Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-31
FOR POSTAL CLERKS.
Specifications of Bill Prepared by Their
National Association.

Specifications of a Bill Prepared by Their
National Association.
The National Association of Post
Office Clerks, through it's secretary at
Denver, has issued a circular calling at
tention to a classification bill which is
being mailed at the same time. The
circular states that clerks who do inside
work at the post officers are the ''only
class of government employees who are
accorded semblance of justice" that
they have neither the eight-hour system
of labor, annual vacations, nor a CLASH
fcation which insures to them promo
ton according to ability or length of
service. The classification bill, which
it is hoped may be passed through the
present congress. provides very hand
somely for the employees of first and
second class offices. The bill provides
that in the first class offices the assist
ant postmaster shall receive a salary
equal to 90 per cent. of the salary of the
postmaster; second assistant postmss-
tiers shall receive So, 500; the sec
rotary and stenOgrapher to the post
master shall receive 80 per cent. of
the postmaster's salary, and. on a
similar basis, cashiers shall receive As
per cent; assistant cashiers, 30 per
cent; finance clerks. bookkeepers and
superintendent of stamp divisions, 40
per cent; assistant superintendent of
mails, IS per cent. (but in no case less
than 81, 400; superintendent of de-
livery, As per cent; assistant superin-
tendents of delivery, 35 per cent: SUI
perintendents of registry divisions. As
per cent; assistant superintendent of
registry, so per cent; superintendent
of money-order divisions, As per cent. !;
assistant superintendent of money or
ders, 80 per cent: superintendent of
stations, from S1.1O0 to s., 900; station
clerks, S1r0 to $1,000: general foreman,
81, 500; clerks in packing stations, from
500 to 5000; mail messengers three
classes), from 5000 to $500; printers
-four classes), from 5000 to 81, 600; press
men, messengers, watchmen, labOrers,
janitors, porters, firemen, carpenters,
waste-paper examiners. and general
utility clerks -four classesl, from $500
to $500, and the auditor and draughss-
man, New York city, SIS. 900 and 1000
respectively. The bill further provides
that the clerks in each first class office
w
and second, so per cent. to be in each
class. First class clerks shall be divided
into five classes, with salaries ranging
from 81 600 to 81, 400 per annum. Sec
ond class clerks shall hereafter enter
service at $500 per annum, receiving
500 annual increase until they reach a
maximum of 5000. and no first class
clerks shall be created, except through
the promotion of a second-grade man.
In second class offices assistant post
masters shall receive salaries equal to
so per cent. of their chiefs income, and
chief clerks shall receive like sum-
Clerks shall enter these offices at 5000
per year. and receive an annual increase
of 500 until their salaries amount to
5000. Promotions in all cases are to be
made only after the approval of the
postmaster-generaL In the list of first
class offices exceptions are made in the
post offices at New York and Washing
ton, by which officers and clerks receive
fixed salaries. -Chicago Mail.