Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-14
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Postal Revenues-Changes EnUaIIed by
 the New Laws-A Change fin the Pay
 of POstmasters-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, April 13.-Quite change in the pay of postmasters in smaller postofices as well as in the net revenue of the Postoffice
 department will result from the enforcement
 of the new laws which provide for the ad-
 iustment of the salaries of postmasters and the reduction of letter postage from three to two cents. The government will receive less money from this class of offices than under the existing laws, and 1t is estimated that un-
 der the new law the revenue from the sale of
 stamps of all kinds at these offices will be re-
 duced one-fifth or twenty per cent. upon the same volume of business. Taking this esti- mate as basis, in postofice where the an-
 nual revenue amounts to $50 quarterly, the
 postmaster under the existing law receives
 $50 and the government $20 Under the
 new law for the same amount of busi-
 ness the postmastsrs will receive $40 and
 the government nothing. Similar reductions in revenue will occur in offices where the re- ceipts exceed $50 quarterly. In offices with an annual revenue of S1, GOO tho pay under the present and new law remains relatively the same. From this class of offices the gov ernment now receives $500 under the new law it will realize but $500. In postofice where the pay of the postmaster reaches $500 from the sale of stamps it is under stood that the income from the rent of boxes is usually enough to make the compensation of the postmaster $1 ,000, and where the pay of 6 postmaster reaches this sum the office 1 becomes presidential with specific salary, and his pay is no longer determined by the amount of stamps he cancels.
 Work will shortly be begnn in remodelling the third floor of the south wing of the pa tent office The intention is to make the wing conform in interior construction with | the north and west wings, which now fre-proof. Sixty thousard is now available l $15O, ,oO0 will be required before the work is completed.
 It is understood that J. s. Frazur will be
 appointed U. S. judge for Indiana to succeed Judge Gresham, the recently appoint. d Postmaster General.
 Kennedy. the Washington sculler, who will row against Hanlan at Point of Pines 1 on May 30, referring to-day to the rumor that he intended applying an apparatus to | his boat which would give him the propel- ling power of two men said 'It is not true. do not intend to take any advantages of | HauIan in any way. I will defeat him if I can but shall have no attachment to my
 boat that he will not have. My weight is 1 now 147 hounds ten of which must be taken of before the race. I shall remain in Wash
 ington until May 20, when will go to Bos- | ton"
 | Postmaster General Gresham has been 1 much annoyed by the numerous statements | that he has accepted Cabinet position as
 stepping stone to presidential nomination.
 Minister Foster, at whose home the Postmas- ter General is a guest, says that these reports
 are very distasteful to Mir. Gresham, and
 that his appointment has no significance be- | vond the recognition of man fit for the place The same is true as to the suggestion that he has accepted the place simply as a
 means for securing an appointment to cir
 cult judgeship.