Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-01
Total year ending June 80, 1890. S97, 753 SO


Domestic orders repaid, 172 .... 1,554 81
international orders repaid, g.. 224 So
RENTED to San Francisco. .......... 19S,1O0 90
On hand and in transit. ............ 6,201 62
$5G1 ,421 52
Total amount handled .......... S1,116,641 AZ
Total fees received and earned .. .$2,S52 54
FREE DELIVERY SERVICE.
The free delivery limits of the city
embrace a territory of about sixteen
square miles, extending from Pritchard
street on the northeast to the corner OF
Main and Jefferson streets on the south
west, and from Evergreen cemetery on
the southwest to the corner of Union
avenue and Temple streets on the north
west.
There are twenty-seven foot delivery
carriers, five mounted, and two mounted
collectors; total, thirty-four.
The entire amount OF mail matter
handled during the past year. according
to its classification, is as follows:
Total delivered ..,... ............ 5,225,996
COLLECTED.
Local letters. ......-.. 49Il9l
Local postal cards 2O7,701
Mail postal cards .... 245, OIL
Local End, 3rd, and 4th
Mail End, 3rd and 4th 0
class. ...,.............. 347,421
Total collected. 3,797.331
Total pieces handled ............ 9,O23.317
The amount OF postage on local matter
delivered is $22, ,363.S1 for the year end
ing June 30, 1891. During the past year
there has been ID additional street
letter boxes put up in various parts Of
the city, and 8 OF the large package
boxes in the business portion, making
altogether 222 boxes to be collected.
SPECIAL DELIVERY.
During the past year we have de-
livered 3629 letters and packages by spe
cial delivery. This service is as vet but
little used here, though showing a
marked increase each month.
Pieces.
For quarter ending Sep 3O 1890. ...-..... $50
For quarter ending Dec. 81 1890. .... ... S65
For quarter ending April 80, 1891 ....... 914
For quarter ending June 80, 1891 ........ 900
Total. ......................... 3,629
The service is recommended to the
public as a safe, cheap and quick method
of delivery of letters and small packages,
especially between the hours of delivery
by regular carriers from a. m. to II D. m.
Recommendations have been made to
the department for the appointment of
two city distributors, to be placed upon
the Santa Fe overland train, which, ii
acted upon favorably, will result in the
delivery of the business mail sixteen
hours ahead in advance of present
schedule.
Also for the mounting of seven addi-
tional carriers, and an allowance for
three additional foot carriers.
MAILING DEPARTMENT.
No. pieces letter and circular mail. 9,395,550
No pieces OF newspaper mail. .... 3,6lO,2l5
No pouches and sacks handled ... 440, ,231
Total pieces handled ........ IL, ,445,996
No errors made in distribution 900 2234
No. of pieces handled to each error
Percentage of work correct ..... 99.9S
No pieces of transient mail handled 1926, ,734
Attention should be directed to the
large amount OF transient mail handled,
showing the work of the office as dis
tributing point, and the work done from
which no revenue is derived for the Of
fee. There are ten trains per day ar
irving here, upon which mail is dlstrib
uted by railway postal clerks, and only
eleven running into San Francisco. Los
Angeles receives closed mails from fifty
towns per day, as against closed mails
received from eighty-four towns by San
Francisco per day.
1t should also be noted that the per-
centage OF work correctly performed by
the mailing department is within two
one -hundredths of one per cent. OF being
absolutely correct.
MAIL MESSENGER SERVICE.
No. pouches handled between post
office and braE ch stations and be-
tween postotfice and depots. ....,.. 440,231
No. pouches and sacks transferred
between depots. .................. 22,995
Total ............... ........ 463226
CITY DISTRIBUTING DEPARTMENT.
Total pieces handled ......... ... 6,913.741
GENERAL DELIVERY, BOX AND DIRECTORY
CLERKS.
Total pieces handled .............. 2,455, ,155
DEAD LETTER DEPARTMENT.
Total pieces handled. ....... 35,1SS
FORWARDING DEPARTMENT.
No OF orders fled. ............ ..,. 23,321
REGISTRY DEPARTMENT
Total pieces handled 1891 ......... 130,062
Total pieces handled 1890. ........ 100. 235
Increase .......................... 29,S27
BELLIGERENT LAWYERS.
One Strikes the Other in Justice
Owens Court.
There was quite little excitement in
Judge Ovens court yesterday for a few
minutes. Two attorneys furnished the