Annual Report of the Postmaster GeneralU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 - Postal service |
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... contracts ... Mail - bags , catchers , locks , and keys Special agents and mail depredations Railway post - office lines 11 12 12 13 Operations of topographer's office . 14 Transfer of funds Cost of ocean service ..... Number of post ...
... contracts ... Mail - bags , catchers , locks , and keys Special agents and mail depredations Railway post - office lines 11 12 12 13 Operations of topographer's office . 14 Transfer of funds Cost of ocean service ..... Number of post ...
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... contract year Table B. Exhibiting , by States , the railroad service in operation June 30 , 1878 , with the cost per mile of annual transportation ... Table C. Exhibiting the steamboat service in operation June 30 , 1878 Table D ...
... contract year Table B. Exhibiting , by States , the railroad service in operation June 30 , 1878 , with the cost per mile of annual transportation ... Table C. Exhibiting the steamboat service in operation June 30 , 1878 Table D ...
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... supplied a great popular want , but that it will result bene- ficially to the postal revenues . CONTRACTS . STATISTICS OF TRANSPORTATION . There were in the REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER - GENERAL . བ 7 Dead letters Registered letters.
... supplied a great popular want , but that it will result bene- ficially to the postal revenues . CONTRACTS . STATISTICS OF TRANSPORTATION . There were in the REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER - GENERAL . བ 7 Dead letters Registered letters.
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United States. Post Office Department. CONTRACTS . STATISTICS OF TRANSPORTATION . There were in the service of the department on the 30th of June , 1878 , 5,996 contractors for the transportation of the mails on public routes . There ...
United States. Post Office Department. CONTRACTS . STATISTICS OF TRANSPORTATION . There were in the service of the department on the 30th of June , 1878 , 5,996 contractors for the transportation of the mails on public routes . There ...
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... CONTRACTS . The present law limiting the period for which temporary contracts may be made without advertisement to six months , has occasioned much embarrassment to the department , and rendered it necessary to issue two miscellaneous ...
... CONTRACTS . The present law limiting the period for which temporary contracts may be made without advertisement to six months , has occasioned much embarrassment to the department , and rendered it necessary to issue two miscellaneous ...
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00 July 30th of June account of railway administrations agent Post-Office Department Albany amount paid Annual pay appropriation April Assistant Postmaster-General Atchison Auditor Baltimore Boston Branch bureau d'échange Burlington cars cent centimes Chicago Cincinnati Colonies Columbus Corporate title correspondence cost decrease dépêches East Saint Louis ended June 30 expenses fiscal year ended increase Indianapolis Iowa Junction June 30 Kans Kansas City l'Union Lake letters mail-bags mail-route messenger service main route ment Milwaukee money-order National Bank North Number of route objets Ohio Pacific Pay estimated pay per mile Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pittsburgh Port portion of route Portland Post postage-stamps postal cards Postmaster Quarter ended railway mail service rates Reserve revenue River round trips Saint Albans Saint Joseph Saint Louis Saint Paul Southern Special agent Post-Office Springfield stamped envelopes telegraphing termini Terre Haute Texas tion title of company Total transportation Treasury trips per week Valley Washington York