Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-30
Years Work Outlined.

With grateful acknowledgment of the
loyalty and services of his force and the
announcement that the work of his
bureau is up to date, Mr.. De Graw opens
his report 1t tells of the consolidation
of rural mail and star contract services
i, and the operations of the former, Of the
economies eff. cted in the division of post
Office supplies, of the administration OF
the affairs of the dead letter Office, with
an increase of J1tOl0 letters and parcels
to handle at d cost of less than $500
for the previous year; of the work OF
the division of topography in collecting.
compiling and publishing geographical
information required by the service, and
closes with a summary of recommends
lions, including merger of the approprl-
atoms for rural and star route services.
legislation for the establishment of
limited parcel-post service on rural
routes, legislation for extending to rural
carriers and other employees of the serv-
ice the benefit OF the provision made for
The families of railway postal clerks
killed on duty. or who die the result
uf injuries contracted in the service; for
a nominal charge for the return to
Senders of matter from the dead letter
office, and other matters. some of them
of minor Importance, pertaining to the
details of the service.
GTedt Saving 6ueCtcu
The report recites that $40 new rural
delivery routes were established during the
Year; 1859 post offices discontinued as
the result of the establishment of rural
service. with saving of $S,10o.262 effect
ed in postmasters' salaries. The cost Of
the star route service discontinued
amounted to s1S.3O7 1o6.4S making the
total saving s26.40s. 3sS.4s. OF the 40,s97
rural carriers employed during the year
.2s were dismissed for cause and 4.03o
resigned. nearly so per cent more than
during the previous year.
Letters Returned to Senders.
There were 1O.o95,71S letters and par
cells opened in the dead letter Office dur
ing the year to ascertain the names and
addresses of their senders. and, as a re-
suit. 4.SS9.740. which contained inside the
envelope the information that should
a'sO have been on the outside. were de-
fivered. There were 12,545,133 pieces OF
mail matter handled in the dead letter
office during the year. and the report
adds the work was I'D to date when the
year closed. Unclaimed foreign letters
and parcels to the number of c22,72O rep
resent the increase in that class OF mail
handled during the year as compared with
the previous year. There were 13.1Ol
letters that contained money amounting
TO SCI 3O3. IS. The revenues derived from
dead mail matter. including postage
stamps removed from letters and found
loose in the mails. amounted to $'6, O992 "a.
There were. besides, the usual post
route maps. 222.1OO special diagrams of
states made and printed for the railway
mail service. There are now, the report
states. Al maps OF counties completely
covered by rural delivery service. and
the total number of rural maps printed
during the year was 1890. The public
bought during the year. 2.313 post route
maps. and rural delivery maps Of 1o9
local centers and ninety-five completed
counties increasing the revenues of the
department $2,54O.6O in addition to $297-6O
for go maps furnished other executive
departments