Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-25

Tho loI'ovme ctimrD from lho Post
Master GcurmIB report will be found
very interesting, ON account of lho yalua.
blu Information contained 10 10, ia rolor
cncu 10 the number OF Offices, miles Of
mail routes, officers, &c.t
The whole number Of Post Offices in the
United States, on The 3Olh Of luno 1854,
was 23,5iS. Olihis number 257 arc offices
.ho annual commissions from which am.
ount to one thousand dollars or upwards,
aud the appointments at these Offices are
therefore made by the President, by and
with the advice and consent Of the Senate,
ugrccubly to the provisions Of the Acl Of
1896. Tho number Of Offices established
during the last fiscal year was 1872, and
the number discontinued Gli, showing q
nett increase in one year Of 1928. The
number Of which the sites and names have
been changed in the course Of the year
was 400. The number o(Postmasters ap.
pointed during the year was S6l8. OF
these, 4l55 we're appointed to Gil vacan.
cics occasioncd by designations; 1877 by
removals 800 by deaths 294 by chan
/ ges ornamos and sites, and l8l2 on estab.
/ llshment of new Offices.
The total number Of Offices on the Isl
Of December 1854, was 23,02j.
On the Both Of June last there were il
operation GG07 mail routes. The mum
Der Of contractors was 5l67.
The length Of these routes is estimated
at 2I9,935 miles.
The total annual transportation Of mail
was G3,3s7 ,OO5 miles, costing 81 1880,
GIG, and divided as follows, viz:
2l,267, SOB miles by modes not speci
fed, at 81 ,O09, 1873, about 8 cts. per mile
2O,sDO,53O miles by coach, at 81 800,
+ O95, about cents per mile.
I5,433,3 $3.50 miles by railroad, at 81 g,
75S, $40, about l. cents mills per mile
T 5,795, ,4s3 miles by steamboat, at S4s0,
1873, about cents mills per mile.
4 Compared with the services Of the 30i
, Of June, 1853, there is an increase Of ! ,
f 49l ,453 miles Of transportation, or abou
t J per cent, and Of $l34,703 cost, bcini
] about per cent
t The increase of railroad service is 2,
s 44G,GsI miles, and the expense $l57 ,2sl
f being / Q per cent. in transportation, an
c not quite l per cent in cost.
j.. The increased transportation by mode
r not specified is 377 ,l57 miles, or about
!, per cent, at a cost of 537, $50, or 3 3
100 per cent.
d The transportation by coaches is less b
?. 439,79j miles, or about , per cent, tn,
c at an increased cost Of $s3,l37, or 6
Il POO per cent.
e The unprecedented extension Of raj
8 roads superseded much coach service
IS The increased cost fora diminished amour
10 Of such service may be accounted for fro
Y the fact that the new contracts in Ne
g England and New York, commencing
y July, 1853, were made Il! largely enha
- ccd rates, increasing the aggregate e
tn pcnse, while the amount Of service W
Ol largely lCuuCCu,
n. The steamboat transportation during Il
he past year was reduced SS0,5S2 miles,
h. 0l52 per cent, at a reduced cost Of $l4;
ur 23O, or 20 40 per cent.
v, This is accounted Tor by the disconli
he nance Of service between Wilmington,
~e Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolr
be Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, a
sh Detroit and Buffalo, and the suspension
service on the Arkansas and White rive
ed owing to the failures Of the contractors.
,se Several steamboat routes were also d
me pensed with al the lettings ofnew contra,
lr. for New England and New York.
tx The portions of service in the loregoi
SC, estimates chargeaJo to California q
.y. 50l $50 miles of dnnual tmnsportaiit
at costing Sl42, ,933, aud varying but sUg
icy y from last years report
81 Steamboat transportation l50, l20mil
,w, at $4,000.
on Coach transportation l74,O?6 miles,
, is s35, 1855.
ers Modes not specified, transportation, %
of iSl miles, at SSG,74S.
md In Oregon the service is as follows !;
l 10 Steamboat, 3S,03S miles at $1,000
um Modes not specified, 0s,96S miles
e Of S2,l5l.
bic Total transportation l37,026 miles,
,tr. Total cost Sl5, Isl.
lcm The annual transportation by steaml
hey was increased l0,760 miles during
dis. year without additional pay.
and
dge GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK.
-. New YORK, Dec. 20.-One of the n