Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-12-13
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$500. o9S
Tie letter ps'ntn aud pamphlet postage t. which
this would have beeu suhsct. # uut lftked, Is
coHnpu,cd hy hat repnt a. i1997tD
II shuulj be recaectrd That The Pos III p Depart
ment is nat only eqnte TO mil and tinspau tins mat
ter. ufen requiring he hre ri additional coaches and
leans. hn l. as suhecl the acna payment oi money
csnt bul'd enely by he letter postage IN this rnan1er:
-lly law iwo cents each /. allowed every postmaster
f the drliv ~ ire letter rackao", II his lnrome
does mol exceed t9Olo yer annum. The pfhot on ot
'hese free papers delivered by ppstnaserS Of $1,000
income. vail not eNceed our ie1th lwa cens eachnn
the foregoing nunbef. dejncng ono tenth. was 81. Ib.
which is actually raid 10 pnstm str, for delivering IN,
free uater. "ni Of money received for Letter POSTAGE
Thus appears tiatt the del very Of nlne-ienills OF
he mllons 4 printed speeches fahkad AID transported
IA the lrall-. without campopsntl"u. tthe printing al
which cs "ne rent earh) there paid two CENTS elrl
not by The person who sends. by the pesm VIII" ~
celyr.it. or by Tie cuu1lry Tor pablo service.
hut by hose whp pay postage their private eotespon
deuce.
The Report expresses ha opinion that alhongh II
Conqr sholld abolish fronklug privilege, much
l.s' ot such matter wond b. pnled, yet the postage
IN the remainder, irgehef with that an the CORES
ppnlencr Of The members and the relief the eX
en7e 81 The transportation aud delivery oi This ianhed
mbtef wnul enable the department 10 sustain ilselt,
though he postage were materially reduced let
iefs.
However CONGRESS regards this Thanking vana-
be public service, the Repnu remarks that but just
and proper thai thu letter cotrcspondooce. by ednr-
ton its past re he relieved f. IN It's support aud
tint provision he msde therefore in The same manner
that oller ht nches Of public service Is sustained.
The Rrpnt SAYS:
ut Is not posshle from any returns ar data IN the De
PaIlnrn 10 ascertain with much precision the number
"l letters passing annually IN The mai under his charge
= zen cent? Even Il The nnmher OF ten cent letters
were actually known it would still be impossible 10 de
etmlnc how may them WERE ten cent letters from
being donhl" lhenre arises the great dill renee IN the
eslmae "' loss oil revenue from such reduction was.
presented N The report Of the Postmaster General lasl
wear. 10 WI Alol so aud That oi tie hfsl Assistant.
S3Un.18s
rom careful examination nov made of the data in
TIE Department, il is estimated that The whole uunbor
al chaTael Iet'ts s"ni through the mails thu past year
was o2o W,ool. mud II Ibis number about l5,5OO,ooD
were subject II Ito ten cent postage of dis
lance. II, then, The reduction ret bong let
tes into the matt the dimnntlun of revenue therefom
the first wear would b. i1Jo0D.
I'll IA already sm~n that the surplus on the fist day
Of July last was S9l GS2 10 aud that On the tr,i day
al July n"N' W b. A91s ~ 81. Which VIII nndunbi
edy in future years ny natural accumulation and
by ncrease 1t The numbers ot letefs arising from this
reduction will. ~ the first yfnr occasion change ia
the 1"as'ty, mud Is extremely uncertain whether it's
operation can ever produce thai effect brief trial Of
this experiment vii SIM" lis I'll ct and # II should
rr dnre any important dmngh al The Treasury, thon fur
hcf reduction oi p'slage ,hnld be- mnde, and
pnudng provision from thu Treasury adopted until after
tins has been tested by experiment Is respectfully sub
muted.'
The rs mi head NJ The department seems TO have no
gt'tler favor ur railroad and pcrs than his pred
Length Of railroad route, IS IS miles heinz
and Increase thin years Of llq mes and daily in
crrasug Ihl, service is done with moro Jespalch than
any other way SAYS the rcnnu but nj unrh ,r,,tor cost
We eNtlc the following IN fepatd ia he C,rei m mail
service
The mail service hy the way of SnuIbamnton Il,
Bremen has been und,r the ron, rae, Win ihs D.n,,
mcn carried the past year by the steamships Wnst,no
/ t,n and IIe,n,,n f., III, a., e tonn onn - -
or ss amount realized in p,s,a,e FINN, thai leo CtLe
year ending Oriohor i,h was S6l1ll % rbe rms.
amenut from st Jane. 1917. 10 Ocober ltb lsie. was
2lOS2 81 ~ voc
No.ice has r Gently been received fr,u tho o,,,t.,,
that this service will he spsnenle1 mini Ehra, a,
in order l., make the necessary t,r,irs nav fonirsd Ear
ihe safety of ihe steamships
Tho mail frnn Gha,lrs,on via Savannah ., IJ,v,,,
under the contract with his DEPARTMENT has h,en carr,
ed since the lStb O.luA lSlS in ,b, s,c,r.. I,h,l
with rnd ,lrrrrc oC r,ruiority at ,bec,t ~ a., osr
% NJ other G,r,rn mail Is carried hy o,nrr,r ,,,L
this Department
"I|y contract with tho NAVY D,,,,,uon, mai, h.,
direction of law proyIso, WAS n,de tr o.,,y;, nal
twice in each month between New Yn,k ,nJ Se, Or
leans. viz Charleston. Savannah and Havana and al
So for The transportation between U,yon, aud Ch,.,ss
/ 'Tns was en-, red un,n IN Dc,.,h, Isie a, a.. 10.
partially Performed Under n like contract with rho
Navy Department. sea nsbirs mr., cortyin tho n,,Is mn
the Pacific hc,,cc, panal i ~, , .'S Wv,
month. BY a,reaty, the Government, Of New Grenada