The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09
A POST OFFICE SCARE.

Dcprivlns the Clerks Of n Breath Of Fresh
Air-A Wall Of Anguish in Nassau Street.
There was great CONSERVATION in clerkdom at the
general Post once all day yesterday. When there
Is conservation in that region the Is generally
an extraordinary European mail or crushing order
from the head centre Of the establishment putting
on the ofclal screws tighter than usual The cause
yesterday was a crushing order and its
sternating effects may he imagined when II is taken
into consideration that II prohibits the boys from
TAKING THEIR CUSTOMARY VACATION
Of week so ont of town. How the order came
about no one seems TO know. The Postmaster says
he got letter Of inquiry from Washington asking
that he insenas to answer This letter e In day
or two, and obtain some official rule to go by; but
they please meantime The only suggestion he bad
made about the matter was that the clerks who in
and take to country roads for a cnange would have
to take their chances about salary when they got
could be arrived az, ne thought so that the CLERKS
could pack up their duds and get out into the will
ent sse en Sng a i ne sa NAV e
Interpretation OF the order on their part but they
contend that they understand 1t 80 well that they
don't like what Its effects Will be, no how.
"Dy'e see," SAID one OF the clerks to a HERALD
reporter he threw letter after letter into bags set
at all points of the compass IN the suocating room,
where a dozen or 90 OF hls fellows were running
about in the dimy lighted room to find their way to
the boxes; at Is pretty rough Is that ORDER or what
ever You like to call 1t. i had arranged with that
chum OF mine over there to go away on Monday, he
to do my work and take part Of my salary for 1t.
Well, nlred a nice, cosey room In
A COUNTRY FARMHOUSE,
and paid nv board in advance, according to the
landlady's terms. SO you see how us fixed me-"
"Yes indeed, - chmed tn another, who looked as
though o day in the country was The best medicine
he could get to enven HIM up little; II wanted to
go home In the country for few days too ana the
old folks have been making all sorts OF preparations
for me; but what can do nowfn
The fact OF the matter u the order has created
tremendous sensation and the way the box clerk
end the other clerks grow over 1t oughtst0 be a
caution to postmasters Tor all time 10 come IL Is
safe say that class of clerks in this city work
longer and harder every day IN the week than 10
the post Office clerks and TO deprive them Of their
little vacation In the summer Is certainly
VERY GREAT CRUELTY.
Besides IL Is inexcusabe. The public service has
never been known TO suffer by the 0ut-of-tOwn re-
cesses OF the clerks. for they have always hereto.
lore arranged matters well among themselves
that when one is away another does his work for
him for the sake OF being done by IN the same way
In return wnen the others vacation expires. All
the employees or all the government Offices arrange
among themselves how ana when their vacations
be parcelled out, that the government suffers
nothing by IL, and why the hard worked and poorly
paid post office clerks should be singled out az an
exception to the rule or custom, JUST as people like
TO call II, Is my stery-at least TO themselves.