Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

Z Nearly Eighty Tho
!. the Entire United
/ states.
ties Where the Number
Noes Exceed Three
thousand.
-.ep Goods" Circular
TO BE ~Summarily
4 pealt With.

-eep Goods" Circulal
TO BE ~Summarily
pealt With.
Dual report Of Fourth As
ssmaster General Rathbont
the number OF establish.
~ postofice during the past
Llo5 a greater number than
Ia rear. with the exception
In II was l,437. The whole
postoffices in the United
[S.iia. or the number re-
hove one-fourth were made
states of Arkansas, Texas,
Alabama, Georgia and
nina. the number in these
Eregating LIS, where it was
was next with 2ll, and
mia followed with POI estab-
At the close of the fiscal
we're thirteen states in
Iicb there were more than
|omces in operation. OF
are Northern and eight
hates. The northern states
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
IA indiana, with an aggre-
IS Offices. The eight south
are Alabama, Georgia, Ken
gissouri, North Carolina,
Texas and Virginia, with
he Of 1905. The greatest
any one state was Asp
6raaia, 1856 in New Yorl
HI Ohio. These are theonly
Ne the number Of Offices was
1900.
sthbone suggests that the
aiates be so amended as to
mailing Of green goods"
nd literature a continuous
% the time of mailing TO
Of destination, SO that a
D sill lie at either point.
b effect as is embodied In
antl-l0ttery act; and he
rs that The matter be re-
be assistant attorney gen.
The loStoffice department
recommendation that h,
w embodying the points
boye and such other RENE
! deemed expedient. The
act went into effect Sept.
q the two years which have
bce that time the lottery
have been practically
the country. With a sim
nent against the green
lindlers, 1t is 70 be hoped
var which will be waged
m will be as effective as
{ the lottery companies.
TRANSPORTATION.
pal report Of ]. Lowrie Bell
assistant postmaster gen.
Tie annual rate of expen-
mail transportation on
? as follows: Total inland
Fee, 81. 335, 372; foreign
ssO6,li5. As compared
ar, increases are shown a.
ICE ILLS routes, 5.S77 miles
routes and Of 1880 6I in
expenditure. Mail mes
Ficc, an increase of 20i in
Of routes and s6s.I77 "a
rate OF expenditure: rail-
y Increase OF lA routes.
IN length of routes and OF
p the rate of expenditure:
ktofhce clerks, an increase
OF All,6l0 in the annual
EpendlIuEe. For necessar,
facilities on trunk lines
rate Of expenditures last
RS.sl4. a decrease of SOS, SO7
o. the previous year. The
Z per mile for star service
|ls shown TO have been 5.33
! rms branch OF the service
" sf nnexDended balance
Of s3s1.713.
Tar service contracts, Mr..
nat, while recognizing the
{ methods now in force, il
mon that the best way to
Ood service is 10 rigidly en-
llng regulations, which per-
FITTING Of contracts to pro-
Hha sublet them 10 the
The amount esti-
necessary for the mail
service during the year
July !, 1892, is sI.275,oOO.
~ per cent more than the
ppfopr'ation for that ser
peii Is gratifed with the
0a petweeG railway mail |
2 tht mail carriers; opposes
preparations for so-called
'aelilties' and reuews his
regarding pro-
nose dependent on clerks
oeath at their posts Of
DEPARTMENT.
aal report Of Chief Post
ect0r Wheeler shows shat