A Few Months in America Containing Remarks On Some of Its Industrial And Commer
A Few Months in America Containing Remarks On Some of Its Industrial And Commer
James Robertson
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That is made on the immense number of advertisements which they contain. There are other newspapers in the city of New York, of much more limited circulation, but of equal influence, and that chiefly among the better informed classes. They are written with temper, fairness, and ability, and are very like the best English papers. They are sold at five cents. With a country extending over such an immense area as the United States, it may be supposed that the Post Office arrangements have to be co...nducted on a gigantic and annually increasing scale. There are great irregularities in tbe mails, but such only as are inseparable from the extent of country traversed, and the surprise is rather that those failures are not more frequent. To give an idea of the progress made in this branch of the public service, I annex a statement compiled from the Treasury Reports. 1780. 1840. 1854. Post offices . . No. 75 13, 468 23, 548 Post roads . . . Miles 1, 875 155, 739 219, 935 Dols. Dols. Dols. Cost of transportation 22, 081 3, 213, 042 4, 630, 676 Receipts 37, 935 4, 543, 522 6, 955, 586 Expenditure ....
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