The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-01-05
YAzpO CITY
FRIDAY. JANUARY ). Is55.
PosIA AsTKR aENERAL,s REPoRT.

POSTMASTER GENERALS REPORT.
The following Is concise abstract q tie
annual report of che Postmaster General
which has been made up for The convent
ence of.he reader;
There are 23. $40 post Offices ia The Uni-
ted States; the annual conpensationa 81 Q57
Of which amount to 81 900 and upwards.
During thelast year .s42 Offices establish
cd and 5l4 discontinued. Numbel d post
masters appointed during the same time.
l8.6la. Removals. .977. Number Of mail
routes, {, 1897. Number Of mail contractors
5s167 Total annual transportalions Of mails
90. $3.50 ,o06 miles. at 8 cost of 1850. 76:
thus. 81 26s. sos nniles. By modes not spec.
lied, At Eve cents Per mile: Is. ass. see
mil bY railroad 1t twelve cents and 4
mills per mile. Increase il dc transport
tasion during the past year two and half
per cent
The expenditures Of the department du-
ring the past year were 81. 81. 4e4 r. and
the revenue Sc. 955. 5s6 2s. 10 the for
mer mist b added slss. 4es So. balances
due foreign Offices. which would leave the
totaldefciency the year 1854 Il s. Ii8,078
90 leaving difference 10 favor Of 1853
Of S36i.756 The increase ia The revenue
ofI854. compared with The revenue Of 1853
IS SIC. $50 4s or about nineteen per
cent.
The Postmaster General alludss 4 consid.
cradle length to tie difficulties bel8e The
department and railros.a companies relative
to the rates Ofcompensation for carrying the
mails. The companies, he says. alIege that
The government should not ask Or expect
them to perform for ii any service At q less
rate than that paid to individuals for similar
services The principle be contends he has
always been willing recognize il the
adjustment Of prices WHAT'S now requif-
ed he believes is that the railroad companies
should be paid according to the bulk Of the
mails the speed with which they are con
veyed. andthe accommodations required.
Thesum paid By express companies are no
fair cliterian: as far IS they are influenced
by competition they can pay any price de-
lmanded OF them and assesses il upon their
customers. England, France. Germany and
Canada pay less to railroads for mail service
Ithan is paid By the United States Com
Iplaint is made by tie insufficient accommc>
Idalions as ageneral rule. for route-agents.-
Allusion Is made 70 the habit Of irrespon-
Isibiie parties obtaining BY gross misrepre.
Isentations mail contracts and subsequently
Throwing them up because ola failure on
ltheir part to sell he same At apro6t. a
remedy for this fraud is suggested.
Owing to causes not within the control
of che department the expenses ofthe cur
rent year win greatly exceed those Of the
past year. The, IRE estimated 8 s.. GAL.
92l g. This increase viii Be owing to tbs
additional compensalious Of postmasters and
the enhanced prices demanded 81 Contrac.
tors 1t tie last lettings.
a uniform plan 81 registration Is WARMLY
recommended IS al additional protection
Tor lie safe delivery oflettess II value. Thl
want Of such safeguard has long been Eel
and Is the cost of its maintenance viii IA
directly upon those who VIII chesrfnIly bea
the expense We SEE no good reason Why
should not be Incorporated into our posta
system as one Gifts principal features.
During the three years commencing d
IJuly /, 1854. So. 5O7 o22 03postage stamp
and stamped envelopes have been issued 3
The department Of which s 5 ,092 9, 3al Wer
sold.
For he last year costof the ssrvis
"a The various Un States mail steamshi
lines and acro sthmns vas AZ follow
Collins line six round trips. $3.50
900 Ns and Bremen, eleven rom
l1ip 81 26; New York ard Hayn
0und trips; slse 800 Astoria a.
VIA San ranciseo twenty -lolr rom
rips e34e 900. New York and New g
Ieen4 Is Aen;Nmsll. Scar ooo charIests