Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-02
POSTAL EXPENSES
Second Assistant Post Master
 Publishes Report.
IS AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT
w s. Shallenbarger Gives a Lot of Interesting Figures-Also Discusses the Postal Service in Porto Rico and Havana

Washington. Nov 2.-The annual re- port of W. $. Shallenbarger, second assistant postmaster general Was made public to-day. It shows that on June 50 last, the annual rate of eX- penditure for inland mail service was S;Jo, 146,0GO, for foreign service S2O14,- 53S; total expenditures SoI l0O, 3JS. There were 2,S3t star routes, with a total mileage of 260. .S3S, involving an annual rate of expenditure of SD, ,133,- SIS: 1913 special office routes, 1S2 steamboat routes, 2.GGS railroad routes (annual expense $:}3, t24, 1S2:) 22S rail- way post office car routes (annual eN- penSe S4,3G9,0 ,0OO0 S.G03 railway post office clerks (annual expenditure SS,- 946, ,424D 1,19O mail messenger routes, 22O wagon routes Gin citieS); 2SI elec- tric and cable car routes: five pneu- matic tube routes (annual expenditure S222. 2GG). Necessary and special ia cilities on trunk lines of railroads in volved an annual rate of expenditure of S195. 123 and mail equipments cost S325,II4 The routes of all kinds in the domestic mail service cover over half q million miles ill length and the miles travelled over them per annuIn was 419,20J. An average of almost nine trips a week on each route was maintained throughout the country. Mir Shallenberger refers to the steps taken looking to stopping speculative bidding for mail contracts and announces that the new policy of awarding all new contracts only to persons living on or contiguous to the routes involved has worked satis- factOrily- Latter mail for the interior of Alaska was carried last winter by service that was reasonably well performed. For the coming winter the arrangements double the frequency Of dispatches for points supplied by var- ous overland routes. Mails will be carried by reindeer this winter from Eaton to KotZebue, q point north of the Arctic circle. Plans for various overland routes are announced and the necessity emphasized of cO-opera- tion with the war department in open ing an all-American military and post road from Valdez to the upper EoukOn.
 The service in Porto Rico, Hawaii and the temporary military postal ser vice in China are touched on briefly. The special and general weighing of the mail throughout the United States. whose results were announced last February. showed the railroads car ried S6 per cent of the total mail mat ter. The pneumatic tube service in- vestigation. it is stated. has developed valuable information and the report will be submitted to Congress soon after it conveneS. Pending that CS- inmates for continuance and exten- sions of existing service are withheld. The electric cars have been found most advantageous means of providing expeditions mail transportation. es- pecially for suburban towns and in many cities saves the establishment of wagon service.
 In the railway mail service matter toll illegibly or improperly addressed to permit delivery amounted to H. f1T.2S4 pieces, an increase of over H. COG
 No estimate is submitted at this time for pneumatic tube service or for special facilities on trunk lines.
 The total estimate for all mail trans portation for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1902. is SG1 .43O. .249, being S2.- 1.SG10 or 3.G4 per cent more than the current appropriation.
 The estimates in detail are:
 Star service including special offices, S5.580, GOO: steamboat service. S5S6. .000; railroad transportation. S34. TOO, ,000: railway Dostoffice cars S4.S16.00O: rail way postoffice clerks. S1O37S. 149: mail messenger service S1 OBS. .O00: electric and cable car service S5O0.00 wagon service in cities. $S0O.0O0: mail equip ments. S326,50O: miscellaneous items. S1.000. Total inland service. 5S,72G.- 249: foreign mail transportation. S2,- 5i9. GOO: balances due foreign countries. S155,OOC