New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-06
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REPORT.

The whole number of postofiices in the United
States On the 3Oth Of June, 1854, was @J,9is. VI
this number 257 are offices the annual commssio
from which amount 10 Sl 600 or upward, and the ap-
poiptmoDts at these offices are, there re, mpe by
The President by and with the advice and consent OF
the Senate egTeeably 10 the provisions OF tue ACT oil
1896 The punber Of Offices established during tue
fiscal wear was / $40 and the number discontinued
GA showing a net increase in one year OF 225'
The number of which the sites and names have been
changed in the course OF one yer was 4ys Ihe
lumber of postmssters appointed duritg the year
wss s6ls. OF these, ls5 were appointed 10 MI va
cancief occasioned by designations; 1877 by 70.
mO,ols; 800 by deaths; 294 by change OF names
and sites and s42 on establishment OF new offices.
The total lumber Of offices on the LIST December,
1854, was % 925.
On the 30h June last there were in oper zton 697
mail.routes. The number Of contractors was 5,l67
The length of these routes is estimated ct 2ls J91
The total annual transportation of mails was o.
3s7 COS miles, costing 81 go go, and divided as fol-
lows viz
2l,g67 6C3 miles by modes not specified, at sl,O92,-
20 500 $50 miles by coach, at 81 200 o95, about
cents per mile.
Is 453as9 miles by railroad at si75s, $40 about II
cents mills per mile.
5795, 4s3 miles by steamboat, at sIse, 1873. about
cents mills per mile.
Compared with the services of the sob June, 1883,
III, re l. an increase Of 49i 400 miles OF transporta
toD or about per cent and of siJi 7Os cost being
The Increase Of railroad service is Q i6 ga miles
and the expense slj7 9sl, being 10 per cent IN trans
poriaiion and not quite per cent. IN cost .
The ipcr, ased transportation by modes not specsied
is 81 Il miles, or about per cent, at cost oil
S37 $50, or IS 100 per cent
The transportation by coaches Is less by i3s, 1s6
miles, or ahou per cent, though at al increased
cost Of $50, 1877, or s9 leo per cent.
The unprecedented extension Of railroads super
rd.d much coach service. The increased cost for
DIMINISHED amount OF such service may be accounted
fot he fact
land aud New-YOrk commencing LIST JAY 1893,
we're made at largely .eDhanced rates increasing the
aggregate eXpense while the amount OF service was
largely reduced.
The steam boat transportation during the past year
YVES n duced $50 SEQ miles or ljs per CENT at re-
duced c.t Of sl43 $50, or % no per cent:
This is accounted for by the discontinuance OF
service between Wilmington, North Carolina, aud
Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston and Detroit aad
Buffalo and the suspension Of service On the Arkaa-
sas ard White rivers, owing to the failures OF the
contractors .
Several steamboat routes were also dispensed with
at the lettings of lew contracts for New England and
New. York.
The portions of service in the foregoing statements
charge able 10 California are 59l go miles OF annual
transportation, costing sl42 1913, and varying but
slightly from lsst year report
Steamboat transportation l59, go miles, a. s2l 600
Coach trar sportsuon ia 026 miles, at s35. ls5.
Modes not specified, transportation s's'fsi miles
ct Se6,74e.
In Oregon the service is as follows;
steemtosi 90 03s miles, Ell 600.
Ms Dos ipecifed, % 9ss miles, at g. III.
Total tra1 spor,ation 1877, o26 miles.
Total cot cas- Isl.
The annual transportation by steamboat Yves IN
creased 1890 miles during z year, without sddi-
toI ell pay ,
The Following table exhibits the extension OF rail-
road service curing the year, separately, IN hVs
groups u ''o'e' Length Nile. Of annual Additional
Stat, o. route. trsnsporr sion. cost,
~ rd Nauu-T orE..f
New-Jefs.y Penny .ysnis DEL ..,o,n ,r.,s
swsre Mar land snd Oho..dI folVD I''"
yhzina North CsrcHns, South -,,,- ,,a.,
CsToips Georas and Fiorios 81 251lN S.~J
bih.an Indians limos and ,oo-, .,,,,
Nlrc rsic,...s. .s.'s.s.' ss'sV-O '-'f'~@ ''-iA
Fer rciy Tebnesie AlsD4us go. ,,a,,
b ssis,iryi and Louisiana III f',~f h~'f
The lettings for the year embraced the states Of
Alsbsua Mlssissip Lou s.ana, Arkansas, Ie1tsi
Mi-souri, KeutEcky, Tennessee, Iowa. Wisconsin,
Michigan, Indiana lllinoi California, and the Terri
torie. az OREGON. Ne y.MexieO Utah, Washington
ard Minnesota In some Of the States and Territories
found tue mail facilities greatly deficient, aad not 81
all such as the wants and requirements Of the people
absolutely demanded. After curef1lsurvey Of eaeh
State ard Territory, gave 10 il such additional IA
cties IL Increasing trade and population seemed
/ 10 require.
A comparison Of the service under the new con
tracts commencing 10, July last, o. IN operation on
tie 3Ch September with that under the expired con-
;rscts In the lrh-Neseru and south western sections
OF the Union shows thst ihe annual transportation OF
n sis has been increased 1890 go miles. at an in
cieaseo cost Of 1895, 373 per annum, dyided among
the seversl States and Territories, as follows;