Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-14
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The following interesting facts are
CLEANED from the report of the second
assistant postmaster general:
The total length OF routes under the
star service in Maine to June 30, last.
was 3.S6S99 miles and the cost to the
department for maintaining this SER
vice for the year was $113,242.51. while
the actual distance covered over these
star routes was 2.462.962.S miles, dis
lance many times the circumference
of the earth There is quite a bit OF
steamboat mail service in Maine, the
total length Of such routes being
62701 miles for which the cost OF car
rying mails was $13,26S.6O. The total
distance covered by these STEAMBOATS,
was 174554.64 But the largest item
for the carrying of mails IN Maine -
for railway transportation
The total length OF railway routes
ir the State is 1,630.S1 and the annual
rate of expenditure for transportation
is s216,61O79 In addition TO TINS sIo'
3s2.5O were paid for railway postoiiice
cars and s232, 963.29 for railway ser
vice. The total distance covered ny
the railway service is quite enormous
being 2.266, 35S.4S miles. In deaihg
with such figures one is reminoeu
more of sidereal than of terrestrial
distances. In New Hampshire the
total distance covered by railways in
tho mail service was 1858, S46.l5; in
vermont 1893, 364.49: in Massachu-
setts S749, 665.O1: in little Rhody, s2l,-
345.12: and in Connecticut, S,549, 0SS.s'.
The biggest figures are in New york.
where the railroads in carrying mails
covered a distance of over twenty
million miles, in Pennsylvania, where
the distance exceeded sixteen million,
and in Ohio, where the distance ex-
ceeded twenty-five million miles.
Coming more to details the report
shows that the length of mail mes
senger routes in the State are l2s.4o
miles and that the annual rate OF ex-
>nuaI rate of expenditure is $l9,065.3S
while the distance travelled was 2l5,-
OOs go. The length of special office
service routes is 1000 with a total
distance travelled of 34,6OOSO. The
length Sf all routes in the State IS D.
37611: the total rate of expenditure
1883 ~ and the entire distance trav-
eled during the year for the carrying
of mails in Maine was 5.153, 1857 miles.
This exceeds the distance Travelled in
any other New England state. except
ing Massachusetts, where the total dis
lance was 1858, 1850. The cost of
maintaining the service was exceeded
by two states, Connecticut and Mas
sachusetts. The latter states service
cost $40, 6O7. so and the service in Con-
necticut $476.167.37 although the dis
lance travelled was only 1885, 0O4.O3.
There are 143 rail postoff1ce routes in
the State. There are four electric car
mail lines in the State. There are be-
tween Springvale and Sanford on the
Mousam river railroad. for a distance
of 2.47 miles, where the rate per an
mum for mile is $45.32; the route be-
tween Skowhegan and Norridgewock
where the distance is 6.36 miles over
the Skowhegan & Norridgewock Elec-
trio Railroad, at an annual cost per
mile of $42.75; between Portland and
Cash's Corner and between Portland
and Willard. The length of these
routes is respectively AGA and 4.33
miles and the rate paid per mile an
nually was 42.75 in each case. The to-
tai money paid for electric car mail
service during the year in Maine was
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