The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-01
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW BIG GAIN
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corresponding healthy Increase in the
business activity of the city. Postal
receipts are the surest business pulse
III business is slow. postal revenues
fall off. whereas. II Richmond mer-
chants are doing brisk trade. our re-
ceipts increase.
| Some of the additional business OF
our Office is due to the parcel most
| OF course but ii must be remembered
that great deal of the matter which
is now sent by parcel post was for
merly handled through the mails as
fourth class matter. Thus the insti-
tuition OF the parcel post would have
depleted our revenue had not the vol
ume OF fourth-class matter increased
with the new class Of POSTAGE"
/ Big Gain Over 1907.
| Since the fiscal year 1907 the rev.
enues of the Richmond post office have
increased S3l2.2l9.T2 annually From
Cashier Melons report it is shown
that in 1907 the total receipts OF the
local office were s5l5,6962S in 1905.
S539,952.13: in 1909. s5s5.31511; in 1910.
S636.2ol.S2: in 1911. s6S927S; in 1912
S17e,9l6; in 1913, sS27.9ls (approxi-
mately). IT will be seen from these
figures that the period of greatest in
crease was the fiscal year of 1912
when the receipts OF the Richmond
post office jumped 100000 in twelve
months. This was regarded as abnor-
NAL.
AS against total earnings Of sso7.
?l6. the running expenses OF the Office
Tor the year ending Yesterday were
Sl'Spo,39'. figuring salaries exclusively.
In considering this estimate of opcrat-
ing expenses ii must be noticed that
the Richmond office pays tho salaries
of all the rural letter carriers in the
NJ iri
that the actual expenses Of the local
Office are far less than the report in
dicates. Subtracting the sl.0So.oOO paid
by Cashier Melton in salaries to the
l.oSo rural letter carriers in the State
the running expenses of the Richmond
| post office are then S225.395.
In 1907 there were $50 rural letter
carriers in the state paid off by the
! Richmond office. drawing salaries of
! S5ol ,59l SO. In that year the operating
expenses OF the Richmond Office were
S7a,o9?.62. with total receipts Of s5l5.-
I Richmond post-ofiice were as follows
| eighty seven clerks. salaries $69,-
! 75S.l5; one laborer. 500: sevcnty-two
carriers, s690S6.07; thirty-fve railway
postal clerks, s35. 56S Sc; eight special
delivery boys. s3.976.6O $50 rural let
ter carriers. S60l,59l.36. In 1913 the
force consists OF: l2i clerks. salaries,
$4,000: four laborcrs. 1870: eighty
six carriers. s97. 500: nfty-three railway
clerks. $4,000: fourteen. $5.l25; 1850
rural letter carriers, S1,0So,o00.
clearinghouse for state.
BY order from the department in
| Washington. the Richmond post office
acts as clearing house for the postal
receipts of all the post offices in Vir-
einia. After dcducting all operating
expenses except salaries OF rural car
| ricrs, first and second class post Offices
I m. L. 3 ,
Cashier Melton, and fourth class offices
remit quarterly. In this way. the local
office handled 100000 of postal re-
ceipts last year, which were forwarded
from other Virginia post-oftices. This
sum is used in paying off the rural
letter carriers. Cashier Melons
monthly pay roll for rural carriers
| totals up SSS.000
| Some idea of the increase OF bust
ness in the registry and money order
! divisions can be gained from the fol-
| lowing comparative statements of
business done in 1907 and 1913: In
! 1913 the Richmond Office registered
S5,555 pieces of mail matter. more by
1850 than were registered in 1907; re-
ceived for delivery l25,449 pieces 81
! $40 more than In 1907. and handled in
! transit so,o0l pieces. which was more
/ by 1893 than was handled in 1907.
! In the money order division, the
! orders In 1908. as against 1887 in
] 1907; 1860 international orders. as
! against Elsa; paid 40o437 domestic
! orders. as against 1854. and paid
ie4 International orders as against oo5.
No More Parcel stamps.
I Figures of the business done by the
/ parcel post class of mail are hard TO
collect, but Cashier Melton estimates
! that the monthly receipts from the
nj 4
mates $500 at the Richmond office
/. at this time 1t is estimated that
about $4,000 of this business was for
merly sent as fourth class matter. so
that the institution OF the parcel post
has brought the Richmond post ice
only about $1,000 a month of business.
which formerly was done through the
express companies
Following the broad policy of IA
! cilitating the use Of the parcel post
and removing restrictions as rapidly
. as possible, the Post office Department
in WASHINGTON has issued orders that
beginning to-day. the distinctive par
Gel post stamp will no longer be nee
essary on matter sent by this class
Parcels may now be sent by parcel
post bearing the ordinary stamp af-
fixed to letters. The department an
nounccd that as soon as the present
supply OF parcel post stamps Is OK
hausted, no more will be printed and
the sale of parcel posts stamps will
be discontinued. The orders is a fol
lows:
On and after July /. 1913. ordinary
postage stamps. including commemor-
alive issues, shall be valid for post
age and for insurance and collect on
delivery fees on fourth class mail
and distinctive parcel post stamps
shall be valid for all purposes for
which ordinary stamps are valid The
regular issue of due stamps and dis
tinctive parcel post stamps shall bt
valid for the collection of unpaid ana
short paid postage on all classes OF
mail"