The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-06-22
Is LARGEST DISTRICT
CHICAGO MAIL DLxvt1Y s1Hv-
ICE AuEAD OF ALL.
Has 1911 Nail Carriers VINO Xaks
Free Deliveries in l00 Square
Miles Of Territory-Is sec-
ond in Receipts.

Washington, ID. C.-Chicago is the
largest free delivery district in the
United States. Its 1871 letter carriers
cover 1872 square miles every day, and
deliver more mail from the Chicago
post Office aud It's branches than is de-
livered In any other city, except New
York city.
Illinois ranks fifth among the states
in the number of post offices having
free delivery service 66 towns In the
state having over 10000 inhabitants,
with $4,000 gross postal receipts, and
having their streets paved and houses
numbered. This equals the total num-
ber in the United States 80 years ago.
I These facts are brought out in an in
teersting report compiled by the su-
perintendent of city free delivery.
Taking the service by states, New
York heads the list with 100 free de-
livery post Offices Pennsylvania
comes next with "a, then Ohio with
73, Massachusetts with 20, Illinois
with 66, Indiana with 5S, New Jersey
with 90. Michigan with So, and Iowa
with 45. The total number of city
free delivery Offices on January l,
1905, was 1,1O4. Bearing in mind what
are the requirements of free delivery,
this indicates how great has been the
development of the country .since the
service started in 1864, when there
were only &C cities complying with the
conditions.
New York with Brooklyn combined
has 1872 square miles of territory,
served by 2,6O4 carriers an increase
of 1913 since January 1904. Philsdel-
phia has exactly the same area as New
York and Brooklyn, but has fewer car
riers, 1.147, an increase OF 40 during
the past year. Boston has So square
miles and 957 carriers. an increase OF
49, Cincinnati has 65 square miles
and 3O1 carriers, very slight in
crease.
Baltimore has not increased its car
rier service, probably on account OF
the fire. 1t has 357 carriers, covering
an area of SO square miles. Washing
ton. or the District OF Columbia, once
kUOWtl do lut CITY vi iiuShiiNSh' N'S
tances," still has 49 square miles OF
territory, served by 259 carriers. This
is only four square miles less than
New Orleans, which city gets along
with only 125 carriers. 1t has great.
er area than Indianapolis, which has
81 square miles and III carriers, and
greater than Minneapolis, 3s square
miles, 1876 carriers, than st. Paul. a
square miles, 143 carriers, or than
Buffalo, AZ square miles, 246 carriers
Wichita, Kan, has almost freak
service Of 43 square miles and onl,
% carriers, but its postal receipts
measure up we'll, amounting to $11O,'
BOG, making the percentage OF cost OF
free delivery 1894.
Pennsylvania, the birthplace OF oul
postal system, has the distinction o
having the two costliest free de-
livery offices-Nanticoke, with foul
carriers, whose pay amounts to 55.l'
per cent of the gross receipts, ant
| Plymouth, with six carriers, costint
54.13 per cent. OF the gross receipts
Each of these cities acquired the fre'
delivery service by reason OF q popu
lation. according to the last census, o
10 900 or upward. The gross postal re
ceipts in both cases fall far below tn
$4,000 mark.
Michigan has both the cheapest an
one of the costliest services, Marshal
costing 341 per cent. and Calume
costing 40 per cent Camden and Au
gusta, Me-, have each inexpensiv
service, the former costing 35l pc
cent. and the latter 5.44 per cent.