New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

sI1 900 600 aid pr"ducng over 1882 900 IN fees
issued % 5 Mspe drawer on hs % d
fer mt foreign countries with winch mutual inter
cs "I Drrresatinr over Sc 900 and returning
gross fees oxccc ing 900 lhere was decrease III
enn,inr the IN cts OF the general depression in the
prrnniary affairs of the country the more strlk'ngy
because With Increasing population there should
have under ordinary circumstances a incrcns, OF
the transactions The total volume OF tne business vi
tie sryrrh kinds was notwnstan ing very consider
able amounting to Sl34, 695.534 received for orders
issued, aud $l32.O09.Sl2 "a PAID out upon them'
| SPECIAL DELIVERY SERVICE.
From reports received for the month OF October. 1t
apnears that l4O.S2O letter. bearing the special stamp
were immediately delivered nj thu several designated
Offices during time, of which 9S.oo6 came In the
mails and 9l4 LEGAL or all these 1919 SIC were
N c,rripr-lrvrry offices and ll0OS at The others.
olicrs alone aggregated S2O,452 90 Tor the month
there has offices silcient application To
supply messengers although IN sonl plics Ihe Sht'I
Of tine service mas - limited the c"mpcns oA tn
postnasters have found il difficult 10 secure them fhe
average compensation to tue messenger for the month
was So 5O and the number of letters de
| dveragr time required Tor delivery has Deen
seventeen mnut No sufficient experience
rail- Ilion from It, Yet it is apparent that the public
nave accepted The system win favor ana ,hai IL an rus
privilege TO the patrons %, thcSerVce whlrh Is very
convenient and often OF much value lis largest en-
Aces BIC ,sr these are Of importance where
If business exist AMI to which grra cr
vulume Of important CORES onlemcr t"ws This lSony
IN accordance with the relative position "f the sam" Of
every feature OF the postal service ana docs not
d>pOve the dcslrablity OF ahordh2 the Idcitics al
Judging from present evidence, tue system is cara-
bic being mate vastly more useful ana nt thc sth'
time profitable, by greater extension; ant IT IS
| tie soon t.kcn wh'ch WI rNiI,h u 10 tlc u'ho,t
of the postal service 1t ia slfryidrnt that If
| The prvi,eGr OF immediate delivery Is drsra-
he t. tn. public Officers, 1t would he Slill more
useful afforded at all y it -. the sender must II he
addresses I'm: The we-knnWu iargt cities and prn-
towns consult tile lit OF desigated Offices before
ne can alls the stamp withnt rlsk Of wasmg II ana
ais rks tn want
mUug the designated 0ircN, AMI dnnhtleSs ahrligrS
| the numhcr OF spcciallrvcry stamps upon letters
uaied then. since the list must frequently TIC not
hand desired. II the STAMPS were effective atiRl
tiicrs il, use would NOS only greater bat
proportinnatey Increased The smaller It Is believed
! hat a changes " lie mai' winch Will enable I'll"
;S to be safely extended to all "''' OF '"0 '0""
FOREIGN MAILS.
Under the head of "Forcisn Mails" Mr. Villas dis
cuSses length the operations OF the Department I'M
aer the appropriation tor thai service OF March B. 1889
The injuries" he vs. " which instituted Ivy the
Department with view to INTELLIGENT and proper en-
poynent this appropriation discovered such difi-
cultirs ard objections stand in The way that it
finally, after protracjrd and plnstting con~iicrG-
lion OF the subject. know. decided To be mex
prdont and in roper TO exert he authority ~ ne ari
contract for ocean serve" upou me mileage plan ot
compensation. OF the reasons which compelled thl-
ctrrmi 1aon Will state Us tFlrhy - poSHbr inc more
prominent ..no,ro, ,,,,o. ,,i,v -, ,,,,,,r,
rs provisions the litIju~ Affecting ia"
American steamship carriers, without snch ronrSr Of
a WOul have uiS>IO' to the DE-
artmcul To PURSUE under the law itself statement
comried the office of the fnreirn mail. shows thr
total miles sailed iaH and 10 have hrrn rKpcct
to sailed tins wear les all American compute. Ia h.
over 2OjUOO0 Hud the total conp"nS tnn ut III" maxi
mun = tie Oulu exceed 81 .O25.Op0; two and
Onc-lalf times the utmost attlilrd cNpcud uTo. The
ACT requires u -tiiuc 10 thc lowest responsible hid
after aal adycr t. invite conprtition and
cert Ia COnr IctOrs 10 brought into service no nancy
could I've r'H "n ni"ase contracts. ONLY Nv" ronie'
navigard h. more than one American comp nv, one
D,Iwccn Nrw-York ana lIayn14 ~" OH b"tw""n AN
Frdr,iFco and j pan ana China. To have solicited
comrrtilol toy advertisement would hay
been ide. ut upon thee; "comp-ttion to bring
The his below The n"Nimnh rat" W., possible. The
Con-cqu nee Serms undcu""c. .hd Tho Department
must either nave mad cholcc 81 certain routes who'"
total mi would have demanded no more than thu
limited sum. aud. by "stcnraiim>y clin4 thrnugh NJ
vrr,isemeui for cOmpcit o. which could not COM
distributed the wh0iC hum 10 tn oH",ru. entire
Is excluding the othrrs; else have 80 planned IL adj
Shl birr-. that. Ivy concerted uud""t niins Win al
American r"mpane'. 81 7lrta ia" Drpar'nrn ch",r
for such sums /" each tha the whole appropriation
woul be divided hcl~rcn tlc u.
1.-The first method OF cNlcndins the money would
have been partial ana uriu~t. Tar r:CIu-
.i,nrcs II may he safely a!nrnc.t which give any
Aucrc:u liuc the rght 10 be- greatly preferred hat
it saUul be paid the iu bounty hii" "tacr' 81 Quilt
receive none And 10 have 5" administered On" AT
th0rity w"nd have defeated tho ojrt- Of the hpPro
priitIou sincr II NAV well hc supposed. the d7fa:ord
Inns w0ud promptly ami jn~iiah, havc refused their
further -eryIce mail carriers 10 tHc Government
There may be reason t" think that the G"vrrnmo"t
ought to award these conani"" differing measure ~
clmpcnsaiinn MOI depending npon their VARYING nile
age iIch upon Other frCts, perhaps; Int 10 law
iui Right or means 10 h~cr nhn"t" between them I.
afforded 10y statute. wnich r'qurrS the contract.
advertised iOr to be lei 10 me lowest rc~p'"riblr
Ti,e objections to tho ms, plan Of administering the
to- s, Department th,i it lLiah vlr,t al tho coimaprs
To cOuform their biiS TO such imlraf on -hmd he
81. Iecrs.Iry. II the advertisements for prn
p0-i,s ere adapted % thAi end But ihr at an -th
ab contemplated. By ia terms that III" Government
should the gam Of competition, wherever pos."
S,,t ,, n,,nr nity Yrt ~ he lac ,r., rrurI
AID contract AWARDED to either 81 the c'uparc-
mlvm, tween New.York AID iIav,i4 hoh rniuc m.
IN M sic WOulI h.ru
because the pu"c would have ios' t'c service OF on"
&C. "y inc ." greater frIncncy Of both. mi ono
Coz, p,ny would have been denied a .hre
s the otter Tins constituted in aclf crave AN
iur.nd-t 81 d,u ,tful rIpcdien.y. ro"f ~ viii IA
lies tho OF tn trans Atlantic carriage. cT'
Tie bet service COINED 10y employ VIII tn swift
e.t shp among mos" ready I" san q" any tins W'oii
mail IL 10 be ui-pachcd, 30 special contra fe bet L
made 10 ohylte this OpEihce lgnc IN The plh %: hr
src"nd proposed plan, I'll" further suggestion am tat
contracts should he Iuadn "n each o these route.
the advertisement he accordingly framed e. .pllct piJ-
posais for stated .aning- snch ~ wore hibituly na-
5y these lines Thus betwccn Nrw.Yurk and II .vaua.
as company regularly sds On THur"lHy drd the
ot0er on S"inr;ay. one advertisements should low g
prnpu-as I" contract tor Thursday departure another
In Grcf without moro particular mention Of tho de-
tails. The plrlHrut must have sp"riay precnn-icrrd
all tue ceuar features OF the lnosand business III each
OF lhr couranits winch woIld anec, tho cpnirIc; or
rompctt,0I for must have care tuy 'etlnnird tho
mes OF ealing each would perform aud the prize pei
NILS each nght hid must have received The CONCUR
O aii IN TIE scheme AMI 80 ar-aHgin. 10 re-
cc'Nr but bid tor each contract advertised TO- sui
that al he ell price NILE. practically
mailing Acvcia contracts before ;hc advertisements
might have distributed the arpr0riI ti0n among the
Amerit an steamship cnmpInics rdttbly r0rlDS 10
thrr mileage. To warrant zach procedure Tins ACT
Do rad as directing tEe Department u Gi-i butr
5000 900 American steHmsLii cuiupdn Ia
their carrying the mails such manner ~ II
ilh deem falrrst bet wcrn them. nd most ingrnousy
at itn ten purpose to competition and
award the contract to the lowest bi Id'r.
ihric objections to his other than the
udi, Of Indecent ahusr of power granted the
head al irpaTtm at for one purppSc. tn II gt be
lttp fUl bp
~ the companies wound hay" Hs-rntct Ia tue
TAI II division proposed whereby he} whUCarrcd
the HrHVy I'M GRANT mails tnOk Fatally moro
tam they whose services werc comparatively iHS2nh
cdnl-utss driven u 1t by the my Of -cn"ity to
drvIs: another nrthh 10 escape the practical incDuycn
of distribution which the language at the act
cr-aic. included also payment or HE share 10 the |