The sun., 1900-11-14
THE PHILIPPINE MAILS.
,.>yTED STATES POST OFFICE sh"
VICE Successful.
director yailie Tells OF Progre" I'M" MS
I,ren Made-Siore Than sch.suppof',"s
success Largely Due to the Co-oprrauon
N, the NiIitary-New quarters Desireu'

s... r,oeI, Due TO the Cooperation
n, tho Nilitary-New quarters Desired
W,suryaroN, Nov 10 Tile annual report
Of director Of Philippine Posts NaiHe' mace W
the po,t'Hastsr-ticneral. says:
III il very gratifying to state positively that
IN. YEARS work has been very satisfactory.
not alone u tie patrons Of tue service gen
erally in tie army and navy ana In clNii me-
~ veig.t {, O. Gc attached to compliments
and the absence of conn laints, but a. Well
10 u,,-.t because tie close Of the year uhds
IN, s.r,is with II handsome surplus TO lts
o,o5it ,or the second time IN its life OF twenty
tour ,noutl4 The seryi g has paid for itself
and r. {, res lii has been accomplished without
.arrilcIng efficiency to false economy.
Air Naills says decided progress has been
mad. in opening Offices and arrangements
vsre made Ior the opening of amy Poet Onices.
The success and economical administration
of the service L. largely attributed to the CO.
oreratlon q Gems. OTIS and Macarthur.
Tie thirty-seyen military offices were operated
without eXleu-e 10 tho postal service and gave
n.l7s In r.serue Had regular pustal em-
tloy.e. been stat.ored IN tucsc Offices the eA-
pet.sv fer salaries alone would have been s5l.-
500 year. In 10 pros nee 81 Iai sdsiHh.
whore native maI s'ry,e was tried With natl' o
carriers, G3i Official TO lls3 PAID letters were
handled 10 ana from DuSupgh, Tie central
On "a during tie last quarter II the year. The
raj rort gars Tat tie establ shTeUt OF system
Of Post Dflccs suo.i ~ IL IN tue states would
involve enormous eNpense " til very mall re-
..lts although some scrNico must be estap-
ilshcd over the main routes Cf travel IL Is
inadyis able at the lrcscIt time to take steI =
Tor a sue al lesuc of Philippine staiups, Rail-
way mail ser, Ice Is operated n tie only rail-
road line, and twenty-five news spalcTS maga-
zines and Periodicals have been entered az
second las matter.
lie recommends new quarters for the Post
OfIiCe.
Following our occupation Of Manila" the
report avs. Il rices ~ even thing increased
Even the numbers on the houses have been
raised In renumberus the street, by American
met Iod,.
The letter carrier service is an eresore and
must continue so until native carriers can be
ssprsi who cen reid Elglish and d -lngulsh
one white man from another During the ear
81 734 money orders were Issued FOR sl,b2e9o.
on which the tee3 amounted T. sj.e2' The
revenues from oil sources since May /. 1850,
have been Sli7 s4s. and exuendlture5 s,?2o.
leaving surrius II sio.e?. The fee, from
revert 10 the service in the nIt,d States. Owing
70 tho -tlrns 4sat out 20 the soldiers from tie
Stl'as l1i the collection II postage % soldiers
le.te.I ON their dcly-rv the roceuts do not show
rhe actual amount of mail handled From
2? - a. per cent " tho letters de-ultched were
~ one ~ those clas'e-. Nr \allle saws the
time Il not rlra for civil service in the Islands.
IL the Government continues to operate the
telegraph lines he advises that the operators be
made rostmasters. 50 that proper salary can
no mid