Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-27

The Texas business Mems Ass0eia
ton. aided b. Ssstaf au'fcriiica a.
Washington, has compiled Information
dealing with iha hnndiins ~ uitef
states mail ~ feynH
There IL no bmnrb ~ iht Govern
ment that - more einsely re.aied e. sac
psople and rsochcs $40 mary ~ Them .h
The Poatoffice Department Tho Texas
postofflcos are component part n
uncie Sans enormous mai diaifiD
utlng Institutions and study ~ their
inside worlxingn ~ both interfering ana
instructive.
There ara 1900 poatoff'ces 10 Texas
ana Of this number 9 ars first class.
gg second class. 3sS third ana 2i7i
fourth claHa 1hcas institutions ON
pioy s.G2O persons ana th'ir annual
payroll IL ts.oi5.0 900
Tho annimi rcceipla ~ he rraa4
poetuffices ~ approximately $1,000 600
while five years ago The agafcgaie ia-
come waa t5.sgs.oo0.
A Thousand New Jobs.
Tho present administration ~ until
luiy 81. 1914, had appointed $50 poet
masters IA Texas. films rcnrly one
hnif 81 the officea IN tho state. 90
this number siG were ~ offices filiesi
by presidential appointment and l0t
were fourth GLASS offices. - ven ia
the Texas poaimaetrfs mquif tntfn
selves that ~ er ~ par cent nf me
current administrator hHyc boen fo-
appointments OF tho aistocn firni
class poatoffices la Texas mIHIpiit-
inontn have only been made nt Austin.
Is,rt Worth. Galveston, Houston, rnf
81 and snn Antonio 10 date by this ad
mlnislmii0n rnriy ~ the 30 ncoond
pilas offices. gs0 ~ Tho ais third and
sQi u the 2.ill fourth class poatpffieeH
have been rcflllel.
The Dailaa postmaster h The highcHl
rllared postal official IN Texas his
arnnai compensation - $4,000. New
YORK. Chicago. phlladolphln. Boston
ana ~ Lpuin are the higheat paid
pos,muaierr u the United states and
cash rc,e iVoa tsqoo per year.
History OF Mail Delivery.
Texas Aeeimo a Ainte nv joint res
olutlon " conar'Tn December a9th
1886. and the nfs, POSTAL census was
token june aOth. islf Al that Tins
there wsrc IN puatoffioes 10 the state
The FIRST hnss,taut rcuto Ia rcsai
was eaiua,liuhol july lest. 1857, hctwee'
san Arinnio nnd San Diego, California
STA W. rua0 The uchcdHio requires
that CIV" contractor leave each terml
nua. on tho flmt day ~ enoh mauu
nnd arrive az she other tcrminun ol
the last day ~ tne month, Tho mai
was carried hy stage. overland, and ih
annual compensation wns tii0.Ano Srr
Nica w,a inauauraied between ~ lua
and " Fillmore, TcNRH, on July ?. 1861
Tut &c. l.ouin Mn, ara ~ Yuma, Cai
iroruia. were made tho terminals -
thla ronts ln September 1855, TeNn
neru.d another important poftu
route the one from ~ Louis Go sa
Fr.noisco. sherman and nj raso wor
the principal rcxas polnta on this line
40 total length wea s,2Oa miles ra'
way anil wan made twice each week d
foar nurse ooacllss. Tho schedule wa
10 DAYS aud tho contrnctofa' arnun
compensation VISA 100000.
Fira, PossAl Officials
Tho first Postmaster GENERAL Wa
ncnja,nln Franklin. Tho first super
intendcnt 81 mali sorvice in Texas wa
Daniel y Toor who Was appointed Inn
medlntcly following the Act II Ma
saith. isgs. to put tho new routes &
operation ana Hupcrinlond tho ma
service q TcNaa generally. About thi
time tho first contract w. carry mpu 2
and from Texas points hy steamer VA
lot An agreement VIA madc wit
charles Morgan 90 iranslor, the mast
from Galveston 60 New Orleans one
every ive dayn The Galveston AN
Now York were the first ships engage
in ,hir ws.rl, nnh the New York wa
the first ahip 10 he asak while earpin
Texas maii
Rural Routes.
I,ard FRO delivery waa first csiah
ilehod In the United stAtcs October an
1886. Three routes cat of Charleston
Went Virginia were established at mi
time The first rurl FREQ deliver
route 10 De- cstabl shed In Texas wis q
Fayetlc County between Fate and la
Grange. q distance ~ apprNimaiel
10 miles, II was inaugura,cd Aug
nsti. 1889. Henry cramer and w. q
Ellis were the first rural mail cartier
I'm Texas and a German farmer a. sai
so have received the flrst letter delis
cred. since that time 2.ote rural raule
have a,ren eatabllshcd Ia thln stat
and Tor the past five years TeaxaA IA
raj routes have increased az the rate q
one per week. t'rim Januerv lst, ist
70 July 81. 1914. thln recerd has bee
exc~cdci. tho total opened during mi
ported being ca
reerc ara eos. $50 patrons served 4
rural routes IN Texas and approxi
matcly opc-third o. our n.rm pnin,la
tion h rnached with regular free dc
livery mail service. Tho annual eos
of This service Is approximately So.
100000 Tho combined icnrth of Tn
rural routes OF Texaa il lsass an,
zoos curriers' travel is.s27.oi5 mile
annually deliyerirx mail in our rs,n,