National Republican., 1873-11-22

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Increase per cent:-Adheslye postage stamps,
Dbl; stamped envelopes, plain, 9.56; stamped en-
yelopes, requests, 1000; newspaper wrappers,
1915, tdecrease.) Aggregate, e.SI.
The number Of packages OF postage stamps
lost In the mails during the year was three. rep
resenting $50, and Of stamped envelopes one,
representing ts4o, and OF postal cards none;
being the smallest losses ever incurred during
any year. This Is undoubtedly owing to the
fact that all packages OF postage stamps, stamped
envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and postal
cards are registered, and illustrates In q most
effective manner the security OF the registry
system.
CONTRACTS, &c.
The report next treats of "contracts,n "read.
Iustment Of pay on railroad routes, "nnes and
deductions," small bags" Through mails, "
foreign mails" Ss. The number Of contractors
IN the service o. the Department on the Both Of
There were, at the close Of the year, 2.s50
pay from the Department Is not allowed to ex-
ceed the net postal yield Of the once.
or public mail routes In operation there were
T42l, aggregating In length 25S,2l0 miles; In an
nual transportation. llO, ,90s0 $50 miles, and In an
nual cost SIS, ,6s5, Sal. Adding the compensation
Of railway post once clerks, route agents. mail
gers and baggage masters in charge Of regis
| tered packages, amounting TO %, ,o93, the ag-
gregate annual cost was ti6 iei ,os4
The service was divided as follows:
Railroad routes: Length, 6s, ,lbT miles; annual
transportation, 65,621, ,445 miles; annual cost,
81, ,2o7, ,io6-about II. 90 cents per mile.
5Sas ans nnps
sT99, 645-about q. .26 cents per mile.
Other routes, upon which tho malls are re-
CURED TO be conveyed with "celeflty, certainty
transportation, o0,s40.+20 miles; annual cost,
S,5Ie, e,b00-about ilO6 cents per mile.
There was an increase over the preceding year
transportation, AVA, s,sss miles; and In cost, si.
063,0T7. Adding the Increased cost for railway
post once clerks, route, locsl and other agents,
isis TS9 the total increase In cost was 81 1881 ,s26.
The railroad routes have been increased In
length b.ot6 miles. and In cost tI54 ,42o, against
an increase last year OF so'I miles In length and
Ths amount Of zines imposed upon contractors
and deductions made from their pay for failures
and other delinquencies, for the year, was sio,-
TI.oa, and the amount remitted during the same
ines and deductions t66, 600, 40.
In regard to through malls, the average time
between New York and San Francisco during
MINUTES, against siS hours 70 minutes the pre-
ceding year. Between washington and New
Orleans the average time was about four hours
more going South, and about three hours less
going North, than during the preceding year,
thetlme South being 81 hours 45 minutes, against
II hours 50 minutes the preceding year, and the
time North % hours @ minutes, against 10 hours
B5 minutes the preceding year.
The number Of recorded complaints for the
past year OF missing letters was d,l6o, OF which
$50 were unregistered and q 1855 registered, con-
talninR In the former, as reported, In bonds,
drafts and currency, $500 bS and In the latter
SO, ,49i.9i. OF the registered letters, sgs were
accounted for, BiS are reported A. actually LOST,
for Investigation. During the year SO2 persons
were arrested for various offences against the
postal laws and regulations. OF these, " nave
been convicted, 30 have been acquitted, l93 are
awaiting trial, and o5 have been discharged Tor
want OF proof suficient to insure convictlon.
The number OF railway postofnce hnes 10
operation on the 90th Of June, 1873 was ov, ex-
tending over la.s6S miles OF railroad aud steam
boat routes-an increase OF lines and I4g miles
over the preceding year. The number OF clerks
employed was Ib2, At an annual cost OF t9il ,uOO-
an Increase OF 103 clerks and 9,4OO. Upon
l2,Bl2 miles the service Is performed daily upon
2,6B5 miles twice daily, and upon y miles fouI
times daily, equivalent IN oil TO II i62 miles each
way daily. Counting all the lines both ways,
the aggregate service Is ~, 92b miles daily.
The Total number Of letters exchanged during