New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-05

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pAuy MAIL TO CALIFORNIA
An arrangement made In January last 10 accom-
rod.te the cts~ne Of California with q daily mail to
s,d be Esei, without the tntermssiOn occasoned
cve0sly by the s<k Of Sunday service between
s,csxo aud the MiSssari River For this purpose an
ewanes vi $a,0o PEI snnum was made, from Jan a.
ri to the proprieors Of the Chicago Burlington, and
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,o"ds the Companies Named bcng alone Responsible 70
performing ANY Of tho three lines between Chi:
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MAIL ptfkEbATloSs
Tie number II complaints OF missing letters during
sle year IL 4ecO Of which 2o61 registered and 24s
u,rcr containing bonds drafts aud currency to
The amount Of $s7Ss o. OF registered letters.
for received at their destination,
snd only 2ss have been reported as actually lost The
!rang cases are ~ the hands OF special agents mt i0r
hye been arrested, OF whom 81 have been convicted
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Justice, H. lie dealt with according to law.
POST OFFICES
TIE STATE mcnt hereto appended shows an increase OF
eight and 1860 ines Of railway postofee service
tn nuuLer OF hn,s ia operation the 30h day OF June,
E1 49, extending in the aggregate over N2os miles
Of railroad aud st1 amboat routes Upon $500 miles the
performed daily upon 26T miles twice daily
upon q mites four times daily, equivalent in all to
miles each daily. Counting all the lines both
Ways, the aggregate service s 1885 miles daily. and
n,c72,5tO miles auIually The number Of clerks EN-.
tcyed U.s. annual cost Of 500 400 against S6
srks at cost Of Al26O0 for the previous year. show
ing the Increased cost for the fiscal year to be teoe 800
Of ths amount the sum Of ss0o was expended for the
Gyison and two lines in Massachusetts, numbering In
same ' class Of duties each per- less than those
nIon the other lines Deductns this sum, the increased
During the Is, year the Union Pacific Ralroad s sa
10 extend this line over the Central Pacific Railroad an
additional DISTANCE Of ISL miles, frou Ogden Utah. to
TIL, n twice daily service between, Portland Maine,
rc, the ia, ears are carried upon tho fastest passen
Eei Ins, thereby insnrng the delivery OF ell through
Arransemeuts have e" recently been Completed to
establish q continuous Line of railway, pOst;ofnoe;
sa the ans North
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anon OF Caosda vii connect snG continue similar
nnlees rom Washington, G, Nsworeans Louisiana
sn Organization having been effected this month no
Mmber as Ear as CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee From that
JOINT to tn" service VIII be estaSlshed az
On the 10th !usl line Of railway post-Oces was also
established ~.
,eso Tor the purpose Of securing more accurate and
xpodous distribution Of the mails for the States of
CAL Ros,on Albany Buffalo, Toledo, chicago
kew O:caIr, via Boston, New.YorE Philadelphia Bal
Of the e.
tnce Of railway post-otiices connecting these remote
s the wor aa viii The mos
ample facilities now known for the transmission and dis
WHOM they wi, respectively traverse. Special Efforts
have been made during the past year 70 perfect the dis
sSansh Of have as
prepared ana FINISHED the clerks thus enabling them
t. facilitate greatly the delivery OF mails by the quickest
stt Unable ROUTES
especially denonsra after the destruction, by fire. of
tlc at distributing postoace ut Chicago Illinois,
West and concentrating at Chicago The malls for the OK,
becn interrupted for many weeks. During the
pOn of October besides the lettsrmails large por,
@ OF the on nor n eas ses TO
Neir ,esth.,i with the usual dispatch The want Of
The proper distribution Of the large through paper
ta,s .atecns them to frequent delays at the various
T. directly forward to their destination.
FOREIGN
TIE total number letters exchanged during the year
with forcgu counties was 2o2sSs9s, an increase Of
Ls16N over the number reported for 1870. OF this
,umier IO46ls6 were sent FROM and s,ss4,lSo we're
received ill., the United States. The number Of letters
miugc rates. exchanged in the mails with European
,ountres was AIl35eo increase Of 9l2IA over the
anbeI reported for 1870. The total postages on the
tters exchanged with foreign countries amounted to
7ss2e0 81 being $22s2ss Ie less than the amount re-
ported 1870 The aggregate amount Of postage sea
inland and forcign) the etter-mails exchanged with
the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland Ger
many switzerland Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium aud
France ts OS7 Al, being e2eassS 10 loss than the
amount reported for 1870 The postages letters sent
exceeded the hostages letters receced from the
TN Tho NJ
Of per cent Of the aggregate amount The hostages
collected in the United States amounted to $75S,7 3d.
the United States being $Soo9i 81 or 20 cent Of the
firen Osfa receiDtS.