Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-18
UNCLE SAMUEL'S SERVANTS.
SOME oovEREMENT OFF GALS
WITH VERY SMALL INCOMES.
Facts from the ssHIue BG0k'.-TWg
Thousand Officials with salaries
Less than $40 Each.

Facts from the ssHIue Book'.-TWe
Thousand Officials with Salaries
less than $40 Each.
The second volume of the government
"Blue Book, otherwise known as The
Official Register of the United States,
which contains full list of the officers
and employees Of the postoffice depart
ment and the postal service, has made its
appearance This Blue Book is com
piled every second year the idea being to
furnish TO each new Congress complete
list Of the officers and employees OF the
government in all its branches, with the
salary paid. State from which employed,
etc. The first volume made its appear
ance some months since. 1t contained
the names Of all the persons IN the en-
ploy of the various departments except
those OF the postoffice department. The
second volume, containing the names of
the postoffice employees, is the one re-
ferred to above. 1t is a volume of nearly
1000 pages, and contains, beside the
names of officers and employees in the de-
partment in Washington, the names
of all the mail contractors, post
Office clerks, andsagents Of the various
RAILROADS, all of those employed in mail
messenger service and railway service, all
the carriers and clerks in post offices,
and all postmasters. The list of post
masters discloses some interesting facts.
There are, in round numbers, about So
900 postmasters in the United States,
whose salaries are from IS, 900 per annum
down to nine cents. The individual re-
ceiving the largest salary In this capacity
is the postmaster at New York, whose
salary is So, 900, the same as the Postmas-
ter-general himself The smallest salary
appears to be that paid to II. II. Forrest,
postmaster at Redale. Pitt county, N. c.,
whose salary, according to the register,
was nine cents Postmasters below a
certain grade, it will be understood, are
paid according to the number of stamps
cancelled at their Offices Formerly they
were paid according to the number of
stamps sold, but this system was not
found to be satisfactory, some of the
postmasters making business of selling
stamps in order to get their percentages.
Now, they are paid by the number Of
stamps cancelled, receiving the full value
ur to the first $50 and certain proper
ton after reaching that sum. Out of
the so, 900 postmasters in the United
register, whose salaries are less than $40
each. OF course, it is not to be under
stood that these persons devote their en-
tire time or attention to the duties of
postmaster for this sum. These are
places where postotfices are located in
country stores or at private houses, and
are kept either as an accommodation to
the neighborhood or with the idea that
their keeping brings some additional
trade to the proprietor of the store or
other establishment where they are kept.
In Ohio there are "a offices where the
salary is less than $40 per annum; in
Pennsylvania, So; in West Virginia, III !;
in Wisconsin, so; in Minnesota, 46. In
Illinois there are %; Missouri, 81; Florida,
20; Tennessee, 221; Virginia. 80. In
Kentucky we find 1873; Alabama, 100 !;
Georgia, 149; North Carolina, $40.
There are among these 1000 persons
whose salaries are below SO no less than
"a whose salaries did not last year
amount to the sum of 81 each for the en-
tire year. OF those postmasters whose
salaries were less than 81. Mississippi,
Louisiana and Pennsylvania have one
each; Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama,
Wisconsin, Kentucky, Minnesota have
two each, while North Carolina has no
less than a dozen postmasters who get
less than one dollar year for their SER
vices in this line. There are fifteen
whose salaries were less than fifty cents
for the entire year. j. HI. Cockeran, of
Vanally, Surrey county, N. c., received
forty eight cents last year for his ser
vices; S. W. Lane, of Laneton, Sampson
county, N. c.. got forty-five cents; A.
Armson, of Tyrol, Stearns county, Mimi,
received forty cents for mis- services, as
did also w. Abey, postmaster at Fork
postoffice, Butler county, Ala. A. w.
Harms, of Wild Cat postoffice, Lancaster
county, S. c.. received thirty-ive cents
for his sereices. The postmaster at Mus
catine, Davidson county, N. c., thirty
nine cents; ]. A. Barnard, of Buck
Shoals, Yadkin- county, N c., twenty
eight cents; w. ID. Webster, OF Trade
water, Webster county, KY. twenty
six cents; G. w. jackson, of Tucker
postoffice, Vashola county, Miss, twelve
cents, and II. H. Forest, of Redalia, Pitt
county, N. c., as indicated above, nine
cents. York World.