The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-10
A GROWING CITY.

AS Notably Indicated by the Continued
Increased Business of the New Haven
Post ofiice,
The business of the New Haven post
office continues to show a material in
crease. The report for the fiscal year
ending June so is Just out, and strik-
ingly indicates that New Haven is
growing place. Postmaster Beach's
report shows as follows:
The receipts for the year from the
sale of stamps and box rents amount
ed to $229.622.93 which is a gain of
about $4,000 over the receipts Of last
year. The receipts from the sources
named two years ago were in round
numbers $4,000, making the increase
for the past two years about $4,000.
According to this. the increase in re-
ceipts has fallen below the increase of
last year about $1,000. The year of
1894 was an election year and the diff
ference is due largely to this fact, as
the mails are now used much more
than ever before. 1t is estimated that
$4,000 was spent for stamps by the
political parties in 1894 which ac-
counts for the dropping off in the rate
of increase.
Some Of the other items of interest
contained in the report are the fol-
lowing: There were 1874 domestic
money orders issued which amounted
to $249, 450.61; there were S9.4O2 domes-
tic money orders paid amounting to
1915, 96S.49, The office issued 5,403 in
ternational money orders amounting to
$76,162.32, and paid 1,042 Of the same
kind, the amount of which was $15,-
751.01. There We're 313 orders issued
and repaid which amounted to $2,404.34,
and the fees received for orders issued
We're $2,S350S. This makes altogether
a total of, ,504 money order transac-
tions, amounting to $685. The
deposit to money order funds was $214,-
$50, making a total of $S77 1885,. and
the entire cash transactions $1,106, 1885,
Is.
The registered pieces received were
Sl,,437; dispatched. S1,6S7, making the
total number of registered pieces ham
died 1926.
There We're 20928 special delivery
letters received, and "a, issued; to-
tai special delivery mail handled, 49,
SIG.
There are 16,526,92O pieces of first
class mail dispatched during the year
with but 62S errors, which is an aver
age of about $50 letters for each of the
inhabitants of New Haven with the
population estimated to be 100000. OF
the other classes there were sent out
2,766, $50 pieces with 226 errors. The en-
tire amount of mail matter sent out of
this city during the year was 19,243,270
pieces and out of this immense num-
Der there were but $50 errors, or in other
words there were 26,400 pieces sent cor
rectly to each error In the mail of the
first class, and 1909 to each error in all
the other classes.
For the year ending June 13, 1895,
with much smaller mail there were
1,006 errors made in first class mail
matter sent out from this Office, which
shows a most important gain in the
efficiency of the office.
The increase in the amount of the
money order transactions was about
$125,000. The report shows that the
average amount of mail matter sent
out from this city is 10000 pieces daily,
and that the amount Of matter re-
ceived exceeds this amount. Another
interesting fact is that two years ago
when the receipts were but $4,000, the
expenses of running the Office was 40
per cent. Of the receipts, and now with
the receipts at about ss223 $3.50 600 1t will
cost the government 81 per cent. of the
receipts.