The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-19
GREATER N. Y. POsTOFFICE.
1t Will BE in Many Respects the
Greatest Center for Mail Matter.

The question of consolidating the
New York and Brooklyn postoffices
Will, says the Sun, be considered in
Washington later in the year, and
Postmaster General Gary is quoted as
saying that by the time the consolida-
tion of the two cities takes effect his
department will be ready to make the
necessary changes in the administra-
tion of the postoffice. Meanwhile the
various candidates for the postmaster
ship of Brooklyn who are now in the
field are of the opinion that the ques-
tion of the salary to be paid to the sue
cessor of Postmaster Sullivan, after
January, will be adjusted by a special
act of congress. When the Brooklyn
Office is made a station, subordinate to
the New York office, as it will be, the
salary to be paid to the superintend-
ent will be reduced to $1,000, which
is the limit allowed for officials for
this class. One of the Brooklyn men,
bers will introduce a bill in the house,
after the consolidation takes place, in
creasing the salary of the superin-
| tendent of the Brooklyn station to eth
er $1,000 or $4,000 a year. The present
salary of the postmaster of Brooklyn
Is $4,000. The postmaster of New York
| receives $4,000, the same as a member
| of the present cabinet. The postmaster
| of Long Island City receives $2,S00.
The duties devolving upon the post
master of the enlarged New York will
make this city, in many respects, the
greatest postoffice centre in the world.
| The revenue of the New York postof-
| fee, from the sale of stamps, stamped
envelopes, and postal cards, amounts
| in a year to $7,000,000 the sale of
| stamps for use by newspapers mailed
| in New York amounts to 100000, or at
the rate of nearly $4,000 a day. The
| other sources of revenue include $65, 900
| a year for postage collected for insult
| ficient prepayment, $4,000 for the rent
| of Postoffice boxes and other items,
| bringing the total receipts up to nearly
| 81, 1000, 900. Against this in the New
| York postoffice are expenses of about
| 81, SOC, 900 q year, leaving a net profit
| to the United States of $4,000 900 from
| the operations of this one office. No
| other postoffice in the United States,
| of course, yields a profit nearly so
| large, and the net New York city rev.
enues go far to pay up the losses in
other states. Indeed, but for New York
| city's revenue the burden of expense
| from postal operations would be a
heavy one on the people of the Uni
| ted States The operations of the
Brooklyn postotfice, though not, of
course, so large as those of New
York, are considerable. The receipts
last year from the sale of stamps and
| stamped envelopes in Brooklyn
amounted to sl,OOO,0O0, this item also
| including the sums paid for newspaper
stamps. The Brooklyn box rents
amounted to $1,000 only. The expenses
of the Brooklyn department amounted
to 1915, 900. leaving a net revenue OF
about $29O,0OO. The receipts Of the
Long Island City postoffice in a year
are s35 900 and the expenses s25, 700, the
profit being $4,000. When all the Of
| fees are consolidated into one, and, es-
pecially when the tubular system OF
communication between the various
stations and substations is applied, the
| revenues of the enlarged city postor-
flee will, it is figured, ne materially
increased, and the profit will be much
| enlarged.