New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-06

These cards are all shuffied and must each
be placed in the proper pigeon hole mark
ed by the route. 1t can thus be readily
seen how many letters of large mum Der
would be enormously distributed by clerk
The stamp department is under the super
vision of Messrs. Emile Hermann and D.
d. Smith. This branch of the Postotfice is
open from A. M. to 4:3O P. M. The aver
age receipts of retail sales of stamps is $4,000
per month, or $3.50 per business day, or say
$l0S, 900 per annum.
| The ladies' delivery is in the alcoye
fronting Canal street and Immediately op-
| posite the Office of the postmaster. Here,
as at the general delivery, is triaug ular
wheel Of pigeon-holed boards. and besides
$50 No. boxes and 48 lock drawers. Nine
teen boxes are at present rented. The av-
erage daily delivery is sixty letters. Two
lady clerks are here in attendance.
The registered letter department is con
Quoted by Captain Jesse Scott and three
assistants. The office is open for the trans.
action of business from 9 A. NJ. to $3.50 P.
NJ. There are registered daily, to be for
warded, 100 letters, and like number are
received for delivery. A letter to be regis
tered must be post paid and requires elev en-
cents in stamps handed to the registering
clerk, who receipts for it on the payment of
eight cents, either in stamps or currency.
Should registered letter by any chance
miscarry or be lost, it's whereabouts are
east y ascertained by what is technically
known as ''tracer."
The "tracer' is a blank form requiring
the Endorsement of every person through
| whose hands the registered letter has passed.
| This Endorsement must set forth the date of
the receipt of the letter and the name of
the person who receipted therefor. By this
means the letter is traced to the person who
last receipted for it, and he muse either
produce the letter, give q satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION or pay for the loss. No explana-
ton is deemed satisfactory except proof
that the mail has been robbed, or destroy ed
by fire or other accident.
The money order department is now
under the charge of two male and two
female clerks. During the past two yea rs
this department was under charge of
Mr. Samuel Bronberg and two assistan ts.
These gentlemen have lately been trans
terred to other departments. Their ad-
ministration Of the arduOus labors con-
nected with the money order departm ent
was thorough and efficient, giving universal
satisfaction. During the month of April
$l13,l25 &c was paid on money orders and
orders issued to the amount Of $44,73 81,
The amount of surplus funds RENTED from
other offices during the same month was
$l76,620. Since the first day Of July. 1873,
there has been received over 100000 in
surplus funds from the various sub. offices
in Mississippi Louisiana and Texas. Not
one dollar Of this large amount has been
lost by this Office, although frequently coun-
terfeit money has been found among the
remittances The lynx-eyed clerks have
invariably detected the counterfeits and
promptly returned them to the office of
transmittal.
Directly in the rear of the money order
department is the private Office of the Post
master. 1t can easily be distinguished by the
sad-eyed group Of expectant ones who are
seekers for place, and who fritter away
energy sufficient to cultivate farm in
vain endeavor to obtain a precarious clerk
ship that may pay $1,000 per annum. There
they cluster round the close guarded door
from early morn till dewy eve. There you
can see some bigh-toned bat imprecunious
Creole to whom a place would be welcome,
particularly if the work is light and pay
heavy; there is the ward club potenta to
who deems his services to the party worthy
of recognition by allowing him to figure
extensively in the pay roll and occasionally
at work; there is the war-worn veteran,
who, because he dOnned the blue under a
heavy pressure of bounty money and early
became convinced by the logic of Con-
federate bullets that as q teamster or
hospital nurse, his services would be most
potent to save the Union; such patriotism,
he deems deserving of postal service EN-
ploy; then there is the youth, whose an
cestors came "from Afric's sunny foun-
tains," and he, by right of descent, no less
than by adoption as the nations ward
claims to be provided for. 1t is q motley
throng, and the worriment entailed upon
the worthy Postmaster by the clamorous
demands of the unemployed, some of whom
are no doubt worthy, must be great indie ed.
The few changes thus far made are quite
satisfactory to all having business at the
Postofhce. Postmaster Parker is efficient.
vigilant and full of energy. He is thor
oughly conversant with the details of the
postal service and has had much exper fence.
He it is who took charge of the office and
brought order out of chaos when this city
was captured by the Union forces, and the
su hsequent state of disciplined etficie ncy
that made the work easy for his succe ssors
was due entirely to his able administration,
AS he is now again at the head of aft airs,
the public may confidently expect new
measures of facility and convenience III
postal affairs.
Postmaster Parker has for his assistants
Colonel J. j. Mcguire and Mr.. James II.
Wright. both gentlemen wen known here
by their past appreciated services. Under
lueit dplo SUPERVISION tho Aaohihory VI TIC
Postoffice works with the regularity and
precision of clock-wOrk.
The force has been reduced to mini
mum, and the labor entailed upon the EN-
ployes is at all times responsible and often
severe. The entire community seems per-
fecty satisfied with this branch of the gov
eminent service, and it is rare indeed TO
hear of the slightest complaint.