Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-10-28
DRISTOV'S REPORT.
Work in tho Fourth Assistant Post
master Generals Department.
0FFEySES AGAINST POSTAL LAWS.
Many lmoortan. Recommendation Made
bv MIR Hr.tuw f.r the Betterment
ment 1T the Postal Service
"Green Goods Etc.


WASHINGTON, Oct 26.-The follow
inc abstract of the animal report Of
To,r.h Ass;s,o,t l,,s,,,ns.ar cara-ol
bristow was made puollc yesterday
In the establishm Mt Of post Offices 1t has
been the policy OF this bureau since the begin
ming Of the present administration to establish
new post Office wherever it i'desired and 1t
Is shown that it will accommodate reasonable
number Of people the rarpose being to give
the people the most convenient mail facilities
possible behaving that such policy contrib
utes 10 popular intelligence and good citizen
ship
In the amount Of business transacted New
York ranks first with i. IL per capita expended
In the use Of the mails, and South Carolina is
the lowest, with O2g per capita During the
year there were; Post offices established, L.
COL; post Offices discontinued, 039 names and
sites changed, 1907, appointments on changes
Of name and site, 5as appointments Of fourth
class postmasters upon resignation, 1899; ap-
pointments Of fourth-class postmasters upon
removal b.ll5; appointments Of fourth-class
postmasters upon deaths 7.,ss: offices relocated
to fourth class. % During the year lO4 offices
became prcsid
The report on the appointment Lewiston
closes with table showing the number Of post
offices In operation in the United States from
100, when there were IS. to 1921, with II .O2!!.
During the wear there have been 1895 post.
masters reported TO the bond division by the
auditor for dclinquencies. and 4.Sl5 notices
have been sent sureties Of postmasters advising
them Of the hardness OF postmasters In their
remittances. For various causes $50 acting
postmasters have been designated by bonds
men during the year.
On July |, 1896 ut the beginning OF the present
fiscal year there were 3i4T cases for post
ONCE inspectors on hand and undisposed Of
The total number OF cases received during the
year was ill6sl the total number disposed Of
was il2,60j, leaving on hand at the close Of the
fiscal year 81, 3Ol cases; showing that Lore more
cases have been disposed Of during the last
fiscal year than were received
The total number Of pieces Of registered mail
handled by tne post once department Tor the
nscal year ended June ~, lSU' Is estimated at
i6fo"u" -four Thousand Two hundred ana
seventy-nve OF these cases were investigated
and closed In 2,7oO OF these cases 1t was dis
covered that no actual loss mad occurred and
In l,oo' cases tne luil amount OF loss alleged
was recovered leaving only aos cases IN which
actual loss was sustained or only one loss TOR
every ss,eW pieces OF registered mall handled,
wnlcn SHOWS marked decrease In the per-
centage OF losses as compared with the pre-
vious fiscal year the record Of that year show
ing one loss l0r every 10 2oa pieces OF registered
mail handled
During the year there were oo77S complaints
reterreS to ,c,,ers 2, mi ye,orrad 10 o o0 nas
an increase Of 2le5 over the number Of com.
plants received durini the previous year.
49,, 80 % 80 A s '" as oo..uHs VI sn'
AoSe. ~. 80. ooso@ awning .nc o nuiioo' re-
ceiVeu uurihg 1ne year W. nave cs's'o Tor con-
slderatlon' OF which oa6OJ were disposed OF.
me total number OF arrests for oflenses
against the postal laws made during the year
was loSs' VI this number lOo were postmas-
ters, ~ were assistant postmasters, ~ clerks
IN posi- omces, ii railway postal clerks, "a let
Yer carriers ~ mall carriers, and II Others en-
ployeu IN minor posltlohs IN the postal service
The total number OF post office burglars ar
rested was S4s and the remaining VA were per-
sons IN no way connected with the postal serv-
Ice W the total number OF arrests ll,o32) 9l2
cases were disposed OF In the United States
courts, resulting In 5SS convictions died
awaiting trial and escaped from custody
leaving w cases pending in the United States
courts on July !, 1891 In the state courts 50
cases were disposed or resulting in 5s convic-
tons and leaving ~ cases awaiting trial at the
close Of the fiscal year
During the fiscal year 1897 1870 claims for re-
ward were filed or this number III pertain to
the robbery Of post OIL les and IS to highway
robbery Of the mails on railroads and stage
routes. Fifty-one Of these claims were paid,
% were disallowed and b are still pending.
The aggregate amount disbursed for rewards
during 1897 was sla5O1 OF this sum IA 800 was
for post Office burglars and 100 for train and
stage robbers OF the 'otal amount disbursad
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