The Washington times., 1905-01-23
POSTAL REVENUES
GROWING LOCALLY
Increase Last Year Record
ed During Eleven Months.
A MILLION-D0LLAR OFFICE
Marked Advance Indicates Prosperity
of Washington-Figures From
Other Cities.
A MILLION-DOLLAR OFFICE

most accurate thermometer of the
prosperity and business growth of
city Is the postal receipts of the city
poStoffice.
This criterion seldom fails to indicate
the true condition of the pocketbooks
of the city people.
OF course, where the increase or de-
crease in postal receipts is small, lit
tie can be said one way or the other
But where there IS, a marked change,
business men can always tell exactly
the state of affairs by the report Of the
postma ster.
According to this standpoint, then.
last year was one of the most prosper
ous IL the history OF Washington Never
before have the receipts Of the post
office made such gigantic strides upward
as in the calendar year 1904.
In every month but one, the receipts
during 1904 showed a marked increase
over the receipts for the corresponding
month in 1903. and in the month in ques-
ton the receipts were greater than in
1902.
Million Dollar Office.
The monthly reports in the office of
the Third Assistant Postmaster Gener-
tai sales in the Washington City Post
office for the year 1904 amounted to
s1.0o1, ,957-46, placing Washington among
the million-dollar offices of the country
The receipts for the year 1903 amount
ed TO 500, 722.37, thus showing an in
crease for the past year of s91, 22335 .09, or
an average monthly increase of 81, SOP. "a
The average monthly receipts for the
year was $50, SIS. while the average
fHr
postal cards Were sold in the month of
December than any other month, but
this was due, of course. to the large
amount of Christmas mail out from
Washington
The receipts during December amount
: ed To- s312,l6df9: For the same month a
year ago the figures Were SOS. .120. IS, or
an increase IN favor of the twelfth
month of last year of s9,045.42.
In the month of July the receipts
reached d the lowest ebb, and registered
at So, 2l5. .3 Even this was better than
july, 1909, when the receipts amounted
to S62.9131 10. The receipts for October,
1904, Were barely ahead of the figures
Ter the same month in the year before.
the figures being $50. 1850 against
SSG. G.BSi.S2, or n small increase of SSH. 81.
The receipts for April, 1904, showed a
1853. the figures being $50, 77551 u against
sl4,496-0s, or an increase of s16, 6,275.e3.
Advances Elsewhere.
Washington was one of the few large
cities which showed a persistent increase
during every month of the year. Many
OF the cities showed decreases in some
months, particularly Buffalo, y. Y
which is rated as wealthier office than
Washington.
HOWEVER, there is a splendid increase
in the receipts of Fostofiees all over the
Country, taken as a whole The total
receipts fer the fifty large cites for the
calendar year amounted to ssG. .7SS, SIS. "a
as compared with S54, ,225ST5.72 showing
al increase of s.. .5622, ESQ - for the year.
The figures Ter the smaller cities
throughout the country have not yet
been received, but unofficial figures shoyY
that they also viii report large in
creases. This viii mean that hundreds
Of poStmasters viii receive Increased
: salaries " lEenT the auditing takes place
!. This spring.