Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-11-19
One Dollar Per Year.

clerks are employed continue to be grad
ually superseded by railway lines or Star
service, and during the year there was
decrease Of l., 1863 miles in the mileage Of
routes over which clerks run.
The matter handled during the year,
exclusive Of registered matter, WIS 1885,
392, 500, or about nine aud half per
cent. over the previous fiscal year.
The number of casualties occurring
during the III, from which death or in-
Jury to postal clerks resulted, has de.
creased somewhat from previous yearly
records. 1t appears from this report
that the number of accidents during the
year to trains to which postal
cars were attached, was 1913, In which
two postal clerks were killed,
thirty five were seriously, and sixty.6 five
slightly injured. In this connection tho
General Superintendent recommends
that Congress be asked to empower thu
Postmaster General to pay to the widow
or minor children of any clerk killed
while on duty an amount equal 10 one
years. salary of the grade to which the
deceased belonged at the time of his
death.
The estimate for special facilities on
trunk lines for the ensuing fiscal year Is
$25l, 1926, the same in amount as the
sum set apart for that purpose for the
current fiscal year. he estimate for
railway postal cars is $l,SsS,577 an
increase of seven per cent. over the APP
preparation for the current fiscal year.
The sum OF 81, S77, 06O, is asked for the
pay of railway postal clerks,
an increase OF six per cent. over
the existing appropriation The aver
age rate of increase in expenditures un-
der this heading for the past four years
is 8,74l, but as the service is shown to
be In excellent running order, and as no
unusual extension during the next fiscal
year Is anticipated the amount estimated
is deemed sufficient.
The fast mail service Is in a satisfac.
tory condition. Changes OF minor i'm.
portance only have been made during the
past year, which are fully set forth In this
report.
Much space is devoted by the General
Superintendent to the matter of civil
service examinations in the railway
mail service, and he strongly
advocates the extension of the benefits
of the civil service law to its clerical
force, and with that object in view en-
bodies in the report the draft of bill
which If enacted will, it is believed,
place the postal clerk upon the same
footing as the employees in the depart
| ment service.
SOLICITOR OF THE TREAsURY'S REPORT.
WASHINGTON, D. c., November H.
InHua Nh Cna Gn1ipitpr nf 40 Traa
| in his annual report to the Attorney
General, states that during the fiscal year
ended June 30th, 1885, 1908 suits were
commenced, of which so were for the
recovery of $793,5O3 from defaulting
| public officers; 1913 for the recovery OF
81, 06S, 500 on account of violation of the
postal laws; 80 were for the recovery OF
! $780, 4S on Custom House bonds; l29
were for the recovery of $l5.S73 for
violations OF customs and navigation
laws; 825 were suits against Collectors
OF Customs and others for refund
ing of duties and taxes, and l,646
were suits involving $l,30l ,766, in
which the United States is a party, or is
! interested, making total sued for OF
| $3,235,8 OF the whole number of
suits brought l, 100 were decided in favor
of the United States, 43 adversely de.
cided; 372 were settled and dismissed,
and 1918 are still pending. The entire
number of suits decided or otherwise
disposed of during the year was 2,s73;
the amount for which judgments were
obtained was S6l9, 1926, and the entire
amount collected from all sources was
1926 The number of cases in which
offers of compromise were pending and
decided during the year was 223, in
volving S2,9lS,2S7. The number Of
offers accepted was llS, involving
the sum of 81, 23S 953. The amount ac-
cepted was Sl34,6lS. The number of
offers rejected was 81, involving the sum
of $S04,l 2S, the amount rejected being
| S56,47 The number of offers pending
at the close of the year was A, involv-
ing the sum of SS75,2l5, for The compro-
mise of which there is offered Sl3,99
In the cases pending are included eight
cases of trespass on the public lands, In
volving the sum of $2.1ll, 900 An offer
of So. so an acre has been made In CON-
promise, which offer can not beapproxi-
mated until the area of the land has been
ascertained by survey.