The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-13
'R0WIH Of THE
RURAL ROUTES
AL HANDLED FISCAL YEAR
ENDED LAST JUNE sc PER
CENT OVER 1905.
IMMEDIATE ADVANTAGE
aiken Of Rural Delivery, for installa-
ton is Followed by increase
in Amount Handled,
Says Report.

Washington, Jan 12.-An increase
9G per cent in the amount of mail
andled by rural delivery routes dur
~ the fiscal year ended June 30th,
.st, over the fiscal years 1905, is
hown in the annual report of Fourth
ssistant Postmaster General p. v
Segraw, which was transmitted to
lay to the postmaster general. De
lraw says that the installation OF
he rural delivery, as rule, has been
bllowed by an increase in the amount
Ii mail delivered and collected with
b the territories respectively GOV.
|red by that service"
During the last fiscal year the total
Expenditures on tht rrral free deliv-
Try was s35,GG1,034, an increase over
he previous year of s1,289,095. The
|evenue derived from dead mail mat
Ter for the year amounted to s29,23i.
Che report says in part:
Growth of the Service.
The number Of petitions for rural
delivery service filed during the past
iscal year aggregated 1876. a de-
,rease of GSS from the previous year.
If the petitions filed 2,10S have been
for investigation, and 36l
ire still under consideration.
On June 80, 1909. the service was
n operation on 4062S routes, and 40
1919 carriers We're employed, On 667
'outes the service was tri-weekly, an
Increase of 5 as compared with the
previous year,
During the year Lbs new routes
we're established; routes discon-
inued prior thereto were reestab-
ished; and 6S routes were discon.
inued leaving the net increase in
he number of routes in operation
L,351 The number of new routes es-
ablished is 257 less than were estab-
ished during the previous fiscal year.
During the earlier years this in.
,rease was gradual, as a whole In
,rder to ascertain the percentage of
nail carried on rural-deliyery routes,
/. count was kept during the months
VI March. April and May. and taken
Is a basis Of conservative calculation,
which showed that rural carriers
the United States han
lied during the fiscal year ended June
10, 1899, the enormous bulk of 2,723.-
$4,000 pieces. During the four years
June so, 1905, the number
# routes advanced "a per cent. but
he increase in the amount of mail
delivered was 81 per cent, and mail
collected 15l per cent. or an increase
If 96 per cnt In the whole amount
There was an increase of
~ per cent in the number OF money
riders issued. and 81 per cent in
4 OfAoC III htt IINtlFbti vi iEttEfS tt3S -
cred. In 1905 the average number of
'ieces of mail handled per route per
month was $500 Based upon the
.ount kept Juring March. April, and
Day. mentioned, the average nuraber
" pieces now handled per month is
.600--the largest in the history OF
he service. Another significant fact
s that on only AIT. or SO per cent,
II the rural routes was the quantity
VI mail handled less han 1900 pieces
'er qrarer, which is considered a fair
Iyerage for standard route.
Additional evidence OF the increase
n the amount Of mail passing througa
ural delivery is furnished in the fact
bat 992 routes handled 25,909 or more
'ieces of mail during the three
months ended June so. 1907, ami 3.232
outes $4,000 or more during the three
months ended May 81. 1909.
In 1907 twenty-seven routes han.
llei more than 5000 pieces of mail
turing the quarter ended May 81. On
hirty-fve OF these routes the value OF
he STAMPS on mail collected for the
'eriod indicated exceeded 5000. On
wenty-four routes this item exceeded
be carriers salary.