The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-21
.APOSTAL TELEGRAPH
Postmaster General Wanamaker
Has His Plan Ready
FOR SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS-.
Ii Adopted, 1t Will Reduce the Rates ON Mes.
sages Very Observation-Disclosures
Of the Scheme.

Especial to THE Observation-Disclosures Dispatch. r
New YORK, Nov. 2O.-A World special
from Washington says: POSTMASTER Cen
eral Wanamaker has about finished his an.
nual report, which the President will SUBJ,
NIT to Congress, together with his own.
annual message on December 1. The gross
revenue of the postofice department for
the hscal year ending June 30. 1890, Mr..
Wanamaker declares, exceeded by S.. DOC. =.
OuO the receipts for the previous wear.
Wnlle the expenses of the service materi.
ally Increased with it's extension over new
territory, yet the ratio of expenditures to
receipts has not been maintained. Taking
the new census of the United States as a
basis, there is now postoffice for every
1000 inhabitants
Mr. Wanamaker declares that 16 $780,
coo miles have been added to the service in
the establishment of new routes and the
exped1tlng Of established routes, thus add
Ing during single year mile to the postal
service for every four inhabitants.
Many pages of the report are taken up
VIII discussion of the postal telegraph
system, which Mr.. Wanamaker has lost no
opportunity OF urging upon the attention of
congress. The scheme is completely out
!lned, and IN support of its practicability,
Mr.. Wanamaker quotes literally from the
| last annual report of the posJrnas gem
eral OF Great Britain. 1t is evident that
Mr.. Wanamaker has given much thought
TO the details of the plan he favors. His
scnene, as finally digested, consists in the
establishment OF a limited post and tele-
graph service as bureau or part of the
postofnce department, and postal kilograms
are 10 be received at poStoffiCeS, transmitted
by telegraph and delivered through the
medium OF the postoffice service. All post
otnces In places where the free delivery
service now exists, Or may hereafter be es-
tablished, shall be postal telegraph stations
ana the postmaster general shall from time
TO time designate as postal stations post
oInces In other places where, in his judg-
ment, the wants of the public may be thus
supplied. The postmaster-ge general, with
the concurrence of the secretary of the
treasury and attorney general, is to con-
tract for period not exceeding ten years
with one or more telegraph companies for
the transmission by telegraph of postal
kilograms or for furnishing of the lines.
Postal kilograms bearing special delivery
stamps shall have special delivery Moth
ing in Mr.. Wanamaker's scheme shall pro-
hlblJ any telegraph company from per-
forming a general business for the public az
the same is now done. Postal kilograms
snail be transmitted in the order of filing.
except that priority shall be given to the
service kilograms and kilograms on the
| business OF the government of the United
States, or of any of its departments, when
ever so required by the sender Postal
kilograms may be prepaid either in whole
or part by means of ordinary postage
stamps, provided the words postal tele-
gram shall be plainly written, printed or
| stamped across the face of the form con-
tanning the telegram. Postal kilograms
which are not fully prepaid, but to which
are affixed stamps in amounts sufficient to
pay letter postage, shall be forwarded by
mail to the addressee. The charges in any
one state shall not exceed 10 cents for mes
sages of twenty words or less, counting the
address and signature, nor over 80 cents
for any distance under fifteen hundred
miles, nor over so cents for any greater
distance