Fifty Years In The Northwest by William H. C. Folsom

From sale of stamps, envelopes, etc $204,565 90 $274,178 95 From sale of newspapers and periodical stamps 15,912 38 17,697 00 From sale of unpaid letter stamps 1,814 80 2,119 00 From box rent 1,866 50 1,772 25 From sale of waste paper, twine and packing boxes 95 98 176 93 From other offices (deposited) 87,721 65 106,858 42 Sent assistant treasurer United States, New York 177,412 59 268,770 70 Paid route agents, messengers, etc 93,246 16 83,130 49 Paid letter carriers 38,121 19 44,282 11 Paid letter carriers' expenses and horse hire 1,856 01 1,644 89 ----------- ----------- Total postal funds $622,612 36 $713,620 74 MONEY ORDER BUSINESS. No. Amount. No. Amount. Domestic orders and postal notes issued 29,420 $257,572 95 35,603 $305,339 94 Fees on same 2,250 62 2,537 94 Foreign orders issued 2,632 37,356 88 2,540 57,582 03 Fees on same 466 90 699 80 Domestic orders and postal notes paid 74,526 670,304 82 84,972 701,667 17 Foreign orders paid 1,250 30,701 91 1,508 36,132 44 Surplus money order funds received from other offices 1,743,516 42 1,773,455 99 Surplus money order funds remitted Chicago and New York 1,339,600 00 1,275,800 00 ------------ ------------ Total money order funds $4,081,770 50 $4,153,215 11 Total postal funds 622,612 36 713,620 74 ------------- ------------ Grand total financial transactions $4,704,382 86 $4,867,845 85 POST OFFICE HISTORY. The names and date of the commission of the postmasters of St. Paul are as follows: Henry Jackson, April 7, 1846; Jacob W. Bass, July 5, 1849; Wm. H. Forbes, March 18, 1853; Chas. S. Cave, March 11, 1856; Wm. M. Corcoran, March 12, 1860; Chas. Nichols, April 2, 1861; Jacob H. Stewart, March 14, 1865; Jos. A. Wheelock, March 4, 1870; David Day, July 1, 1875. Net yearly income, being balance on quarterly returns from its establishment to the present time: 1846 $3 43 1847 20 33 1848 48 40 1849 369 25 1850 429 07 1851 1,192 72 1852 1,497 73 1853 1,806 04 1854 3,042 89 1855 3,814 07 1856 5,164 67 1857 9,171 87 1858 5,577 05 1859 6,135 66 1860 5,254 47 1861 5,136 71 1862 6,898 99 1863 9,509 53 1864 13,140 08 1865 12,082 32 1866 12,009 03 1867 15,033 19 1868 16,991 76 1869 20,848 03 1870 23,437 66 1871 32,250 61 1872 36,817 17 1873 43,305 05 1874 43,284 36 1875 42,767 82 1876 41,667 92 1877 38,998 42 1878 48,141 04 1879 64,670 59 1880 73,456 87 1881 96,197 77 1882 132,702 66 1883 141,704 78 1884 127,977 99 1885 134,501 13 1886 153,009 08 1887 189,017 20 Gross yearly income of the St. Paul post office from 1875 to 1887: 1875 $58,922 63 1876 57,092 85 1877 53,412 82 1878 63,922 49 1879 81,299 92 1880 102,450 22 1881 128,156 45 1882 173,131 31 1883 190,907 36 1884 186,571 22 1885 200,407 94 1886 226,972 28 1887 272,181 87 [Illustration: BRIG. GEN. HENRY H. SIBLEY.]