The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-05
Some Curfosities Enforcement.

Some Curiosities ofGoyerment.
Next to the president of tho Uni
ted States the best paid Federal
official is the clerk of the supreme
court.
The states of Colorado, Delaware.
Florida, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode
Island, and Vermont have less than
one-half the population of Illinois,
but have the same number of repre-
sentatives in congreess-twenty two.
Pennsylvania has larger number
of postoffioes than any other state.
Not clerk in the pension office
in Washington draws less than $1,000
a year salary, the average for the
1,173 clerks being $1,294 Even
copyists get 5000 a year. These
clerks have light labor and short
hours. The average salary of the
railway postofice clerks throughout
the country is only $977 year.
These men work hard, at the most
trying labor, and have long hours.
Eighty years ago North Carolina
had as many representatives in con-
gress as New York. North Carolina
now has nine, or one less that she
had in 1880, while New York has
thirty-four.
There are 419 typesetters, besides
apprentices, in the government print
ing Office.
Estimating congress to be in SEES
sion 200 days year, the salaries
of senators and representative
amount to about $4,000 a day.
The state of Nevada, which has
two senator's and one representative
in congress, has not so large popu-
lation by Gil souls as the city of
New Haven. Conn.
A number of United States senate's
employees are put down on the
records as "skillful laborers," and
draw at 81, 900 ayear, while those
who are merely F'unskilled laborers"
get $40 year. The distinction
between the two is in the kind of
brooms they manipulate. The
skilled" laborer uses a common
broom to sweep stone tagging, while
the "unskilled" laborer yields
coarse broom in sweeping carriage
ways.
During the past ten years the
government has expended nearly $780,
100000 in caring for the Indians.
The total number of Indians attach
ed to agencies is only GAG, 200, and
of these $4,000 in Indian Territory,
1900 in Wisconsin, and 5000 in
New York are supposed to be at least
partially self-supporting.
Last year the postoffice depart
ment used 81, 900 worth of ink for
stamping and cancelling letters.
The five states of Delaware, Colo
RADIO, Florida, Nevada, and Oregon
combined have not so great popu-
lation by about 10000 souls as the
city of New York. Yet New York
city has but eight representatives in
congress, while the five states have
sixteen, besides their ten senator's.
In the fiscal year ended June 80,
the governments disbursements for
pensions reached sum which ex-
ceeds by six millions of dollars the
disbursement for all purposes in the
year 1860.
There are in the railway mail SER
vice fifteen clerks who draw the
salary of 1000 a year each.
From the five states of New York
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachu-
sets, and Ohio, the government de
rives one-half of all it's postal reven-
ues.
Last year the government paid for
several copies of Puck for use of
department officials.
The government expended 81, 228,
GO last year for North American
Ethnology" for the Smithsonian In
stitution.
1t costs $4,000 a year to light
the capitol and grounds. More than
one-half of the internal revenue re-
ceipts of the government comes from
the four states of Illinois, New Y ork
Ohio, and Kentucky.
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