Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-16

and 1890 So, 400.
WORK OF THE APPOINTMENT DIVISION.
The total number Of transactions in the APP
pointment division Of the department for the
last fiscal year was q, 261-an average of nearly
2OOO per month or of so per day. OF this num-
Der there were Az establishments, l,024 dis
continuances and 1,579 changes of name and
sitc In fourth-class Offices there we're S,056
appointments on account of designations, 8, $50
on account Of removals and 638 Oh account OF
tbs death OF postmasters. In presidential
offices there were 253 appointments ON account
OF designations, 579 on account of expira-
ton OF commissions. $50 on account of re-
movals, 81 on account of the death OF post
masters and las on account Of offices becoming
presidential. In the 1879 cases Of change OF
name and site there were only 665 new appoint
mcnts. in each OF the other 9l4 cases the incum-
bent being retained.
HOW NEW POST OFFICES ARE ESTABLISHED.
1t may still further be matter of interest to
give some idea Of the steps taken in the estab-
lishment Of Offices. This is nearly always done
upon petition Of the citizens in the neigh
borhood whore the Office IL desired, and is usu-
ally Endorsed by the member of Congress from
the district in which the Office would be To-
Gated. Upon the receipt Of the
petition at the department q clerk
in charge OF section imme diately forwards
blanks and instructions to the party who is
proposed az postmaster. The location paper"
which ID the most important of those sent,
enables the applicant for the Office to indicate
to the department the exact location Of the
new office. on section, township and range; its
proximity to river or other stream; its distance
and direction from the two nearest offices on the
same route, if on route; the nearest Office to
the one proposed, whether on the route or not;
whether the Office will be supplied as a special
office If not on route and from what Office
then In operation the supply will como. TO-
gether with other important information 1t
also states whether the new Office would be on
or near railroad and how in that event its
supply would be furnished II the Office is
within eighty rods of the depot the
railway company have TO furnish the supply,
but If more than eighty rods the government
under certain conditions furnishes by special
messenger. The assertion sometimes made
that the postmaster nearest the proposed office
can prevent the establishment by simply OBJ
jecting to it 10 not true. Such postmaster
10 often called upon, and tn fact, in
nearly ell cases IL 30 called upon. to
indorse the petition. but his refusal 90 TO do,
or even his opposition, does not necessarily In
1uence the department 10 its action. The
policy Of the department is not to get offices
100 close together. but to furnish people with
the very best facilities Tor sending and reoeiv-
ing mail.
PENNSYLVANIA LEADS THE LIST.
In the matter of the number Of establish.
ments Of new Offices for the past fiscal year the
state Of Pennsylvania leads. having $50 such
cases. Texas follows with 207. virginia with
200, Kentucky with ly9, Alabama with l97 and
Georgia with 1856. New Hampshire and Rhode
Island each had nine new Offices established,
which was the smallest among the states. The
new state OF Washington increased its Offices
by 1872 and far-on Alaska has three. The new
offices in all the states and territories are in
cfeasing rapidly.