The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

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The Boston division, which is under
the direction of George s. Evans,
is required to detect crime and discover
criminals in Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
and Vermont. The Chattanooga
division embraces Georgia, Florida,
South Carolina and Tennessee, and is
under the immediate direction of
Colonel A. G. Sharp, formerly Chief
Post-Off1ce Inspector under the admins
tration of Chief Inspector Rath bone; the
divisions have all been placed under
the direction of the experienced inspect
ors who were removed during the last
administration. James E. Stuart is in
charge of the Chicago division; which
embraces Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mich
igan, Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota and Wisconsin. Mr.. Stuart has
been in the service for number of
years and is an exceedingly competent
man for the work which is submitted
to his care.
George s. Seybold, whose headquar-
ters are at San Francisco, has the super
vision OF Oregon, Washington, Montana,
Alaska, California, Arizona, Nevada and
Utah. When complaints reach the
bureau under the Chief Post-office In
spector they arc referred by him to the
Chief Inspector of the division in which
the crime is likely to have been COM
mitted. Under each one OF these d.
vision inspectors there is corps of
special agents, and each case is re-
ferred especially to the man best fitted
to. investigate each complaint. The
Chicf Clerk in tho immediate Office of
the Chief Post-office Inspector at Wash
ington is Mr.. James Maynard, a son of
Postmaster-General Maynard, of Ten
nessee, and he has occupied that impor-
tant position for the past ten years.
The detectives Of crime against the
postal laws and regulations are very
careful in all of their work. When
ever they receive case they mark the
date of mailing Of the letter or pack
age, the name of post-office from which
it is mailed, with the name of the
county and State, the name of the
writer or the sender of the registered
lctter or package, the number of letter
or package, the name of the addressee,
the name of the post-office addressed.
with the county and State, q dcscrip-
tion Of the contents of the letter or
package and number of registered en-
velope covering tho letter or package;
also the name of the complainant, the
designation of the classification Of com
plaint, the namo of the inspector to
whom the case was referred for investi-
CATION, with the date of such reference,
and tho complainant is then notified of
tho receipt OF his complaint and in
formed that the same will receive the
attention Of the department.
During the last fiscal year there were
IS, 0c0 papers sent to the Office Of tho
Chief Post-office Inspector. These pa
pors did not relate entirely to the vio-
lat.cns Of the postal laws. The Post
Of1ee Inspector, wherever he Is, is con-
sidcred the representative plenipoten-
tiary of the Postmaster-General, with
autocratic authority over all subordi-
mates. And it frequently happens that
Post-office Inspectors are obliged to de-
eide, for example, who would be the
proper person Of various candidates to
receive IN appointment as postmaster;
concerning change Of site or proper
location Of post-ofaces; the responsible
ity Of securities on Official bonds Of
pos:masters; the amount to be allowed
for salaries, fuel, light, furniture, etc.
the adjustment Of money-order accounts
whsre they are complicated; the estab-
lishment or discontinuanoe Of post-of-
fccs; the establishment of the free-de-
livery system, or OF the money order
system; the establishment or discontin-
uancs OF postal stations in large cities,
to Investigate charges against letter
carricrs; the destruction or injury Of the
lettcr-boxes, or of mail deposited in let.
tcs-boxes; 70 determine the admissibili-
y q non-admissibility oS nsttel