The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
RUN AT A PROFIT
SAVANNAH POSTOFFICE MAKES
MONEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR.
THE OFFICE WAS NEARLY A HUN
DRIED THOUSAND TO THE GOOD.

Sources, for the Fiscal Year End
ing June 30, 1901, Were $2O4,-
244.30-Of This Amount 50,S36.53
Comes From Receipts From POST
Office Tributary to Savannah,
While the Expenses of the snvan-
nah Office Amount to $45, 16S.33.
Excess of Actual Receipts Over
Expenditures is sos, 239.53.
The total receipts Of the Savannah
postoffice for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1901, amounted to $204, 244.S9.
OF this amount, however, $59,SS6.53 was
received from postoffices in the Savan-
nah district and cannot be strictly con-
sidered a part of the postal funds of
the office here.
Deducting this amount, however,
from the total. leaves a balance of
$3.50, O76.53, which represents the actual
receipts of the Office from all sources.
The expenses of carrying on the Of
flee for the fiscal year were $45,16S.33,
leaving profit of $99.2S9.53 to the credit
of the Office on the operations for the
year. 1t is a good showing for Post
master OOyle, ASSlSLdnI GOSliudSSSA
Waring and the office force.
The figures which show how large
has been the volume of business of
the Office have just been compiled from
the official records, and the result is
most gratifying. The volume of bust
ness is larger by several thousand dol
lars than it was for the preceding us
cal year, which in turn was larger than
ata1. cd
though that was the year in which the
Seventh Army Corps lay encamped and
finally was mustered out near Savan-
nah.
The receipts for each quarter of the
year, from all sources, were as fol-
lows:
Bird quarter 1900. S 47,552 So
4th quarter, 1900 :. ST. 135 %
LIST quarter, 1901 :. 53245 40
End quarter, 1901 51,S10 S9-$2O4,244 81
From which take
Receipts from 9TH
er postofflces IS $685. 81
Expenses of Savan-
nah office ....... 1873 Ss-s1O5. OO4 Sc
Actual profit for
the fiscal year ..............$ 1888 53
1t shows that the Savannah postofflce
is a profitable investment for Uncle
Sam. In a single year it cleared nearly
a hundred thousand dollars, and this
amount of money was turned into the
department, after the payment of all
expenses.
The registry department of the Sa-
vannah postoffice, as of other offices
throughout the country, shows a
steady increase in the volume of its
business and in the number of letters
and parcels handled. The following ia
bic shows the registry business of the
Savannah office for the fiscal year:
Letters registered with fee paid. II, 131
Parcels registered with fee paid. 2,577
Registered letters received for de-
livery .................. S7,164
Registered parcels received for
delivery ..................... 1896
Registered letters and parcels re-
ceived for distribution. ....... AL
Registered packages received
with matter for city delivery. 36.942
Registered packages received
in transit ........................ 81, OILS
Registered package envelopes
made up and dispatched. -. 10, OBS
inner sacks received. ........... $3.50
Through registered pouches and
inner sacks made up and dis
patched .................... 1891
Through registered pouches and
inner sacks received in transit /
Official letters and parcels reg
istered free .................. GAL
Total number of registered ar
| ticles handled 80. 1885, S94
The new sub-stations recently estab-
lished have all been doing a good bust
ness and have proven of great convent
| ence and utility to the people of the
sections of the city in which they are
| located These were established at the
| drug stores of w. A. Bishop, Hall and
Habersham streets; w. A. Pigman,
| Sims and West Broad streets; S. p.
Brazell, Bull and Thirtyninth streets,
and John H. Read, Jones and Aber-
| corn streets.
With the old sub-stations, those at
the drug stores of st. J. r. Yonge, Duff
| fly and Whitaker streets, and r. A.
Rowlinski, Broughton and Drayton
| streets, the city is now quite literally
provided with these convenient aids to
the transaction of postal business. At
| any of them anything can be done,
| from mailing a letter and having ii reg
istered to securing a money order,
| which can be done at the main Of