Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-07

gestlve tre.,.e'y M,
secretary Il war /. Y NJ ~.
til IN Sep September sd 'ts' q :.
on Upsil5ha a o. had ior - slss.
t 8eso the :. cause q 'fc coS.,..
c e,es Gen ctook \
ana y IN view Of tbe 's r ~
tertain Of ~ 'akes ~.
them, it was a,slnsz
~ pr them ia Y'; .,l.a
az 70 prevent their w.. s'sA
ouirages, instead !, N. n. shlih,
uer. Fort Plckens ssl!lssia.s
as a safe place AZ ,aas'lsgtla
c cus + Were sem ,S SHss.'s
meantime tbs reslS N pIsQam
mo, ..l sun Remaining = s.l Y
tlon we regarded 4. 4. aP'a,s
OF furniahipo, Hil1lIt a.
path, had been remoss y .l'.s
me women and Isrg " y ioa IA
ro : VI 9, were also ,sE.s ss "
s soS calldfen Of proper gcye l h. Z
contains con, a detailed exSIs Ss'' \,
ton OF his Department ' ~, q Z
ment OF the action nee1s nI, z ,sil !
same as shHuld caallerSs y isfs
ten tsn' ion Of congress. IL II. e s.' o..
Tue Uolted States, aside l,l 5s', \
course of constructIon a ',va Y
l. Fourteen single tu,,s 'ssa
none OF which are 10 com sssa 2
the present time ser vt'sasl
teries of these ships AZ Y.
they can only be relied a ny sass
'hips in harbor deitn W. IN. \ q
such an expenditure upOe N, NJ "
not be deemed iu,tl0ablss -'a .
z. Five fouIth-rate ,s.,.,.
tonnage, only one Of ws.s
signed as a war yes sSA =.
which are auxiliary mereIv W
3. TwentY-seyen crn, Z.
OF which are built q, =, w
tonnage and twenty.iou, X
these wooden vessels, il lsss.'
the chief constructor q tbe ~ NV. Y
three will be sery ceobIo Ssv.,
OF six years, at which lima L ~
mat OF the present naval IN. VI
worthy the name will rensIs
All of the vessels herttolo, Z.
are under contract or ii cora
structlon, except the aruor,, 4
torpedo and dynamite toss
cruiser. AS to the LAST a az /
were In excess OF tha limit NM
gress. The productlop n N \
States OF armor and guu s.e,lN
tio1 which 1t seems neceanfv X
an early day, II the armed vi NJ
to be completed with thO.s nv,
home manufacture. Tbs I'D n
subject Of Investigates h,
boards and by two sD.tld I.
tees of congress within he Ia
years. The report Of the an
DO I'd In 1884, OF the boatd "a n
lions made in January last, Al
ports of the select c0mmlltessde
houses made at the last ssssn 4
gress, have entirely cxhsuasl Z.
lrct SO far as preliminary Iuye,eq
involved, and In their Eeconnss
they are substantially sgreed ln.
that the present Invitation Of u.
ment for bids to furnish such Il n #
terial as is now authorized shsl
induce domestic manasctam
undertake the large expsndIlunsr
to prepare for this nav minI
no other teps are taken BY cong
its coming session. The secrets
templates with Dissatisfaction hi
slty of obtaining abroad the irss. s
gun st, el for the authorized h Is
would seem desirable that he n
the army and the navy 10 hi
should be reasonably met and x
their contracts such i,eas
might be offered as would rss1I
curing the demonstration q ~
portant interests.
THE POSTAL SERVICE
The affairs of the postal serlls
and gratifying iwpFuera
ing the past year. A
account of its transaction q
dition is given in Ne
of the postmaster-general welel
laid before you. The redusH
rate of letter-pDstage in lssSl y
the postage revenues insdtquat
tain the expenditures, aud olslsa n
also contributing Te;'iln
t xcess of the cost for the fiscal NJ
ing June so, 1885, Of elgaI sla =
millions dollars. An addlllolR
upon receipts by doubling the ns
In rating special coiFs;r
and diminishing one-hali lne W
newspaper carriage was imposes
lation which took effect win y
ming OF the postotilce year v
demand Of rur terIlIo'n
opment and the growing poPus
the extension aud increase o. ny
ties and machinery necesslla!ss
advance in outlay ana w
estimate of a year ago upon "
expenditures then existing ecae.
she unavoidable augmentatlon Y
1ciepcy In the last fiscal year y
50, 100000. The anticipated ls' v
The year failed Of realization
s64, 200; but proper mtssnfsi 4. 3 N VI
lave so satisfactorily limited 'le I
IF expenditure that the iolsl ",
n fact, fell below 1851
showing al this tias the inti .ss Y
lue is IN gaining ratio over ' ass' +
Il cost, demonstrating tne ,. sps
he present rates Of postags I. Nv 4,
,ustain the service, This Y
pleasing because our people \
,heaper postage proporllonA'',.Ss ".
ance and a vaster and lloss INV
ice than any other upon In Y, M X h
has been eiirc ,,.a, Y
II supplies. Some expenal'..,os /.
anted by law, have cesssu ~. n, 1,
avs for mail carriage have NV Y.
o beneficial scrutiny. AZ
he last fiscal year .1o,a