New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-06-17

in one department but 10 feet Let this be contrasteu
with the average room allotted in the following ohces''
| TO wit:
Boston-space to each empoye. 1855. 81 feet
| PbiIadephiaN 10 each employee. IS feet
| BaltimOre-Space to each empoye;....... 90 ieet'
Cincinnati-Space to each empoye....--- ~ ~ teet
Chicago-Spaee to each empl0ye. ...-..-- 20 ieet'
ST. LOuis-Space to each empOye-..--. % ioe''
To compress men into the working space Oh "
feet and IN many instances 10 feet is an abuse Oh
endurance and calls loudly for reform. The following
statement OF the medical officer employed by INC
ment for the care Of the employees is starting eA'O
the sanitary results OF such acquisitions IL o"O
read without feeling the full force OF the i"c' ~ ''
dilapidated condition, inconvenient hHHtaton uoP"
| ton OF natural light, general decomposi'ioH' VIZ" ~,
lative filth generating poisonous maarla' "i'nou' '
nossihlitv of securing pure air enough to neutrai-
| lie the fatal atmosphere, Is snIhcieht 10 oonu
tbebuildng and location as totally uhnt Ior INC io
and labor indispensable 10 an Office OF such magnitude
tIoro Mr. Ferry Incorporates in his report the testimony
NJ Dr Walter r. Gilett Medical officer of the NewiorK
Office which shows that the average number OF Gays
Lost 10 the Department per month"; through the illness Oh
the employ6s is l5O or 800 days per annun the types
of disease are pulmonary rheumatic and ieDre osorueo
mainly1 Within such crcumscrlbed ana uh"uoIesoho
limits the employees OF the office are carefully elaSseu
in adaptabity to their respective duties ana hours Oh
labor service that, day and night this industrial ie
labors Some idea OF that labor and It's rapd
increase may be gathered from the following summary
The amount Of mail matter IN gross, hhhued III io''
averaged Al tuns daily The daily average OF 1867 was 70
tns an increase per cent in three years. ana aver
aging 200 wagonloads per day ASIDE from the doesuo
mails that are constantly arriving and departing
FOREIGN mails arrive from and depart 10 Europe four
times per week by regular lines OF steamers ana semi
monthy extra to and from France, against Dnt TWO
foreign mails per week in 1861 In 1861 Two mans on'S
were sent TO and received from Havana ana 10" 'no
same number are and received weekly In ADDITION 10
which there are pow monthly mails sent TO and received
him and
Unmatched ia now daily of 100000 Number Oh
letters and newspapers delivered by carriers during 1851
4s96I2s; the during 1861 l92GS,Is6-Delng an III
crease years Of 400 cent while the bOK deVey
has increased in equal proportion The number Oh iofesh
letters sent and received in 1861 4o59sl the Same
in 1861 s9s5san increase Of nearly 100 per cent IN SIX
wears Aggregate value OF postage stamps and stamped
envelopes sold in the United States for the hscaI year
ending June 1867, was 54 81, OF wmeh ss'lD
was sold at the NewYOrk POst-Oice. Amount OF post
age stamps and stamped envelopes sold at the NewiorA
Office in 1851 $4G40 e.; sold in 1867, Ss9n 2-an In
crease IN years nearly cent The number oil
money orders issued at THAI Office In December 1864 IN
which year the system adopted was lll6 amounting
to s2OslI TO- In December, 1867, $685. amounting 10
s9Os9 g. The number OF orders paid In December 1904
was 5sl5 amounting 20 Sn,79l 60 In December lso''
"a 9Is amounting TO t57729 49, Postmasters remttAh-
ces received In December 1864, amounted To SS De
cember 1861 S7OOlsO POstmasters drafts paid IN De-
oember, 1864 amounted TO $1,000. December, 1867,
amounted to Si3i253 All the Government issues OF post
age stamps and stamped envelopes are registered ana
distributed posmAsters through the NeWfoTk once
and also very large proportion OF the blanks t"lhe'
and wrapping paper, thus supplied to postnhsters
throughout the country,
In this synopsis of the cumuatng labor performed the
reflection follows without suggestion that, aside FROM the
increased revenue flowing through this great postal ar
ery the value OF the contents Of such vast ana yaTed
ransmissions rise many millions IL may safely be es
thron0b this oGce daily No one who has looked
down from the second floor that partially SURROUNDS lhe
which crowd 10 nearly sudOcaton this III adapted build
ing bat must have been startled With the gravest hppe
tensions Of peril and CONSEQUENT liability OF tho oNeIn
ment NV FIRE should approach the pfecnctso Of this com
bustible material With the utmost caution that prac
efcieurv Of It's incumbent Postmaster Kelley the
interior construction, so largely nodSih, au,u ~
the gntable crOwding the apartments ever
would banie every human attempt again" ,nial loss
NAV Involve the and more or less distress
the people. with. therefore the ihct that 10, o,er -
years the business OF the city Of New YORK s Dech
Quoted m AN fold rekety churchbuding that ehange
has been recognized by the purchase OF an app"pra
site, and suitable structure usihangei W ,,, ms
Un and the immense amount OF rapidly lheIeAns, az
mess and labor, with the extraordlnay pea concin
tendant life and property, tlere can pe no Vtioi 49,,
sion than that immediate steps should be taken 10 eco'
| a suitable Post ONCE building In that city -. o
What then shall be a suitable building tPon .on
sideration purely Of economy amy rectahg ,
tial form might be reared with ample dimensions inter
nal arrap gements, ana OF the platst -, nose
nor hut none wisely minded would, we trust, suppose
al
nation nor contemplated in the eligible site 50 gener
ously rendered by ts commercial metrolohs o.anons,
ctv considerations broader than local enter into Wise
and Just estimate OF what should FORM lts , s
sTcbtecturaI design COmprehending the adjacent cues
that extend their limits IN proportion as new oIk
City Hall Park the site OF the proposed onunH may ye
corderpd substantially the center Ofthe varied interests
of such circuit and is but few steps rom te monetary
and commercial center OF the GIon Gos con ~ pS
and Il is to become the termin OF the suDeiIanea ~
TEN OF city railways, which their urgent deTahu Oh
| "A Ia A
where the pOpuace of the city, ana so)ouheIs OF c h
nn In Great measure concentrate is 10 start the arch
o 80 OF the nation and city combined
NewYork touches every industrial hber OF inc anu ln.9
her capacous lap pour the fruits OF incessant national
,nn RsiIWavs In great measure, the postal muscular
system OF countries rapidly EXTENDING ta tnc uay
n NOT far distant when the continent wi" DC woven mo
,s"ne ~ mail In 1883 we had 1898 miles constructed
| I'm 1854 80 $50 miles nearly double IN nine years 10
oS working road quadruping that Of France; nearly
treble that OF England ana almost a. cn % T V
mileage OF the United Kingdom ana Europe. oVGlsig
this web agriculture science ana tne ART tb and
enlarge enrich the source oil the natonai @ n
the fttest type OF TINS auVancng Ii " Eore,ensps
and grandeur Of her concentrating emporium toelgeis
seeking shores for location or % ap from
impress Of the scope and power OF the oI
ths magnitude Of it's commercial center Gs
| IN the United States what London Is 10 Great
and prospective population wealth, ana power To-, OF
Years ago the whole Southern mail was carried on one
mans back TO a small boat which crossed Nortn Kyer
Nor n takes eight teams 10 carry the same
Fifty wears hence will witness such growth south u.s.
the mast furnishes parallel While the expansion oI she
Wesf win be as amazing It's resources sre grandy
mtabe The wonderful strength ability 70 maintain and
free government against formHaDe I Snon the
| pase Of manhood dignity and equality winch ms
Nation, emerging from he re followed by such an
ndux 10 the national increase OF our nunDers as VII
surprise and mpe, non AMI Republic In view
NJ such certain growth the structure 10 De - @
alone 70 fntnre TO do this in suitable manner, 1t
nroposed 10 expend three and nan nllos " nonvy,
EoIlowing the plan submitted and approved he u.esign
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