Battle Creek Postal Business.
By Uriah Smith
SUPERINTENDENT BANGS of the Railway Mail Service has compiled a detailed statement of the amount of business transacted in the first class post offices in the United States. From that portion of the report which relates to Michigan it appears that Battle Creek stands second among the inland cities of the State, being excelled in this respect only by Grand Rapids, the mail exhibit of which is however only one-eleventh larger. The total number of pounds weight originating during the four weeks commencing on the 11th of January last, in Grand Rapids was 6,468, in Battle Creek, 5,895, making the daily average in the former city 231, and in the latter 213. The daily average of Lansing was 153, Jackson 101, Kalamazoo 96, Adrian 86, Ann Arbor 88, Bay City 73, Port Huron 62, E. Saginaw 57, Coldwater 39, Marshall 21, and others still less. U. S.