Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-02

cost, which has MR. fr'e|l
upon The basis 81 1s' ''allllbs
gut qalre 4 aud amone,s'
Mention has alrcad 'Asltatl
, y 81, eifceied 10 tlio E .,a M
saiion On star and wv l's x
IN The NAH. 1s,'e'.aiitl,l n
methods Pursued ae's' 'l,A N
histsns poflmasior. ii8
n pl,,n given q tho 'l
necessarily aroWlos sae Il
branch q Tho scr,les P'.elisa, (
cn0le, before me aoe".. \
tIic auditor Which hs Ssss6.
months or More MIR RVS
piration, to accurate, W Qlss
made Tor Ire ona,,u, wa 1 b
September. Comne,.} ~ ~
correctness, the loN,.l Hlla
peodiIurcs during lhas h
pioprntiohs pamed ''le y
OF f5,goo,ooo lor sG, 's.ltsqls'I
l,4g2 ,l00.ooi q S6ls.o'd,
service, expended AK y.
ogo for nail-mcsscnasyy'. wv llsqI
S2l2'G8A00i oi esgb 6oN Ia
eNpcndcd, alg,7 .G5 y W. w NJ
'og 1,,,5. e'o2 pSpended, aa0taes
Tnese figures iudIes,e
hood that tho several ..,' ~ n /
be more than sullclent 'p'VlgI,d
Oh The appropriation H.,
y Y, agreements for tla M 'l \, 4
" boye been mRdt Is bala w y
" is expected that M WIKI V
OBs ls win not be reanl,o 'l''''lii
from the npproDfla,lm I,
Tor RAILWAY postal clorEs iS..
pendilnrc for the dnsr,e, ',l1
W. Without doubt tiIo MAY
amph upon tho present g. N.
oa-ls , OF cost for The ycar, XXX
q balance unexpnndri 3's
1t is not prectieable IA
thc cost of the rallwag..'s. \
service during the eYoI,s e'.s I
current year, and The 0ns. a W
the appropriation wlll 6,ge'. /
sufficient must await lslei ,s.'.
a summary Of the expsnS.'
third assistnuts Office idr NJ
July August aud Septenss, u
out OF the total approptias
100, In ten different lt,o4
bis office, the dlsbursomet
S228'9bG.OG, leaving for llssa'.
yenr the moro than sulIeIsa
81 ,l05,ii8.0l.
Upon n reyiow Of the wa,..
appropriation, without mon N, Il
II may now be said to bea ne,s
tlclpatlon That the gross ci,.lg
the current year win not esesll I, +
| 600. Should the revenue EelN I, i
tlmatod 5li,00O,OOO, a deacirs
600, 600 IN The cash item Of M II
addition to probably el,6Tg,tMGl
portation on The paclnc raIlm1.I
rcsulti a deficiency IS lIsbp,tcal
be rendered less by a gitalr n
Than the sum stated, as 10 be ~
but, at the best, now mcreF h !
jcctured. It VIII depend oBtbosl
the revival OF business IndIcant \
be In progress
The money-order business l@tl
ter ended with September tncosa|
expectation Of steady improvement
moncy-urder business has md
crcascdi the postal.noto bosIhts
cdly.
brECIAL.pEnvgiy sgefm
With u view TO the iptrodacaal
system OF immediate deliver ID
by The last congress, provision aal
In the contract for ndheslge lhrl
tered into IN June, for Tic mad!
and supply Of the dlstiucuyesy|
livery stamps, and soon aiteliAt6|
term commenced n design wna
and the manufacture Of the slan
The LIST OF October was fixed 4 Il
on which the system should gotta /
tloni and, IN preparation III
stamps were furnished Tor utnl
thirteen thousand offices, clrtutaI
structlon issued TO postmaster Z
llshod for general Information, y
means taken 10 commend ihe N
rcudy popular use and favor.
The usefulness OF the service
TO depend much on The cStenlloi9
facility Of delivery was afforded, N
cided TO designate as ~
livery Offices all those
by laval froa.dellYey
and othera at "any city n
village containing a p0pulAtop
or over, according TO tho irdnI
susj" and the entire number =
mated Is 566.
Many other Offices sought
cludcd within tho llst, mAAllr
public expectation Of c0nYtAe
benefit from the system
From reports received IRON
fees for the month Of 0clO0eliH
That li0,s20 letters hearing "
stamp were Immediately delllfls|
several designated Offices dal
time, OF which 0s,906 came ~ "a
and 4l,0li were local. Oiallns|
St2 were pt cnrrlcr.dellycp oll'i
aggregated S20,isg 90 iof y
There has been at most oillce
application TO supply nles's''
though In some places ihc IVY
the service hns so limited lhe y
tlon TINT postmastors have ioyN
iicult TO secure them, Tas
time required for delivery
seventeen minutes, Fl
No sufficient experience hA
AFFORDED TO Justify much gea1
from IL. Yet 1t IL nppateps
public have accepted ihc pgs|
favor, aud that II affords
the pntrons OF the service Wats
convoniontand often Of lnucn " n.
largest employment has nalllua
the carrier-doliyery once Il
these are Mt towns Of liaPVl9
the centcrs Of business esl'N
which a greater volume o. WY
respondence h0ws. Thls = "
cordauuc with the relative Pp.1
same Offices In every feature
service, and docsnot iisplq'f
billty ofanording the iaollit's'"
Judging from present esldea D,
tom + capable Of being mag
useful, aud nc the same tlnls
a greater extension; and !
consideration whether W.
not 10 be soon taken when VIZ WIZ 4
to the utmost limits Of uls
tissell.eyldent that i ihs
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