Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-01-05 | Page 14 | Postoffice Receipt Show Heavy Increase

POSTOFHGE RECEIPTS SHOW HEAVY INCREASE Record for December Indicates That. Unprecedented Business Busi-ness Marked Month. ; The record of postofficc receipts for the month of December showed an increase of nearly 55000 over the corresponding mouth of tho year 1903. To be exact, the increase was 5-1031.1)7. This is an increase in-crease of 13.7 per cent. The average of the dally :ulcs in Dc- cember was $1S30.;-J. Of course, tho greater part of the unprecedented business busi-ness In the office was done from the middle of the month lo within a few days at Christmas. The report for the month, compiled by Postmaster A. L. Thomas, shown: Dec. 1H0&. Dec. 1II0S. "Inc. Stamps $32,2i;0.J.r 5.'8,2S;.:;o $3,!)7:..50 Postcards .... 70j.00 605.00 7.00 Envelopes .... t5.SCu.77 f..l75.UO 61!'. 17 Totals ... .;r.fi.73S.:7 WS.l.iG.tjO $4,6:51.07