Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-11
sHEIroN,s R0STOFFICE.

Bfrmfngh am,s Postohace Power And
 Inhuence-Shelton Elated-Bfrm1ng-
 ham Depressed.
 Shelton people feel almost as good as II they were all elected to Congress over the fact that they are to have postofice of their own. The local paper says: Sheiton mas long been entitled to this convenience as we'll as necessity" It was two years ago that special agent of the Postothce depart meat visited Shelton and after looking over the place expressed it as his opinion that 1t was entitled to have postoftice. But the matter hung fire, and subsequently 1resh efforts were made to get an once estap- lished, but unnecessarily. At last, no"eV- CT, new efforts have been crowned with sue cess and now the great, the overshadowlng question which for the present leaves in the shade civil service reform, the tariff, the Mugwumps and the Puritan -Genesta race, IS who shall be postmaster. There are two can 1 didates looming up both, it is needless to | say, Democrats and patriots who are highly | endorsed for the position, who nave the
 brains and the disposition to serve Shelton, 1 and through Shelton the United States, as postmasters But another side to the question | looms up. This is what affects Blr- 1 mingham now It is felt and with good | grounds that the new office will much lessen | the importance of the Birmingham post
 office, and while they do not exactly con | slider that Birmingham will be shorn of her 1 glory, they do feel that the Birmingham l office will be crippled, as the Shelton mail l was big item in the daily business of the
 Birmingham office. The fact is that Shelton | is growing little place, and has, besides
 large manufacturing business, number of | wealthy and enterprising citizens and not a few handsome residences and one or two
 big Sunday schools The Sentinel figures ii
 up as follows: "With a Derby office on one
 side and Shelton office on the other, the Bir
 mingham office will not be worth the asking by
 any good business man. Besides, the pnb1e
 will probably suffer the loss of the street
 letter boxes which has been kept up at al
 expense to me of $50 per annum. The | government will not furnish them"
 The salary of the Birmingham office is now S2, 100 and by barely $100 is ruled 8 secone
 class office with allowances for rent SsS5
 clerk hire S1 ,0O0, fuel and lights $162; $2O( is also now paid out of the postmaster's pocket for extra help, and for street bo'
 collecting With an office in Shelton tn Birmingham office will become third class ) with no allowance for expenses, as the salar,
 will certainly be reduced to $1 ,90O-probabl.
 several hundred dollars lower. The loves
 estimate for expense of running an office o1 ! third class basis to postmaster woul' F. $500, light and fuel $75, whicl :, would leave not a very fat salary for the off cial Even out of that he will be luck if he gets off with $100 or $200 campaig , assessment.
 Of course Birmingham will have to giv up the present commodious postofice qua1 , ters with it's elegant box system, which be longs to the filings. The postmaster, there fore, under the new arrangements will b
 obliged to fit up an Office for himself at hi , own expense, all of which makes the outlool :, for the Democratic aspirant not very promis , ing. In fact several of that ilk are lookin , l decidedly blue over it.