New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-12
NIATL TRANSPORTATION

On June 50, 1904, the total number Of domestic
miles, and the annual travel 6055S5 526 miles Com
jerrft 49, ~ q IN ',nfIas INT an Increase in
annual travel Of I23a ,iG6 miles The annual rate
last fiscal year 1878 429 S. an increase of S4
~ the close OF the last fiscal year there were
1913 star routes, the length Of which 23S.392
miles he ANNUAL travel n9l8L464 miles and the
on June 50 there were % steamboat routes, the
total length q which was 1887 miles with an an
nuai travel OF 5esI62 miles costing $718,607 81 per
allIl. ComgareG with the previous year this YES
miles in annual travel and SIS So 50 IN annual
il last year FOR the Of four years beginning
July ]. 1904. the annual cost under the con-
On June 80 1904. there were 3,c08 railroad routes
Sl6 9 Der annunl The increase in length OF routes
IN annual e$Dendifure s. 56s,S5 2
There were in operation or June 80 last al electric
and cable routes, with total length Of 4, $40
miles, annual travel OF 95l592O miles, and cost
vs. 6 per aiai me, 1e q9a e $50 III teng1d d
IN annual expenditure $ao,320l7
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE
On June 30 100 there weg re LIS is lines Of travel
number Of employees in the service II, 81; the
anna. distance travelled by clerks in cars and
boats z504. IL miles To accomplish this 4I75 cars
and apartments We're used on steam roads. besides
lie railway mail service, and IS apartments on
sleamboat lines Il is estimated that these clerks
hsrusl 1872 so $50 pieces Of ordinary mail and
855s,-5i packages and cases Of registered mail.
ported Indicate but one error for every llSl pieces
correctly distributed
n which either clerks o. mails. both were in
J-Te1- There were killed Is clerks. substitutes,
ma. W=--I-T. and there 30 clerks seriously
End 34s slightly injured. Congress made provision
II The as- rf.~ee APPROXIMATION acts for the nav
meLt OF 81 10 the legal representatives OF any
rsii"ay postal clerk killed while on duty, who,
year tHereatter as the result Of such injury The
AS appropriation for the current year extended
tas provision TO the legal representatives, of sub
Suite railway postal clerks as well ana PROVIDED
.tsTlaer that such payments shall be exempt from
tne payment Of debts Of the deceased.
INVESTIGATION has been made as to the latest and
Is c1nstl4erion Of railway cars for the purpose
OF CeL-EE.r-.g whether improvements could be
194te OYER those now IL use in the postal service
So I4s ana IaDor nave oeen aeVoIed 10 t bls5
s..2-l curing the last year some or me pest
master builders Of the country, including ex-
IT'S On car Construction not connected with rail-
sT7-sO 2Lh tLl-eS nave neth consulted ms re-
I'll IN t-e adoption Of new plans and speclhca-
Rl3ch shall hereafter be placed in the service,
nAl,h II IS believed VIII embody the greatest ele-
nents % strength and safety known TO modern
question of using cars CONSTRUCTED entirely Of steel
oIe is expected that or more VIII ne place71
80, - NE service for the purpose OF making practlca
%1w and Improved service on lines Of full rail
@ay pos'al cars CT apartment cars was apPea , 70
over sixteen thousand miles Of this total was sup
- aiartI:"Ht car lines, wGlch N d geheaaI
~ li'~-t Inc !5troductlon OF ulslf5DuLoI. 81
NC oy r. erks on the cars in supercedqre or the
Fssi'n n dispatching mails by closed pouches
- railway postal cars have displaced apar tn1enI
Ssrs on more than twelve thousand miles Ten
teen Improved by additional lines Of such cars
niaftn.rrt car service 70 the extent Of six thou
80 miles has been established 10 supplement the
Ey5endltures on account Of the railway mail SER
yea. amounted 20 So .549 T. This does not in
s-ea sru1eusation 70 railroads for transportation
tar ~aI'1ay postal cars The number Of officials
''o clerks was ll.44i
FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE.
Tic ner cost Of the foreign mail service last year
There were no extensions Of the ocean mail con-