The herald., 1894-03-29

The above is for fiscal year ending
June 30th.
The receipts for the year ended jan
nary 81, 1894, were $l45. 1888, an in
crease over same time In 1893 of sic, ,767,
and the work done for $26. 800, except
two temporary clerks at $50 per month
each. December IL, 1898. to April 80,
The receipts for January, 1894, were
$14, ,l06. against sl3, 100 for the month
OF January, 1893, an increase for Jan
uary, 1894, OF $l002, which, with the
general depression in business, con-
slider remarkable.
On July l, 1890 the clerk-hire allow
ance was $26, 800 and the receipts were
sos, 900 while for the pact year the re-
, ceipts were sl46,0 900 and the clerk hire
allowance was the same. This does not
appear to me to be equitable, and it is
impossible for any postmaster to give
satisfactory service under such circum-
stances. t-ste
To give you some idea OF the amount
OF mail matter handled l vii! give you
a few statistics for 1898. Number of
irst-class pieces, 12,549, 500 other
classes, 8 8974, 800; making q total OF
81, ,524, 100 pieces handled. Pouches
and canvas sacks handled
Pouch received. ............ 504iS
Sacks received ............... S7;716
Total. ................... 1888, ,134
Pouches dispatched 49,. .. 56,45O
Sacks dispatched. 964
Total. 174.414
Total reed and dispatched 292,54s
A careful estimate shows that 9,247,-
700 pieces of mail were handled in
transit for Offices supplied by Los Ange-
lea !; also that 104. 264 pouches and sacks
were received and dispatched to those
points, making 40 per cent OF the work
OF the mailing division the proper dis.
tribution and dispatch of mails origi.
mating at other points.
This shows that the Los Angeles
Office lie the great distributing point for
all Southern California. There were
2l6, ,4S6 pieces Of registered mail handled
during the year ended June 80, 1898,
making this Office the twenty fifth larg-
est in the United States ae to the volume
OF registry business. The Los Angeles
Office exchanges through registered
pouches with New York, Chicago. st.
Louis, Albuquerque, San Francisco, San
Diego, Riverside, Santa Barbara. Pasa-
dena and San Bernardino.
In the money order business, IL, ,274
AOnocblC OtuCtu OOO6 pOothi uOtonf loll
International orders and 6l96 certificates
OF deposit were issued, and 1881
money orders and 1855 postal notes
were paid, involving the handling Of
over $3,000,000. @,-s e
There we're 70,061 letters received
without street number and address, the
address OF which was searched by our
directory clerks; 23,661 OF these letters
were delivered by carrier, 821S were for
warded to other Offices and 3S, 1872 were
placed in the general delivery. Count
ing 81 days to the month, the average
number OF unaddressed letters to street
and number WAS 2250 per day. This
makes the mail handled by searchers
nearly $50, 900 annually.
In the month Of January, 1894, by
actual count, there were 1850 forwarding
orders filed. In the same month the
number of calls at the general delivery
was between 1000 and 2l00 per day, be-
ing an average OF three per minute. The
general delivery is open IL hours per
day.
On the 26th of this month the direc-
tory clerk worked 1854 letters, OF which
2200 we're placed in the general delivery.
There are at least $500 residences with.
in the city limits that are outside the
carriers free delivery district. Counting
i've people to a house, it would appear
that IL 800 are not receiving free deliv-
cry that are entitled to it.
] have recommended to the depart
ment that a station be established in
the vicinity Of TEMPLE street and Union