Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-23
THE TEXAS POSTAL SERVICE
." interview with Inspector ros,.
so' the Mail Hobhsrs-Tbe ''
New Postal Notes-R.au !.
. uon OF POSTAGE
eoIIe'pondenec of the oareils.


ton OF Postage.
correspondence ofthe Gayetie
Abilene, September 2l--It v
ciear 10 The observer that ill., h,s
SET, red-whiskered gentlemen ,,s :
pounds weight was some ons 80 -, ~ gu
tha, IN, ",,u !. was gratifying to ki,ow
WIZ, m''e W ieast was some one 10
,vi.,,;,, me FOCAL powers that be-,
ia, n,n liie postol'lce enclosure would
1um ana give prompt heed TO his re
d"Vs's' re was one OF the chief in.
speciois OF Tie postal service. Among
.ne uu,ies OF the lesser officers Of ,he
seneIai government, none are of mora
rnpoftailcc TO the public at large than
sucn as teud to regulate and nerfent
Tue neil service. N''NN'
lhe'e are said Inspector Foster
aoout l,0us postoilices i'm Texss AMI
steady increase each month. The
general mail service in the state IL now
better Than ever before, hut there
= stu room for complaint. | do moi
KNOW now II IS that some Of the nost-
masters are retained after the rpnort.
when have been made bv the iuspee-
tors. bot We are doing An We can Ia
improve the service
What has been done toward pun.
ishing depredators ~
Wei, within tue past FIVE wears we
nave sent iortS-nine 10 the peniten.
tlary, twenty-seven OF them Tor life.
SIX have been killed, We caught Mi
oi The notorious sam Bass gang except
I huerWood aud Jackson, and the lat
ter Is said TO have been killed. The
bexhr county gang were all caught !:
tne Fort Worth gang Of three Years
ago We're ali caught. but one got away
at Dallas. There were seven in the
peg leg gang six of them have been
convicted, and one is to stand
Trial the next term ol court at
Austin. oar success in these cunYic-
ions Is ali due 10 the efforts Of a. J.
ans. lie is the finest prosecuting
AT "y have ever met in my eleven
years .crvice in thirteen states, He is
caution to evil doors, and worthy OF
high COMMUNICATION. AS TO the recent
stage robberies, we have reason to
think they were all committed BY a
gang of live novices perhaps one was
an old hand. We believe we have two
of the gang at Colorado City, and the
other three are known, but have
skipped out.
As Chicago has set down on the new
postal note, Will it have 10 &c?
Hardly yet. 1t would be out of
place for me to express my opinion as
TO the creation OF this note, but | rail
say that as yet the public has not taken
hold of ii with favor. The
old money order has SUI
pericr advantages over the note,
and it remains to be seen what the
public thinks Of the note. PJstmasters
get one-fourth of one per cent. com
mission on all money orders, and one
cent on each postal note. The reduc-
ii Of postage to begin in Octob /
will cause a falling oil III receipts OF
81, 000,0o1, it is said The surplus
heretofore has not much exceeded
5000 600, so deficit seems probable.
The people did not ask for the reduc-
ton, aud it would have seemed OF
more advantage to have let the post.
age remain as ii was, and TO have used
the surplus TO improve the service 10y
paying letter salaries aud thereby
have secured better service. a post
master receiving n salary OF 81 900 1
year, has 10 make a good bond f9l
$40, 600; hard to do aud out Of all pro
portion To the amount he ut any time
handles.
YES, there is cause for complaint al
many points of the state ms to the 10
cal service, but it is the earnest desire
of the inspectors that where the caus'
exists the complaint be at once made
that the remedy may be applied. |
The people will write me at Austin !
will be my duty To have all irregulari'
ties investigated, but the public gruul'
bic and complain and seem indifferent
in duly reporting cases, probably be
cause they dislike making enemies
of their local postmastcrs.