The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-28
GEO. S. BOUTWELL,
Sanratary Of TrpasIlr

Secretary OF Treasury.
Union Pacific Railroad Bridge.
The President has approved the act
OF Congress to authorize the Union
Pacific Rrailroad Company to contract
and maintain q bridge across the St.
Louis river between Rices Point, Mine.
sofa and Connor's Point, Wisconsin.
Important 20 Distiliers.
A delegation OF Western dlstillers is
here tryir z to get the internal revenue
law changed 80 as to have spirits lost at
sea credited on the bond of the expor-
ter, the same as in the case OF tobacco.
They will have a hearing before the
committee on Ways and Means to NOR
row, at which Connor and Douglass
will be present,
Effect OF the Franking Privilege Alb
OlitfOn.
The Postmaster General to-day ap'
peared before the House Committee on
Appropriations, at their request, in Or
der to furnish some desired information
respecting the amounts necessary to be
appropriated to purchase postage stamps
TOR the use of the departments, when the
law abolishing tn e frankiug privilege
shall 20 into effect. The official estl.
mates in the Treasury Of the amounts
required by the various departments are
az follows: Executive office, $500
Department Of State, $1,000; Treasury
Department, $5O2.SS2 40; Navy De-
par,ment, SSS, ,427 80; Interior Depart
ment 1920. 900; Postofice Department,
81, lbs, 1876; Department OF Agriculture,
$4,000; Department OF Justice. 5,ooG
Department Of War, $l23,0l9 70; total
estimates, 81, l92,503 55.
1t will be observed by the above fig
ures that the postage OF the Postothce
Department is estimated at 81, l25, ,495
while the amount for all the other de-
psrtments is $l,O67, ,00S SIS. This is
wide disparity and it would not be
thought, upon first impression, that the
business of the Postoffice is 80 much
greater than the Treasury, much less
of all the other departments. In the
Treasury estimate the Auditor OF the
Pastoffice Department is included. The
Postoffice Department estimates are
made up az follows: Postmaster Gen
erals office, $500; First Assistant Post
master Generals office. $50, ,47S; Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster Generals Of
flee, $37, ,32O; Third Assistant Postmas
Ter Generals office, $27l, ,93O; Money
Order office, SIT ,667; Bureau OF Forelgt
Mails, 5000; official correspondence
received from Postmasters and between
Auditor for the Postoffice Department
and between Postmasters, $oil,oOC
dead letters forwarded, $l45,5OG total
SLIPS, ,495. Itis stated thstthere 3O' 0O'
postm mssters in the country, and whe'
this immense force Of officials, In ire
ouept communications with the DE
psrtment, is considered, the tota
amount seems plausible. The sun
mentioned would allow for .7,5lo,oo'
letters at single rates. 1t must be re-
membered, however, that the large
norton of the mail matter consist o
psckases. 1t is conceded that TIT
committee will cut down some OF thes'
amounts. :
There is another peculiar feature il
this business, which does not at hrs
appear. The payment OF, postage OF
all officials matter sent through In
mails will be q revenue to the Post
office Department and an expense U
all the others. As consequence tn
Postoffice is correspondingly increased
10 a financial point OF view, to the dis
advantage Of ell the other depart
ments. ...t