Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-22

service, and taking Into consid-
Grafton the fact that local correspondence
increases in proportion to the facilities
afforded it should be extended and liberal
appropriations be MAIDS 20 bring it up to
the highest practicable standard in cities
where it is now in operation.
This service meets the general demands
of business and social life but fails to
meet the dispatch required in the delivery
of letters of exceptional importance.
Under the present system, letters received
after the carriers get out upon their trips,
whatever their Importance, must be in the
Office until the next trip.
At 6 o'clock p. m. when delivery closes
for the day they must lie over till the next
morning, and this delay frequently fails to
meet the object of the communication.
Out of this want of more speedy delivery
have grown up in several large cities, pri-
vate enterprises which are
now conducted in competition with this
service and are divertipg from the legitl
mate revenues of the department thou
bestowed upon them evinces the public
demand for more speedy delivery of a
certain class OF correspondence. TO meet
this want it is suggested that a special
stamp be provided which, when affixed to
letter, whether mail or local, in addition
to the ordinary postage stamp, 'shall be
regarded by the Office addressed as en-
titling the letter to immediate delivery up
to 10 O'Clock p. N. 70 provide for their
delivery it is suggested boys be employed
and required to procure receipts from the
party addressed or soma authorized per-
son. In view OF the excess of receipts of
postage on local matter alone over the
cost of its delivery, $1,021 1874
it seems the time has arrived
when the postage on local letters at offices
where the carrier system is in operation,
can be reduced from two cents to one cent
Snch reduction will surely result in a very
large increase of local business. The re-
ports of the inspectors, who investigated
the unlawful dispatch companies, show
that the department is losing thousands of
dollars annually by their competition.
They offer no better facilities than the de-
partment and the only thing gained by
their patrons is one cent on letter. A
reduction on local postage would result in
a very great increase in business, as we'll
as meet the demands OF cities now served
by carriers.
The endeavor to divorce the money Or
der work from other postal business, as
contemplated by congress, is causing
much trouble all over the country and
great annoyance to this Office. The law
should be amended so as to provide that
the annual allowance for clerk hire should
cover the entire cost of the labor required
at any and all points. The present System
IS oil Co.
ces of the first and second classes, is not
practical or just and should be changed so
as to base the allowances on gross receipts
and revenue returned.
In concluding the report, Mr.. Hattcn
pays high compliment to the heads of
divisionsiunder his charge.
CHANDLER TO WILKES.
Secretary Chandler has written letter
to Commander Wildes, of the steamship
Yantic with respect to the failure of the
expedition for the relief of Lieutenant
Greely and party, in which, after compii-
menting Commander Wildes and his Off
GERS for the zsal and energy displayed he
says, "The position III which Greedy is left
arouses the reasonable inquiry, did every
member of the relief expedition, whether
officer, seaman, soldier or civilian do his
utmost to accomplish success and to sue
cur and rescue the unfortunate explorers
for whom he went in search. Your i'll
structions under date of June were to
proceed to the northward through Davis
straits, in company with the steamerProteus
if practicable, but not to GO beyond Lit
Teton Island. The Proteus passed Little
ton Island July 22d and was crushed in the
ice July 23d. The Yantic did not reach
Littleton Island until August Sd. Between
July % and August Sd, namely, on July
| 26th and 2Sth. Lieutenant Darlington and
the whole party of the Proteus had come
| to Littleton Island and Pandora Harbor,
| and not finding the Yantic, had continued
| to the south in open boats in search of her,
notwithstanding the orders of the war de-
partment, given for such contingency, to
| land with their stores OF or near Life Boat
Cave, on Littieton Island, and to pre-
| pare for remaining until next year
Had the Yantic, however, been
| at Littieton island, July 28th instead OF
being twelve days behind the Proteus
Lieutenant Garlington's relief party would
have remained at that point with ample
supplies, keeping their telescopes on Cape
| Sabine and the land to the northward and
waiting for Lieutenant Greeley, whose Or
| ders required him to eldeavor tc T6dcS
that Vicinity not later than in September
| 1883. and who would not then have found
awaiting him as is now the case, if he had
successfully obeyed his orders, neither
house nor provisions, but only a record oil
the complete failure of the mission of the
Proteus and Yantic. 1t does not, there
fore, in the present aspect of The
facts, seem to the department thai
the Yantic properly fulfilled her duty as @
| tender to the Proteus, with which she hac
been ordered to proceed in company, while
keeping twelve days behind her, and there
by defeating the object of the expedition
You will make such exceptions on thi;
point as you are able. Your attention i;
also called to another point. You had beer
furnished with copies of the instructions
to Lieutenant Darlington, and were aware
that he was ordered, in event of the failure
| of the Proteus to reach Lady Franklin
| bay, to establish relief station at Lii tile
ton Island, and that Lieutenant Greeley
would endeavor to reach that point in Sep
TENDER, expecting there to find relic
party, house, food ant
provisions. You we're at Lit
tleton Island on August Sd, and learned
| that the Proteustha been crushed, aaC