New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-18
THE NEw-YoRK POST OFFICE.

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u,,ru MR.. uATToN-A REDUCTION IN The
ropcr OF CARRIERS NOT RECOMMENDED BY Ihh
rosPrcToRs-THE LAMPHERE CASE.
my TELEGRAPH To THE TRpUNEl
,z-.surxcroN Nov. ia TRIBUNE correSponu-
... ,oaav called the attention OF the I'll ST Assis.
.nt Postmaster General. Mr. Hatton' 10 tEe cIl'i
- m The TRIBUNE upon the report OF a recenl
.;otion If the New York Post Office IN regard
a. the need of an addition TO the force or carriers
" saw that said Ar. Hatton. This
nenartmeut sends an estimate 10 CohS'eSa
.skipr an appropriation ot cerlan
spm for the letter-carrler service anu '"i'
estimate is made up. we Will say Oh
hots allowing an increase of scventy-ave carriers
Cor New-York, fifty more for Fh'a0elphiA anu ~
- No,r when the appropriation is made. It Is
soupd that the whole amount called 'of oy llo oS'
- has not been allowed and consequently lot
as many letter carriers We're asked iOr can oo a."
io,red to New-York or any other osice We have
-. 20 do the best we can with the amount OF money
,r,nrioted Inspectors have been sent TO
Cbicaeo PHILADELPHIA and all the other large
&c, Offices this year 10 make just such lnvestlga-
tions As the one now complained of in New-1 orN'
but no complaint has been made from any other
oeace Tn fact il seems that the Department can
not make a move in regard 70 the New-Nork Post
Omcs tbat Is not at once construed as an attack
upop Pearson or effort to cripple the postal lac
flies enjoyed by the people of that city"
Did the inspectors recommend any reducu'h oI
The force of carriers at the NewYork office 7" asked
the correspondent
"No. tbey did not: OH the contrary, they recon-
mended an increase of forty-se ven carriers be-
Ueve. where seventy were asked for. The Chicago
and other Offices will not get as many additional
carriers as they wanted either In regard to the
New-York Office the inspectors did suggest that III
their oniniou collections and deliveries are made
more frequently than is necessary IN some parts ol
the city and for my own part, have no doubt tAis
/. true. Nevertheless the inspectors recommended
An increase and not reduction IN the force oi
carriers"
81 suppose there is no doubt that If only forty
seven instead of seventy new carriers are allowed IL
will be necessary to diminish the frequency OF col
Isctions and deliveries TO some e1tentT remarked
the correspondent.
Probably it will" was the reply
What about the inspectors upon whose lhVeSIl-
oat,on and report the action of the Department Will
ia bssed in this case ~ the correspondent asked
"Oue Of them-Mr Smth-has been In the
.ervlce of the Department many years
md IA man of experience as wei
an of excellent judgment. The other
-Cantaiu Uan-has not been so long III the service,
but Chief INSPECTOR Parker speaks III the hl@litS'
terms OF his intelligence ana tluClchON' "t'"'N
Han was nspectOr-tieueral OF the Fourteenth Army
Torps on The staf Of General JEFF C. DAVIS, posi-
ton which he filled with CONSPICUOUS success /. Is
true that he was for severa years the business an-
agcr oi The Burlington HGWkW ~,
Ihe CORES pOndCnt asked MI. ttatton whether M
Lauphere who was appointed and confirmed as
Postmaster at Lowville. " L., before the ADJOURN
uent OF Con gress. had vet received his commsSiOn
Ne he has not" was the reply. go
some OF the newspapers accused you OIL Wisn.
holding the commission because MT; LalnpheIe
failed To exert himself sufficiently III the ma Ter OF
securpg the election OF FOger delegates 10 the Sa-
stopa Convention. OF course that reason Is no
longer operative" -,
No. il Is not =" replied Mr.. HattOu. " Mr.. Lam
phere will not be Postmaster until be receives hls
Commission ANA he cannot very well OBTAIN that
uutil n Is sent to him. He was nominated Tor the
office and the Senate confirmed the appointment, [,
bot what of that Suppose that the PRESIDENT de-
ctnes to sign the commission or that after II was
,purd II should be withheld because II was dlscoV-
eT-l that the man had died. or was scaIawag or a
defaulter To the GOVernmentI HOuld anybody uh-
d-rtake To say that the fresidehI musC ISSUE 'He
commission T. 49,,
But" slId the correspondent, 4" do not uuder-
saud that either of tho discoveries mas Doen mdue
IN ,ir. Lamphere's case"
No; but | simply mention them TO show now
absurd II Is TO hold that brcause the President mas
nominated aud the Senate confirmed the appoint
Bent OF mau to IN Office. the President Is there
fore compelled TO issue a commission 10 hlm."
Ar HaftOu dad uOt disclose the inomrnbous rta-
sous which In this case prevent the Issue OF the
evidence of ttle 10 his Ofbce to an ufncer VINO LAS
been regularly appointed and confirmed
RUMORED TREASURY ORDER.
lBr TELEGRAPH THE TRlBuSE.l
WASHINGTON Nov IA report 10 IN circulation