The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-07-01

other modes Of conveyance has been secur.
cd at al average saving OF t,reaty fu0 per
cent, npon the contracts OF 1887, there arc
hot ieg instances where the demands Of in.
corporsted companies have 10, been ia.
creased, "a such manner as imposed upon
me the necessity Of suspeudiag the con.
tracts. Nor is the extravaganza price de.
manded for mail transportation upon raIi.
roads the only manner in which these IN.
corporations affect the revenue of this De.
par,men,. The facilities secured by this
mode OF conveyance for sending letters by
private hands, very seriously diminish The
receipts Of the Offices upon these routes. A
single Illustration viii establish thisassedon.
Boston is cue Of the most importan,
points OF railroad concentration in the In.
ion. Us business prosperity is proverbial ;
and yet N that city the quarter ending 3ls'
March last, shows, as compared with the
corresponding quarter OF the year before
o decrease IN postage receipts Of thr6e
thousand one hundred dad aiaetg fac dol,
iGrs-belng double the amount Of diminu.
ton 10 be found, within the sane time, IN
any other post Office in the nation, with the
single exception Of Philadelphia, which is
another great terminus Of railroad commu.
ncailon.
These facts are presented in no spirit Of
unkiadness towards those 10 whose manage
meGt these interpretations are inlrUsted, but
that have considered il due 10 cur whole
people % refer 10 this subject, as ono which
glil ere long call for naiiona and State leg
islaiIon, ualess a corrective be sooner ap.
pred by public opinion.
A considerable saving viii be found in
the cur,aJlneut Of service generally, direct.
cd by nv immediate predecessor, in limit
,og the transportation OF the mails 10 six
trips a week upon most Of the routes
thtoug bout the nation. The embarrassed
condition Of the finances of the Department,
/ i It vas to remain unaided BY Government,
clearly indicated the proprieiy of some re.
jucilon OF service, and The religious sense
II the community, w,,l certainly approve
The ieei,0g that selects the Sabbath as the
Gay on which hat service should not be
performed. Yet j; cannot be deniad that
;dis order has boyne heavily upon contrac
s tors, snd II many instances causes great de
engagement 10 The transportation of the mails.
Whist in some sections of our country,
this alteration has not only received G cheer.
fgl acqIescence, but IS warmly approved,
here has teen great general complain. Of
is operation, and daily appeals for the old
ac,,.ties are pressed upon tae Department.
Without entering upon this subject al large,
L is Sufficient for my presen, purpose 10
state that. IS this order pa7ports to have
bren gjseu 10 reduce tho expenses Of the
Department, aud 10 s,d IN bringing them
siih.n IS receipts, return 70 tho former
service. Of this TINE, nigh. well be constd.
cred as declaration Of ny confidence 10
Its ability to sustain the expenditure neces.
sary Tor sgch restoration. have therefore,
felt /. imperative upon nc, 70 adhere TO this
order Of curiallmenl.
The building nov hcing erected for the
General Post Office, is So far advanced as
10 give assurance, tha; It can be completed
before tie session Of Congress in Decem
Der. tbs is much 10 be desired, not only
Tor the Convenience Of The transaction OF
business, b.. that the public property NAV
be kept II security. Such means as are
Slihia ny power are continually employed,
10 protest Tie present building from FIRE,
bsi 10 it. exposed condition, the danger Of
destruction 10 the books and papers of the
Office, Is source Of constant anxiety.
Al aa4ch g respectfully Submitted,
FRANCIS GRANGER.
To tae pEEslnE.:T Of ne United States