The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-28
MANY MORE MONEY ORDERS
Great Increase in the Amount of For
eign Money Orders Bought During
Year Makes Year Record Break
ing One.


the report shows that the business was
the largest ever done in the history of
the office. The receipts for the year
from the sale of postage stamps and
post cards reached the high total of
$61 ,251.34. The report covers the fiscal
year of the office ending on June 30th.
The business at the office has increased
over the former year by a total Of
more than $4,000 and in two years it
has increased more than twenty per
cent. The report is a decidedly graft
flying one to the postmaster and his
assistants as it establishes the Ken
osha Office firmly in the list of first
class postoflices. The receipts for the
various quarters were as follows; First
quarter, $13,886; second quarter, $780,
1851; third quarter, $15,669.49 and
fourth quarter, $15,417,28.
During the year the Kenosha Office
has been a particularly profitable one
for the postoffce department as the
cost of the maintenance of the office
was less than forty per cent of the
amount received from the sale of
stamps and the remainder Of the re-
ceipts have been deposited with the de-
partment at Milwaukee.
-Four of the manufacturing concerns
are now taking advantage of the no
stamp" third class rate the list in
Guiding The Simmons Manufacturing
Company, The Thomas B. Jeffery Com
pany, The Badger Brass Manufacture
ing Company and the Cooper Under
wear Company The third class bust
ness of the office is increasing very
rapidly and it is expected that this
business will be nearly doubled when
the annual report is made next year.
While the postal receipts of the bust
ness have shown large increase during
the year the increase has not kept
pace with the increase in the money
order department of the office and the
receipts during the year have been over
a quarter million dollars. 1t is stated
that the receipts have averaged within
a few dollars of $4,000 weekly.
The report of this department of the
office shows that the foreign population
OF the city is still sending large sums
of money abroad and more than one
third of the total money orders issued
are issued to be paid at some foreign
port. The payment of foreign and do
nestle orders here is greatly below the
amount of orders issued. During the
week just closing the money order de
partment has issued more than $4, 400
worth of foreign money orders while
the amount of the domestic orders is
only little over $500 The clerks
at the Office state that a large amount
of the money sent out in domestic ord
ers goes to the big mail order houses
to Chicago and other cities.
Tt is thought that with the opening
of the postal banks that the amount of
the foreign money orders will show a
big falling off ON account of the fact
that many of the foreigners will be
willing to leave their money in the
postal banks rather than to send it to
some foreign country for deposit in
banks there.
1t is thought that the large profit
made by the government out of the To-
cal Office will aid materially in secur-
ing added help for the office as the
amount of business done indicates that
more help is needed for the office.
The report of the money order de-
partment. follows:
Cash balance June 30th,
1909 ..................$ 100000
To domestic money orders
written "..,............ 99,o38,97
To fees and domestic orders 76O.02
To International orders writ
ten Observation-Disclosures. 74951.45
40 fees on internationl mon
ey orders ....~....... 526.59
o amounts received from
stations and county post
offices for deposit ... 75,352.00
Total ................ $202, 63S. II
Disbursements.
To amounts paid domestic
NJ. 0. .............,$ $3.50. SO
To amounts paid foreign
NJ, o. ........ 4,65719
To amount sent to deposi
tory at Milwaukee, Wis. 186,28ZOO
To certificate of deposit not
returned .......... 2,292.00
70 cash balance June s0th,
1910 ,............... 2,o52.O7
Total ...........$ 252, 688.1 u
No Of domestic money orders
issued 11,769, average for
each order ............$ Sal