailment OF
service generally, directed by my immediate predecessor IN
limiting the transportation OF the mails to SiN trips week
upon most of the throughout the nation he en-
barr;sed condition of the finances Of the Department II II
was to remain unaled by the Government clearly Indicated
the propety of some reduction of service and the religious
sense Of the community will certainly approve the ieens
that selects the Sabbath the day on which thar service
should no, performed. Yet cannot be denied that tins
order has borne heavily upon contractors and IN many III
stances caused great arrangement in the transportation OF
the mails
Wills. in some sections country this alteration has
not ony received cheerful ucqncscncc but wary ap
proved there has been great general complaint of h opera
ion and daily appeals for the old facilities are pressed upon
the Department Without entering upon this subject al large
sufficient for present purpose 10 state iha as TINS
order uurport have been given reduce the expenses OF
Ne Department. and aid III bringing them within IL re-
cepts return 10 the former service this time might well
be considered as declaration Of my confidence IN is ability
to sustain the expenditure necessary for such restoration
have therefore felt it Imperative upon nae 10 adhere 10 tins
order of curtailmcnl.
The building now being erected ior the Genera Post OF
:ce is far advanced give ASSURANCE that II can be
completed before the session OF Congress in December
This Is much be desired. only for The convenience OF
the OF business bI that the pGbic property may
b kept in security Such mean, within ry poweral2
continually employed protect ; present building from FIRE
but exposed condition the danger Of destruction 10 the
books and papers of the ofcc OF coStan; anxiety
Al which Is respectfully submitted
FRANCIS GRANGER.
To the PRESIDENT OF the United States.
Charge Of Kidna2piSs.-Beni0min Higgins. FeceA'ly
mate of the schooner Wellington regular trader between
Newborn n c. and Boston. Mass brought " Sat