St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-04

half a million dollars) in the New Eng
land states, except Sf07, 200, went back
into improved service. In the Middle
states out of over one aud half mill
ion dollars increase all but $40. 600 went
back to improve the service. In the
Southern states the increase was $751;
O09, and all but $3.50 went back to i'm
prove the service. In the Western
states all the increased receipts, 81 1885,
604, and SGT, ,591 in addition, were spent
for the benefit of the service. and in the
states OH the Pacific slope the additional
receipts of $474, ,644, and $27S. .539 more.
were spent to better the postal facili-
ties.
Financial Statement.
Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1891
ordinary postal revenue. .S65, ,065, ,293 81
z Receipts from money-order
puSlueSS. ........................ 500. 49l So
Gross revenue. ......:... 80: 65,93l, ,7s5 ~
Less amount charged TO bad
debts, compromise and sus
pense cases. -. ....... 22,s76 SO
Remaining revenue .......... 65,9Os,9o9 80
Estimated expenditures for fs-
cal year ended June 80. 1892 76, rs. $40 10
Gross revenue. ......... 72,777, l49 72
Estimated deficiency for 1892. 3,97s, ,302 IS
Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1S93-
Estimated ordinary postal rev.
tnue for year ending June 30
1892. ............. =. -. 71,s97, ,149 u
Increase of 10l2 per cent. 7,549,2OO u
Estimated ordinary postal rev.
enue. .;............ ........... 79, 9,446,35O "A
Estimated revenue for money
order business. 100000 90
Gross revenue for year. r......... S0.336, $50 A
Estimated expenditures. 50. 3223, 400 81
Estimated surplus of postal rev.
enue......... ............. 12949 90
Odds and Ends.
The casualties in the railway mail
service during the past year have been
greater than usual. The total number
of railway postoffice car wrecks was 3l9.
In these there were killed 13 clerks !:
severely injured, 6S. and slightly in
Jured, 81. Each years casualties bring
TO mind more and more forcibly the
necessity that exists for some provision
by congress for the families and depend
ents of the men whose lives are lost
while in the actual performance of their
duties.
The amount and increase of inland
mail transportation is shown as follows ::
Number of routes, 2S. .253; increase, |, ,147;
AOHStn VI IOulcS Ill HltieS, 40J, WI, IN
crease, II ,036; number of miles travelled
per annum. 346, ,266, AS; increase, 49,
$50, ,952.
An important steamboat service has
been established from Sitka. Alaska.
westward to Unalaska, a distance of
1880 miles. making it possible to reach
all the coast settlements of the Alaskan
peninsula, and the Fox and Aleutian
islands.
Mr.. Wanamaker describes the pneu-
matic-tube systems of Berlin and Lon
don, and strongly recommends their
adoption in this country. He insists
that they would pay, and records sew
eral attempts at beginning such serv-
ice.
AT the close of the fiscal year there
were 10.070 money order offices, an in
crease of 6SS over last year. A very
general extension of the system is ad-
vlsed in localities where Offices have
never been established. There are "a. .259
communities where there are poStofiices.
but no money order branches.
The total number of poStOffices OF all
classes SIS "a. 329, an increase of 1928; of
this number 2.942 are presidential, an
increase of 204. and 61,387 are fourth
C lass, all increase of 1,724.