The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-05

miles Of railway postal service daily each way There
and clerks, a Of sis7 300 per annum would
require TO perform this service By route agents IN
num- the nov 20 route agent. on
nrss class routes making the cost $02 $50 per snnum
100 postal clerks cost - $751;. 600
So route agents would cost. o2,Ss0
But In making this statement, IL II proper 70 stats
that the reduction OF clerical force In distributing and
Other srEs pos. Once, incident % the ., os
to those ooss Sas Is certain that in he force q The
mond, Memphis and Chastanoogs oaoss. an aggregate
reduction Of thirty men has been mads and Il % fair
81
their force BY the sddo Of as least shty Tho saving
may therefore BE- get down q sixty men, q a. average
Per annun thus reducing the balance against the rail-
way pos q service as present In operation and organ
The reduction Of aboFin New York, Philadsphia and
Baltimore ofnces must Of course. be much In pro-
poson :; The he reduction o. labor n the Soss Srss
and Baltimore, and assuming tnas the railway postal
service on these 5000 msS is costing $4,000 per
Or old ssve ne dot that s.sss twenty
four and often forty hours saved Ia the trans
wans q :, e: mats E..rg over these 600 %ia:s
ture. IS
PACIFIC RAILROAD nRvcn 81
Kansas. lSs miles west Of wyandossa and lls miles
west Of 81. Louis Missouri the fsrthsse point to
toward the Pacific was completed zap ssstse, east Of
Omaha City, Nebraska In the line from Chicago 70
Kesrny This gap has since been filled By the com
Council Bluffs Iowa the eastern side Of the Missouri
river opposite Omaha and ths Union Paciac Railroad
$40 miles 10 CSsysnas Al The base Of The Rocky
ta!ns, 6lo mile: west q omahA and 1,olS
. r' sss, Gn sss. s. r. IT,:
eastern divinon) hiss also boon extended l5S miles to
nays City, making the length Of tho railroad route west
these routes west from wyandotts and Omaha and
the Pacific side the mas are conveyed twice daily be-
" .s e.. q O. p
pany. The lines thus extending and west TO
meet each other the average progress on the Platte
mile per day. A continuation Of the work with like
energy will verify the promise OF the railroad companies
BY the year 1870 to span the continent Htf. 7M
ToRn0s MAIL sERviCR-srArsTrca
The aggregate amount Of postage upon the corespcn
an increase Of ssa CAS- over tho previous ysar OF hi:
amount 1859 COS accrued on the correspondence sx-
changed n the mails with Great Britain, France Prussia
Bremen. Hamburg, and Belgium; $348 800 on CORES
pondcncs exchanged with the British North American
Provinces and $l2s, sss on mails transmitted to and
from the West Indies, Mexico. Central and South
America, the sandwich Islands. Japan and China the
United States portion Of the postage
Europe amounted to Ss7I2ss With the BRITISH North
American Provinces 1896 S4S and with the West Indies,
&C. $12a 33s making the total United States hostages
The number Of letters exchanged with foreign coun-
tries exclusive Of the British North American prov
iucss 10 2os 1884, Of which 53l240l sent FROM
and 4ss5.sS3 received in the United s.atsa OF this
number o. Az Ill exchanged with European
Gus year. The estimated number exchanged with the
British provinces vas making total o. ever
IS letters exchanged in the mails with foreign
The numbcr or newspapers sent to foreign countries
lexcusve Of the British North American pIovinces was
total Of 4s2s 4s2 or this numoer AIS .4s2
changed with European countries. As no postage &C
counts kept with the British PROVINCES the number
OF newspapers exchanged between the United
these provinces cannot be stated, approximately
The transatlantic steamship lines employed in the
service Of foreign governments conveyed mails, the
postage on which amounted TO $l0ol. 1872 and those
employed In the same service by this department con-
veysd mails postage which amounted to S67S4l
OCEAN TRANSPORTATION.
The cost OF the Transatlantic mail steamship service
employed BY this Departms under the provisions Of
the law allowing sea and inland hostages TO American
and sea hostages only 10 foreign steamships was $5Sl
33S. The amount paid for the transportation OF mails
70 and from the West Indies &c, by steamers receiving
different Of compensation limited to tho postages
conveyance Of mails to and from Central and South
America via Panama was So, 956, maxine total ex-
OF the payments made to the Brazil China lines,
receiving subsidies tor mail service under special acts OF
Congress. ~ s4Et. t.. .s..
RAIAscs DUE FOREIGN Posr DEPARTMENT.
The Of postage collections the United States
the correspondence exchanged Great Britain and
countries the continent OF Europe s5647s and
the balance against the United Safes adjustment Of
the postage accounts with those countries
amounted 20 ss57,22a. Additional particulars Of tne
results Of the foreign mail service which Is increasing
rapidly in exteut and Importance embraced In the
appendix and also in the report Of the Auditor, ap
pended hereto. @es
NEGOTIATIONS oY VIEW POSTAL CONVENTIONS WIFE oxxkr
BRITAIN ArD COUNTRIES on THE cosrIsEsr OF EUROPE.
the given b. the gs s, $
cember lS4s between the United States and the Unsd
Kingdom, preliminary basis Of new Convention ro-
ducng the international letter postage from twentyour
70 twelve cents aud establishing moderate charges for
and territorial transit OF correspondence In closed
the British post Office the leading features Of which
were stated In the last report As the details OF this
new convention were vet 20 be discussed aud formally
adjusted with the British ofcs, favorable opportunity
was presented 70 establish enlarged faciliscs of mail
communication with reduced and uniform rates Of post
age, 10 the continent OF Europe. .N & q
Win this object 10 view The Hon John A. Kassoa
was appointed special commissioner ON behalf Of this
negotiate person. the respective pos, departments
subject 10 revision and approval BY the Postmaster
General the details Of postal conventions. in con-
intercourse recommended BY the Paris conferences Of
1885, the points being the reduction Of rates M
terna,ons mail communication, written and printed;
the red 1con or total abolition OF territorial sanmt
charges correspondence Ia closed mails; the estab-
snnen as nearly = possible o. uniform po.tags f:s ns
render Uniform the rcs verning the exchange q
rsepondeuce with other countriea
because OF his knowledge Of postal details obtained dur
Ing his connection with the department AZ rst assistant
postmaster general and particularly account Of his
Familiarity with the postal questions 10 be dealt with,
which were fully discussed al the Paris conference II
which no took prominent part - the delegate from
this department. His thus far Ia accomplishing
tho objects Of hs MISSION been ell that could have
reasonably expected considering The different internal
ana the DELAYS encoun,.rsd n such nseoa
fiona WM $3.50 #t
Liberal postal conventions with general uniformity Of
principles and details, have been concluded with tho
United Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ireland, Belgium
Switzerland the Netherlands the North German Union
and Italy securing important reductions OF postage and
Introducing other valuable improvements IN our postal
intercourse with those countrea Negotiations are also
In progress with the Frech post department. for STINT
lar Arrangcmcnt which u hoped may terminate win
like success F
United Kingdom which goes INTO full effect On sns list
Of January, 1865, are a..
l. reduction a. the international letter ssse from
twenty. four 10 twelve cents
The standard weight for letters one-haI ounce In