, 1875-01-17
Statistics Showing Hon: GreundIess
These Complaints Arc.
Little Progress Made in the
:: Negotiation Of the New
Five Per Cents.
Applications for Circulation Under
. the New Finance Bill.
:. the MAIL-PAcKRCE BUSINESS.

.WAsRzoroN, D. c., JAN 16-The represents
Rrea of the different expreas companies have
u2de frequent recent complaints to the post-
master~General relative to the transmission OF
Merchandise IN the mails. The express cou1ps-
kiea are also endeavpring to ohtaln U4-hhca-
hon Ct the law vita respect to the Transports
ton ct packages through the mails. George =.
Bangs, Superintendent Of the Railway Postal
Service has just prepared an elaborate statlst1-
cal table which. has \ very important bearing
upon this controversy. The table shows the
relative amount Of mail matter Of ai the dihe1-
.eat claases which originated at the fifty largest
post-otfices in the United States curing tho
month Of December. In November blanks were
sept to the fifty Offices which had tho largest
business, directing the Postmaster to forward
detailed statement OF the different classes OF
.xnail-mattez that originated at their respective
Offices for the period OF four weeks, commeno-
ing Dec, l. The noail-matter Was classified
Ascending to these three grand classes OF mail
matter known to the postal code in their various
subdivisions and by pieces and weight. The re-
fz1rua have just been received, and have been
classified in
TANULATED STATEMENT
The grand total Of the mail 1natter orist-
mating ut these fifty Offices during De-
pex,her shows the results; OF the first
clssa, 22.1s1,46 pieces; weight. $685.
pounds, OF the second class, 9, ,Qo6, ,08s pieces :;
-Weigbt, 2,79aT53 pounds. OF the third class.
sa2 96s piecet; freight, 1, $40. 700 pounds Making
total OF all claases Of Il, 61s pieces, Weigh
Ing T. 542, 100 pounds
:: The detsiIed statement Of the result Of the in
-vestieation at the Chicago offices is as follows
First classification newsdea1ers' packages, IT, 976
'pieccs; weight, 116t 2o5. AL other second class
matter, number Of pieces, 537, $3.50; weight,
86a,404 Total Of the seoond class: Number
of pieces, 5S4, ,956; weight. 2S5,6 ,629. Third
c1ass-Ffirst classification, including pam
p11ets, transient newspapers. etc, number
siacation. unsealed circulars. pieces, s81 ,s57 !;
weight, &, 9G6. Second classification. nnsealed
circulars, pieces, n.8a7;. weight, 8,18S.
Third classification, number OF pieces
il, $50; weight. l927s8. Fourth classification
claszifcatioc, including seeds. cuttings, bulbs.
rpota. and acions. number Of pieces, GIG !;
weight, 2o3. Sixth classification, including
all other articles OF the third class, NUM-
ber Of reces' sss7; tss %elSht ,a:a z 1mhegg .shIng
Of pieces, so9,4a5; weight, s,b5s. The
total amount OF ali the mail matter originating
at tho Chicago Office in December was ,276
-nieccs. weighing 421.251 pounds. This vas .
aaals averasse Of 4ss, Isl pieces, weighing e617s
TIE RELATIVE AMOUNT OF Bus1NEgs
OF the Chicago Office will be seen from compar-
ieon Of the bus,ness done at the offices Of the
other leading cities The tota1 numbe- of pieces
originating 1t the New YORK Office was 1922 =
'ou. weighing 1899, 753 pounds. This was daily
average Of GIT ,145, weighing 23a, ,2a9 pounds.
.The total nunber OF pieces at philadelphia
vas 417e.sso, weighing 100 pounds
This vac day agsof CPS, 1a7 pleees wegn
Of pieces Of al classes was 1,53+,62s, weighing
18i.384 pounds. This was daily
average Of 2o4,s46 pieces, weighing
25,9l5 pounds. 1t the Boston Office
the total number Of pieces was 8. .465. .s4s weigh.
Is a5.o4s pieces. weighing Is, zo7 pounds. IN
-aianApolis, total 582, 1855 pieces, 80, COS.
. An anE:ysis shows that, in the first class, the
weight Of the matter is 8 4~10 per cent OF the
.xhoie, and the number Of pieces SIS Clio per cent
class, the weight is IS 4-1o per cent Of
the whole weight and the number OF pieces rs
7-lO per cent OF the whole number Of pieces. In
the third class, the weight ia % 21o per cent Of
fae whole amount Of weight, and the nurnber OF
pieces q E1e per cent Of tbs whole number od
1aecen-
The total shows the extraordinary fact thal
newspareru constitute - $40 per cent OF the
whole weight OF all The mail matter originating
at these fifty Offices during the month OF De.
cesrber, while the amount OF samples o1
merchandise transmitted, to which the express
companies 50 much object, was but 1910 per cen
of the weight OF the whole mail matter, ane
but 45-10C Of per cent Of The number Of pieces
Ihe weight 1t the books transmitted bY mai1
was 3,95-1Dt per cent of the whole weight OF th.
mails, and the number Of books WAS 410 Of
tper cent Of the number Of pieces- The amour
.of eemp1es Of merchandise transmitted through
xhe mails in december is always gres.er thar
aoy other month OF the year, as very 1arg'
numbers OF holiday gifts are then sent through
the malls
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