Telegram-herald., 1888-03-29
DOH NJ. S CAME BAGS
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VI AzHIsa10s. AsIeh z7.-Althougn Post |
master ssasral DiGxinsoa aAs oeea Ia afflcs
only a 90 moaEas ns las 50 thoroughly
s9Diis1 himself ~ ths mastery Of a. the
ceialls contested ~i1a ia department. ana
possesass executive abilities IN such marked
degree th4t 30 las already instituted sew
ara very marked reforms, snlca siii save
sas Goysrament thousands of doIlsrs every
pear A iss weeks azo BE made a change
is 0ns - me subordinAts Offices ~hieh mzy
bsge unpleasant eOnssqlsn lor some sx-
Republican officials add Ehlch recall the
days WREN Thomas n. brady & Co.
~axsd and grew IA Out Of the
rsrqu.siiss attached - the Once Of second
Assistant Fostaaasser-6ensrAl. The gov
.rnmsnG sxpeods annually some three
thousand dollars TOR mail bags. etc. These
Gags ars skpensiFe. What are known ss
snroaxh registered pouches being made OF
assVy Canvas. costing. according 70 The last
eontrsct. s5-s4 sacB. What Is known As
mail pouches. made Of leather. cost On the
average s. each. There are seven mailbag
repair shops IN various parts Of The country
under the charge Of the postosfcs depart
uaent. and bags that need slight repairs are
ssnt 10 tbs nearest shop. Que Of the shops
Is 10 Washington. and until recently vas Ia
the posi- OIfiee and regarded A. one Of its
branches. Nos long ago requisltiOn came
u Dicsinsoa Tor 90 bags. Ths feqnisi-
tion had gone through vsrioas Offices and
bore on is lace numsrOCs signatures,
and ia ita4icH. Of heads Of divisions
and chiefs Ok bureaus, 80 that when iG came
60 Dickinsons desk he hal nothing else
10 DO bat 10 attach bis signature in per-
functorY sort Of way; bat Dickinson IS not
that klnd of man. IL struck him that
1000 vas q goodly number. and so the re-
QUESTION was held up until he could make
Investigations. His Investigations resulted
IN the dismissal of the superintendent ia
charge Of the Washington sn0p, and the
discovery VI q rather peculiar state Of
affairs. Wm. Good. the x-superintendsnt
had held the place for twenty seven years.
At 6rst &c used 70 take The bags home and
repair them but when the shop was organ
izsd. about fltesn years ago. be was placed
10 cnarge- A visit 10 the cellar showed that
if vas pilsd up from hOor to ceiling with
baSs. msny Of which aad never been used.
while othsrs were so slightly damaged that
it Was evident they could not have made
more than one trip. Il is estimated that
there we're Al least ten thousand bags in
the cellar worth not less than $4,000 and
the estimate is made BY one OF the old
workmen, who has been smplyed there for
thirteen years. that some Of the pouches have
been IN that cellar during all those years.
and that the stock accumulated by the
latest arrivals were being dumped there and
lsft untouched.
Mr.. Dickinson removed the goods and
pot In the place Capt K ID. ). Tyler. of De-
troit. who ssrvsd 10 New York regiment
curing the war. AZ the same time transfer
ring the control Of Office from the city post
master to hat Of the Second Assistant Post
nnxstsr-GsnsraL Capt Z. ID. 5 Tyler i'm
msdiately went TO work to bring tbs stuH
20 the surface. he found. a. might have
been expected. fully oue-half Of the bags
we're worthless as the damp air
OF the cellars had rotted them. but the re-
rraindsr could De repaired and made as
good a. new with little trouble and sx-
pense. Captain Tyler took one Of the bags
that had a siignt hole IN IL 70 one Of the
chiefs Of division IN the Second Assistant
Postmaster Generals offics and told him be
thouxhE he could repair the bag and make
il serviceable. The chief beng hOld-ovsr
Republican. naturally objected 70 any such
scheme Of economy and promptly vetoed IT,
Another chief con nscted With that branch
Of the service also a Republican. was
called in for consultation and Just
ss promptly vetoed the suggestion.
Capt Tyler. however. vas not dsuntsd. he
vent back 10 the shop, took one of the old
bags which was perfectly useless and cut
out Of il enough canvas to patch the hole,
and from the leather pouch got material
enough 70 form q backing. Then be had
one of the men sev and rivst the patch on
and. being perfectly satisfied thar he bad
workmsniike JOB, carried it back 70 Second
Assistant Postrnastsr General Knott. Knott
commended Tyler very highly for his ings-
unity. and szw no reason vhy all the other
hsss. not too far gone, should not be treated
IN ths same var The two chief.
Already mentioned we're asked by
Knott % pas upon ths pouch, and. OF eour,e
promptly condemned il. Bat Captain
Tyler showed that their objections we're
Simply frivolous. and Knots told the Cap
tain - 20 ahead and use his own discretion
in the matter of repairs Tyler bad one Of
sfs uaen repair . bsg while the rELssRsN-
HzRAnD correspondents vss investigating
the matter yesterday. The canvas vas
worn n enc plses 81 thst ones finger could
ba pushed through IL Under the old sd
ministrafian that vas sufficient to send a
ssS4 PAD 70 the junk dssier. In few
Minutes Ne workman bad securely rivetsd
IN. pstch ovsr the hole. and the cost Of the
Joe. including ths tine and msterisis. vas
not rnors than - cents
OF course Il = nos yet known ~hether
fhe cid superintendsnt VS. simply neeli-
x.nt IN fbe disrharxs u bis duties ~
~seth e VS. - The interests Il some c0r-
frsctcr that The osxs wsrs sllO~ed 50 rot
Il -,1id teok - - scrse enc hed eern
~~,ftsnr bT tke state of things snd vhiie
r.fhinr - Known definitely it = not be-
F~v~.f shsf Dickinson vii allow he matter
- srop nnkil al he fscts have been brought
saL
Ne Kncts be. issae6 an order that az
49, ~hich have be~n aecssreu ua1t f,r
fssr<a~r ser~fcs at tae etasr rspsir saous -
sent tc Washington - raat csptsin fgieT