The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-29
The Business Man" In the POST
Office Has Three Pet
Schemes.
The Postal Telegraph. Savings Bank
and Pneumatic systems-Op-
posed to Public Buildlnxs.

e20O, ,O0O on certain mail carrying. At th
Same time mail routes have been extende,
over almost 100000 miles OF railway
steamboat and stage lines. The groa
revenue is nearly 81, 600. 900 larger than eve
before. Almost 5000 new postofices, NOR
than in any one year before, have been es
tablished upon petitions Of communities
The sub station and stamp agencies Ger
vice. the railway postoffioe service. free de
livery and other matters, have been Rreatl,
extended during the year. Star route mile
age increased over 5.OOO, 600 miles and rail
road mileage over 1l,000, 900. The work o
! tho dead letter Office has been greatly 70
duced during the year.
| Touching ON the postal telegraph scheme
the postmaster general says the swiftest mai
- not fast enough In these day
for all the needs Of commerce and
special correspondence. In one form o.
another the public imperatively demands
pertinent can supply IL at less cost than any
corporation, unless the latter has rent
Hight, fuel, carriers and clerks free. The
plans proposed for postal telegraph in
wolves NO outlay of money, no appointment
Fof clerks, NO financial liability. This ia
the head of new nlen Tor postaI eavinot
fbanks. the renorf recommenda that M
poetof3ce denartment "a authorized 70 "A.
tablish, postal eayines banka under reoula-
tions formulated by the postmaster general.
These 70 be located in states having no lawa
regulating savings banks, and in any Other
state upon petition Of a considerable num-
ber of residenta Of anv one locaiitv. and MOI
more. .nnmeronslv than ona nosfnffice n,
every tan rniias f3f araa. Iha intereak rate
to So fiYed bvG tie sebretarv Of the treasurv
Al Tia beninninc 81 eanh wear and to ia ons
half Of one per. cent less than the average
rate paid depositors by private banker.
All nostal sayinrs reoeiysf within = state to
n Ia nfaced on denosit with the nationaI
Raj, "a a That stata IN anniination. in snch
smnnnt ma nt Snch intarest. nj ythas .scre-
karv ii tha treasnrv NAV prescr1be. such da.
urssita ID he dieclarsd preferred claims.
!. Touching the anti lottery act the report
says tKe press had dWided the REINSTATEMENT bv
yerv f oeneral approval and the 'public AZ
large seconded its efforts to make the new
law affocfivo
The renort shhws n .O79 rostmastara re.
moved durino tie mast two Wears ana 8.-
ESQ appointed in the anne time. The post-
clear to connect the executive denartmenta
and senate and honse with the Washincton
postoffice bv a pneumatio svstem and bat
H nav then Ia ertan.led r. anh-atat;nrs
and nnstoffices az LARGE cities. He wonld
eepecialiv like to zee tie nneumatio avstem
working perfectly in Chicago when the
hihit there wonid = IL reafv sSow - III th;s h;rh a..
valnnm ant. ~ sa,v;cs' M favors vheravar Va
nraoticahIe' ona-stnrv. inarnenssva hn;id. !.
mos 4 - nostof1;cea nn,3 IA 20 fhc4 n ,rcva
ont of n GG1O rented room. safe and annie
for postal hne;naaa into Ann 0n0 hniid;,c,
whars the ;sr;tcr . .inrs neto ,~ors aa'a..
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