New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-05
REPORT
OF TIE
POSTMASTER GENERAL.

Irh. PkI5I<'piia LeiRer Publishes The icllor.
iag documen, il advance e its communication TO
Cougreul
psf OTFIcK pEFAnT=xsr, Deoenber ls4s
To ~ Pr,sl6sai o. n. Usrsa S.GD,
SIR TIE number Of Pos. Otces IN he United
States a. the close Of ire year ending I1ne %.
fs45 Hss 1917. th.re svirg been 91l establish.
ed ard 30 6isc,ntiLoed within he year. n,king
. ilcsesle within the yesf Of So.
Tae ruDber of PostmGste,s appointed within
the ear ending JG-e 90 5isi Ess { 335.
OF ths; nsnber. asa vera appointed in couse-
9ueuce q resigl alton 10 were appointed IN con-
sequence ofdssth 2si =ere appointed 10 oOuse-
quspoe Of changes o. sites Of ttices ?, 05 were
appointed is Consequence O. remoTss; Il were
appointed IN Consequence Of commissions ex Pi-ed
snd Tot renewed 81 were Appointed n conse
qQencs Of commissions renewed q were 50
pointed in conss lerce Of becoming Presidential
by income exceeding 81 coo g2l were appointed
Ia Consequence Of 0sv otfcss.
In ls43 important chs ges were made b. Az
IN the posi- ge srG nail service OF the United
States. One Il those changes vas .arge redoc-
tion OF postage. Another and Amos: equally In
portsnt one u the pecuAikry condition OF This de-
pkrtmsDt, consisted ia directing al N All service =
D. let u the owes. bidder, irrespective O. the
mode Of convey ance AID EoOilshins the previous
regulations requiring the new contractor = lake
;he stage stock Il his predecessor Ihb single
regulation reduced tie contract, VI isi5, IN New
1ge1d and New York. the E0stssctOn let under
thar AZ, mere thsa s250.00o. Another la Of
lS43 was that res IifioS c.Rssi1cztl "a oi tfe
railroad service aud hXiEgs usximrm price a.
those olsstss. TIE eject Of thess laws greatly
daninlahed the price Of Esii transportation, En5
aided In bringing ~ soon the expenses OF t0e scr
vice within the Income derived from the TetCce1
postage, &c ihss nov, though toe amount ct ser
sice "a e eAtly enhanced, ia expense beafi no
corresponding proportion.
Ths mail contracts. which are foF four years, sre
% sde ons section IN each year 40 lbst the whole
service had undergone the process Of redu,;on
unde. the operation Of ihsse avs In June, lsss.
Therefore the condition Of the Departments TO- a.
IL was ex pected 70 be, found uost favorable IS T.
lts expenses at the close of the yss- ending Jane
20, 1919. The sctus cat for each mile The m.i.
sss transported, 10 the year preceding Jane.
lsi5, WAS eisrt cents ooe mill, and under the op
GRAFTON OF toe laws OF ls45, the coss per mile oil
II a mail transportation in June iss: vas Eve cent,
six mills, m.klsgs difference OF two sad he'll
cents per mile being more tnsa one quarter.
The nan Der OF mail routes ia iSs Uniied state,
on the frat day Of JAY, 1919, vas SiJ, sud the
number Of cont',c or,, l,i9o. The length VI shose
routes wsS l6l f03 miles.
On Theses routes soc .;aii Uss transported -.
.Oe9 miles NJ ;6s coat Ct s2,<25 5l5, Sn,cn
makes the average cost Of transporting the mai
isst year Eve cents six rpi'l; po- tliie. 10 tbs
.icu.d DO added the transportation OF the foreign
mi! Sy Southampton 70 bremen, and the mai
from CnGrle,ton and Savannah 20 HavsH- .nd
sso tho trans portstiOD Il the ssl across the isl
mus OF Psnsms all which 10 done At the expense
OF the Department, 10 the sm0snt c; c23J,692
Tne extent snd cost Of this service tHe pas;
yesr, az compared Ei;h that Of lie year preceding
Will be most clearly seen by tsbslsr view