KE8& (Pbarai. MATT***,) 





year IMS was less by 446 than the total number of 

 complaint* of the same character received during 



,rly II percent, h 



losse tfistered mail . 



was 485 U- than ti.~ 

 mined during the previous year, or a decree*- 





 department -I,..* that the employees of the postal 



MTU,, ba. .- v. . ! j mj*\ 



ihr lat fUa: 

 .considered. !,. of l ( 4eca ' 



he numlier of pieces of mail maitrr 



diirn 







, , . . -. : -, 



or free. ThU hn a f 



:il an. I the IMttlU 



gradually lottefl -ur regiat 



arestillmainu 



run. h ..f ii,, iwetaf service 

 express oompanies throughout the o 

 pi,.r,,nt.-.. ItSamniti ... oa ..f IOB, 

 absorbing all this class of business, i 



Wtoae* Pi . . 



n,.-h..,,r> whi. h 



da. 



country, v 



gradually 

 which w.. 



by the Post Offlce Department, and to 

 those who have looked : -cents. 



clear that >. as arrived when we ought 



-le some such system as is here proposed, 

 whereby the people may have a guarat 

 safety of such matter as they confide to the charge 

 department, or mune measure of . 



f,-,- f,, r rrx'i-trnti.'ii f-r |.a.-kn^- MIP! l.-!t. PS, * . - : . 

 nn-i the registration depar n.- of the most 



|.r..iital.|.- onin.hr> of th,- service F-.r several 

 Tears past Postmasters-General have called the at- 

 he necessity of pro> 

 r losses incur- 

 persons who send regi*t> r thr. u- 



-ar 1809 (and the amount of !-> opon paek- 



ages is beinu' c.. t itMitmlly r.-.lu.-.-.l. it u 



'Government Dot m<>n- than f^A.OOO had 

 wepaiil$i v package that was lost. 



he Post Offlce Department is becoming more 

 xins day by day more car. f ul 

 in th * business; ami, as I have re- 



marked, the number of lost packages is increasing 

 ly year. We therefore have no ri^K 1 

 :ll ii.rn-a^-. Hut w 



pirtm. n: mir nx'i^t nit i.-n will iix-rt-ane to the extent 

 not merely of |35.000 a year, but $30.000 or 

 000 a year !u* amount at least one half 



be clear profit to tl 

 tneasure pasmd the House without 

 opposition, and wan taken up ami p>rl l*y the 

 Senate, Feb. 21 ivWoo, It was 



-H in t.-wi. 

 lagas, nn.loth.-r iiln.-.- wl 



follows: 



narlfj. fir.. That wJ lr* than 



90 persons who rw mail matter through 



the same post offlce shall petition the |nMtmatrr at 



to appoint one or more letter carriers 



>hall be at least sixteen yean of agr. for the 



re and other mail matter therefrom 



the 



purt 



Sttitabla Daaiber of letter aan^aM ftv iKi 

 aad H aball ba t^ir Arty to > m>an at teast^sWa' 



bsr of piaaas delivtred asXsoUseted by tWaiaZl 



8wc.lTbat at all places wb. 



i 



. 



thi a- 



,,ne.,f tU . 



llTi. or from 







y 



..... 

 ' 



laakar, an Investigation of the registraiioo an 

 the post oflke will show that we are e<* 



or convey to Ik* post osV : /^rtWW.That UM mm 

 V^-J ..... -htailWJlDr 



. 



request shall raftatt or naghit to 

 agreed upon or filed b th act 

 or collection of any mail maiur. 



urMer.That if any 



(ucat snail refwat or 



iay the an 



fof the <|. 



t he *ame may he returned by the oarriar to tbe post 

 offlce, and thereafter the carrier aball wot be re- 



..-. i ... r r ' . . ' 



such person* Kacb person so appointed abau arive 

 t., the postmaster for the faithful 

 lnalsumof$100. 

 letter carriers appointed bv an- 

 t hall U- M>- 



visions of existing laws not 





pro. 



<>f IM measure 



mm) 



said in 



: .-. 



port offlce. You take it in cold weather. 



when there is snow on the ground, or in aaraat 



and the fanner can til afford to spare thaw 



two hoars, or one hour, as the easa may ba. to go 



t.. the post offlce for bis letter*. |insaflilj nine tfaaaa 



f ten returning without anything, and ret bis 



valua 



im<rlf. who ahall be apcxxnl~i by the posi- 

 rrve the villages and towns in which ibe 

 osV h . eawai m .- ItaAi ' t&Wwflsj 

 moriMwapaparsaajd deliver tbrm to the 



i:;:. 



lrties to 

 larefor the rat- 

 n t he carrier and the people 

 K* to have a Ic 

 would charge the same price or whatever may be 



....; i , . , ' .- ........ 



.to o|wrattoD. i'ur income from tbe variowa 



he first street-lasip 



boxes that were put up in 1^>. It was said wbea 

 Iheav boieswerr put up that tl involved a cost that 



: that it wa* great 



charge upon tbe (torertimcnt. But I know frnoi my 

 ..w,,, M .n.i,. :n th, N- flat.: : M I 



less than six months after theee latter boxas bad 

 t^een placed upon the street corner*, giving tbe peo- 

 pie an opportunity to mail their letter* 

 or at any moment, instead of going one mile or two 

 miles to tbe post offlce to mail tbe sasat,* was 



