Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-21
FIFTY THOUSAND POsr11AsrERs.
The Salaries Range from $4,000 to Cents
q Year.

The Salaries Range from $4,000 to Cents
Year.
The second volume of the Government
"Blue Book" otherwise known as the
official register of the United States
which contains a full list of the officers
and employees of the Post Office Depart
ment and the postal service, has Just
made its appearance, This book is com
piled every second year, the idea being
to furnish to each Congress a complete
list of the officers and employees of the
Government in all its branches, with
the salary paid, State from which en-
plOyed, etc. The first volume made its
appearance some months ago, early in
the session. 1t contained the names of
all persons in the employ of the various
departments, except those of the Post
Office Department. The second volume
contains nearly 1000 pages, including,
besides the names Of officers and en-
plOyes of the department in Washington.
the names of all mail contractors, Post
Office clerks and agents of the various
railroads, all Of those employed in the
mail messenger service and railway mail
service, all letter carriers and clerks in
Post Offices and all POstmasters. The
list of Ostmasters disclOses some interest
ing facts. There are, in round numbers,
about $4,000 POstmasters in the United
States whose salaries run from $4,000 per
annum down to 9 cents. The individual
receiving the largest salary in this
capacity is the Postmaster at New York,
whose salary is $4,000, the same as that
of the Postmaster General himself The
smallest salary paid appears to be that
paid to II. II. Forrest, Postmaster at Re
dale, Pitt County, n. c., whose salary &C
cOrding to this register, was cents last
L. J.
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 salts
factOy, some of the POstmasters making
a business Of selling stamps in order to
get there percentages. Now they are
paid by the number of stamps cancelled,
receiving the full value up to the first $50,
and certain proportion after reaching
that sum. Out of the $4,000 Postmasters
in the United States there are 1900, &C
cOrding to this register. whose salaries
are less than $40 each. But it is not to
be understood that these persons devote
their entire time and attention to the
duties Of Postmaster for this sum. These
are places where post Offices 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 % offices where the
salary Is less than SO a year, in Penn
svlvania 55, in West Virginia III, III
Wisconsin 90 in Minnesota 46, In Illinois
%, Missouri 81, Florida 20, Tennessee q,
Iowa 81, Kentucky 136. Alabama $50,
Georgia 149, North Carolina 80. There
are among these 1000 persons whose
salaries are below SO. OF those Post
masters whose salaries were less than 81
Mississippi, Louisiana and Pennsylvania
have one each; Virginia, Tennessee, Ala
Dama, Wisconsin, North Carolina has no
less than dozen who get less than 81 a
year.