The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-20
THE POSTOFFICE.
The Number OF offices and what tt
Coats 40 Run Them.

First Assistant Postmaster General A. T.
Stevenson has submitted TO the postmaster
general his annual report upon the opera
tons of his bureau for the fiscal year ended,
June 80 1855 From the report it seems that
the number of postoflice5 established was
2,121, and the number discontinued $50,
making the whole number of postofices at
the end Of the fiscal year 81 ,252 a net in
crease of ], 235 during the year. The num-
Der of Offices subject to appointments by the
President presidential grade was 1888, and
the number subject to appointment by the
postmaster. general Fourth class was 49,Ol0.
The whole number of appointments during
the year was II ,203, made up as follows: On
designations and commissions expired, 6, 204;
removals and suspensions, $40; changes of
names and sites, 20i; deaths Of postmasters,
4l2; establishment of new Offices, 2,22l The
increase in th3 number of posioiices was dis.
tributed as follows: New England States,
As; Middle States and District of Columbia
Ill; Southern States and Indian Terri
tory, G3o; the ten States and six
Territories of the West and Northwest
80; the three States and three Terri
tories of the Pacific slope, sixty-fve. The
greatest increa Sc in any State or Territory
was loo, in Virginia. The increase in Dakota
for the year was seventy-one and III Missis-
sippi fifty-nine The only decrease was in
Nevada. The six States having the largest
number of postoilices were: Pennsylvania,
1891; New Nork, 3, 49,, Ohio, ., i2j; Illinois,
PISS; Virginia, 2,0S4. and Missouri, $50
New York contained the largest number of
presidential o:Hces-2l3.
The total number of money order offices
was G,992-an increase Of 149 over the pre-
ceding year.
Under the head of the free delivery system
the report states that the number Of free
delivery offices at the close of the year was
1GS-an increase OF 10, and the number of
carriers 4, 35S-an increase of 46S The entire
cost of the service was $3,9S5, 952, leaving an
uneXpended balance of $1o,017. The service
has now been extended to nearly all cities
having a population of 10000 inhabitants or
returning $50 900 gross receipts per annum.
As result Of the annual adjustment of
salaries, fourteen offices were added to the
presidential list and l3I Offices were releg ated
to the fourth class. The grand total of gross
receipts at presidential Offices for the four
quarters ended March 81, lSS5, amounted to
SCI, 1872, 22J, and the aggregate salaries of the
postmasters will absorb Hap per cent CT
of the revenues.
From the annual report of General Super
intendent jameson, OF the railway mail ser
vice, it appears that the mileage increase dur
ing the past year was only 1901 miles In
J crease in the number of pieces of mail mat
,
was 42S, 397, 800 In total distribution of
| 4,94S 400 pieces, the number of errors
chargeable to the clerks of the railway mail
| service was but So, 1O4, or one error to each
| 5,514 pieces hand ed, being at the rate Of pa
! errors per clevi, per auHum The average
percentage of mail correctly distributed
was 999S. This is the highest rate attained
since the establishment OF the service.
Sixth Auditor McConviIia has ais submit
ted to the pos master-senerai his annual re
/ port upon the ijuan ial operations OF the post
office department during the last fiscal year
| From the report it appears that the gros,
/ pOsta! rcVenu were So $50, So: ex
penditures, $l",&l1,l8s; excess of ex
penditures over revenues, $G.rjG.3i1.
The revenues show falling oil of 500. rs
while the expenditures have ilcroa.e - ,gl2,
32S. This result i, attributed to III, redu .tioi
preston. The value of the postage stamp
sold was $4,000 The profits of til
money order business were SOS 933.