Total... BRIDGES OF NEW YORK, 1911. 4 over East River. 41 over other navigable Rivers, Streams, Creeks, &c. 45 under jurisdiction of Department of Bridges. Main Span.... New York and Brooklyn...... 2 Side Spans, 930 ft. each 1,860 1,595 ft. 6 in. The Fire Department numbered on December 31, 1911, 4,420 uniformed officers and men and 560 civilian employees and comprised 258 companies. The budget for 1912, was $8,537,365.55. Of the 10,069 fires in Manhattan, Bronx and Richmond, 1,366 or 13.6 per cent., were caused by carelessness with matches, and 970 were caused by carelessness with lighted cigars and cigarettes. * Including 706 minor fires reported by insurance companies and extinguished without the aid of the Fire Department. TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE. FOR THE YEAR 1911. THE following statement exhibits the transactions of the New York Post Office for the year ending December 31, 1911. Prepared expressly for the Annual Report of the Chamber of Commerce, by direction of the Hon. EDWARD M. MORGAN, Postmaster : Revenue of International and Domestic Money Order Business 4,792,453 12 220,125 62 1,766,713 49 52.274 46 Books, Circulars, Merchandise, &c., deposited in Stations.. 478.623.726 Letters returned to card of senders by General Post Office and Stations.. Amount of Stamps, Stamped Envelopes, &c., sold at Stations. 4.432.756 3.463.299 $15,483,174 54 INQUIRY AND DEAD LETTER DEPARTMENT. Number of inquiries for missing mail matter....... 96.482 Number of cases successfully terminated. 51.526 Losses reported to Chief Inspector Post Office Department. 44,956 96.482 Letters, tracers, notifications, &c., sent out relative to missing mail matter, &c... Unclaimed advertised Letters.... 675.949 518.741 City Letters..... Miscellaneous Letters.. 558 056 41.894 Letters returned to card of senders... Domestic held for postage, 3d and 4th class matter notified.. Total number of Letters misdirected, corrected and forwarded sent to Dead Letter Office.. Postal Cards, misdirected, sent to Dead Letter Office.. Packages containing unmailable destructive matter..... 422.556 12.026 1,173.277 241.355 272.752 2.521 Letters and Packages refused by addresseés for postage due, &c... to fictitious addresses... |