The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-08-22
CAPITAL CULLINGS.
The Civil Service Commission
Again.
COIN TRANSFE
An Answer to the Bankers and Min
ing Men Of Salt Lake,
Other News.

official of the Treasury Department said
to-day in regard to the complaint Of the
bankers and mining men OF Salt Lake City
against the recent order regulating the dis
tributions of silver dollars that the order
in question was made necessary by the
great expense attending the transportation
of that coin from one point to another. Az
an illustration he said it would cost IS to
ship 900 silver dollars from San Fran
cisco to Salt Lake City, and as much more
to ship it back, which expense would derive
the Government OF the entire profit realized
from their coinage. The difficulties at Salt
Lake would. in the officials opinion, be
averted if the bankers were willing to ac-
cept fractional silver coin instead OF stan
dard dollars. The former would be deliv-
cred to them at their place OF business
without delay and without expense to them.
and would answer all the purposes OF stan
dard dollars. He said further that the ef-
fects OF the present administration to pro-
mote the circulation OF silver coin is
meeting awith great success. especially in
the case OF subsidiary coin, which until
the present movement began was wholly
unavailable and dead weight.
NORTHERN PACIFIC TERMINUS.
Counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company have applied to the Interior De-
partmeEt for repeal to the case recently
affirmed by Secretary Lamar relative to
the lines of the terminal limits OF the road
in Washington Territory. Assistant Sec
retary jerks will grant a hearing upon his
return to this city.
Beef and flour contracts were awarded by
Acting Commissioner Upshaw. The Indian
bureau has awarded a contract for furnish
ing 225, 900 pounds OF beef and 10000
pounds of flour to the Northern Cheyenne
Indians, to Thomas G. Powell OF Chicago,
the former at SO Al and the elatter at $2.7O
per 100 pounds. .sss.z
MONEY ORDER DEL hclEs.
The Chiefs of thelMoney sssf ~ Office and
Finance Division and tfe Chief Special
Agent of the Postoffice Depart ment have
been instructed to call the immediate at
tention of the Postmaster-General to all
cases OF delinquency in money order mat
ters on the part of postmasters which may
come to their notice by reports Of special
agents or otherwise. Special jacket (melon-
c0lored) paper is to be prepared for such
cases, the color being designed to call atten-
ton to the inclosure from among the mass
of papers which reach the desk OF the Post
master General and his assistants. Here
tofore cases of this kind have been allowed
to take a routine course, going with the
other correspondence to the correspondence
clerks office, and as a result many post
masters who have failed to keep up their
deposits have been able to retain their
Offices after their delinquencies have been
reported upon.
MOVING GOLD COIN.
The transfer OF gold coin from the Sub
Treasury to New York through the mails
has been resumed. A package containing
$500, 900 arrived in New York yesterday.
The amount already shipped by mail is
about $11, 100000. 1t is learned that the
original intention was to have it trans
ferred from San Francisco to New York on
United States war vessels by way OF the
Isthmus OF Panama during the recent pos
session OF that territory by the United
States naval forces. The troops were with
drawn, however, before the plan could be
put in operation.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
Judge Thoman OF the Civil Service Com
mission said to-day regarding the dispatch
from New York printed in the Philadelphia
papers, charging that the requistion OF Mr..
Berry upon the chairman of the examining
board OF the New York Custom House for
! the immediate certi6cation of the names
OF two persons from whom to make
the selection OF gauge is for the
| purpose of forcing the commission
| to accept Messrs Berry, Barre and Nc
l
J aminations can be held until the vacancies
are filled; that the commission had never
receivey and recommendation OF Berry and
Barre; that McKeown is the only person
yet recommended to the commissioner,
The designations OF five members OF the
board who propose to retire have not
not been accepted or rather they do not &C
! into effect until their successors shall have
been appointed. They are still subject tc
duty and the board is not yet in minority
! The law authorized two members OF the
board to act and il an immediate examina
ton was necessary Chairman Comstock
| would have no difficulty in calling upon the
Others to serve. l feel confident that the
vacancies will be filled very soon. and dc
not apprehend any trouble at all. The
examining board OF New York is so re
stricted that it could not be made use O.
as a partisan machine even if the chief o
customs officials so desired. And do not
believe they do without positive
An evening paper says that Commissioners
Eaton and Chief Examiner Lyman have
gone to New York to report the request tc
the Collector and Surveyor for them to
nominate candidates for the vacancies OF
the New York civil service board. Ii The
| officials persist in them, the commissioners
will make the appointments.