New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-06
MR.. WANAMAKERS REPORT,
STEADY IMPROVEMENT OF THE SERVICE.
THE nFFIcIT REDUCED NEARLY q. oOO,ooo-IN-
CREASED FACILITIEs-COUNTEY FEEE-DL-
1IyFRY-noUsE COLLECTION FOXES.

IIvFRY-HOUSE COLLECTION FOXES.
WASHINGTON Dec. 5.-T1ie PostmastcrGenerai me"
lions AT the beginning Of his annual NPor' -,
rc.idcnt the chief developments OF the year. - 80
iov. 5000 900 addict 10 the gross revenue Wv
deficit reccded nearly million; money-oraer o'"' :,
increased twO-thirds, or from lo'V'o ~ i'' g..
i,i .,,pplicd with free delivery; GOO new "h'' -
,,l,eh,,I. 1G3 Offices advanced b. the Presidential
,. III 75o Ooo miles OF additional service l'''"
r,,v r,all routes established, embracing o''oo ii'
new service: mall 'crNice cN''"'
nn,lu.atic. tt!.e service introduced
The Postm,stcr-G General adds Il gave you w.
,,,,A oy,dc,cc in the midst of ali this wonderful
growth, OF the steady Improvement oil 'h' S'IN'.' w
every lnstal worker may nghtfuy feel 1t to be per
.ouaI compliment to himself Four years ago. 'ne
rrmhcr of errors entered against railway rosHi WIS jill
, rot,o If 10 every 3Gi3 pieces: now 1t Is III ''o
ratio OF 10 every 5,idG pieces ana IL II Il 49,
provablc by figures, that In the last u'ep se"i9 ~"
accuracy Of railway postal clerks has hho'' wv"
doubled IAN,
Mr. Wanamakcr then mentions TIE w pr WV
increase I'm money order Offices the use Oh S'N"p w"
ce,rnr machines: the establishment Of Il p'sal III"
scum: the % per cent increase In the fce-o'.i''S
Offices. the new Washington pJatonce' Il '"'"P""
Of postal laws and regulations; saving oi 9''oO'
on mail contracts, ana OF S11ooOo OH s'i"'PV" P"'
80 Der cent more OF city distributions OH "''"'' 49,
,i, - malls I'm transit on street cars: tile Smphh
rut OF bookkeeping m'lhNNH IVA 49, 49,
tlrec now kinds Of po,tm cards ana ne" Se,'' VI
stamps; ,afer registry oil hi'iS "'" ''
OF periodical postage. ,1n
T,hc new foreign mail service, cohtrae''u o' ~
the advertisement Of July -, l7Ol ana aia" "u' -"
advertisement Of May -. l'"2' Hpp"e' " ''''
lines. comprising when completed, ior'y-ohs supp -
=, 40 tonnage. and IL, contractors VIII b. Trph'''
:, .n..,d ,IIoooOoJ to provld, ship necessary I"
make the scryic, contracted Tor irclu'hl f'o"e ".
,,icl cnourh to compig win tn terms agreed "l""'
rh, total outla- up to July /, l7V-' Tor c." '''''e
u,u scr,lc. performed and expedited unH'' 'l' I've
Motley wa: sI2O570 and the cost oil IN s'rN'c' 'o'
th. prcseI; fiscal year VIII be- greater.
a., country free deliver tDe Postmaster "'"''"'
says: ill.,, =, b.,
u,r bu, ha, bc,l da.ly ,elvic ana 1t hh' ,''I,'
Profit II l. easy enough. lhcI 'nn and iulihrr
,"d il ousht - be- done, whcthcr IT pass PiV' H.,
the Department or NJ. ~ .nc .rn,. TO pas IL,
wnv II a daily Wis, l. too expensive, L., ,N ,yi,..
hrcin with e tt-wUrdy or S'm"O W. a, rrn,li
H' orIck"nri incalcnlah,. for wagon ana hor'r",n
travel would No; only Of nccc.'lli nay hrr,rht uIn
moe. ,a.v but the bciCl" W"ud T' nI",s',, aud
r,,uI.Iti.r ,,oDd roads. Wei n lr'Ia, ,,t,,t
rceia: mai. facilities can u p''V SSiIn,, and
Zeal aud widc,prcai prosperity. br'N" lu.i, ",
rrr, advance. could BE- made ~ W. w., VIZ , ,,.
- ,,,c delivery hy Az evolution -. thr s'l lou"
'oantS . ,t ~, would -. tree delivery t. lrT-n'
,,,n, ,"ng the highway trverN'd by thr IA, nv
with nlll' u '"'f ''''''
Department. In a very IT," N'"'N' o.. .,-,,,,, INST,
~ Nan So, might L. amended A. 10 permit ",t-
,.>trr M tac tcruini Of star routes u u'hN'r 10
ln'n''. un.r vr..n orders 81 addrrs>se. mail mat
Tor f,- IN patron, 81 uihcr, along l''r I"u =,
an, -,o;ron del rim 81 do 80 Should nr p'in'''.~
'll! ',1,cni.ri rcccptacc Int" which IN carrier
p a HP dl,,, mn,l and from which h" should c"iircI
mall whenever he pas,N uP" m nTo,ec,l"n n. that
"rori,d uihe7 letter boxes. al person, hvlhs n'1s
tar route would have rural rec "' ro,
M. future II cou,d De PROVIDED i"r OS I"In"' ,i
,rnc, ,fcr ih.,r measure, had been iuiN "cN'i
opd Other ronS, more crnu"S u np h r,ics put
mndcr cnnrac. and not be performed by 'lHr'"l 81"
ricrs. ,,., ,,,.s
In the matter ~ collection Of mail from ir''' O'N''
n hons, doors. Mr. Wauamahcr ay>;
In Washington city. "heie me ,,'' o' , " "r
these boxes was made FOR one month. nm III :,
more per day Wa ave- nnobrr enc 81 Ike Ioxe,
was piupOscy made a h'rd ., p'' ,''., wa, w.
n n, o" 81 - LON. and wn,hin-ton promptly
and unqualf,dy declared ma tue '"',''u l. ~
mail from could BE- undertaken ~ We w",,,a
carrier forces, Accordingly J is-ne1. on S'p"nt',
q 10. an order directing that the postmaster, OF
free delivery cities should nford patrons th' 'ep'r
turity 10 liv" mall matter 'onrcl,n ,rp" 'n'l ~,
Whenever two thirds u Tho A0u-"holl'i' on siV"h
,honIi -I;n'y - The po,nn,,gST ,hrr bi',
with come Of the ia boxes i"nnn ~ me ' i
troducln- the hIu,r lcti'rb'X, Therefore j w"
Vigorously under way: e.. =, ror,.
matter had boon collected from The housr boxes IN
given lime ~ had formerly been ,"a',iT from r ,,
street bov", The -aur area dn,lne s'ma lrI,'l:
Til, meant q remarkable actual incrcn,r o. mater
%Sl Si. ri. Ing i,m increased mere, facirl,s That
mean, incrcas revenue ana Il aI,@ m'N nr rir
anl collection, could p" Afforded
The application 81 tho merit sys'em ~ p-om'r -
to tie Department. the cln, lied po-,ofcc' nnd TO
the railway mail T. commented upon. OF his prop"
,iilon 10 divide The country into postal districts MT
Nanamaker says.
Tbs like other rrcni postal reforms can De- ONLY
a question Of timr. The present. CumOcr'on" o"'iS'
scattering system will b" displaced by ID" los p"liti
dcc'ntiahked ana hi.il'''lh'' lh'r' n'' W" u'.n
a year IN Your Administration when COULD not have
saved ten um', ihe olal 'ni"'y o q unI' &
and am certain NAT itr ,'IV cp"r, ,hN' p ni
regulated. quckcncd. ana In measure ~ h''' krpt
~dmpil.h In practical wa the purpo,e Of the BIZ
- select fourh-c!Iss ro,'mn'tcr' without political
intervention.
W. shah soon grow to 100000 po-iohicc, and 70
25OOO) or 3OOonO postal employees. Their m'is, D.
contraction consolidation and simplihcnii"n aid Will
oaIv po--iN. bat perfectly easy ard mutual. The
attachment oi ihc telegraph aud Tho telephone; how
di.tri,' supervisor. ana i,cal Capitalization u" d
velopmcni Of The free oliver IN town and countrv.
and viii The collection Of mali along cuuntrv road,
are very necessary.
New building, and pnoumatlc electrical
service Of Mind rrnu usl7 advocated for
Sew YORK and Chicago AMI oi',r hrsc clno and T.
f., pointed oat that There can be no adequate rlhf
without the application ~ theN' mtthods.
NTWMFXICO AND ARIZONAr' CHANCES
REPUBLICAN, EN,Ton3 DIFFER OVER THEIR
ADMesToX INTO THE rNIo".
Washington. Dee. , C-pccial'.-Th, chief qu ''iion
Of policy 10 be decided b. the Republicans IN Con
grcss at mi, session concerns the admission Of Hcw
Mexico and Arizona 10 Statehood. Thcr, J.. II
course u natural dlvc.si,y Of opln ~ in the part
q, 10 tie "Nprdirnct Of admitting or both Of