The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-20

erence 70 table ''F" of General Superintendent
Thompson's annual report for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1855 find that there were registered
packages re-issued by railway postal clerks as
follows: First division. 90: second division, 40
third division, not reported; fourth division, III;
fifth division, (AIr Frenchs) q sixth division, 4G
seventh division 2l8; eight, division, Z; ninth
division, 81. On exaT,ination OF the general or
ders from superintendent Frenchs Office from
Dec IL, 1862, to May 26, 'S3, ! find that 1nes
were imposed on clerks in this division for mis-
sending registered packages as follows: Dec. b.
1882, clerk on Toledo and Cincinnati, clerk on Ores
den and Cincinnati, clerk on Louisville and Lon
don clerk on Paducah and Memphis; Dec. 30 1882,
clerk on Pittsburg and st. Louis, two cases; April
20, 'S3, clerk Chicago and Cincinnati, clerk on
Grafton and Cincinnati, two cases clerk on Kent
and Cincinnati, clerk on Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Indianapolis, clerk on Cincinnati and Chatta
nooga, clerk on Toledo and Mansfield; April %,
clerk on Cincinnati and Chattanooga, clerk on
Youngstown and Pittsburg, clerk on Pitts
burg and St. Louis; May 8, clerk on Chatta
nooga, clerk Cd DAYTON and WeilSton; May 49,
clerk on Cincinnati and St Louis, clerk on Pitts
burg and Chicago, clerk on Dayton and Wells,
clerk Kalamazoo and Cincinnati, clerk on
Huntington and Portsmouth; May 26, clerk on
Cincinnati and St Louis Total, twenty five
fines. What want understood is this: The
general superintendent report is based on re-
ports made to him by the division superintend-
ents. These fines were imposed by the depart
ment on reports and recommendations OF the
ulNlSlOu superintendent, anu inc IptIluttuucHO
of the Fifth division made a false report to the
general superintendent for the purpose of max
ing a good showing for his division when he re-
ported but two registered packages nssent for the
entire year: or he made false reports TO the de-
partment when twenty-five clerks in his division
were fined for missending registered packages in
less than half the year, and at least twenty
three of these clerks were robbed and their
money should be refunded. This looks at first
as though it was none of my business as long as
l was not ined but if Superintendent French
can have twenty three clerks fined for missend-
ing registered packages, when there were no
packages missent, he can have me fined for this
or any other imaginary cause, regardless OF Gen
eral Gresham's promise of protection. Ii Su-
perintendent French did not make false reports
in either of the instances mentioned, he certain
ly made an error a much greater error than the
mlssending of registered package, and
he should be fined. He should be given
large dose of his own medicine
l have been censured for not doing more than
coulddo When we have had an unusually large
mail, have worked from depot to depot as hard
as possibly could, and the other men in the
crew did the same 1t sometimes happened that
we did not get through. 1 have got one of those
letters from Mr. French at such times, that in
his opinion that mail should have been all
worked AT first, when 1 got such letters, did
not understand how other clerks could get
through their work. thought l had good a
crew as they had and knew they had as much
mail as had. | soon found that they were all
getting the same kind of letters as myself. l
came to the conclusion that Mr.. French either
did not believe what he said or else he did not
know what given number Of men could do in a
given length of time. Since then L have paid
but little attention to his letters.
An affidavit was read of the date of Feb. Is,
1884 in which z. o. King, citizen of jefferson
county, recited number of grievances Had
been discharged from the service by reason of
charges i'll the hands of French upon which
French denied to near him in his own behalf
He had, he alleged, also had fines imposed upon
him for unavoidable failures. Alleged that
mails were diverted from their routes, during
weighing seasons, and were heavier at such times
believed was under the orders of C. Jay French.
The commission adjourned until 10 o'clock
this morning.