Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-21
TIE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
Some Extracts from General Order No

Some Extracts from General Order No.
IA.
General order No IA was issued from
the Office of the superintendent of the
Eleventh division in this city yesterday.
The following extracts will be of interest:
Unnecessary use of expensive station
ery-The attention Of all chief clerks in this
division is called to the following letter
from the honorable general SUPERINTENDENT; :
POsT OFFICE DEPARTMENT., /
OFFICE OF GENL SUPT. Il. NJ. S.
WASHINGTON. AUG. IA. 1891. J
Mr.. j. S. Weaver, Superintendent K. NJ. s,
SMITHS Office finds it necessary to call
the attention of division superintendent to
the unnecessary use, upon many occasions,
by chief clerks and others, of printed letter
heads. This class OF stationery appears to
be used upon all occasions when other and
cheaper paper would better answer the
purpose. Plain paper, either foolscap,
legal cap, or note, also memorandum blocks
can he furnished on requisitiOn, and it is 4
waste of expensive stationery to use
printed letter heads for scheme manuscript.
lists of paper and letter case labels and
other purposes of similar kind. Very
respectfully. JAMES Z. WHITE,
General Superintendent.
Geueral-When an exchange OF runs is
desired, it will be necessary TO fill out
blank furnished by this office, or by chief
clerk, for that purpose, and signed by both
parties wishing the change, and not 10 take
effect until approved by the chief clerk.
The practice of clerks exchanging runs, and
having such exchange take effect before be-
ing approved, will not be tolerated.
Reductions-A clerk OF class 3, Sixth d.
vision, TO class 4, for unsatisfactory case
examinations.
a clerk Of class 3, Tenth division, to class
., for habitual carelessness and failure 20
report Irregularities.
SuspensiOns-A clerk OF class s. this di-
vision, three days, for kicking open the
door Of q mail wagon, breaking the lock, be-
cause the mail messenger insisted on lock
ing the same. This messenger had gone to
considerable expense in fitting up the mail
wagon in accordance with instructions from
the department.
A clerk. in the First division, one day, for
leaving three sacks OF papers in the car over
night.
for missending an inner registered sack
s clerk, in the Second division. one day,
for missending an inner registered sack and
not reporting the lrregularity.
4 clerk of class 8, Fourth division, one
dav. for failure 10 put of local mail
4 clerk OF class 5, Fourth division, for
leaving registers at initial Office after hav-
ing signed for same.
4 clerk Of class ,, Fourth division. ore
day, for leaving inner registered sack at in
'itial Office after having signed for same.
a clerk of class 1. Sixth division, one
day for failing TO exchange mails at catch
station.
clerk of class 4, Sixth division. ten days
for wilfully and maliciouslv damaging ex-
press matter temporarily placed in his car,
for inviting and accepting the assistance OF
an unauthorized person in distributing the
mails and reporting for duty in an intoxi-
Gated condition
A clerk OF class 5, Sixth division. one,day,
for leaving registered package in his car
at close of run.
A clerk of class 4. Eighth divisioA> one