The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-06

Leaving deficiency of of.................. 47O2,192
The foregoing estimates do not include the special
appropriations in the nature OF subsidies for mail
steamship service between Fan Francisco, Japan,
and China; for like service between the United
Francisco and Sandwich Islands.
The total number of postage stamps, stamped en-
yelopes, and newspaper wrappers was 502 $780, OF
the aggregate value of $l501S, ,O6lb 80. The amount
expended for mail bags Of all kinds was $S9420,
or s31, 1913 more than the amount expended the
preceding year. The cost of mailbag catchers, re-
Gently introduced into the service for delivering and
receiving mails from and on railway trains at full
speed, was $1,000. This amount does not appear in
the table last mentioned but is included in the item
Since the completion of the railroad line to the
Pacific arrangements have been made to have
cords Kept showing the time occupied in the transit
of mails from Washington, New York, Boston,
Chicago, Cincinnati, and st. Louis to Denver City,
Salt Lake City, Sacramento City, and San Francisco
and back. The records Of arrivals on the Atlantic
side during the month OF october have reached the
department. They show that mails are carried
through from San Francisco to Washington in
DAYS. 23 hours, and IS minutes; to New York in 6
days, 10 hours, and 20 minutes to Boston In days,
hours; to Chicago in days, hours, and 80
minutes; to Cincinnati in days, 22 hours, and 80
minutes; and to st. Louis in days I hour, and 80
minutes. The above figures show the time of the
The total number OF letters passing between the
United States and foreign countries Canada ex-
cepted during the last year was 12 596654, OF which
6,63ss6s were sent from, and 5,957,796 received in,
the United States. The increase over the number
exchanged in 1868 is 1,46S,122 Estimating the num-
ber exchanged with the Dominion of Canada, of
which no accurate account is reported at 3OOO,00O
the whole number of letters exchanged in the mails
with foreign countries exceeded 000 The total
pOstages on letters exchanged with foreign cOun-
tries estimating the postage on letters to and from
Canada at 900, amounted to $2,Ol4, 1915.
The free-deliveTy system has been in operation
during the year in fortyeght OF the principal cities,
with The following aggregate results
Number Of letter-carriers ................ l,246
Mail letters delivered sO,O71 1852
Local letters delivered. .,......,,....... 1S,9S0627
Newspapers delivered. ....,...........,.. 2l95i,S9S
Letters collected ............... 80, 9,SS5,009
Amount paid carriers, including Incl
dental expenses ,1s39l531
Postage on local matter .:........ s66G, l6T42
This shows an increase over last year Of
Letter carriers. ........................... IS
Mail letters delivered. .............., l6, 1886
Local letters delivered 4,29S,721
Newspapers delivered 6,044,lS3
Letters collected. 26,I20,3S4
expenses es.,................. .........s1sI, ,9sO7z
Postages on local matter. 190 1896
The number OF the several classes OF letters, do
nestle and foreign, received at the dead letter
olice during the last fiscal year was as fol0ws-
Domestic letters, classed as
Ordinary ''VS5I I,4l2
40U,OOO
Unmaable. 56l,9S4
notel zo,oIo
Fictitious. 1T4l7
Registered neutrality-suspicious.. 8,6T2
Returned from foreign countries .,.,....., 62,698
Total domestic letters 1884, ,67G
Foreign letters 1876
Whole number ber................,,..,...3, @, 952, ,s69
The largely increased use OF stamped envelopes
bearing 'return requests" that is requests that they
be returned to the writers after stated number OF
DAYS has operated to decrease in n considerable
degree the number OF dead letters. While the num-