The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-14


$4,000 Anolhe law Of 1915 ives that requag classid
Of those ca. Tie effect Of ihee laws gcatly diminished
Tie pIice Of mail transportation and aided in Bringing
soon the ezpee Of service within he income derived from
the resiuced postage; that now, though The amount Of
service greatly enhanced, its expense beafs corresponding
TIE mail egaae,s which are ior four made one
the pfOc Of reduction under the operation Of ihee laws,
in June, ls4s Therefore the eORd9 Of the department Is
as i WIS EXPECTED to be- found mos iayofa5ie 70 Is expense
at ths coe Of ihe ye ending Juns ~ lsl9 The actual
ding June. 49, was eight cents mill and under the
OPERATION q The laws ot s42 tie cost per mile q the mail
difference Of Two and one half cents mile being more
The number OF mail routes the United stas on the first
day Of Iplg sl vas 1913 and the number Of contracts
On tic routes the mail transported AZ ,o9 miles at
pordng the mail last yen, five cents six mills per mile. To
ibis should be added the transportation Of the foreign mail BY
Save nah to Havana and also the transportation of the mail
acros ne i'tbmus Of Panama all which IS done at the
pefss Of tins department to he amount OF s251sb52.
The Report then proceeds show by tabular statement
the extent and cost Of the service the paqt year as compecd
with the preceding. The for year amounted
to $685. l76 g and the expenditures a. 49l27 49, Excess
Of for the year s425l27 15 The unexpendei a
preparations for the past yer are $50, $50 20.
The cost Of the mail service in New England States aud
New York under the contracts made in 1885, S5 49,
The Tor service in the section by the contracts Of
ISiq s62SS The ncee cd expense sowing to greater
number of miles OF service being contracted for end to the
employment Of Oad instead Of coach and horse service.
The expenses Of The service of the Department or Che chr
rent year, ending with June next viii therefore, be d.
by the amount OF ineFea ia the e7s section SOS l also
by the OIL routes in OthC2 sections oel BY Con-
By the De6a net, abor s3 % Which must Be aided
probable sum @ ~ g lr ceio lla 2Rd sum 10 met
OF the Of ,e last year viii die amount Of
&c cunent expeqses 0, This yea as thrs stated -
EXpeuditue7 % last a. 4l9 90 10
Additions, exces col of service in con 96sl 50
New routes let in C,tefs sectors $751; Co
New service o{ief-u 1s,e3 W
Expense for Gallo ala. ,...-....--...... 5O0OO 90
ENnep .ofm acOg7 the lsth,uus 90 C1
Publishing new editions Of Posotice laws...... 500 90
Olhef mlscean Gus items t5,tO0 co
Whole eXneaditures OF lhe. ryiee Of the Depa.t-
To met It's expenditure, in addition to the SO 5 s
propat- By Of The ls,h elton Of tie of iS47 10
pay for he aHS matt Of tbe DEPARTMENT, The entire ne
mate that amount This cannot with safety bedone by taking
cent increase that year shows preceding Theeect
fon reduction OF posa9e had pa sad, and tie the pre-.
increa epng Win the growth Of Inc country. Tie
great i1cCae Of the last yea unnatural and owing
the temporary Of disturbance which have PCS by,
/ some more seie basis Of estimation must be found.
10 exhibit sepfta'ey ne lncTes.e 10 TIE reyenue derys
comparison Is instituted between the pg and preceding year
s86 S4 l88 Ja sSs S. ssi i8i5 i Ea5s
-' stamps SD '.,''o 84 Is 81,
posase. , ,'.,. 1879 ss.ol6 IN
iwi be observed that the letter postage increased in In
past year. 10 9Ope cent, and that the aggregate inerea
The rae Of ineree upon letters being extraordinary am
res and being double tat fsssiqps ysar esaaSt
mainly attributable, have cead to operate. These were
retaliation postage get Of the 9Th June 1913, which was
pended by postal treaty with 6 eat Britain in Februrag
l5 and ig create i9 p Fl eo ISL Indeed
revenue for he cdnent ye1r it wi therefore he ne aTy
assume ometng Ike the naura' increase Of the revenue
ihe be>s OF ca!cu2uCn.
That incelsg is estimated at pc emit pcran-
/ mum, ID he Pf2labe revenue for the year 49,.
Tots add la a9ce on hand June 3d. 1919 " 69I6s
Appropriation iof fire matter for Departments,
for the year ending June 80 l850.......... 200 COO
S57s3 SIS
Deduct expenditures before saf-d......... 475OI 9S
Leaving balance on the Both June 1850 Of Al GA no
The report then proceeds to the subject of aee rates
The whole number Of letters charged with passage p7r
through the mails the past scar, Ieukone the postage
% ug'g'2S 70 Di''l' heretofore approved, amounted
On an thrze letter. the posaee COLLECTED va a So 7e7.
newspapers and pamphlets Ssl90t6 II is well known tl
w., gs Il on lis end pamphlets IN proportion
the letter postage: 50 they do not pay their pro5oron OF II
expenses OF the service.
ne ''s 'a, e, II sas, pays not only lis own but
-, 'is ios' e. ne report SHOWS al som
al' l,tll Sllise
M -. - O amount " "'.-5'N,'
ne ulsoI1 On o. 'i' matter frequently requires tleen
to Congr7 to deienn Ne whether the fanking soul
be continued, upon printed speeches or not
What should be the degee of the reduction
a ~ g' y ,LTS 4 9e'on 10 ue seIle oy m
IN 5,sbe sfsni ri ona 5 " Suo, "0' "ou
ThemOst obvious and prominent feature now in our posta
The double price ten cents charged on all single letters
,,ost.ge snI IN I'M ls,t So y sS yen ee
,1ncb sir,I,if
hoth more iacile ana ENTHUSIASTICALLY r5o,o ny,
ARISING from fhe rof ifiarpcf +, tif ostr j., i{,t ~
.es aIaT Il, he sane ici, I,,t ~, tbi I'M ~,
line and would promote and encourage the soes1one1r
and intercourse by mail between the mo distant paris OF h
NJ bey br means , of @ ~ IN; i IL @ %
frequent.
1t is tmai that sixty.two millions of letters passf
through the mails last year of which number fiji IN million
were subject 10 ten cents postage And is mail cd that
ucon five cents would not reduce the revenue more tina
s775OO while the surplus in the Treasury will be es 40
| The reduction is Therefore recommended
The Railroad service constantly Increasing It attend,
with uclrss certainty and sc d. and also of expepe
After deyOtug much space to home matters the report pr
s to give detailed account OF the foreign mail seyic
The contract for carrying the mil by Southampton to BIZ
mei cost s0C0O the past year-poage received thereo
1 Sbl, ia 20 This service is to he SUSPENDED,
5 The mail from Charleston ria Savannah Havana und
iSth Oct ISIS IN The sameT Isabel wR God degree
,cggarty at ins cost Of M y No other foreign mail
C9ntracts were ordered and mode ~ the Navy Departing
Vana to New OeaSS a1d from Havana Sew w C 9S wa
from Panama to CaoiPa99d Astoria and ore between Ne
ships We're to carry the mall and 10 receive, Wien 90
p', " tue sum Oh So'4'l per eAnum rom the lr-asary'
It the r ag n.,o, , a Oh e man ar
erament of New Grenada * commended in order n ef
Il greater regularity.
me postal arrangements with Great Britain are now &C
e Ts leading fsatura Of ,b, ,r,r..,snt 10 ,, ,.,,,,