The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-14
NEARLY 400 RtR CENT GAIN
WITHIN tO-YEAR PERIOD
GuihTIe The DGpOsItIng Point
Tor Over 1,4OO POstOtIIces
In Oklahoma

The local postoItce continues to
show a remarkable increase in re-
Oeipts, the gain during the past year
being $4,000
For the period from Jan /, to De-.
81, 1910. the local receipts were S72..
500. 1t is not thought the removal
OF the state Offices to Oklahoma city
Will cause any material decrease in
receipts during the coming year, as
the stamps and envelopes purchased
By these offices figure only small
amount when compared with the to-
tai local receipts.
During the last ten years the re-
ceipts Of this office have increased
TO remarkable extent.
Increase During Ten Years
In 1900 the Office had reached
total of $20,22S.45. This amount,
when compared with $7250O for the
past year. will convince the most
skeptical that the town l. steadily
advancing and is destined to be
city of great size and one OF the i'm
rortant large Offices of the Southwest
A few figures taken from the last
quarterly report OF this Office to the
auditor for the postofiice department
will be interesting reading trne Of no
other Office in oklahoma The vol
ume Of business done as is passed
through the local office every three
months.
During the period from Oct /, to
Dee. 81. 1910. there was remitted 10
the Guthrie Office from all postofiices
in the state the sum of $6540230i.
This amount represents the depos-
its from over 400 postoffices in the
state all Of them remitting their funds
to this Office for credit
All rural route carriers in Oklaho-
ma receive their salaries by cleck
issued monthly at the Guthrie office.
The following statistics may be of in
terest in this connection
Rural Route statistics Of six States
Kansas Routes l,772; average
length 2709 mileage 4S,003; popula-
tion served 1860; annual cost ST.
G34.S99
Missouri Routes 2,O55; average
length 23.57 mileage 4S,003; popula-
ton served S32,275; annual cost ST.
S55,915.
oklahoma Routes 92S; ayerago
length 1858; mileage 24954; popula.
tion served 375,740 annual cost $S6l-
1873.
lowa-Routes 2,423; agerave length
24.9S; mileage 6O,526; population
served 9S1,315; annual cost $2,229,-
752.
Nebraska Routes 1929 average
length 2G59; mileage 27,3Gl; popula-
tion served 4l6,745; annual cost
$947506
Arkansas - Routes 800; average
length 23.29; mileage $500; popula
tion served 1896; annual cost
$32793S
Routes S,57G mileage 2l7,-
$50. population served 3,373,lSO. an
nual cost $7S57,749.
Total Statistics for United States
Routes 41,127; carriers i1,04l. ny
erage length 241S, mileage 994,45o:
population 1G,G5G,435; annual cost
ST. 1864 GAS.
1t will be noted from the figures
above that there are In Oklahoma MS
rural carriers who last year received
1851, 1888 This item alone represents
a great deal of labor in keeping prop
err records and issuing and mailing
checks to these carriers each month.
Approximately 1900 checks wei a
issued to these carriers during 1910,
and the local Office is to be praised
for the work done alone this line.
During the past three months the
Office reports show a total business
of .4S1140.64 every cent of which
has been accounted for and balance
RENTED to the assistant treasurer of
the United States at st. Louis, Mo-,
and the total expense of the Office
during this time was only about sl0.-
GOO so that it will be seen that TINS
Office is one that is showing great
increase to the department instead
of the decrease as is sometimes the
case.