The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-06
Government curiosities.


Siates. the best paid federal official Is
the clerk Of the supreme court.
The states OF Colorado. Delaware.
Fionda. Nevada. Oregon. Rhode Island
and Vermont have less than one-half
the population Of Illinois. but have the
same number Of representatives In
cOnf
Pennsylvania has a larger number OF
posionices than any other state.
Not clerk in the pension Office
draws less than $1,000 year salary,
the average for the i.lT2 clerks being
81 ga Even the copyisis get $500 a
year. These clerks have light labor
and short hours. The average salary
of the railway postoilice clerks through
out the country is only saT7 n year.
These men work hard. at the most try.
ing labor. and have long hours.
Eighty years ago North Carolina had
rs many representatives in congress as
New York. North Carolina now has
nine. OF less than she had in 1880, while
New York has thlrty-fuur.
Thre are 4i9 type settlers. besides ap'
prentiees, IN the government printing
Office.
Estimating congress to he In session
two hundred days a year. the salaries
of senators and representatives amount
to about $4,000 a day.
Tie state Of Nevada which has two
senator's and one as representative In
congress, has not so large population
10y Gl7 souls rs New Haven. Conn.
A number of the United States
senates employees are put down ON the
records AS skilled labOrers," and draw
pay at sl,0OO year, while those who
are merely "unskilied laborers." get
$50 per year. This distinction be-
tween the two is the kind OF brooms
they manipulate. The skilled" labor
er uses the common to sweep stone
tagging. while the "unskiled" laborer
wields a coarse broom in sweeping car.
riage ways.
Dnrlrg the past ten years the gov
ment has expended nearly S7OO0O,0OO
in caring for the Indians. The total
number of Indians attached to the
agencies is only 246.OO0 and of these
$1,000 are in the Indian territory. 100 in
Wisconsin, and 5000 in NewYork are
supposed TO be at least partially self
supporting.
Last year the postoilice department
used S1l .OOG worth of Ink for stamping
ard canceling letters.
The FIVE states of Delaware. Colora.
do, Florida, Nevada and Oregon cCm.
bined have not so great population
by 100000 souls as the city of New
York. Yet New York city has but
eight representatives in congress, while
the live states have sixteen. besides
their ten senators.
In the fiscal year ending June 30 the
governments disbursements for pen
sions reached sum which exceeds by
S36.OOO.OO0 the disbursements for all
purposes for the year 1860
There are in the railway mail service
fifteen clerks who draw the salary of
Si2 year each.
From the five states of New York,
Pennsylvania. Illinois. Massachusetts,
and Ohio the government derives one
half OF all its postal revenues.
Last year the government paid for
several copies of Puck for use of de-
partment officials.
The government expended s4i.22s.56
last year for North American Ethnol-
ogy" for the Smithsonian institution.
1t costs $4,000 year TO light the
capitol and grounds.
More than half Of the internal reven-
ue receipts of the government comes
from the four states Of Illinois, New
York. Ohio and Kentucky.
To wait upon the 10 senators there
are 242 employees. not counting police,
watchmen and librarians
Virginia now has the same number
of congressman she had in 1890. when
there was only sixty-fve members Of
the house.
There are several postoflices in the
country at which the annual salary OF
the postmaster is one dollar.
Postal cards cost the government
ffty-four cents and four mills per thou.
sand.
Five hundred and elghty-nine dol
lars for wines, liquors and mineral wat
ers for use Of board of visitors to nav.
al academy, is an item In last years ex'
penditures of the government
The pension Office expends more than
100000, year investigating alleged
pension frauds.
At the signal service training-school
Arlington Heights. the students OF
meterology. thermometers, and anemo'
meters are compelled to leave their
study tables IN the exact center of the
room. their hunks in q certain position