The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-19
OUR POSTAL SERVICE.
Annual Report of the Post
master General.
OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
Cost of the Various Methods of
Mail Transportation. SER.
THE WAR ON THE LOTTERY MEN.


WAsHISGToN. Nov. Is, 1879.
The annual ranort of Postm aster General Kew 1,
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nAue Puon0 'o-aas. harse por.ons % :" are oeVo'ee
TO the or statistical information, which
has already heen unfinished in the ahstract. ~ Oh.
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portions of general interest follows;-
The Postmaster General renews the recommenda
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ton contained IN ms last report for the enactment
of law readJusting the compensation of railroads
for carrying the mail upon the basis of space speed
anu fequnes' s"ppAeine"'euo ny 'ne "e'en' % ni~''
carried. He says:- rE
every railroad in the cnnntry nv name az railway
post Office line which thew ali are now in
TACT ,rha, on1v reason WIN thew are not ali so
called is because section 1 OO4 of the Revised
Statutes allows additional nav for most office cars
nc 10 so des;gnsta ali raiyro sds wod increase the
animal ex nenditnre nder fhe present basis of com,
pansation by over ii 600 600 and hence the anomaly
is presentei Of railway post office lines which fur.
nish in cars 10 feet in ches long by
feet b inches In width and or route agent lines
upon which entire cars are furnished IS feet long
and feet inches wide, i'll both of which precisely
tic work of distributing the mails Is carried on
The appropriation of $3.50 600 to enable the Post.
master General to obtain proper facilities for the
prompt transmission of the mails by railroad COM
anies has enabled the department to prevent injury
to the service upon the most important lines by
aayine the dssatis faction of railroad companies ut
the general reduction ten per cent and 1--WE per
cent. additional upon their compensation, and has
in several instances enabled the department
to secure the running special trains great value
to the business interests Of the country would,
renewed for the next fiscal wear. and that the
amount be increased to $500 900, according to the
estimates submitted by the Second Assistant Post
master General
rho COST % of MA. roa 10 IA s,n =, 1r,o
1870 was at the rate of So Ss2. $50 per annum. an
increase over the cost OF the service during the pre-
~eu . nsoaa 9raa t t -, us 90 ; oes
in the service as account must be taken of the re-
ducton OF hve per cent In the rate OF compensation
is2s S5a amonnt of this dednct;on ia in ronni
numbers, 100000. making. with the SIPS. 1898, an
increase OF for 1879 over 1875 being little
Tbs General Increase of business al, over the conn
try and the reasonable certainty that the present
prosperity will continue for years will require
the appropriation for railway service for the next
fiscal year be increased to at least 0O0 aud
the estimate is accordingly placed that sum. The
specific appropriation for railway post office car
service for 1880 is 81 900. Under this appropria
ton new lines of postal cars have been established
where they were most needed, especially in the
Southern States. and the increase of the next fiscal
year will not exceed eight per cent. The estimate
for this service 1881 is, therefore, placed at
81 $50, 900.
most earnestly renew my recommendation of
last year for the Redistribution of the employees of
the railway mail service advised by the General
Superintendent of that service.
The estimates for star service for the next fiscal
year contemplate continuance of the present efi-
cient service i'll other States and largely increased
mail facilities in the States of Indiana Ohio Ken.
lucky. South Carolina. North Carolina. Tennessee,
Georgia, Florida Mississippi and Alabama. This
service mas peen aovertiseo the contracts 10
The total amount asked for the star .e,v,ca for
the next fiscal year is s7375 OOO The estimates tor
me INLAND mai service oy steamboats, Is Ssooooo'
After stating that the total pavments made
go
veyanee of United states mails amounted
IN s1os eos fof which sum s1ha 750 was
paid for the Transatlantic service 81 oc4 for the
transpacfc service and $34.154 for the service to
Canada the West India Islands MEXICO centra,
-, -, = $50.
America ana south racine States venezuela Hon.
duras Brazil and Uruguay. the Postmaster General
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says
Inc enorts OF the department. 10 establish fast
mail service with Havana via Cedar Keys and Key
west. In order to meet the demands or commerce.
have faed LOT several years on account OF the IN
sufhciency OF the compensation allowed by law for
such service. Ii the postmaster General were au-
torzed TO contract LOT service between havana and
the United States ports mentioned. ut sufficient
quency, the commerce. OF the country would
be greatly benehted i Delieve that general
law should De PASSED aushoriAng contracts Tor
CARRYING the mails between the United States and
West Indian ana Soutn american ports In american
built steamers carrying the American flag. at
hxed minimum ana maximum price. the amount to
be expended being regulated by the annual sppro-
priations. Or the service might be thrown open to
competition IN the same manner AZ the star service
The adoption of such service by Congress would
enable this country to control the profitable COM
merce with South America and the West Indies.
which is now almost monopolized by Great Britain.
LOTTERY LETTERS
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Inc suoJect Oh the use Oh the mails Dy lottery
companies is treated follows:--
nv tho not NJ Julv 70 1915 no statrt.. -
nov sac a sos Revised Statntas was amandaI ~ y.
STRIKING ont the word "lIeca's preced,no the word
.1attarS and a ia sugyested that eections o9. snd
"aI ~ ,, RaviseS star"ts ha Iso a, 49, A IL
s,r,s,nr ont the yyord .tr.nd,,ian.n ssra,ay
snn t5a word .lo,terv, IN aach spcsio
,gS ~ r-,, maka tho iaosia.inr ,nor
hamna,,,o,'s a,d aeact;vo 10 ,vouiJ Ia -. a..r.
. -; ~, c,tio, ~ tba ,r,ont 90 th \, - n az
,,n;i 20 sact,o,, . oao r.n,iri,,,, ,ha % - '. -.
me wrers VI u, % aoaes , 70 sucn
tors so .1arassad iTndar the seotians $500, ,u
10 ordors have been issued to tho ioth
dnv NJ october 1870 againat III in
diyidpaIs or comnanies e,oaaeS in fr.udu,ant
schemes reourina The retnrn ~ ragisterad Io.ters
20 ,ha yr,,ars and ,ho ret,,sa, 20 i, o 80 a
10 such narsons or comnanies sny money ordaarss
and directing the return ~ the ndica,ed 20 the
sender an apnlication mt ono or these orIrrs has
been sucressfuiv contested aud its revocatton da