The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-11-26
POSTAL SER
Report Of the First Assistant Postmaster
General-3,4l4 New Offices Estab-
lished During the Year.
The Receipts for Postal Service Was 043,.
33s,1G7 and the Disbursement s48,-
O4,060, an Excess Of Expend-
itures Of %, ,Os6,833.
posToFFIcE MASTERS.

WASHINGTON, November 24.-First As
sistant Postmaster General Mari, in his an.
nual report, shows that there were 5007l
postofces in the United States on the 30th
of last June, the end Of the fiscal year.
The net increase In the number of post.
offices for the year was 2,154, much larger
than any Increase for several years. Com
pairing the nuDsSer Of postoflices In the diff
ferent States, the order Of the six highest
at the end of the fiscal year was as follows:
pennsylvania 8, ,S45; New York, 3,1l2; Ohio,
s,707; Illinois, 2,l67; Virginia, 1882, and
Missouri 1,96S The number OF Presi-
dential Offices, where salaries range from
81 900 upwards, was 1888, an increase Of
lSO during the year. The number OF
money order offices Mt the close OF the
year was 6,243, an increase over the previous
year of 1856. The number OF free delivery
offices at the close Of the pear was 159.
Concerning the extension OF the free do
| livery system he says: Long experience
has shown that this system of delivery Is
more acceptable to the people than the old
mode of office delivery, that 1t is more ac.
curate and thorough In the delivery of let
ters, that 1t reduces the number Of dead
letters, that II diverts TO the postoflce many
letters formerly delivered by private ex'
press and private messenger, that II stlmu-
| lates mail and local correspondence and in
creases the postage on local matter, that II
saves time and money to the people and
| fruitess calls at the postoffice, and yields
large surplus Of postage on local matter
alone above It's cost, notwithstanding this
class of matter for which it gets credit Is
only about twenty-five per cent. of the mat
| ter handed by carriers. In view or these
| facts | do not hesitate 10 advise that the
law governing the establishment Of this
system be so changed as to authorize Its ex.
tension to places of 10000 inhabitants, pro
vded the postal revenue for the preceding
fiscal year at such places amounted to
$4,000; also that in case OF several post
offices In the same city or place, the reye-
nues from all the offices may be aggregated
and take as standard emitting such places
to this system, provided 1t has the required
population"
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Hazen, in his annual report Of the opera
tions Of his Office for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1883, shows the receipts OF the
| DOSIdl StINlCb lOI tHC gchi w ho'O OSNh
S4S, ,S3s,l27, and that the disbursement:
were SAC, 4O4 900, an excess of expenditure:
amounting to S3,0s6, s3S. The outstanding
liabilities for the year are estimated a
SS77,47l, which sum added TO the amount
actually expended and 81 l,26O,l79 credited
to the Pacific Railroad Co.'s would make
the total cost of the service for the fisca
year s4s,542,6l1 or s5,20I, ,4S3 In excess Of
the receipts. The decrease in receipts from
those Of the previous fiscal year was 81,
170,565 or 4 7-l0 per cent and was caused
mainly by the reduction OF letter rate o.
postage from three 10 two cents which wen
into operation on the 1st Of October 1888.
The weight Of second-class matter, news
papers, periodicals, etc, mailed during th'
year was A, ,240 tons, the postage on whict
was 81 1889, ,592, an increase Of sls5,0O0 oyei
the postage collected on such matter during
the preceding year. During the year H.,
245,545 registered letters and parcels vert
handled, and OF this immense number ONLY
s,365 were reported as having been lost Of
rifed, and OF this number 5,932 were founC
to have been properly delivered or &C
counted for, and 1889 are still under inves
tigation, leaving the actually ascertaineC
losses 5lG, or one out Of about 2l,795 piece
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