Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-12-14

The whole number Of post Offices in the
United States, At the close Of the last cflicisl
year. June 30th, 1853. vas tWenty-two thou
sand three hundoed sod twenty OF this nam
Der, two huadred and Fifty i've are Of the
highest class. the postlDasters Of which are
appointed BY the President At the present
date, LIST December. 1858. the total number
Of post Offices il twenty two thousand six
hundred and eighty eight. During the past
year commencing FIRST Of July, 1852. one
thousand eight hundred and ninety eight post
Offices we're established, four hundred and sew
euty nine we're discontinued. and there were
appointed to Office during the said year. be-
sides The eighteen hundred and ninety eight
postmasters to the newl y established Offices
aforesaid. thirty eight hundred and fifty upon
resignation, two hundred and twenty five upon
DEATH one hundred and eighty two upon
change Of site. ninety one where the postmas.
ter had moved away. and twenty three bun
bred and twenty Que on removal Of prior in
cumbents, being eight thousand Eve hundred
postmasters appointed during the year end.
ing 30th June, 1858. At the close Of the
fiscal year ending on the Both day Of june
last, there were in operation within the Uni
ted States six thousand six hundred and nine
ty-,wo mail routes their aggregate length
was two hundred and seventeen thousand sew
en- hundred and forty three miles. and FIVE
thousand Eve hundred and eighty, three con-
tractors we're employed thereon. The annual
Transportation Of the mails on those routes
was sixty. one million eight hundred and nine.
ty two Thousand i've hundred aud forty two
miles, the annual cost thereof was four mil
lion four hundred and nine five thousand nine
hundred and sixty eight dollars, being about
seven cents two mills per mile. Of these
sixty one million eight hundred and ninety
two thousand miles Of annual transportation,
twelve million nine hundred and eighty six
thousand seven hundred and five miles are
required to be performed on railroads, at a
cost Of one million six hundred and one thou
sand three hundred and twenty. nine dollars !;
being about II cents three mills per mile
Six million six hundred and eighty five thou
sand and sixty. FIVE miles in steamboats,, at q
cost Of six hundred and thirty two thousand
three hundred and sixty eight dollars being
about nine cents four mills per mile. Twenty
one IuliilOH Three UubuTtu anu Unity tuuuSduu
three hundred and twenty six miles in coaches,
at cost Of one million two hundred and six
thousand nine hundred and fifty eight dollars !;
being about Eve cents six mills per mile -
And twenty million eight hundred and ninety
thousand four hundred and forty six miles in
modes not specified, at cost of one million
fifty. FIVE thousand three hundred and thirteen
dollars; being about five cents per mile.
The expenditures Of the department. du-
ring the late fiscal year, were seven million
nine hundred and eighty two thousand seven
hundred and fifty eight dollars The gross
revenue from all sources was FIVE million nine
hundred and forty thousand seven hundred
and twenty four dollars. ltappears from the
foregoing statement. that the gross revenue
Of the year ending june S0th, 1858. falls
short Of expenditures 10 the sum of two mil
lion forty two thousand and thirty one dol.
lars Fifteen hundred and seventy. one thou
sand dollars of this deficiency were supplied
by balance on the Auditors hooks, on July
lst, 1852. and appropriations to supply de
fcieneits of upwards of one million dollars.
leaving five hundred and forty six thousand
dollars to be provided by Congress for the
service Of the year ending June 30th. 1858.