The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-29

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4 New Postmaater 1t Silver, Bow
JunCt3o0.
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Letsar hom TIE Present Deputy.
s1Lvtn Bow JUNCTION, Apr. Is, ~.
Edn~r Butte xtse.:
Stu: In yopr issue Of the End inst,
In commenting upon postal arrange
ments 1t Silver Bow junction, you get
matters somewhat mixed, and deem
It but justice that . statement Of the
facts BY one who has had the handling
Of mails to some extent at this place,
should have hearing through your col
umns.
Upon the 4th ult., w. III. Dorchester
resigned his position - postmaster 1t
this place, having previously appointed
. deputy to act - postmaster, until the
postal department made come dispoei-
ton Of his resignation. Some two
weeks afterward the appointment Of :
successor for D. arrived here, which WA
declined, owing to reasons Get forth In
your publication Of the end, viz: that
THE revenues Of the office were insuni-
cient to make 1t any object" Application
has been made to the postal authorities,
1t Warrington, for a extra allow ance,
through our delegate in Congress. for the
rreat amount Of work in handling the
mails here, but has been disallowed.
The perce0tage on the collection Of
stamps, and this b the only pay,
amounts to about 50 cents per day, and
We have from 800 to 500 pounds Of mail
to handle daily. Truly . goodly portion
u it Is put up by the route agents. In
through sacks, but letters and registered
matter in transit, Of which there IL q
large amount, have to 60 through the
legal routine, and the pay is completely
inadequate to the labor performed.
Very many times, too, the newsp pers
published in Butte, IRE put into these
through sacks, l suppose, and we sex
nothing Of them in the postoffice at Sill
yer Bow Junction. Again, the post'nss
ter ut Deer Lodge aud the people o.
Butte should remember that the railway
trains have been running very irregu
larly for month or more past. and moi
attach blame for all delays in the transit
Of mail to the postmaster ut Silver Bow
Junction, else, in their harshness, they
may attribute to him derrlictiOns u
which he cannot legally be accused.
MI. J. w. Wright falls very naturally
and easily in this error, ami would re
spectfully refer him to Sec. $50, page Isl
Postal Laws aud Regulations, aud II h
reads this carefully, I think he will fint
that somebody very different from tn
postmaster, il culpable for his having t.
carry the mail past Silver Bow Junction
A new appointment has been made Q
. postmaster At this place and he Is tax
ing q great deal Of pains, and not spar
inx expense in fitting up proper p'ac'
for the postoflice and l do not think tina
in the near future there will he much
cause for complaint. While I have han
died the mails have honestly endcav
ored to dispatch ut the proper tine, AM
IN the proper direction, al the mail mat
ter that has passed through the postoi
flee and with very little exception, hav'
done 90.
All we have for the Deer Lodge direc
ton il our own local mail, anu VIVA
comes in the way pouches, ~ wha
comes from the train marked Dee
Lodge and Missoula goes direct to til
stage office, and u dispatched iron
there by the stage agent.
/ Respectfully,
DEPUTY p. n.
1t Silver Bow.