New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-08
MILLIONS or LETTERS AND PAPERs.
THE WORK OF TIE CITY POST OFFICE LAST ygAl
THE DAILY SERVICE


THE DAILY SERVICE
Postmaster completed yesterday his work
yng arranging reports from the superntsndsnH
Of the Post Ocs ard found thai
1887 delivered through look boxes aud By
risrs 27e 49, $50 pieces Of ordinary mail matter divided
feIows Lsttsrs-throush borss s7g14s51 BY csrriera
ll3s72 278 postal cards Through boxes 8427G42; ~
carriers 309o7e5e; other mall natterthroush boxea
20 728 557, by carriers. 81. 632 203.
In the Registered Loter Department 22Go0o pieces were
delivered 49, domestic and 472 $50 Of foreign origin
rscored and ohsr ocss In the Ds,ribu'ioa
Department OF 6s 7el handed divided 40
follows: Lesrsot local origin. G5soei3 received by
mail 2s4Oi 1913; forsrn dispatched 2o,5sSs76 Postal
cards-sf local origin 22550s6 received by NAL 7l752Si
foreign dispatched 00s0t oth,r matter-of local origin
2IL425s24: reA,ved by mail. 4S21zloii fore'yn "s
patched sl.53ofsl The total number Of pleas o. mall
OF all kinds haned during tho year was '9"oH''
daily average OF 2i24,5jz.
The ordinary mail matter hande was consin" In ''IAos
lock pouches and 1873 sacks ncufng the foreign mi
OF which 81 Ois sacks received ant osl4' us
patched besides whon there were handled 7v25 cases a"d
92 pouches registered matter and G42% tou's AGA
1920 sacks OF supplies There also passei ro"Eh mo
oce In transit from ami TO oAer ohees
1872 600 pouches and s52 sacks OF mall matter making
s469954 pouches csses and sacks handled az ths
Office daily average OF o647 exclusive OF those which tho
sixteen branch ocss exchanged with each other and with
General Office
The volume money order business was as ioi'sws AZ
the General Post Office 1928 money orders were issaed
and paid amounting 1885 $50 a. Attic sixteen Oranchss
the number and paid 2iSo0f amount
ing to So number OF postal notes 1872
amounting to 0G The aggregate business OF tie
Money Order Department for the year amounted 10
1872 5lQsl H. giving in the business over tho
previous year OF sll,277,775 IL.
The receipts tho oce 81 993 30 and ths
total expenditures s75s094 IS nclullng sG935J6 % cx
pended delivery servec) giving net revenue ct
67 Tho changes made for the promotion OF the
efficiency follows: App 'int@enis Asi
promoters 6T2; reductions. n. There were removed
from tho service for official denauencss and casnees re-
tired for failure during probation and through
deaths and resgnations 42s The NUMBER OF employees
1897 including 165 REGULAR and 80 substitute carr eis ah
clerks. bat not including lol licenses SAUL
agents l7os9242j postage stamps wers .' au.n sns
year equal weight 10 ~ tons not 33 o. 10
stamped envelopes and 1!3ii000 postal cards were i
during the period Ths total w'ght o. MATS
sho Wing as compared with tho nsai-s for 1857 lJs
tons. an Increase In 5 years OF over 81 psr e93i,
The number OF domestic mails, ranging from Ten 10 10,
according TO the volume OF tas mall nv
patched daily trains is ISL received from man tras
Offices l52 rne rontos over which These MAJ, at' w
patched Ills 9Dt miles daily A. Vie Cen
puUcatIsn houses private establishments convey
ms the post once average aaiiy l"1'.
time during the twentyiOur hsits y thote az
cessation attat point OF the isoTsns't oil e
nioves dufi1g te Daser 10 '3 "
cluied between q AMI 10 N. a1i = M ana p w
Every three m. 70 there Is CIT es N
arrival or q patch "cty mail wagon. -,
Foreign mails dispatched averaged q week. Foreign
mails ward frequently Include as in1uy
trucks for their alton divided iuts
fifteen postal aad sub postal district ccntas to
repositories matter there l4i street letter
placed With to the greatest pnOi cyhFrnhc
six limos IN tho sobaroaa districts aai tWenJs e"e' -
the populouS portions OIL tue ctys