The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-28

~" io"' thSiu Neie o--,too PeusAoucln
classified MS follows:
Armyy Ary WInSs @jSo, cGjirs NM;
cut relatives. 7s,3
Navy ~, ...,..,......, ?G
Navy widows, mluor Children. and depend
Survivors Of tho war OF flsle.............,.., isy
Widows OF those who served III the war Of
..".."m.., 1851
There We're added to this roll during thu
year the names Of q, ,l04 new pensioners
and l,29l previously dropped were Re
stored to thc.rolls, making in tho lggrt
gate ;b,4l3; and lG,3l5 were dropped fol
various causes, being II net increase on til,
roll Of l0,00S. 51E5. l5g' az III
The average annual value OF each pen
sion at the close u the year Is $lOG ~, ant
the aggregate annual value Of all pensions
is Sd, ,45G, 900 35,i an EincreasG' over lik,
value iori tho previous year Of ,Sj,2ll,.
407 o.. i Il h. 4. 4 q f5!9 d y 'g'5'
The amount paid for pensions during
the year il S5B,!OS,597 20, exceeding, as
viii De observed, the annual value OF pen,
sions several millions OF dollars, which
represents the first payments, generally IN
new claims, and known rs arrears Of pen.
slons. The amount paid during the ycal
70 u ,301 new pensioners was So:L4l3,-
SID 10, and theroIemained In the hands
OF the several pension agents 1908 cases
Of this class unpaid, in which there wns
due Si,9i0,00o 05. Is . H5
ts7aH THE PATENT OFFICE.
The business Of the Patent Office is CON
tinually increasing. The examining work
s about six months in arrears. Every
succeeding year greater labor and care art
required in the consideration OF applica
tons, owingto the increase in the number
ofpatcnts issued and the widening of the
field OF invention.
Special efforts were made to impress
upon Congress during its lust session the
needs OF the Office, nnd, us Il result, nn in.
crease OF twenty-five was: provided in the
examining corps, but M experience oi
several months is requisite b. tfore new
appolntees can, become sufficiently skilled
In render material mid in the examination
Of applications. 4
In The estimates OF appropriations for
the fiscal year ending June 20, 1856, the
Commissioner asks an increase Of forty in
the examining corps, as also an increase in
compensation. The first is essential in
order that the force may be adequate for
the business coming before the Office, and
tho second is necessary to secure and re-.
tain skilled and experienced men who are
ablc to discern what is novel in the intri.
%'.H- inventions presented for considcra-
ton. ~ H.
additional room, n power hall and Il
laboratory are indispensable to the proper
conduct and dispatch OF business; and,
while the estimates submitted show CON
siderable increase over the present uppro.
prlation, the receipts OF the. ilie are more
than ample to cover them. In providing
the necessary facilities for the aiminis.ra.
ton OF the affairs Of this office no burden
will be imposed upon the people, for the
inventors alone pay the Treasury more
than sufficient to furnish leyerything re.
quisiteJ Q. NJ MI ~.
VARIOUS OTTER MATTERS. =.
The report Of the Superintendent OF
Census shows that eight volumes OF the
Census Reports have been published, and
that volume nine willS he.publis!cd dur.
ing the montil-o November. Other vol.
umes will follow rs rapidly aspossible.
In the work of the Geological Survey
there has been u material increase. in com.
parison with preceding !years. Tlie work
Of this bureau is greatly varied in charac.
ter, but may be said to consis. CT two prin-
cpal divisions, one Of toposraplly,u, and one
Of geology. The Typographical work hus
during the pastyear. been prosecuted with
-rigor in, many portions of the United
States, both East and West, and its prin.
cpal extensions have been. in the New
England and South Atlantic States. Rapid
progress has also been made in the topo.
graphical survey Of the Southern Appalu.
chian region, which has hitherto been
comparatively little known in respect to
Its Geographical and economic features.
The total area surveyed during the yeari in
the Southern Appalachial,s wasabout 49,
100 square miles. In Northwestern New
Mexico and Northeastern Arizona IN area
was surveyed agsregating about $1,000
square miles, large portion :ofwhicll has
been found to contain important deposits
Of good coal, while other portions are
heavily timbcred and others suitable for
pasturage. G7}C ~
During the year additional leases Of
ground within the Yellowstone National
Park for hotel purposes have been grant
ed; one site at the Lower Gey5er basin
and llie other ut what is known rs reas.
ant Valley, on the mail route from ,NTalu.
moth llotSprings to Cooke, Mont. Houses
at these places, together with the hotel 1T
Mammoth Hot Springs and temporary
camps at other points OF int .rest, were
open for the entertainment OF visitors
during the past season. In granting leases
no exclusive privileges have been given to
any person or company. -s$
.f.t rs. TIE civil SERVICE ACT. tioa
At the time OF the passage of tlle act
entitled IAN act 10. regulate. and i'm prove
the civil service ot tho United S.atca,n II
was urged us All objection to it that the
examinations would be OF such technics
character as 10 exclude from the public
service all cxccptTthose who have had the
advantages of a liberal education. The
experience OF near y one year, uiil u half
Inns demonstrated that these feur5, were
groundless, and that the examinations
have heen con,iucted on ii sound md bns.
iness.like basis, calculated to secure eli.
clcnt clerks for the'various grades Of the
public service. /. Quits Il number OF the
employees OF tho Government, occipyinc
vadcs jbtlow the classified service, ave
been found qualified for. higher grades by
the examinations of tile Commission. No
call was made from the.InterorI Depart.
mcnt on the Civil Service Commission to
fill vacancies occurring in the clerical loricc
until May, 1884, because ut tho time Of
the passage Of tho act there were employ
cd in the Census Office large number Of