New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-05
tyyrtL REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER
GENER1L.
GENER.lL.
Pos1-OFTIcE ]

pOsT-OFTICE DEPAhINLNI. Dec. s. l-3".
To number of Offices established in the United
State. during the year euding June 30, l-5j, was
TIA and the number Discontinued col, showing net
increase of s62 The sites and names OF 33 have been
changed. The whole number OF Offices Oh the 3oth OF
june was ~ 10 and the 3oh Of Novelnber 9i,'7v
If which PC are of the elias the Po~tmasters OF when
are appointed by the President The number OF Post
r,as,eT anpontcd during the regular fiscal year wa
1o9 n follows: To I'll vacancies by resignation.
1850 bv removals. s19; by deaths, 2sl by change OF
names and site-, PIC; and by establishment oi ne"
Office. 1868. 40,
mail rou,es The number Of contractors was :, 7o3
The length of these is estimated at ~ 9J- miles,
The total annual transportation of mails was 674Ol-
l66 miles costing s33i5,'5r, ana dlVldeH Is lol9"
viz. % s797J2 miles by modes not specified al
81 400 ~ So cents mile lssj9, lis miles by coach
AT ST. 2lJg79-about d! centsa mile; Il, 202 +o9 mlea
hv railroad at S2,073,Oog-a0out lOt cents q ihie
44Jg s27 miles by steamboat at sb29, oOJ-aDou -
~ n,s milo Compared with the service of june 30.
1874 a. actually in operation, there j. increase o
1891 O25 miles of ranspOts,ion or about y per cent
and Of s61j POI 80 cost, or about IA +-lOO per ce
Tie increase Of rairoad >erVi"e II is 2 miles, al
cost of 62f being 90 ljlOO per cent IN transpJId-
iop and 4 IN cost. The increased transportation ny
modes not specified Is 3,J1j,l1' mile- or about 10
7s-lOO por cent costing $3.50, 4ij 80 0r 80 JlOO per
cent. The transportation by coaches j. leg Dy
3o5 69s miles or about l2l per cent, at diminished
cost cf S34 257 or q2iOO per cent. Steamboat ser
vice during the past reduced l.j3jt06 miles,
or nearly 80 per cent, and the cost increased
or 27t per cent This great change resulted MAINLY
from the roeitug Of contracts last year IN the States OF
Michigan Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa. Missouri,
Kentucky Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
louisiana, Texas, California and the several Terri
tories A comparison of the steamboat ser ce uhaet
the coLtrncs which expired 30h June, 1854, with that
on 3Uth June 1850 under the contracts conmenc-
ing LIT july. 1874, shows reduction OF l,5i7, 800
miles or about So per cent in the annual transportation,
and an addition of 90.l20 about % per cent, TO the
cost In the other sections Of the Union the steamboat
TRANSPORTATION has been increased 2ll 904 miles 1T an
increased cost of Sl6.2i7.
The amount of service in the foregoing general
statements chargcablc TO California Is CO.. ll6 miles,
costing 1927 jl5-apportioned az follows: Steamboat
Transportation l75 $50 miles at $4,000 or % cents
mill. per mile; coach transportation J76j1o miles, at
Sig.9l5 or l3t cents per mile; modes nOtspeclhe,,
l39gsi miles al S2J, coo, or Ia cents per mile On
two steamboat routes which cost S2l 800 prior TO 1T
july 1854 the pay for the same amount OF service y
now $50 COO beng increase OF $4,000 as antlcl-
pated in my last years report.
There has been a remarkable addition to the coach
TRANSFORMATIONS viz: l16 per cent, and Yet the whole
cost is only 81 per more than last. There was -
per cent more service of the inferior grades at liz per
cent higher cost Oh the J0th June, 1854 than 3Oth
June 1855. The apparent difference much greater,
but this arises from transferring the salt Lake and San
Diego route the account of service in Utah for the
pact year. having been changed the previous year 10
California. -.
The total mere se OF an graues ol service III Nall-
ornia during the ending 3Oth June last If 100 JeO
miles or about II per cent of transportation. The
total saving j. 5,ils, or II per cent.
In Oregon the service is a. follows, viz:
Steamboat % 952 miles at..............,....f8 100
Modes specified 7j.jl2 ltG1
Coach, l., i8V miles 00JV
Tie steamboat service has been decreased about 20
per cent during the year. The cost for the year ending
30th june 1854, 100 per cent higher than FOR the
past wear ending 30th June, 1855.
In Nebraska and Kansas % routes have been put in
operation which the annual transportation esti-
mated at ,5 s64 miles at cost Of sijl2, OF cents
mlls per mile.
In New-Mexico the transportation is unchanged, but
the cost increased 5000 by special act of Congress
In Utah there is an increase Of $4,000 miles of trans
poration costing sl2, 2O3 additional compared with
the service the 3oth june, 1884. This, however,
6Sff Y2 yeEJ fish 2AY t1c ah dtbe route from Salt
Lake to san Diego, which prior to July l. 1854 was
charged 10 California. The following table shows the
axfeusiou of railroad service: