Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-03

V2gSSrS.S>a proprIations for
the current fiscal year amount TO $685..
G79 934, and the estimates for the fiscal
wear ending June 80, 1890, aggregate
S44 ,632 507 IS follows: Salaries and con-
tingent expenses, 81. 97S $50; military es-
tsbIishment, eupnort of army AID MILL
tarY academy, S25 1893 .37S; public works,
including river sad haroor improvements,
Sl3,7S5, 2St; miscellaneous ot1acts, 49,
SIS COO.
The estimates for river and hsrbor I'M
provements represent the probable cost
CT such improvements il approved oy
congress. The secretary gives brief
review OF the troubles with the Chiri-
cahuA Apache Indians from the Mexican
war to the present time, AID discusses
the various plans suggested for their
future treatment. The Indians are now
COZ lined ut Mount Vernon Barracks,
Ala and many appeals have been made
for thei, release. The secretary reneWs
the recommendation contained in his last
snnual report in regard to examination
for promotion, and says the necessity for
such examination grows more and more
evident.
D ssrtions from the army continue in
lsrse numbers, az IN previous yesrs, but
from investigations recently made 1t
appears that 80 per cent. Of the
dessr ions occur before the expiration
OF vac second year Of service the secretary
SAYS ali the states aud territories now
have 81 active militia sufti cient under reg.
uLtiou 70 entitle them to receive
or race ard qusrtermsster's store 6
tom the United Ststea, excepting
the st&te of Arkansas aud the territories
OF ARR 1ns, Idaho and Utah. It is hoped
that very soon practical instruction in sea
COST defense and the handling Of he6vy
artillery may oe given to militia, and ofi
csrs OF the army msY be relied upon to
givs z3sious sud lr1isl assistance. The
attention Of congress is again invited to
the defeDseless condition of the sea coast
sad TIE lake frontiers, and liberal and
immediate sction Is recommended, look
ing TO the effective defense of our princi-
psi sespcrts. He concIudse mis- report by
calling attention to The great need Of On
assistant secretary OF war, ard says ouch
IN cfficer is iTperatively needed for the
proper and efficient administration OF the
Nir de ertm .ut
P9sIMAsTER GENERALS REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Fec. 2-The possmss-
Ter Generals report presents concisely
the condition and history Of every divi
sion and branch .of the postsl service
fer the fscsl yesE ended June so, 1888,
with many striking comparisons with
previous ears, showing the remarkable
expansion cf the business and large in
crease in expenditures. Following are
some OF the leading statements aud
recon mendatloEs OF the text Of the re-
port:
The gross reVeuue for the year was
So, 695 lie The total expenditure in
elusive Of liabilities for the year unpaid
aud emb facing the amount for the trans.
portRsIon CT msils on the p q F; railroads,
for which the soverpm ant receives credit,
WAS $50 ss5 403 The estimated defcien.
cy therefore is $3.50. 22T Far the is,
csl year conmenctug July l, 1884, and
ended June 80. 1885, the totsl revsnue
WAS S42. $50. S43, and the cash deficiency
was S6,97S 944 The ike deficiency for
1856 was 81 I66. 594. In 1887 the cash
deficiency wss 1927 23S The hscsl
wear ending January 80, 1889: Amount of
ordinary postsl revenue for the fiscal yesr
ended June so, 1899, SOL, S96 $50; add
per cent. for INCREASE, S4,670. III, gives
The estimated &mouatsot ordinary postal
revenue for the f;csl year ended June
50, 1889, $50 SCI SIC; amount OF estl-
mAfed revenue for money order business,
SS25,000 Total estimate OF gross re-
ceiots for the year ended June 80, 1889,
$685.. SO The amount appropriated
fer the s4rvlca Of this year Is 6O,Sc0, 233,
or an excess over the smouDt OF revenue
estimated above Of So 467, 657, which Will
be drawn from the general treasury
should the total amount appropriated be
iesoed.
The total number OF posto ffices is
1886. sn increase ever 1885 Of 6124
The number CT rostnasters annotated
during the year ending June so, 1888. was
Il, 28S, OF which G52l were upon resigra-
tiong snd comUissions expiring, l244
upon renewals, 6E9 to I'LL vacancies By
death, and 1854 On tbs establishment Of
new posto ffces. Ole thousand elk hun
dred and ferry postoftices we're discon
tipued during the year, and the names and
sites OF 1873 fflces were charged, retain
irs the i7cu nhens. The adjustment OF
july /, 1888, estab ished uinstY-seven Of
hcss in the frss class, 497 in the second
class and 1908 IN the third c'sss,
making total OF presidential Offices at
the dsse last named Of 250!. The gross
receipts Which accrued at The presidential
{ tllces for lhe four quarters ended March
81, 1883, smounted TO S3s, 1913, 9s7, sn in
crease II $500. s26 as compared with
the &C 1stment CT July /, 1887. There
hss been an IL crease OF 1922, 500 In the
amount require for salaries OF pres.d m
tia! poesmssteTs over the amount re-
CURED FOR 1887.
In the railway mail serve. an increase
Of about IL, COO miles is shown IS against
the previous years. estimated increase tf
COCO miles.
The total volume Of business In the
money order division tor the year Is up
wards Of slt3 600. 600, aud shows net
profit to the government of about $50, COO.
The volume CT ordinary mail matter has
largely Increased, and the estimated rev.
euua cn the run5er Ct pieces handled
during the past yesr would have been,
without Reductions CT postage upward of
$40 100000. The business OF the regis
tra.iou division hiss increased during the
year per cent over that OF the pre-
vioue yese. The free delivery service
WAS during the last fiscal yekr extended
10 169 additional pisces, under the act OF
January s, 1887, making g total Of S5S
free delivery cities. The number Of car
riers MAS increased from $40 to 63+6.
CaESElly prepared statistics are sub
mi.tedSfa every branch of the service