New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-07

22 be added the aggregate annual cost WI" DC slOS'2o
Rsilroad pontes length s95s7 miles: annual trans
poraton II 3O9 2Sl miles annual cost $i125SoO-abeut
Steamboat routes: Length. 2O7o miles annual trans:
pOrtat0n 4,S3l.0ll miles annual COST s'i4oS0-apou1
CELEBRITY, certainty, and security - Length. le3n5
mies annual transportation, 4LN3lO3 mics anhu1i
cost s4,9032Sj-abOut 1919 cents per nDle. ,...,
There was an Increase over the preceding yea, III 10,
075 miles and In cost S4045 To the last au 49,
cost for railway postoce clerks. route, local. anu 49,
agents, sG0694 and the total increase oi cost "H W
The foregoing statements of distances and costs DO not
include service for speCa Offices There WERE al t9
close OF the year. 1902 of these Offices each with man
carrier whose pay from the department Is not aoWt
routes and their carriers are included in the number Of
contractors and routes as given above -, -
ycyanco OF the Overland Mails have expired except on
the route from Cheyenne City 10 Denver 100 miles ana
$3.50 per annum THIS all that remains Of the old over
land mail service and tins win doubtless be superseded
IN few months. railroad between Cheyenne Cy anu
Denver being now In rapid course OF construction.
READJUsTMEST OF PAY on RAILROAD ROUTE .
In anticipation Of the close OF the contract Term "a
with view obtain data upon when 10 base INC reHu
justment Of the rates Of pay Tor the & c term n,
commencing July 1862 circulars were sem OUT IN
nry last TO the proprietors OF all sucn routes %
them to weigh Tho mails they eonVeyeu 10. Va Ia
from the LIST OF March, aud report me resis 10 'o
parmcnt, and to furnish, aeO descriptions on tHp LII
modations provided for mans ana AGENTS. & ~
statements showing the number OF times per week ing
mails were conveyed IN each direction INC ~ Va
the report OF the Second Assistant acknowledgement
hereto appended in which there also embraced returns
from number Of roues IN other states haae ~ .aIS
times since the publication or similar taDle III wy
annual report for 1861 IL IS the purpose OF the DepI
nIent In the future 10 make similar can upCl .o ~
pletOrs OF railroad routes near tic close OF c CgIVI
term in each OF the four contract scGuons lnto t
country Is divided, 80 that the leaoJns,net ~ LIy ~
every case may be made upon new ana corIeo ICLuI
F MIA and New York have been carefully
pared with the returns Just received from those oLar'
and i'm every instance IN which the amount ana chaIae'
Ter OF the service have been found to he clearly ls
cent Justify the rate allowed, COMMENSURATE uelo
ton has been made. On the other hahd, whenever ue
mand for increased pay has been made when me reUs
appeared TO warrant suc Increase mas been showed Ou
nun INV nmornted To S4s52 g. The annual pay, rs re-
adjusted, now amounts to SOJOG o. Showing aI excess
Of the present over tho former amount Oh Hu P'J VI
Great complaints have been made by some Of the prn-
Ouacy Of Ecir compensation for Carrying the mhls lHry
assert that the rates of their pay were Xed by Ie ae Ui
% years. and that although the pay mus estpllshSu
was the time OF the passage Of the act just ana aP
cannot bo denied that suce the passage or the act VI
1915 important changes have taken place Tic most con
acuous OF which the fOllOwing large increase IN
the quantity and weight Of mail matter; an aOdltohal
number OF trips per day TO meet me necessities OF to
qulriug much heavier and more expensive inhl cars.
1hesc changes have imposed addtOua Duties uon VIC
railroads constituting the great trunk lines and nave
largely increased their expenses In justice 10 ms class
ofroads, respectfully recommend caitI tl Iu
readnsncut by Congress Of railroad compensation ana
the establishment If such rates as VIII DC just ana equiv
able to all concerned.
Since the completion OF tho railroad line to the Pacific
arrangements have been made TO nave records KEPT
showing the time Hecnpeu ~ '1S tr9iI Cjcnnai and
-, Louis TO Denver CITY, Salt Lake CITY, Sacramento
City, aud san Francisco. aud back The appendix con
tains copy Of the circular giving the necessary siIuG
tOns 10 pOstmascTs and others. The records OF arrivals
on tho Atlantic side during the month Of October nave
reached the department Ihey shoW that lnas "J es
rcd through from san Francisco TO washington I'D Jays
d hours and IS minutes; TO New-GOrk, IN days. ID
hours ard % minutes; Boston, IN days hours; TO
Cbicnr0 m days. hours, and 90 minutes; 10 CINCINNATI
In daya - hours. and - mnutes ana 10 81 LOUIS ~
days hour aud 20 minutes Tue anoyo ls.i anom ',o
tine of tile shortest trips The average time was; 10
Wnshingtou DAYS, hours ana il minutes; 10 New
York days. hours and p mlnuteSi 10 Bosoh, oys;
10 hours and 9Jinuutes; TO CcagO5 da}s' hoNls anu
Is minutes; 10 N'i'ia T. ''a!H 90, ~, ,,-s 60
and 10 ST. Louis, days 10 Tours hhu - "i',y - 80.
pared with the time from san francisco, tue inc nom
Sacramento CITY hours aud % minutes less rom FRO
CITY days and hours less from Denver CITY Day -
Iglra and 20 Minutes lcss-Salt Lake City being dis
tlpt from the railroad - miles ana Denver ty l2 miles
Under the old overland mail contracts inc G oh inc
Missouri River 70 FOLSOM t!, - !''T ~ VI @ ~
10 CIV was Is days, from April 10 December and 20
days for the remainder Of the year.
Mail. have been transmitted day each way be-
tween NewYork and NewOtlcans Slice tie Ut OF March
ID C. Iynchhurg. Va. aud Knoxville. Tom, ahd once
over the Western rOote VIA Louisville, h~, ana HUM
bpdt Tenn the latter route portion OF the Trips
havc been IN shorter time than by the former the
shortest beng s hours and 80 minutes gong sonn an
% The former ,ya 81 hours ana % minutes going South,
and SIS hours and 20 minutes going North Greater regu
arity EXISTS on the South. Western route however, on
which the average time from March 10 SrpemDcf' IN
istvc was SO hours and % minutes going South, and 90
b"n and 10 minutes going North: while the average
the Western route for the same PERIOD was 81 hours ara Is
uinncs going SOUTH and 90 hours and Il minutes going
WptS TnLlne both directions together, there
carried through from March 10 September inclusive, on
The Sorf western route 429 mails az average speed OF
90 hours and Il minutes; and the Western route, $50
mails nj an average speed OF 81 hours ana ~ minutes
y comparison with the throughma tables in the last
ann al
both these routes is sensbly improved; ,.,,,
tween New-Yok and Chicago of the three daily trips
over the Allentown route via Pittsburgh being made IN
less than 81 hours each way,
srECIAL AGENTS.
The number OF Special Agents in tho employ OF the
Dennrtmcut during tho last fiscal year 4s, at an
aggregate compensation Of $i3i3? Under the impress
sion that this force was excessive congress III i9
Appropriation act for the current year; appropriated
100000 for detecting and preventing man
and for special agents ana men restricted to action u
be- paid Special Agents than is boIeby provided Tho
Department desiring conform 10 tho law. ana at the
same time 10 render the OF Special gents ell
Gent possible, deemed u necessary To reorgahlZe TINS
ucr following: Five OF railway
mnscrylce charged with the supervision OF the trans
poraton OF the mails; IA inspectors authorized to in-
auire into tho management and expenditures OF Iost,
Offices and Agents, with general powers IN tue slNtn
Division. In addition 10 the foregoing the department.
has IN its service one Agent engastu on Tue iree
one Agent the moneyorder system, aud eight Agents
o as n6 MI Of whom are under the general direction
of a superintendent Of Railway MnlSeryce, appointed
OF labor believed that much more satisfactory results
will be attained But the field OF operations OF these
officer, has been much enlarged aud their duties made
more specific ana eNacng, IS respectfully submitted
that the amount Of the appropriation for the current
wear Is TOO small 10 the wants Of the service. IL Is
therefore recommended either that the appropriation be
Increased to $4,000 per annum, or that the department
he uermtted to charge the expense az the five Assistant
suncrntendcns of Hallway MulService" To the trans
pOrtston fund and expense OF the Special Agents IN
charge free delivery and ofthe monc0der system
10 the Of the free delivery and the oneyord
system respectively It further submitted that sum
should nc placed the disposal OF the Department 10
drfry the expenses OF such temporary Special Agents as
tho extraordinary emergencies OF the service may de-
maud. .