Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-07
PSssc fiji So Department.

Psstcffios Department.
IMMsNsE INCREASE IN BUSINESS.
The report OF the postmaster geners
shows Marked increase Of bus ness Il
Every branch Of the postal service. tn,
number # post fl ;es on Jul7 l, 1888
! wss 81 $40, ~ inciesze Of Gl24 in TIRES
Yesrs snd Of 22l9 fox the fiscal year The
latter mep.iGned increase is Glass fl d st
follows: New Euglsnd sis,es, five; Mid
die states, ISL; S Nuiharn states aud In.
dian Territory (+D. 1906; the sta'es and
| territories of the Pacific coast, 100; ten
ststes sud Territories Of the West spc
uthwest, 435; Distr,cE Of Colum ola
2; tots, 22l9.
Fee delivery Offices have increased
from l9l in the fiscal yesr ended June 80
1887, to 356 in the Year ended Juae 80,
1883.
Ia the railway nail service there has
neen an fncrease in one year Il l68 routes,
and In the num5s! CT mills travelled per
snnun sn ifcr4ase CT 1903 SOL. The
estlmsted ipcressa CT rai rusu service for
he year wss COCO a i!sf, tut the amour,
CT new r'i~sY esrV Co eC:u2lIy pus on
was 1916 451 miles
MONEY CIDER DIVISION
The vJ.Enest ous3t eta il tie money
order division, ;Iciudins traGssCiors ia
postal not 8, reached sum Il upwards
Of S1i3 COO. 000 for the year.
During the pas. year Larcel post CON
ventions have been core uted with Bar
BADGES, the Bshsrae, British Honduras
and Mexico, and are now under negotiation
with all the c, ntrsl aud South American
states. The increase Of coIre spo1dence
with foreign countries In the past three
years Is gratifying, Snd is especially uots
BILE and exceptional With ths Central and
South American ststes snd with Mex CO.
AS the greater part OF mail matter ex-
changed With these countries Is conmers
cial in /. character this increase is evil
q nee OF the
IMPROVED BUSINESS RELATIONS
with them. TIE practical operation of
The parcel post convention Sc tar S. nego-
listed has eetved to fulfil the most
favorable prec ictit ms IS to their benefits.
Il January last general postal con-
vention was negc tisted with the Dominic
Of Canada w1:ca went into operation
March ], and which practically makes one
postal territory CT the UGited States and
Canada. Uader 1t merchandise psIcsls
may now pe transmitted through the
malls at fourth-clsss rate Of possgs.
I. Is ros possible here to touch ever
che leading heads CT the great postal
es.sbl shment, to illustrsse the Ell ornous
and rsplt growth CT rs besiaess and toe
deeds for legislative resr ls'mens OF
much OF iss machinery that IL has ou.-
grown. For thesa ED othsr Veiusbls rec
3mm snoas.ors Ct the rostUlrs:efNgenera
s'tenEol Is earnestly invited 20 his re-
port.
A department where revenues hsye in-
creased from $40. 772. eco Ia 1870 20 s52,.
7C0 0C0 n 1888, Despite 0f.pos.sge reduc-
aCEs which nav3 enormously Eecuced the
rates OF r,venue while 6sily Increasing
rs business, demands the careful COZ
sidera:ion Of congress az to ail matters
suggested by those familiar Win It's
p3rstiops snd which are oslcua ed TO
INCREASE It's ffi:isucg snd usefu ness.
ABOUT PUBLIC BUILDING.
a bill proposed oy Lne postmaster gen
ersl WAS introduced at tbs l.ss .eseion Ct
the congress pY which Uniform standard
IN the amount OF gross receipts would fix
the right CT community to puolle
building to &c erec.ed oy the government
for pos'' fi;e purposes II was demon
ssrsted that aside from the pubic con-
ven .ence and the pre- m ,,ion CT harm INV,
among cli!zsns Invariably disturbed By
change Of leas;ngs and Of sites 1t WAS 9
measure of the highest economy and
sound business iig ment. It wss
!aurd that the government wes paying In
rents at the rate of from to 10 per
cent per snlum on what the cost of such
public buildings would be. very great
advantage resulting from snch Q law
would bs the pre- Vsntion OF large num-
b3r Of bills constantly introduced for the
execution OF public buildings ut places
sud involving expenditures, not justified
by public necessity. I irus. tbat this
measure will Decoms Law ct the present
session Ct congress,
COMPENSATION OF P-sTMAsTERs.
OF the totel number OF pos masters "a :
s7A sre OF the fourth class These Of
c0uzse receive no allowances whatever
for expenses 10 tie selvice, end their
compensation is fKed py percentages on
receipts 1t their respective Cftlces rhit
rate OF con- persstion may have teen and
probably was st some time Just, cut the
standards have remsilet uncaacgei
through the several re6uc i0rs Ia the
rates Of postage. Such reductions have
necessarily eus down the compensation
OF these officlsls, while IL undoubtedly IL.
crossed the busiDsss performed y them
Simple justice requires attention to TINS
suU1ect to tie END hat fourth .clxss post
masters msy rsce!ye ct less. an eqalvs-
lent to thzs which tho laT Itself fixing the
rate intended for them
Annther class Of postal employees
whore condition seems 10 Gens1d Jsgis-
lstion is tbs. Ct clerks IN the posic "a :es,
and call eapec!al attention to repeated
recommendations OF ths post
ersl for their classification. Proper leeis-
lstion Of this character for relief Ct csr-
rierf In free delivery seryics has been
frequent. Provision Is made for their
p .omotior, for substitutes fer them on
vacation, for substitutes for holidays,