St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-02
PosroFFICE FINANCES.
Nearly $5,OOO,oO0 Increase in Re
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Nearly PO,UOO,COO increase In Ike
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+. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The office of
the first assistant postmaster general
being vacant, the annual report on the
operations of that division for the past
fiscal year has been made by E. g. Fow-z
ler. chief clerk. The total receipts of
presidential postoffices for the four
quarters ended March 81, 1892, amounted
to S54, 15S, 900, an increase of SO. S4S, COO.
The total revenue of the department
for the past first fiscal Year was $40, $780,
476, being, an increase of $4,99S,69O
An appropriation of S16 400, 900
will be required to compensate
postmasters for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1894, an increase of S1,350,0 00.
A new appropriation for 100 postmark-
ing and canceling machines is recon-,
mended. The appropriation OF Sl0,056,-
453 for the free delivery system for the
current year has proved insufficient.
and an additional sum of more than
$1,000 600 is Iecomme nded for the next
fiscal year Oil account Of the large in
crease in the number of free delivery
Offices.
On June 80 last there were 1909
money order Offices in operation. Since
the latter date 1850 have been added.
The increase i'll money order offices dur
ing the last fiscal year is the largest in
the history of the postal service. There
were 1924 international money order
offices in operation on June 80, 1892, an
increase OF 1873 over the previous fiscal
year. Since June 80, 1892. 126 additional
Offices have been established, making
1859 offices in operation at the present
time.
The annual report of J. LoWrie Bell.
the second assistant postmaster gem
eral, shows that the annual rate of eX-
penditure for mail transportation on
June 80, 1892, was as follows: Total
inland mail service, $4l .372; foreign
mail service, $500, AS. As compared
with last year. increases are shown as
follows: Star service, 1.215 routes,
5,S77 miles in length of routes and
Sl95,610 in the annual expendi-
ture. Mail messenger service IAN in
crease of 204 IN the number of
routes and S69, AT in the annual rate of
expenditures; railroad service, increase
of 154 routes, 5,05S miles in length of
routes, and of S1,757, 461 in the rate of
expenditures; railway postoffice clerks,
an increase of 3S5 and of SAIL ,610 in the
annual rate of expenditures. For nee
essary and special facilities on trunk
lines. the annual rate of expenditure
last year was $196,614, decrease of
$9S. S07 from that of the previous year.
The rate of cost per mile for star sery-
ice last year. is shown to have been
5.33 cents. For this branch of the serv-
ice there lis now all uneXpended bal
ance in the treasury of $3S7,773. AS to
star service contracts, Mr.. Bell says
that, while recognizing the evils of the
methods now III force, it is mis- opinion
that the best way to acquire. good sery-
ice is to rigidly enforce existing regu-
lations, which permit the letting Of
contracts to professionals, who sublet
them to the actual carriers. The amount
estimated as necessary for the mail
messenger service during the year be-
ginning July l, 1893, is 81, 600, which
is 6.25 per cent more than the present
appropriation for that service. Mr.. Bell
is gratified with the cooperation be-
tween railway mail service and the car
riers; opposes further appropropriations
for so-called especial facilities" and re-
news his past recommendations regard
ing provision for those dependent on
clerks who meet death at their posts of
duty.
The annual report of Second Assist
ant Postmaster General Bell states that
the appropriation of S2,S90,732 for the
mail service for the current fiscal year
Is deemed insufficient. nd an apprOpri-
alton of S2,941, 600 for The fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1894, will be asked.