The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-13
FACTS ABOUT THE MAIL,
Postmaster General Wana-
makers Annual Report.
recommendation Worthy OF COnsId.
cration-AdditiOn, II Help Needed.
As TO Postal Districts-A Limit
cd Post and Telegraph


The report Of Postmas; err General Wana
maker Is Is an exhaustive paper, GOVERNS
l02 printed pag's. The following is a sum
mary of tho work of tho last liscl year.
AT the close Of tho year end d June 80
1883, there were in operation =, ass Presiden
tial postoiIices and ST .SSS fourth-class post
cflicts. During the last fiscal year the mum
Der OF Presidential postoiiices increased by
i95. nnl the number of fourth. class post.
Smcesby J, ,427. The number Of postoR ,es O ;.
tabiished was 2,T70 and the number discon.
tnusd Lar.
There was an unexpended balance OF 81,
LOS III out of an appropriation of 81 900 uUJ.
Ine postage collected upon local matter *.
cetucd by S2I9,Gl7 II or IL l6- 100 per cen,um
the total cost ot the Tree delivery service
The annual rats OF exucn iiture for iuInuJ
man transportation ut The Gloss OF tho list
iiscai year was S3f, t2I, lG7 o. and the service
inc,uled ID OfI star routes OF an ay.r.un,r
len2ih oil 233, ,33l.Sl miles, costing s." "3I
oH.C'; O.Jti mail messenger routes W .us
total len,th was 5,0327 miles, tn, cos.
thereof beng S8i9 lSS IS; there wer. 13S
steamboat routes, the length OF which w,s
l0,5oI 81 miles, and the expenditure SdlG
u = -; :, lib railroai routes c $ ing $ly Ill
.9o; 30 co uprising an aggregate I'm t of
o; 13O, ,3Sl 53 miles, while for j5j most nj ~
car routes, the length of which was %
619. 80 miles. tho cost was 81, 1887 JJ. Ihr
annual rat OF payment on account Of ) AS
railway postal clerks amounted to IS, 2JjS GU
Inc SUN Oh : l9O 63) So was paid for ,nall
equipments, ami certain necessary and SPEC.
lal facilities on trunk lines invoiveI an ey
Penditure Jf S295 G55 80
4. In all CLASSES OF the mail service in opera.
on s an the s1!h Of JpRS Issa au Of
752, or 3 IL per cent. TINT the total length
ot the routes was Il6 l59 ii miles, an IN.
crease OF II. lS2. ID miles, Or 3 vi per cent.
that the annual rate OF expenditure was S3i,-
WI, 1884 T-l6, an increase OF ~, ,5G7. zoo IS
III IL, or IL per cent Tue total numhcr
OF mil, $ Travelled per aunum was 3i0,9Jl,-
S4 IL, nu increase OF % $50, 32S 81, or s 70
per cent. The rate o: cost per mile Travelled
was 10 94 cents, the sau being q decrease of
III cent, or 90 per cent. AS to the rat, of
cost per mile OF length, which was SSl 75,
there was alffncreass of s3 s., or 80 per cent.
The average number of tiips per week was
LlS, which was All increase of .3), or 3. II
per cent.
During the year the total number of pieces
OF postage stamps and stamped paper was
ISIS, 5Oo,3 OF the aggregate value of S52.-
vi. iSL II, an Increase III number over the
h,ca, year Ell l,l June 81, 1858, o! H.
33J, l5l, aud Ia amount OF az 2S5, 4j2 80, the
torner being 33 per cent. and the latter
4. .5l per cent.
The total number Of pieces of mail of all
kinds reg gistered during tho year was ii, ,OGl,-
S60, an increase OF SS4, ,G97, OF 2S per cent
There was corresponding increas. OF S2j,
VS. a IGs fsntt i5eas aenn1 R5 rof
the same proportion in outstanding ms in
closed cases OF investi. alton, are placed ut
49,. making an estimated total Of l5U, Oh
III every l2.21 registered pieces handled
the vo.ume OF mail matter registered for
which postage was paid has Increased il II
Years over 2l3 per cent
Tho total wight OF mails dispatched by
TO foreign cDuntI 1 | ii NJ M, =
OF which GS3, l3l cousi ted OF l-LterS aud
postal cards aud ). 3.42S.72l pounds of other
articles. Over 50 per cont. of the Io.ner
and IS pr cent of the latter were destined
Tor TRANSATLANTIC countries ani of the trans
atlIntlc mails ~ per ctnt OF the letters aud
81 per cent or the other articles were for
Great Britain.
Vessels OF United States registry received
$l.6J per pound ior letters and postal cards
and s cents per pouui for other articles
while vessels OF foreign regis.ry are paid
but about A cents Tor letters and postal
cards and auout AZ Cents Tor other artlcl $.
The gross amounI of coupons ,tlon paid
for transatlantic s.rvic, was 1919 6l2.5S ali
of which Was paid to vessels or lorrisn re- =
istry, except the insignificant sum OF 81 IL
TO the American line for carrying 81 grams
Ill ounces OF letters For trans pacific s.r-
vice there was pail TO vessels OF Uuitcd
States registry S52 S2l 13, and to vesse.s OF
foreign registry 81, TAI 3S, waIie for miscel.
laneous services Vessels OF Un ted Stale.
registry received S57. 900 81, and vesso S o
foreign registry $40, l99 So Tue to,al cos
of the transatlantic service was $j75 5I2 rs
of the trans pacific service, S5o, ,563 Ill, an,
of the miscellaneous service, inciudInS Can
ada, Mexico, Central and South America
and the West In lies, $67, POS 81.
The superintendent OF tue deld letter
Office max s the gratifying exhibit that ther,
was a decry ase OF 10, 9e3 pieces of mail matt {,
as compared with the number rcc,ived dur
ing the preceding fiscal year. Tn, tota
number of pieces treated III this branch y
the department was q. 40 ,293. o, the lota
! num.ar 5,4U,22j letters were opened, an,
| l70.o70 were delivered unopened, while pol {.
0j6 ordinary letters were destroyed; 5i2. 13t
| foreign letters and parsels were returned ol
| delivered to the addresses. OF the letter:
| opened in the dead letter office O96, 499 were
| deliver ed, and Of these 1883, 76S containet
nothing of value, the remainder having IN
closures of money, drafts, miscellaneous
papers, photographs, &c. SAventy-iivt
| thousand one hundre and seventy five let
| ters and parcels failed OF delivery and have
been filed subject to reclamation. and 1927,
| 504 were destroyed.
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