New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-07
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REPORT

PosT-OYFIcE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 4, 1854.
The whole number Of Pcst-Oiiices in the oniteJ
States on the 30th Of June, 1884, was y, sis. vi
this number 25T are Offices the annual commissions
from which amount TO 81 900 or uP~ard and Tue APP
pontmobts 81 these Offices are, therefore, IN toe oy
the President, by and With the ADVICE ana %
tre Senate aerteaby TO the pfovi-ions Of tne AZ. OF
1896 The number Of Offices established during tue
Iast isca year si2 and the nuInoer dheontnuei
ga, showing bet increase IN ons year 0, iz<o.
The number of which the sites and names have been
changed in the course Of the year was 4s9. The
number Of pOstmasters appointed durtg the year
was s6ls OF these, l6J were appointed TO NIL va.
? D,its occasoned by resienasiOOs; 1871 by re-
4so,sls; $40 by deaths; 294 by change OF names
sd stcs; and s42 On establishment of new off 3es.
The total smber Of Offices on the lst December,
81 was % 92j.
On the 3Oh june last there were in oper .ton s937
nsilrcues. The number If contractors vas 5,l67.
The loDgih Of thee routes Is estimated at 2l9 1915
miI.s.
as7 COS miller, costing 8 63O676, and divided IS fol-
low, viz:
al2e7, GO3 miles by modes not specified ct sl,Oo2,-
e33 about cents per nile.
20, $50 $50 miles By co4ch Il $500 o1j, about
eents per mile.
Is 1873 3s9 miles by railroad at ST. 75s CO. about II
cents mills per mile.
5,7o5, 4s3 miles by steamboat, at s4s9, l3s about
Compartd With tho services of the 80 h June, 1853,
there increase of ,4e3 miles of transpOrta-
oD about 2, per cent, aud Of sl34, 7Os cos beng
about per cent.
The Increase of railroad service il ~ &c miles,
and the expense sl57 2sl being 20 p- cent IN TRANS
portation, and not quite per cent. Id cost.
The iocreased transportation by modes not speched
IL 81 Isl miles, or about per cent? l" @oo'' Vi
e37 500 or 3 35lO0 per cent. 800.
me TRANSPORTATION by coaches is less by S59, '9G
t,i,es or about per cent, though at an increased
vost u $50, 1877, OF 70 100 per cent $500
The unprecedented extension OF railroads super
..d.d much coach service The increased cos, Tor
diminished amount OF such service may he accounted
fo, from the fact that the contracts IN Newt Eng
Land and New-YOIk, commencing lat Jolly, 1928,
wer. made NJ largely enhanced rates, increasing the
aggregate expense, while the amount oil service was
largely reduced ,. $3.50
Inc steamboat transportation during the past year
was reduced ss9 5s2 miles, or l5S per CENT d. IT,
.duced cft Of sl43 23O, or 29 7.lO per cent
This accounted for by the dscOntnuanee oil service
between Wilmington North Carolina, and Oharles'on'
s. c. Savannah Georgia, and Charleston, and Detroit
and buffalo and the suspension Of service on the Ark
ansss and White rivers, owing to the failures OF ine
contractors. ii
Several steamboat routes were also dispensed with,
Mt the lettings of new contracts for NewEngland and
NewYork. ..
hsrpeable 10 California 591 $50 miles OF annual
TRANSPORTATION, costing $l42,933, and varying but
slightly from last year report. -. am
Steamboat transportation lj9 100 miles, at s2l OOO
Coacb transportation ia, 026 miles at so lo1.
Modes not specified transportation 25o,4e4 miles,
Of ssG,74s.
In Oregon the service is as follows:
Steamboat, 80 03e miles, Sl7OOO.
Modes not specified, 50 $50 miles, at 81, l5l.
Total transportation l37, 026 miles.
Total cost s45,l5l.
The annual transportation by steamboat was in
creased 10.760 miles during Q year, without add-
tional pay. ,
The following table exhibits the extension of rail-
road service during the year, separately, in five
groups Of States: ,,,...s.., ,,,,...,
Stats fToute. transportation. cost
New Ep,sno and New York ..629 97l3l $685.
Hew-JeIs,y Pennsylvania Del o,,. .o
aware, Man land and Ohio. 3i2 1850 B5lS
Virginia, Moth CeTona, South - 800.
Carolina Georgia and Florida 328 25RN 5S,605
Michigan Indiana, Illinois and 1900. 100.
Wisconsin. .s..Vpo b"'S'< a'<if
Kentucky Tennessee, Alabama
Mississippi ard Lousana..lH 1884 D,2f
The lettings for the year embraced the States OF
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas,
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee Iowa, Wisconsin,
Michigan Indiana Illinois, California, and the Terri
tories Of Oregon, New.Mexico, Utah, Washington
and Minnesota. In Of the States and Territories
found the mail facilities greatly deficient and not at
all such the wants and requirements OF the people
absolutely demanded After a cureful survey OF each
State and Territory, gave to it such additional ia
citos its increasing trade and population seemed
TO require.
comparison of the service under the new con
tracts commencing lst July last "a in operation OF
the 3Oth September with that under the expired con
tracts In the north and south western section
Of the Union, shows that the annual transportation
malls has been increased 1890, 500 miles, at an in
creased cost of $3o5 1913 per annum divided anon
the several States and TerTitores as follows: