The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-12-08
THE MAIL SERVICE.
Annual Reports Of the Postmaster
Generals Assistants
Over 1900 New Post Onices Have Been
Established During the Year-Im-
prOvememt in the Service-The
Dead Letter Bureau.

WASHING ron, Dec. 2.-The annual
report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Rathbone shows that the mum
Der OF ablishments of new posi-
Offices during the past year was 4,105
greater nnmber than during any
previous year with the exception
of 1890. when it was 4,427. The
net increase of post Offices over the
year ended June 80, 1891, was :,70O,
and the year closed with 67,119 as the
whole number of post offices in the
United States. OF the humber re.
ferred to above, over one-fourth were
made in the six states of Arkan-
sas, Texas, Mississippi. Alabama,
Georgia and North Carolina. the
number in these states aggregating
1,1lS. The greatest increase in any
state was in Georgia, where it was 22O.
Texas was next with eli, Pennsylvania
followed with 2O1 establishments.
At the close of the fiscal year
there were thirteen states in each OF
which there were more than 1900 post
Offices in operation. OF these five are
northern and eight are southern states.
The northern states are New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indi-
ana, with an aggregate of 16,2SS of
fees. The eight southern states are
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri.
North Carolina. Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia, with an aggregate of 10. e05.
The greatest number in any one state
was 4, S42 in Pennsylvania. $685. in New
York and 8, 229 in Ohio These are the
only states where the number of offices
was more than 5000.
THE SERVICE IMPROVED.
The annual report of Chief Post Of
fee Inspector Wheeler shows that the
total number of arrests made for all
kinds of offenses during the year was
1884. Of this number only 23l were
postal employees. Of the cases tried
373 resulted in conviction, while
only sixty-one resulted in acauit-
tai. The number of burglars of
post offices arrested was 2O3, as against
IT'S last year; l, l0S post offices were re-
ported to have been entered during the
year. There were only 6,Os9 COM
plants of all kinds received during the
year, which is 77less than last year.
DEAD LETTER BUREAU.
The annual report of d. +. Leibhardt,
superintendent. of the dead letter bu-
reau, post Office department, shows
that there were 5, $50, 7SS domestic mail
able letters received, decrease of
lifts as compared with the pre-
vious year. There were 557. CAS- do,nes-
tic unavailable letters received. of
which 994 contained unavailable arti-
cles, IS, 449 were held for postage, 449.
GA were misdirected 2612 were wholly
without address and 2,677 were Of a
miscellaneous character.
COLUMBIAN STAMPS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. - Postmaster
General Wanamaker in his forthcom-
ing report will devote considerable
space to description of the Colum bian
postage stamps to be issued at the be-
ginning of the new year. All the pop
ular denominations, such as ones, twos,
fives and tens, will be illustrated from
noted paintings descriptive of familiar
scenes in the life of the great explorer
and the art galleries of the United States
and Europe have been ransacked with
this end IN view.