, 1880-01-11
CHICAGO pOST-OFFICE.
II Stands Second on tho L1xt-HtntfsttcA
from Lnat Ychr's Report.

from Lnat Ycnr,s Report.
sptetal GurrsspvnAr1,ck Of Tae Chea3o Tribune.
WASHINGTON, d. c., jan. s.-In the extent.
value, and importance Of lis postal business,
C]icugo may With strong rcasutl, and amply
supported by the official figures OF the l'ost-
Ot,lco Department, claim 10 rank SECOND
n,noMs tho cities Of tho United States. NEW
York Is prominently first In tho extent Of
matl transactions. After tse Eastern n,etropo-
lis, Chicago completes with Philadelphia for
second plncc, and in some Of tic Important
items of mall it Is apparent TINT Chicago
already leads the Quaker City. A careful
study Of the statistical tnbles accompanying
tic annual report Of tic rostnaster-General,
just printed, gives some facts aud figures Of
Interest ln this connection.
TIE CARRIER sYsTEM.
There nre eighty-cight. citics in the United
Stulcs In which tile carrier, nr free delivery,
system L., III operation. Atstal Of a:s,0 cur
r!ers collect niM del!yer the malls lit these
rigty,elEl!t cttiSs fiye sltiss hays s,.c1l
i,us 40; Philadelphia, al3; huston, 1G9; Chi-
ergo, 1si3; st. Louis, 1l5. TI,o statement OF
tho operations Of tho free tlelivnry-system fnr
aveingu na,ubsr Of pic ces Of inai' iandcd iy
encl carrier IN tho tiye cities ubnyo named IL
rs follows: New York, 5l0,i:s0: Chicago,
d:9%n; plii'a,diccplhla' ',ic 4477; st. Louis, sio,-
Wiz l3DSLHIlH -tnI.oIu.
il. tic san,e statelnent tic New York Office
Is credited with 3D, ,4G Registered letters;
Chicago, O,02l; l'hllm'r!p'Iia, 1880; st.
Louis, o3, $50; atld Boston, 5.:ls..
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS.
Ono table shows t',e, number OF pounds Of
nowspaper md perlu1lleal matter mailed, ard
tho nllIOunt of lOstaty9 collected on tho s,nlu
S,aies. Tic New York oilce handled Ii, 5,Ssi,-
VIZ ponntls, on N.Y., which postage wns guild
!a,if'S pSS.ns To- a viii ss the oesKe estnao o,e 1i
amounted to Ssk, 100; Bston i, ,14 pounds,
antl pUs.nEu SCs,4Es; pllitn,!rlphia, 5,53i, nd
ponntls ind pnstago, $50, tss: ST. Louis,
s,2257,2@sT pouns. nnd postage $4,000.
4 SEVEN DAYs' COUNT.
An nctual count of nlaii-matter originating
nt some of tho principal! Post-Qiiices during
the first seven dAyanf November, 1871, WHY
takcM by order of tle Depar.N,ent, and tho
result ls pnhltsletl IS ~ appendix to the re-
Hort Df tao t &c rtr, TG ~ iooS oy
Offices in the five elites whose postal business
inniled Of ali elasses 1T New York, 5,lal,AD;
GlsSEs tlp 1 S 81; st. Fetch, TsSs,, lss S s rA'
ANNUAL nEvESuEs.
Tho total revenues of tho respective Post
0fltcts III tla live rifles were rs follows:
Iih'1a,1s;Ipl,!a, !;l St 'ss7; Boston, si'es'cci;
ot. 44HllR+ SJt4,-l4. ...
Tho taLlo showing tho transactions Of tho
Money.!Orsler office during the fiscal year
ended June 10, 1870, gives tho transactions by
States only. Illinois Ii first In order 0f
nillnunt Issued, tho domestic mnncy-lrtlers
for that per!otl amounting to S7,ta7. .iEal. NrXt
In amount Is New York, With SU, ,057, Ill, md
Ohio fo''nwa with S5=!t ,Ss1.
July l,lS1y, there were 40, Sa5 ost-of1tccs IN
the United S.ates; ,,957 Of these wcto III
Illinois.
Oh the Same tlate tllcrc wcro 7l,991 miles OF
Railway III tho United States on which thu
null wus cnrricd. ]li,lois llnd =, ,aar5 Ut theso
iniles OF railway within her borders, more
tl,un amy other State Of tho Uniu,,, aid a,.-
pronc!!rd only by Ohio, with d, ,l57 miles. and
New York, U, l1 miles. S. G. L.