The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-05
Rates Of Pay. Range Of Daily Weights.

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Or 2 s2s pounds. dividing the Pennsylvana Rail-
Ors, 7s4 pounds, dividing ct At,iea
Not the weight Of the mails alone, It Il true but also
the provided for the mails and agents
Of the department. the dimensions, fixtures and farni
frequency Of the service and II may BE-, other crcum
stances besides. enttled 70 consideration in adjust
the mails being, n the main undeniaby the principal
indication test Of he Importance OF the SERVICE"
actually allowed No general systemaI,c revision
and OF these rntes based upon the returns
ess 70 but nuD'. q
railroad companies tho returns have been used a
guide to proper settlement OF the dispute and
sary TO into sngAgemsnts IL Is expected that
such changes will from time to time made as VIII
70 perfect classification Of railroad gadua-
ton 81 their pay according to she comparative value
and importance OF the service they perform.
fhe table showing the weight or mails, 60, above
referred TO- is accompanied BY alphabetical index,
for easy reference and also by list Of routes from
which no response 20 the departments calls has been
received in which list the titles OF the companies are
orran9ed in alphabetical ORDER Several whose titles do
not appear in either the table or the list expected
yet furnish the desired information they being in
correspondence with The department, on the sabjec.
Posr ROUTE MAPA
These maps, the general outline of which was sug-
gested BY and inauguAted under the administration Of
Postmaster General Blair. intended to embrace =
States, plan adapted 70 keep up with the periodical
changes and gradual Improvements Of the service.
needless 10 do more than refer 10 the advantages
Of this graphic mode Of representation for general
view Of mail connections over the tedious reference TO
Owing to tho vast extent Of our national domain ana
the great number OF post Offices and 10 be
with the requisite amount OF detail such maps can only
DO compiled in successive groups VI States.
During the past year map OF the mail service 10 tho
States OF New Hampshire, Vermont Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island and Connecticut, with parts OF Ns YORK
aud Maine has been completed by the topographer and
distributed 10 p0stmastorS and other agents Of the de-
pa1sm 1a as also e oSrs other branches o. Inc
onias to the usefulness of such official production
These FIRST demands having been met, copies OF the
map arc for sale from the department Second Assistant
ton Portland, New York and PhlIadslphis
York and Its immediate conneosions-is nearly com.
peted by the engrayer. and win be issued this winter;
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the District Of
Columbia being well advanced, will follow alter
ZINES AND DEDUCTIONS
The amount OF fines imposed and deductions made
from the pay Of contractors for failures and other de-
lnqusnc,es during the year, was SIS, sag, and the
ing the net amount Of lines ano deductions $l45, 907
Rsh MAIL Rags, LOCKS
table Ii annexed showinG1thc number, description
and OF mail bags locks and keys purchased during
tae year; the amount expended for mail bags beng
expenditure OF the previous year. is loss by Si 25 than
that or tho year next preceding.
rHRoUGH MAIL soUIs nsrNrEs WASHINGTON AND NEW
ORLEANS.
The through mails between Washington and New
Orleans carried over the Orange and Alexandra
Railroad between Washington and Lyncnburg, Virginia;
tho Virginia and Tennessee Railroad between ynchburg
and Bristol Tennessee; tho East rennesses aud Virginia
Railroad between BRISTOL and Knoxville, Tennessee; the
Eas, Tennessee and Georgia Railroad bet Knoxville
and Chattanooga, Tennessee; the Nashville Chat
soo Asbamn: he Mempnis ana an1 ba,,sssan
Railroad between Stevenson and Grand Junction. Tsnnes
see; the Mississippi Central Railroad between Grand
Junction and Canton, Mississippi: and the New Orleans
jackson ana Great Northern Railroad between Canton
aud New Orleans This called the Southwestern route
Ii IL all rail- and its aggregate length twelve hundred
and eighty mites. The Atlantic roule. via Richmond
Virginia; Wilmington, North Carolina; kngsvile, south
Carolina; Augusta and Atlanta GeorziA and Montgomery
gate distance thereby between Washington and New Or
Ieaus being twelve hundred aud sixty miles; but that
boat service, viz: between Washington and Game
Point tAquia Creek, so miies and between Mobile and
thc lake terminus OF the fonichArran Railroad ia
Records have been kept at Now Orleans and Washing
ton since 2ist January last showing the time occupied
In the transmission Of through malls betweou the two
extromes
The period from 2lss January 10 als, October, in.
elusive embraces two hundred and eighty four days;
during thriydve OF these days, viz from the sth Of
March to the llth Of April inclusive the southwestern
Distracted by excessive foods IN East Ten
nessee In the remaining two hundred and forty nine
days there received at New Orleans from Washing
ton BY the Southwestern route two hundred and forty
eight mails, OF which ninety-sx carried through
at an average speed OF hours and thirteen
minutes fraction over three and one quarter days;
hours ana hfty-three minutes, traction three and
one half days. nine at average speed Of hundred
and two hours and ak minues fraction over four aud
quarter days. thirty At an average speed OF
one hundred and nine hours and forty eight minutes
fraction four and half days; in hundred
and TWENTY-FIVE hours and forty-nve minutes one IN
one hundred andwentyseven hours and forty minutes;
In hundred and thirty three hours and forty-ve
minutes; and one In ono hundred aud thry-four hours
and forty tive minutes; the common average speed OF
the TWO hundred and forty eight mails being eighty
seven hours and thrty-hve minutes three days
v.Gv
made each In seveoty-six hours and forty minutes,
which was the greatest speed attained On thirty OF
the two hundred and forty nine days no mails were
ceved al New Orleans from Washington IN consequence
Of the failure OF ae trains TO connecas some point
the route.
During the same two hundred and forty.nins days
there were received at Washington from New Oriesns
two hundred and forty eight mails, Of which one hum
dsed and eighty seven carried through Al an
aysTss speed 9, : hour. and
thirsy-two at average speed Of ninety-tour hours
and thirtysevsn minutes fraction under four days;
seven hours and twenty minutes, fraction under four
ADd one half days; four NJ average speed Of one
hundred and nineteen hours and fourteen minutes
one hours and twenty I've minutes: one huAdred
and fertyfour hours and any minutes; and ono 10 one
hundred and n,ynve hous aud thirty eight ninutss;
the common average speed u the two hundred and
for,y-ceht mails being eighty eight houn and thirty
nns minutes three days. sixteen hours and thirty
hnS Two TIPS we're mace escn - sSnv 1.-Two
north. On twenty.eght Of the Two hundred and forty
nine days no maiis received at Washington from
70 ccnnscs q some poiss On The rouss 4. 8.
During the thIrty-nvs dsys' intsrrupticn Of the
through mail service The sos.hwssssrn route ths
The Atlantic rouis a average speed q hun
dred and ave houn and sveaty-stx minutes o. foar
days nine hours and twenty az niausss nineteen q
80 fssssss svsr-sav sissy-siz hoen aad fotsy sz
nsaasss. Dsss the same thiny.ave DAYS ssvsa na!la