Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-12-15
posTmAsrER GENERALS REPORT.


WAsHIHSTONs -. Wv NV. o. ~
s,R: The ordinary revenues Of this Department
~. sso * and the expenditures OF all kinds sS-
90 81 SS For the year ending June 80, lsa the
ordinary revenues were @ o.a sa e .ne ex,
pn vear 1870 over the year 1859, was 81, 4sT,
iof t ap 8 per cent, and the increase Of expen-
amnres $50, ,ob.ia or La per cent, showing net
ucre az for the year 1870 over the year 1865 was
~ $40 "a or ;5 per cent. and the increase OF
Expenditure for ise over 1855 was 1as ~ sS
OF s,.mrared with 1880, less than the increase
= III = compared with 1868, by $6s4, 1884, and
The Increase in expenditures ior iS Ssa s,
,rh 1888 by seG0, S32. II. II, IN addition 70 the or
binary revenues, the department be credited with
100000 apoprla1lea lor xe f ma' snbsi sH to
teanship lines, 1t will appear that the oenclehcy
nrovided out of the General Treasury for the year
fSTO will be $2,@1416.9S, against 1897 OBS IS for
tIe wear 1SS9 There were IN the service Of the de-
nartment the Both Of June, 1870. 295 contract
ors for the transportation OF the mails OF mail
IN length 231 ,232 miles; annual transporta-
don 500 249 96 miles. and in annual cost, S1O,Ss4
653 Adding the compensation OF railway post,
"f8ce clerks route agents, local agents, mail
messengers mail route messengers and baggage
master In charge Of registered packages amount
ing to s147os9o, the aggregate annual cost s was
here was an increase over the preceding year in
LENGTH of routes Of 1851 miles; in annual trans
poraon s4o5a3 Mules, ana ra Ie COST most oics
AduIns VIZ Yaa;i and other agents. S1a5, 663 the
total increase In cost was S0t0,Sio.
lag loies,uidae ser,ice for special Offices There
docs ho. i Iose Of the YEAR 2tG9 of these, eacn
with mail carrier, whose pay from the department
Il not alioweu ~ -antes and their carriers are
tns;ddd hcwever IN the number of contractors
and routes az given above The attention OF CON
ssnd ,eaS;nst,nent of the rates of compensation
~ah,iShed Inv law for the TRANSPORTATION OF mails
-, ra;Irnod ronfes The manarers of railroads
S IN that the nav awarded them under the opera
ton ~ the act Of the ed of March. 1885, is made
nnate tn the service required and MANY of them
SSave retnsed snd stiIl refuse TO enter into con-
+acts win The denartment aIIeojng that they will
NC. Mind IhernseIyes bv a nermaneut Arrangement
At the nresent prices The coreeouence il that on
,nanv IF the most important rouies the mails are
carried az suits the conyenienoa of the companies
md with Int iittle regard to the public nte rest
Hany complaints OF inefficient service and in some
instances az cross ueglect on the mart of railroad
communities have been made during the past wear
Inv some of the LEADING newspapers of the country
but Notwithstanding the most persistent efforts to
remadv The owls cnmnlained of very little if any
imnroyament hos vet heen etrec,ed the 6eparf-
ment bayino no control of the time or manner of
runninr trains. Except in eases where contracts
have hea,, va. ~, ,-Iy rFenrItes After carey1l con.
~. cn,n,ensation sged nv Law ia not
dered Inv railroad conpnanies. and hence.
I reneat NV recommendation that a read
iustment ~ Their nav be made Nv law and
~ tha SAME fine thew Ta reor;red IN enter into y
contract with the Denartnent as n condition pre-
cedept 70 dyaw,ing apv Increase Of comneneation
The amount Of f,es innosd ON contractors and
deductions made from their nav ! on account of
failures and other delnouencies during the last
wear was s1OO arr 90 and the amount remitted for
the same neriod sos TIA Ok. LEAVING the net amount
~yt $3.50 az rr1,;a sbo~s az ir,rreasa on the NET
smonnt of fues and Gcdnctions over the wear 1850
NJ col 37a IN and n decreasa in the amount of re-
MISSIONS of S17.1g7.74. Tpe increase in the fines
ana dednctfo IL not atrsFutabe to Increased de-
Iinauencies hut to the fact that since the 1st of
Anril 1894 the provisions of MANY contracts for
the fnrfetnre of the nav Of trip when the yrp has
not hoan ", abe has been enforced in contorn,ity
with The act of Jnlv 193e since the abortion Of
th;s rnie contractors have eviuced a much greater
amount of energy IN their efforts TO carry the mails
throuyb to tbe noints of destination
Dnring tl,e mast wear 2 oT1 cases of loss nv mail
denredafions ppccnrred of which 1D574 ree;stered
iattara ,ya-a renorteS tn tha danartment ,nyo,ing
a1a W.T. pSrasts ~ 90 T t tn -
ri 3a3 7se ~ considerable norton of which has
been recoue,ed The pnmber Of arrests for
;nIat;anS na th mo,aI Iaw, ,r,s 10 ond
tho nn,nbsr 81 co,pp;ct;ono ~ tboaa ,vho' ,rnre
hro,nht 70 rial "a The rema;ndor barg raiaaaed
scoust1ed or Hold snr tr;aI Tba Sanartnaent /,
constanti1 oye;i;na tse,s 90 all tho MEANS within
i,s reacb 10 60 erfecf senur;tv 70 tha rna,, and
To brjng tn ;ns.;ce anv of 30 a;nnIoves ,uho yaid
to the femntatinn 70 ;n,at the tr;,st renoaesd In
tLa.. P w ''oi""0 'A ~S' op "
Tae c,u+ nj Tho t-on. Atlantic moi, s+o.usb;r
service dn rino the three receap~ fiscal years yvae
as follows: For the fscaI wear endin9 lime 20
for ha dsca JpDpo
1883 S191 9et A. for the iseaI year endin5 June AZ
1880 S33G o1Y 10 From .Tmlv + n Tccember n 1870
the trans Atiantc mail seyv;ca yyas ne-forn,ad nv
steamsbins of the uar,hnr, Grrard ipranap and
Inman I.inas sailing from, Now York on ruesaavs
Wednesdavs Thnrsdavs and SATURDAYS of each
wee T,ha a,arts &c cacb Of tbeee l;nes h. ZINC do
cIned To transnort he mails Tor the reduced Yates
of sea a stabIisnd nv tho additiono, nasta,
convention with the Tinted Kinodom' which went
into onar,tion on tha lat IF January 1er0 the
service was for a short time intnyrunted. INT new
arrangements vore sneadiIv concluded on thc basis
Of the rnducod ratios ~ nenaatsnn for regnIar
semi weetIv convevance Of mills 10 E1rone nv the
steamsbins ~ the Tiyernooi and Great Western
COmnanv Williams g. (,,ion a~epts, on Wednss-
DAYS and nv the ateamshins of the North German
IJovids nf Eremen on Satprsavs which were soon
6nIi9wed nv On arranGe yueut with the Hamburo
American PACKET Comnanv far nm additionaI weeL,
" service on Tuesdav on the same terms TINS Sc
cnring a tri weekIY aisnatch Of mails nv steamers
oS average GOOD sneed
Va At nresent, three weekly nails are disnotched
from New York TO Great Eritain Inv stea,nsbioa of
the Jivernool e. Great Western (,unard and Inman
lines sailing on Wednesdays rbursdevs and Safur
DAYS. with an occasional extra mail by steansbins
Of the Cunard line sailing on other DAYS of the
week When the German steamships of the North
German How'd and HAMBURG line resume their
regular trips and the new steamers. of Increased
size and greater speed. which have been rendered
by the Ocean steam NAVIGATION Company. of
LIVERPOOL for the conveyance of the malls from
New York Monday are placed on the route be-