The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
GIVES DEPARTMENT $50, 900
Big Increase Shown in Every Quarter
of Business for the Year and $4,000
Increase Expected for Coming Year
All Departments Advance.

The Kenosha post office has passed
the hundred thousand mark for the re
port carried to Washington today by
inspectors which have just completed
the inspection of the office, showed that
the postal receipts for the calendar
year amounted to $102, 1864. This
was an increase of more. than seven
thousand dollars over the receipts of
the office for the former year. In the
last two quarters the postal receipts
of the Office have been jumping at a
rapid rate and the inspector declared
today that he expected the Office at the
end of the next. calendar year to show
an increase of not less than $4,000
over the year just closed.
81 am glad to say that the post of
fee in Kenosha has a clean bill of
health,'' was the declaration of the
Inspector. SIN fact few offices in the
territory have shown as good an adj
vance in business and none of them
have a better accounting with the gov
eminent for all fnacial transactions.
The increase is not only along the line
of postal receipts, but every depart
ment Of the business shows an advance.
There is an increase of twenty-five per
cent in the earnings Of the domestic
money order department and while the
international orders have been very
largely cut off on account of war trou-
bles, still the receipts for this depart
ment in the local office show an increase.
You can rest assured that we are send
ing in the strongest possible recommen-
dation for the addition to the Kenosha
post office. Our suggestion is that the
Evanston plan be followed and that
provision be made for the building just
as soon as possible. I wish that we
could make provision for this addition
tomorrow as the Kenosha Office needs it
and what more, it is entitled TO it. =
A study of the figures of the annual
report shows that the Kenosha Office
was decidedlyly profitable for the de-
partment. Out of the $102,536.34 TAX
en- in, more than 100000 was turned
over to the postmaster at Milwaukee to
90 into the general funds of the de-
apartment as profit at the Kenosha of
flee. Actual expenditures in Kenosha
were $4S,768.16, but of this amount
something over $4,000 went for the
maintenance Of the railway mail serv-
ice and this is not properly chargeable
as an expense against the Kenosha of
fee Tt is expected that the report of
the Kenosha office with receipts Of
over the hundred thousand mark will
make this Office the fourth Office in the
state with Milwaukee, Racine, Superior
and Oshkosh showing larger receipts.
Comparative reports of the business
of the Offices are no longer given out
by the department,
The reports Of the inspectors are ex-
ceedingly pleasing to Postmaster Cor
man. Tt is the first full inspection of
the business of the Office to be made
since he became postmaster and the
report will probably be framed and
hung in his private office as it reads
like a "reWard Of merit
The inspectors making the examina-
| ton here have nothing to give out in
regard to the proposed addition, but it
is certain that the showing of the
| office and the strong recommendation of
| the inspectors will go a long way
toward having the government take
early action in this matter
|