The New York herald., 1851-12-23

Philadelphia, and elsewhere. In these cities,
Of the carriers districts are situated than two
miles from the post ofhce, and it is consequent
lya very tiresome travel to make more than two
stance the Central Delivery Office should be some
where above Beecker street, and the city ought
to be divided into at least one hundred districts-
probably one hundred and fifty, or more. Is am
really unacquanted with its full dimensions, its
suburban districts. The carriers should be active
and intelligent men, natives Of the city, and re-
ceve salaries OF not less than thousand dollars
per year They should receive their app ointments
from the postmaster of this city, and retain it for
term OF at least five years, subject to removal only
for direliction of duty, which should be made q
matter Of record. This would enable the carriers
to become personally known, as they ought to be,
TO every man, woman, and child in their respective
districts. They should be required to give securi.
" in large amount, for faithful performance of
The service of delivery could be greatly facili-
tated by the cooperation of the citizens them
selves: A plain tin box might be made under the
direction of the central Office, which could be
attached to the front door, or other convenient
place, Of every dwelling house, Office, or shop, in
the city, OF which the proprietor made quarterly
advance Of zen cents, or thereabouts, making forty
cents per year. Fifty cents per year would not be
too much to pay, even for the poorest families.
Every box should be numbered in the order Of its
lease, so that man might change his residence as
stituting his post office address, would remain the
same. The box should have two apartments-one
for matter received the other for matter to be sent
The possession of the box would enable the carriers
to open monthly accounts, and thus an important
convenience is achieved. Letters and newspapers
could be charged against the number of the box,
without troubling the possessor on any oc "a sion,
Except the designated one) with the collection of
the trifng amount of postage.
Were q system of post delivery established, COM
Plete and perfect in all its parts, upon the basi
here suggested. would propose the introduction of
new feature into it, viL:-the delivery of newspa
pers from the offices Of publication. | can see no
good reason why this might not be done-in fact,
believe IL could be done much to the advantage Of
publishers and the subscribers themselves. A daily
newspaper could be deposited in the boxes in the
same manner as letters at The rate of twenty cents
per annum, payable quarterly in advance The
papers could thus be delivered with much greater
despatch than is now efected by ne Espaper
carriers on long routes, because they, like letter
carriers, have to travel to and from the Office,
super1uous travel. The deposition of the papers
in the boxes would also secure them from the de.
probation Of thieves, which, by the way, is q very
serious annoyance to subscribers. The expenses, I
think, would be much less than is incurred,
and if preferred, could be assumed by the publish
ers themselves or, transferred to their subscrib
ers, corresponding reduction of the subscription
price, in favor Of such subscribers, might very pro-
perly be made. This arrangement would be par
ticuary convenient for new publications, as well
those Of limited circulation, inasmuch as they
not afford to organize corps Of carriers expressly
for themselves, while the entire range Of the city
is too great to be traversed by but q few.
AT least five or six deliveries per day should be
made, commencing with that of newspapers and
letters received at the post Office during the night,
at about half past five o'clock in the morning, and
terminating at seven o'clock, at which hour every
newspaper in the city would be safely deposited in
the boxes OF their respective subscribers Allow
ing an hour for the carriers to breakfast, and halt
hour TO arrange business for the next delivery,
they should again set out a. about half-past eight
O'Clock, ana return punctually at ten. Allowing an
hour to arrange for the third delivery they should
again set out at eleven, and return at half past
twelve Allowing an hour for dinner, aud half an
hour to arrange business, the fourth delivery would
commence at two o'clock and ter inmate q. half past
three the fifth would commence at four, (tacluding
the evening papers and terminate at half past ive
when, allowing an hour for supper, and an hour for
the arrangement Of business, the sixth and last
would commence at half pas, seven, and terminate
at nine o'clock
The routes should be so arranged as not to en-
brace more than two ard half or three miles each,
or at most four that the aggregate daily travel
might not exceed eighteen or twenty miles. This
distance could, think be accomplished with COM
paratiye ease, sinee IL imposes bat few miles at
time, alternating with ample rests and recreations
] few days service would SO familiariEe the rriers
with every nook and Of their route to com
| pletely dispel all idea Of fatigue.
There are, probably, at least one hundred and
fifty thousand papers daily circulated in New York,
exclusive OF sunday This includes papers of every
description. BY the ad iitonal facilities Of delivery
afforded this amount would be increased some ten
or more Thousands per day, because it would s,on
embrace all msgaznes, pamphlets, sc best les the
weekly newspapers row sold on the streets and in
news depots. ! think the first year Of my system
would show an actual daily circulation Of at least
10000 newspapers and periodicals Of every scrip
tiop, which, at thirty cents each for the daily, (per
year) fifteen cents for the weekly, and eight cents
for the mor.hly, would produce about sil 600 per
annum. The same service, as now performed by
carriers costs at least S50 600 year, at the same
time that the delivery is very insecure.
There few objections to the 81 stem proposed,
which, however, may be easily answered. The car.
ieciors besides which they ali fold their own papers.
But this could all be done by the central delivery
Office. As to folding, a room Of large dimensions,
expressly adapted to the purpose should be attached
to the central Office, under the charge Of . compe-
tent hicer. The papers, at stipulated hours,
should be taken from the different presses and
hauled to the folding room, with all possible speed,
where, with twenty or more fielding machines, n
hundred thousand newspapers could very soon be
folded 10 the usual simple form Tor delivery. II,
however. machinery could not be used for this pur
pose there Thousands OF destitute boys and girls
now Jrudgng daily. from morning till night, attwo
dollars per week. These could be secured for fold.
ing, and ono hundred Of them, in addition to the
carriers themselves, could fold all the papers that
would come IN, within an hour, OF, at most eighty
minutes The weekly papers could be folded be-
tween times, while magazines and pam phlets are
already in suitable shape for delivery. The service
OF folding would, probably, not require an expendi-
tuIe Of more than Sl2 600 per anrum, and this
sbeuld be done at the expense of the publishers.
As 10 collecting and canvassing for subscribers,
this could be performed TO better advantage for the
publisher than under existing arrangements. Every
Iubscriber would TO doubt have q box, and this
would authorize the central Office in opening IA
account with him, by which he could pay his sub
scrirtion, as wei IS his postage bill, monthly or
quarterly, In advance, as the case might be- At
any rate, there could be more difficulty than Is
row experienced by carriers in making their colec-
iions for the carriers newspapers under present
arrangements, make but one visit per day, which
happens TO be so early in the morning, that very
few persors are stirring Thisprevents people who
ms To al rda with for
psTer, from seeing him, while II is not always con-
vtnisnt to call at the Office Of public ition. Many
sUbscIiI tions are thus lostno doubt thousands and
thsuaIds are thus lost The carriers Of the central
delivery, however, may always be seen az stated
aLl convenient hours, and, they carry for all tn
Iapis, u would therefore be easy for those who dc
'irC 10 &C 20, TO order such a. they ike. Thei
visits berg thus frequent. would enable them