Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-06
MAIL SERVICE.
Postmaster General Mana.
makers Report.
THE REVENUE INCREASED.
Reduction Of The Deficit 10 EearIy
One Million Dollars.
rnE PREF DELIVERY sTsTEu.
varieun improvements sUgsestci.-
Promotions ana salarIss,
Etc.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5..-Postmastes
General Wanamakor in hls annual re-
port mentions among the chief dovel-
opmcnts Of the year the S5,OOO,OOO
added 10 the gross revenue; tho deficit
reduced nearly to 81 100000; money
order Offices increased from 1000 to
1889; oighty.two cities supplied with
Tree delivery; 2T91 offices established;
aG3 advanced TO the presidential grade;
l6,750,010 miles additional service; 1890
new mail routes established embrac.
rug 5000 miles OF nov service; ocean
mail service eXtondcu, pneumatic tubs
service Introduced, saving Si,0OD,O00
On mail contracts aud Sl5O,UO0 ON
stamped paper.
The acknowledgement says the ok.
periments related 20 villages, but II has
been In daily service anu cleared a
profit. 1t Is easy enough, therefore,
to say that free delivery eau be- ex,end-
cd father aud further, aud II ought to
10 done whether II pays a profit 20 the
department or not. He believes fully
as great advantages could be made In
the direction Of country delivery by the
evolution Of the star route service, anu
we would eee free delivery 10 persons
living along the highways traverscd by
Star route contractors with little ~
any increased cost to the department
In very few years. Postal telegraphs
and telephones nre etfenuOusly advo.
Gated as In former years. OF One.cent
postage, he says II Ia near possibility.
He urges the reduction OF money order
fees, the slmplification Of the postal
note 40 It will better answer the need
OF fractional currency, the abolition OF
box rents, etc.
In closing he ssys his idea for the
American postal service " a system
modeled upon tho district plan, with
fewer Offices and those grouped around
| central offices ana under thorough
supervision. BY this means at least
10000 offices could be abandoned that
produce nothing to the department. In
| place Of every one abolished might be
put an automatic stamp.selling ma.
chine and u letter box. With the
money saved should be Instituted n
system OF collecting and delivery by
mounted carriers, bicycles ami star
routes, and messengers and contractors,
and generally spread free delivery ali
over the country. The classes OF postage
should be reduced 10 three anu the rate
of postage the world over to cent for
each halt.ounce. The Organization Of
the department should DO permanent,
except In the case Of the postmaster.
general and fourth assistant, and
Wanamaker would add three new
offices, deputy postmaster general ut
New York, one at San Francisco and
u controller IA Washington. All post.
masters, presidential aud fourth -clas' :,
and all employees In all branches OF
the department should have a specific
term Of four years on good behavior
and reappOinlment subject to the con.
troller. He would unity tho work,
hold itup by astrong controlling hand,
reduce the hours OF labor ut almost all
the points, equalize and advance the
pny, make rcomOtions ut every branch
Tor merit alone, aud retire old or dis
abled clerks perhaps on pension fund
to be provided by the annual payment
OF half OF one per cent Of each months
salary.
Postal telegraph and telephone ser.
Vice, postal savings Repositories, pneu-
matte tubes, or some electric device
between city sub-stations and main
offices, ferries, railroad stations and
central offices In all tho large cities
should be employed without delay.
The erection OF immense coatly build
ings for postoilices ought TO DO stopped
anu the department be allowed to ex-
pend q fixed sum VI from one to five
millions each year In tho erection OF
buildings upon q fixed plan ,such us
Postmaster General Villas recommend
cd. lie would modify the system OF
fines and deduction upon railroads aud
establish u system OF compensation
based upon speed at twenty, thirty,
forty, fifty aud sixty miles per hour
rates.