Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
UNCLE SANS MAJ
Report of Mr.. Villas, Shown. i
Operations of the po,. q
Department.
The Years Postal Change, : \
$4,000 Changes of Pos.n' q
During the Year,

eApehel'ufes' OF Performance.
suits, the postal machine,v ~ U.s. >,
States ezceeds-in some points ~ r.,
that of any other nation oa "a "a
The entire length of all RAILWAYS
by the United States naa,,r
combined extent of those Of
countries of the world, while ths =
routes more than quadruple ,bs
any single people besides: md a'
age last year Of our mail t,oa
exceeded by more than 125 oo ,n'' ,
the service rendered to any otles
ment. OF postoffices no othe, "
one-third our number. 1t is esi,a
100000, 600 more letters were ma;,
United States last year than
Britain, and nearly that numbss !,
were mailed in Germany. Franz u
tria combined. The proportion u
habitant is estimated in the Inv "
at 66, Great Britain 81, Germans' Nv,
At the close Of the fiscal Saas
number of rostoftiees was 5SG1,
497 branch offices. OF these :,
Presidential Offices, divided os '-
First class, IS; second class 20 :,
class, l.769. In the fourth ola,
were $3.50. Among all the oti fila
were moncy-order offices, besides 81
order stations. Concerning arno;
the report SAYS: ffS'
The appointments Of Postm,sts
ing TIE last fiscal year numbered oI
22.747, Of which 9,1l2 were mad
vacancies occasioned by resignation
pired commissions, 5s7 to vacanr,a;
by death, 3,4s2 Oh the establish
new Offices, and 1866 upon remoS,
the total number of appointment
were made by yourself, the vacanc
ing occurred from the following eau
spectively-viz: BY expiration d
mission, 4Gs; by designations
deaths, "a; by removal, or susna
247; and to Offices which had been n
from the fourth to the third class, 4
During the year the free delivery
was extended to Aurora, MI.
Mimi; and Newport, Ky. The tot,
Der of carriers was 1870, IN inc1
4S3. The total cost of this branch
service was S4,312,3OG, Oh iucra
SS2G.35i over the previous year. II
performed by the carriers is summs
follows:
The number Of pieces of mail
counting collections and deliveries
BY the carriers during the year was
520,599, an increase over the \
year of 204, 1888, 1856, or Ills per cen1
the carriers increased but II .OS Der
number"
The money order system has /,
tended to 81 addi ional Offices dun
year, while 10 were dropped from t.
during the year there were
1.MO.302 domestic orders, amour
nearly STA, 900, 900; $500, 42S posta
amounting to S11,71S,OO0; and 49,,
ternational orders, aggregating
1921: besides the payment of for
ders reaching a total of almost 81,
The entire amount of fees recei
81, PA ,5O6.3s, less by s2,sGa.60
previous year.
The act establishing the special
system limited its privileges to 81
offices. During the full year Of
to Sept. 80, 1851, 11S, $50 letters
ceived for special delivery at these
Taking the 1ull year, the total and
fees received from this source was
leaving a gross profit to the Governl
$27,O97. From the enlarged syst
tending the privileges of the act
postotiices and all mailable mat
Postmaster General expects great
The total revenues of the depnrtu
the year were SAB, 948,422, and the
of cost over revenue SS,254, ISL.
total appropriations for tie year, a
ing 10 S54, 1873, GAP. II, the entire
actual, made and estimated to be i
but $50. S39, 34O. AS, leaving q balane|
eventually covered into the TreaI
So,o44, o6A .bS.
Letter-sheet envelopes, the repcd
have been long authorized, but no 1
tempt was made to introduce th"t
last October, when n contract wa'I
with the owner of patent, by whI
department receives them without q
pays for only what it sells. So far
velope appears 10 find popular ta'l
the Postmaster General thinks lonl
pertinent desirable before recomn1
the purchase of the patent and the|
facture by the Government.
The dead-letter office during Y
handled 5,023,745 p eces of mail ln:)
which number 1864 were deliver
opened to the proper parties. and
foreign pieces were returned to the
OF origin. OF those opened about q
We're destroyed as unbelievable or
less. Letters to the number OF /
containing money aggre9atlng =
besides 1871 letters containing !,
checks, or other instruments for y
ment of money of the total face v
yA3A-A ,Ac1.tt, NcIo uc4lNC4S.' W W.
The revenue derived from dead
which could not be restored to OWE
from auction sala of unclaimed I
amounted to $9,S7a.29. !,
Postof1ices We're reported robbeu
number Of 4S7, and 269 were bn.'
postal cars were burned or Wreeh
mail stages and Z mail messenseet
robbed, 40 pouches were lost. ara
ported stolen or injured. The rec co
the inspectors show the following Ia
For violation of postal laws 0o'
were arrested, of whom 243 were
service and 4. were not; llO were
masters, assistants. or clerks, - -
postal clerks. "A letter carriers, =
carriers, and II of various ennp'o
Seventy nine burglars and 81 forsHS
masters are included among the
outside Of the service. The sta!e
took jurisdiction of 81 GASES a.
Federal courts Of GD6. OF the "a =
victions followed in PA, acl1ltt"i
trial waits in 295, and the residue VIZ
missed or failed of Indictment.