Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-24
THE NEW YORK posroFflcE.

| WASHINGTON, July 23.-The report OF
the commission appointed by Postmaster
| General Wanamaker to examine the New
York postoffice was made public today.
This commission was composed Of Hon.
James n. Tyner, assistant attorney gener-
eral chairman; II. S. Huidekoper, former
| merly postmaster at Philadelphia; Warren
| z. Edgerton, postofice INSPECTOR in charge
at Boston; Henry II. Muller, assis-
tant postmaster at Cincinnati; Samuel
| Smith. assistant postmaster at Brooklyn;
| James I. Metcalf, chief clerk money order
system; B. E. Spangler, postoffice inspect
or free delivery, and d. Moses, assistant
superintendent railway mail service, at
tached to registration division, and spent
| three weeks in the performance of their
duties. The report is elaborate, covering
very fully the ground traversed by the
commission in its three weeks of inves-
tigation of the main postoffice and the sew
enteen branch Offices, including the in
formation sought and gained so generally
of the business men of the city of all
branches OF trade, and shows that the
whole subject WAS thoroughly and ex-
haustively investigated. The commission,
while recommending liberal increases
In the number Of clerks and car
riers, and in larger accommodations
generally for the Office and the
service in order to meet the demands oc-
casioned by the great and rapid growth of
the city in business and population still
recommends much less than was constant
~ and urgently demanded by the late
Postmaster Pearson and has been asked by
the present postmaster, Vancott The
recommendations were for some 100 addi-
tional clerks at an increased cost OF S2I3.-
900 for them, and for additional
compensation to the present force,
and for 1I6 additional carriers. The COM
mission recommends 123 additional clearks
and ten additional carriers, at an increased
cost of $S7, 900, and an increase fully justi-
fed by the constantly increasing receipts Of
the postof1ice itself, which, between June
20, 1886, and June 80, 1882 showed an in
crease crease of S5aoooos and for the . year
an Increase Of s55eooo. The com,
mission also makes important recommen-
dationS as to the necessity of greatly i'm
proving the postoffice building by way of
increasing its capacity, convenience and
comfort, which would involve a
further additional expense of $4,000, to
decide upon the details of which the post
master general and the secretary of the
treasury meet in conference in New York
this week. 1t also suggests some thor |
ough improvements as to the practical |
operation OF the postal service in the city. |
The present system of annual examina- |
tions to determine which clerk shall |
have the higher salary is declared to be
injurious in its results, harsh in its opera
lions, and at variance with the |
spirit of the civil service law. Salaries |
fixed by roster, the commission says |
should not be subject to frequent altera-
tions. The commission in concluding |
their report, says that with the increase of |
working space recommended, and the dis |
continuance Of some duplication of work,
the additional employees recommended will |
be sufficient to insure the best possible
service.