The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-01-07
Report Of the Postmaster General

Not having room in our colums for the
Report of The Postmaster General, we avail
ourselves Of well digested abstract Of the
statistics it contains, which we find in o
northern Puper:--MississiPpi Democrat.
The extent Of Post Roads over which the
mail was transported on the 30h June last
was 1894 miles
The amount Of service over those roads
IN the year ending on the same day, was
56,634 ,260 miles, and its coast $2,9O5 5O4
The species Ofselyice. andslIs cost were
as follows:
Miles. Cost.
Horseback and sulkies ll,2!5,63l S546,48
Stages and coaches l7'924.O46 l,4GS,O79
STEAMERS and railroads 6,484, 500 S43,430
Local g. mail a4'ts messengers, &c. 37,5l3
The number If contractors OH the 30th
June, 1915. was 3 277, mail agents 80, o.
mai messengers ia, local agents ID.
The transportation in The year ending
b0ve Was greater than 10 the previous
ear, h> 224 GAS miles, and the expenses
'esS y $G2,19l
The nurn of Post Offices on June 80,
lS45, vas I4,lS3. established preceding
yeat, 352 dlscunI,u u 260, total NUMBER
d,e oi repo l4,OO3.
Tie numn.r ii P,,tmast r. appointed
duung the sue period WAS 1898; On nc
cnunI Of deaths or rtsiguau ns, 1897,
change ui .IenIP 0. II; reInn'a'', 753;
commissions expired and not rsSpPoInIed,
ii.
SIG Contractors were foed $l0,52l 50
du"oa tie year.
R,v.nur If tie department du. ing the
ytac 81 269,S4l 80.
Expeudl ure OF me department during
The yer 32O,73l 80.
The net revenue drduc'ing the commits
siOns o( Postm sers, contingent and lOcI
denial expenses 50 942,2l7 n.
The Postmaster Gsne al believes there
will be falling IF IN the receipts the PIE.
sent year Of As per cent and assuming
thai the saving effected on the letting out
contracts will cover the expense OF es
tabIshing new Fouts, there will be dimIn.
uiou Of the means of the Department Of
$l3I3,OO7.
The saving in the transportation OF the
mail in the New England States and Ne"
York, during the year ending 3Oth June
next. is $685., 1872 fer the same amount Of
service as last YER. The letting Of new
routs add to expenses 1896, 200.
There are 81 railroad contrdcts 10 tho
above section. Of these only % have
been atjudged, ia consequence Of the ex'
travsgant pay required. The railroad ser
vice Is onehentA OF the whole, and The pay
one.liilh Of the whole.
Should similar saving to that ELECTED
on the above seciIon be accomplished IN the
letting Of the contracts 10 The other sections,
II will amOnnl--
IL the Western section for the year end
iog June 80, ls47, to S35 OOO
S u nern, 1913, 10 33S 900
Madie, lS49, to lSO,OOO
ST. 005,732
The compensation 10 the Ppstnaslers anO
expenses OF the oFces tr the year ending
3Oh June, lS45, Sl,409 S75 Is.
The resIgn,uoIns consequent upon the
operation Of the new law, depIlvadng I 'e
Postnlsslqrs Of ranking privilege, &C.
amnunied TO over 200.
Some persons commit frauds on the Posi-
offices by sending a number Of letters on
hln paper, addressed to different persons,
under Que envelope. 10 one case, where
he envelope burst in the. Post Office, on
~hch 81 60 had been pad, there were
counted 100 letters enclosed, liable to a
os'age OF $40.
The P, Sun ster General thinks that The
single sheet should be restored, or Il the
y sht system be retained, tnat 1t should
ne reduced to quarie Ol an ounce tor
single postage.
The great weight Of the mails is caused
nv prln,ed n,. tier. Ia 1898, the weigh
,as-ltg lhruugnl the Poet Offices 10 Ne~
Y RI, PnlauelphIi, WashInAt n and Rich
nouc, ia une week was ascerIalnsd, and
ne - hue w~igtt was % ,24l los
y WINCH
Newspapers weighed 44,s6S
| 'rTWdcdis SyoOt
L. ue,s folded g. taxable 1856
A, pes tat tue prOPurI'un Of Prnleo ma
er 4, larger eEeu thru 20 he aboVs. h'
nlnkS decidedly wong that Nhal Gun
uses nine-,enIn- II he ueIsnl.O Of the m'i's
mould lees III a one-isu,h OF The cost
-prne P stn,asler Gsuerai IecUinmendi
as hollow Z rniss Of P"segr:
& Cd -.ng . portage. uudti 5O niles, D elf
J.rr 50 sbd under 80 miles, ~ "
Jsur 800 nnss, 10
lnnnl Ihl, l. ls4s, When The Is cent ret.