San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-27
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ANTONIO. TEXAS, MONDAY APRIL 1891. 9re

the streets in the old portion of the city
and do not expect to see it done.
Query: Are you not allowed force suf-
ficient to do the work properly:
Ans: The department has been
liberal with this Office during the past
year. 1t receives rather more clerical al
lowance in proportion to its receipts than
any other Office of its class. have tried TO
show that it needed more to do the work
/ can hardly expect to cope with
the service in a well laid off,
regular city whose inhabitants
are nearly all American born, with the
such city, but with force sufficient to
overcome the obstacles named of course
it can be done.
Query: Do YOU hope for such force?
Ans: Candidly, | do not, for | take IL
the department will not help us unless ii
sees an effort on our part TO help our
selves. When the city has done all in its
power to admit of good mail service
being given at reasonable cost am sat-
ished the department will then see its
way clear to give us helping hand.
Postmaster General Wanamaker when
he was here in the rain the other day,
saw some of the difficulties the postal
officials had to contend with and stated
that the department would help us all it
consistently coulu. 10 NOT thihh Sneie
will be any difficulty in get
the force here when the new APP
preparation goes into effect on July 1st,
but when we call for aid it is but right
that we help ourselves all we can.
The free delivery service will hardly be
extended beyond its present limits until
some decided steps are taken towards
clearing out the streets, posting names at
the corners thereof, and properly number
ing the houses.
1t is not fair to expect the postoffice de-
partment to overcome obstacles for us by
expanding large sums Of money when We
can, by our own efforts, make Impossible
to have the work done cheaper and bet
ter. 1t is not fair to other com
munitieS who keep their premises in
order, to tax them extra heavy on account
of our disorder.
Query: Do you consider that the fact of
this being democratic city in demo-
cratic state. initiates against its chances
for aid from the department?
Ans: Never having been postmaster
in large republican city, can not state
from experience, but so far as can judge
from the reports of other tirst-class Of
fees all over the United States, l am of
the opinion that this Office is given about
3 per cent more clerical force than the
average Of Offices of its class. As well as
can Judge. the department has treated
this office as literally as the condition OF
the appropriation will allow.
Query: Is the force in the postottice
sufficient to rapidly handle the incoming
and outgoing mails?
Ans: At times we do not handle all the
mail as rapidly as should be done. not on
account of the quantity, however, unless
there be delayed trains and three or four
mails come in on us at once, but on ac-
count of the mails. Bad writing, miSd-
rected letters, and other causes already
referred to. give us great trouble and
waste our time.
Query: Is the office properly arranged
and fitted out?
Ans: 1t is the best arranged and has the
most complete appointments of any office
in the South. and can be made to accom-
modate the wants of "a city of 10000 in
habitants.
Query: How about the railway mail
service for this section of the country?
Ans: / will have to refer you to Mr..
K. p. Crawford, chief clerk Ry. Nj. s.,
whose Office is up stairs.