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COMMERCE.
of the whole sum collected, and exceed by over $300,000 per annum the expenses of the establish¬
ment within its borders. The total expenses in the U. S. overrun the receipts by about $3,500,000
annually.1
There were four Distributing Post Offices in New York, Jan. 1, 1859, located respectively at
New York, Albany, Troy, and Buffalo. The Troy post office was discontinued as a distributing
office July 1, 1859.
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1 Post Office Summary for the, year ending June 30,1858. |
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|
New
York
State. |
United
States. |
|
Length of routes in miles..................... |
13,078 |
260,603 |
|
Transportation in coaches, miles............ |
4,961
$109,490 |
53,700 |
|
“ “ cost............. |
$1,909,844 |
|
. “ in steamboats, miles...... |
168 |
17,043 |
|
“ “ cost........ |
$7,298 |
$1,233,916 |
|
“ by railroad, miles........... |
2,894
$333,163 |
24,431 |
|
“ “ cost............ |
$2,828,301 |
|
“ mode not specified, miles |
5,055 |
165,429 |
|
“ “ “ cost... |
$68,100 |
$1,823,357 |
|
Total cost of transportation.................. |
$518,060 |
$7,795,418 |
|
Total number of miles by coaches......... |
2,430,792 |
19,555,734 |
|
“ “ steamboats .... |
108,944 |
4,569,610 |
|
“ “ railroads....... |
3,961,795 |
25,763,452 |
|
“ “ modes not spe¬
cified ......... |
1,468,312 |
28,876,695 |
|
“ “ every method. |
7,969,843 |
78,765,491 |
|
Number of mail routes........................ |
828 |
8,296 |
|
“ contractors........................ |
702 |
7,044 |
|
“ route agents...................... |
55 |
440 |
|
“ express agents.................... |
11 |
28 |
|
“ local agents........................ |
2 |
43 |
|
“ - mail messengers................. |
315 |
1,464 |
|
In the United States.
Black Bock.......................
Buffalo.............................
Plattsburgh.,
Rochester.....
Rouses Point.....
Sackets Harbor..
Suspension Bridge.. |
Exchange Offices under the postal arrangement with Canada.
In Canapa.
Waterloo.
Toronto, Hamilton, London, and
Queenston, (by through
bags,) Fort Erie, and Ports
Denver, Simcoe, Rowan, Bur-
well, Vienna, and Stanley,
Montreal.
Kingston.
Dundee.
Queenston.
Hemingford.
Brockville.
Prescott.
Kingston. By steamer in sum¬
mer.
Montreal, St. Johns.
Coburg. By steamer in sum¬
mer.
St. Johns.
Kingston. By steamer in sum¬
mer.
Suspension Bridge and Canada;
Route agents.
Troy .............................. Montreal ; by through bag.
Whitehall :.................... St. Johns.
Youngstown
Frorh New York City to every port and country with which
the U. S. has postal arrangements.
Cape Vincent....
Fort Covington..
Lewiston..........
Mooers ....
Morristown.......
Ogdensburgh.....
Mail Routes in New YorJc by Railroad and Steamboat.
|
Termini. , |
Distances. |
No. of
trips per
• week. |
Annual pay. |
Total annual
cost. |
Number of
Route. |
|
Bv Railroad. (June 30,1858.) |
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|
|
|
|
New York to Dunkirk...................................................... |
460 |
19 |
$92,000 |
$117,378 |
1,026 |
|
New York to Albany.........................................i............... |
144 |
19 |
32,400 |
44,612 |
1,002 |
|
New York to Chatham Four Corners................................... |
130£ |
6 |
5,593 |
8,865 |
1,003 |
|
Brooklyn to Greenport...................................................... |
98 |
18 |
8,225 |
11,147 |
1,007 |
|
Sufferns to Piermont......................................................... |
18 |
6 |
772 |
870 |
1,026 |
|
Newburgh to Chester........................................................ |
19 |
6 |
814 |
891 |
1,032 |
|
Hudson to West Stockbridge, Mass..................................... |
■ 35 |
6 |
1,750 |
1,770 |
1,064 |
|
Albany to Buffalo.............■................................................ |
298 |
25 |
51,600 |
62,442 |
1,073 |
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Albany to Troy................................................................ |
7 |
13 |
1,050 |
1,050 |
1,074 |
|
Albany to Eagle Bridge.................................,................... |
33 |
12 |
2,829 |
3,946 |
1,075 |
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Troy to North Bennington, Vt............................................ |
32£ |
12 |
3,250 |
4,329 |
1,082 |
|
Troy to Schenectady......................................................... |
22 |
12 |
1,650 |
1,725 |
1,083 |
|
Troy to Saratoga Springs................................................... |
32.81 |
12 |
3,281 |
3,942 ‘ |
1,084 |
|
Eagle Bridge to Rutland, Vt............................................. |
62j |
12 |
6,250 |
7,244 |
1,091 |
|
Saratoga Springs to Castleton, Vt....................................... |
54 |
12 |
5,400 |
6,567 |
1,099 |
|
Plattsburgh to Canada Line................................................ |
23 |
6 |
986 |
1,163 |
1,122 |
|
Rouses Point to Ogdensburgh............................................. |
119 |
12 |
9,700 |
11,252 |
1,123 |
|
Watertown to North Potsdam............................................ |
76. |
6 |
3,800 |
5,505 |
1,146 |
|
Sackets Harbor to Pierrepont Manor................................... |
18£ |
6 |
792 |
1,117 |
1,153 |
|
Schenectady to Ballston..................................................... |
16 |
6 |
800 |
950 |
1,164 |
|
Utica to Boonville............................................................ |
35 |
12 |
2,625. |
2,886 |
1,200 |
|
Rome to Cape Vincent..,......™........................................... |
97 |
18 |
8,329 |
10,975 |
1,210 |
|
Syracuse to Rochester...................................................... |
104 |
12 |
20,800 |
23,099 |
1,228 |
|
Syracuse'to Oswego.......................................................... |
35* |
12 |
3,043 |
3,463 |
1,229 |
|
Syracuse to Binghamton................................................... |
80 |
6 |
3,429 ■ |
4,952 |
1,230 |
|
Canandaigua to Elmira...................................................... |
68£ |
12 |
5,137£ |
6,524 |
1,269 |
|
Canandaigua to Niagara Falls............................................. |
97 |
18 |
6,100 |
8,094 |
1,270 |
|
Rochester to Niagara Falls................................................ |
75 |
12 |
11,400 |
14,230 |
1,275 |
|
Rochester to Avon............................................................ |
18 |
6 |
772 |
1,030 |
1,278 |
|
Batavia to Attica.............................................................. |
11 |
6 |
550 |
650 |
1,300 |
|
Buffalo to Lockport.......................................................... |
2? |
12 |
1,100 |
1,100 |
1,312 |
|
Buffalo to Lewiston........................................................... |
29 |
12 |
1,450 |
1,560 |
1,313 |
|
Buffalo to Hornellsville..................................................... |
91 |
12 |
6,825 |
7,657 |
1,314 |
|
Buffalo to State Line......................................................... |
69 |
19 |
13,800 |
17,741 |
1,315 |
|
Corning to Batavia............................................................ |
100 |
6 |
4,286 |
7,533 |
1,369 |
|
Owego to Ithaca............................................................... |
33 |
12 |
1,415 |
2,313 |
1,375 |
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By Steamboat. (Sept. 30, 1858.) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
300 |
|
1,004 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
1,076 |
|
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|
11 (for 7 |
4 800 |
|
1,108 |
|
|
40 |
months) |
1,713 |
|
1,375 |
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