Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-12-15

BUt Inc Cost Oh Tie SSTVlCe was lessrHtu 40 /
follows:--
On the LIST of July, 1915, it stood
at S2eO5 5ol
On SCih June ls4S, 27l6,673
Reduc i,n from the preceding year. SlS3,S9l
On the 30ih of June 1877. it stood
at 245300l
Reduction from the preceding year. 263,672
On the 30th Of jane 1913, it stood
at 2,4lS,165
Reduction from the preceding year, 4,235
Total reduction of cost in the three
wears, st5673S
This is exclusive Of the foreign mail service
performed in the last year.
The operations of the three years show that
the mail service nas been augmented Is per
cent, and its cost at the same time diminished
Is 7.l0 per cent
The results Of the mail letting last spring in
the middle section, will add to the service OF The
current year C5S ,S97 miles more OF annual
transportation, while it makes reduction from
the cost of the year ending 30.h June, 1913, of
S6l ,67l.
The number Of mail contractors in tho service
during the last yoar, was 40l7, and the number
of local and mail agents and mail messengers
2iS, connected with the service on railroads and
steamboats,.
Inc service curing tHc year Has bttH per
formed b. the contractors with com'nendao'e
zeal and activity; yet no energy can prevent
occasional failures to deliver the mails in due
time in sections OF the country where no turn
mixes or n, ,cadamized roads or bridges over the
streams exist at certain seasons of the year fail
ures are unavoidable; even on the most lmprov-
ed and best CONDUCTED routes, uniavorabe
weather. ice or snow on the ralroad, storms or
fogs on the rivers or SLIGHT accidents to the
machinery. must delay the mails. The speed
now given on them renders it seldom possible
10 repsin the time lost This has been and AL
u,.,s NM, hs the case
There is at this time more service performed,
with more snoed. and with as much regularity.
az vt any former neriod: nor is it believed that
,no,e ev,ad;,i,r can ba given on the principal
mai, ror.as until further announcements are made
nm tbe road.. without endanrerinr the connex-
inns NECESSARY 10 h, made TO insure the prompt
and punc,ual delivery of the mails
U Tic foreicn service during the mast year has
hon Increased nv an additional stea,ncr-the
Herman beinr nlaced on the line between New
York and Bremen-and monthly trips are now
perlormed between these two cities with regu.
jartv.
On the 18th Of October last, TIE Isabel was
placed on the line between Charleston and l1a-
p,u, i, comnliance with the contract with
IL,
nprr ,rm semi monthly ,rips.
The oce,p steamers. the California, the Pa
mama and the Or,oon-consiructed under a
con,-sct with the Secretary Of the Navy for
SERVICES nm the Pacitir-have sailed fom New
York for Panama and the c ,lifornia is eXpec-
ted to commence service tor this department
on the first of January next, from Panama to
Astoria.
e The Secretary Of the Navy has likewise en-
p'oyrd the Falcon On the line between lava ma
and Congress and she Is expected 10 san rom
Havana to Chagrcs in time tor the mails III
reach Panama and b. forwarded by the Cali
forna to the territories on the Pacihc coast.
TINS d parimcnt has made contract or the
transportation of mills across The i-thm"-, from
-Chagres To- Panama--so that. in future, there
will he a regular monthly mail from Z larieston
by Havana. Cnagres, and Pai'A'na, '" o'e!"h'
1t It, b. regretted that the Ocean Strair
Navigation Company have no, as yer oeen ap''
To com IL fully with their contract. f'r service
between New York and Bremen. ID II Two yes
sels, the Washington aud ii 'rninn, have a.
yet been completed The thlrd the Franklin
has been launched, and great exrrtl"ns are ma
king to have her finished. and take her place "r
the line. The fourth vessel, it is believed, has
moi haen commenced.
Not outstanding the failure of the 'mnan,
TO have their vessels ready for the service with
in the time specified in the contract, it is no
believed that the true policy. or the interest O
tho country. would require any forfeiture Of tn
contract. or any other steps taken mfr endlg Il
their interests The great exeitions of til,
Conpapy tn comply with the contract. and Il
secure the best class of vessels, suited 10 H.
nurposes of the Goyernmeni, and such AS wou
do credit TO the country; the great expense q
euch an undertaking tie want Of experience
in hi, country in he construction Of that elias
pf vessels : the embarrassmenis they have ha
To encounter from the unsettled state Of Europe
and from conflicting interests at home; the i'm
nortance of the service in connecting our coun
Try more intimately and directly with the enter
prising and enlightened States OF the Germa
T. n ederaiion would cntille them to the lndu
Eence OF Congress and the lorbearance OF ID
Department.
Since the Contract was made with tins con
Tany, others have been gwen from New ~
to Lv erpo"l, and from New York to New u
leans, upon much more favorable terms ina
were lowed Them. The last contracts mad
fov 'he Navy department unaer me dlfec'on
Chgre's are Tor Inc Term oil zen years ana ce
"" sums OF money advanced 10 anu III Tue COZ,
P'e""" '"s vessels, ine con'raci "ane WI.
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