The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-25
MORE NAIL SERVICE.
Better Postal Facilities for
State of Washington.
WORK OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Senators and Congressmen Spend Much
Time I'm the Department for the
States Benefit.

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 25.-tSpecial.l-
The Washington delegation has been about
as successful in securing the rapid i'm
provement of the mail facilities in their
state as any other delegation in congress.
Senator Allen and Representative Wilson
put in good deal of time at the postotfice
department in order to discover where it
is possible to better the mail service in
their section of the country. In this con-
nection Representative Wilson has re-
ceived letter from James e. White, gen.
eral superintendent of the railway mail
service, which will be of interest at this
time. Mr.. White says:
beg to acknowledge the receipt OF your favor
concerning the appointment of Hugh N. Rogers
as superintendent of mails in some one of the
large postofices in the state OF Washington. In
previous letter stated that nothing could be
done for Mr.. Rogers at the present time, for the
reason that no such office existed in the state of
Washington. Noticing the other matters
referred to in your communication, l
ice in the state OF Washington has been given,
during the last year and half. constant and
efficient attention and supervision by some OF
the most competent officers of this service.
As you are doubtless aware q change was
made about a year ago in the chief clerkship at
Portland, Or, which we had every reason to
believe was required in the interests Of the SER
vice. There was promoted to the vacancy thus
created a clerk of known ability and long
experience. We note from the reports
received at this Office not only from our own
service, but from postmasters and others as well,
that the change resulted in improving the SER
vice greatly in the states OF Washington and
Oregon. To thoroughly organize the mail SER
vice in that section of country, one OF the most
efficient M ay n
was assigned to duty, first with temporary
headquarters at Seattle and at present with
temporary headquarters at Portland, who was
instructed to devote his whole time to the in
spection of the service in the two states named
ard to recommend to this office any changes
that he was satisfied, after investigation, would
improve the service, and thus benefit the public.
That he has been exceedingly industrious aud
equally sucoe ssul is evidenced in the reports
received at this Office, which show conelusively
that the mail service in the state of Washing
ton has advanced very rapidly during the last
year, and that, 30 far as the distribution and
transportation of the mails is concerned, is as
effective there as anywhere else in the United
States. considering the fact that on majority of
the railroads the trains are not run FREE
quently as they are in more thickly settled por
tons of the country.
Hundreds of miles of new service have been
established In that state, not only upon railway
lines, out upon star routes; ana many OF the
star and eamboat routes have been rearranged
so as to expedite the mails in transit and to give
more continuous and rapid exchange of mails
between important offices in that state and also
between 1t and other states east and south of it.
In conclusion beg to say that this Office has
given the condition of the service on the Pacific
coast special attention during the last year and
half, the head of it having visited
those states personally and having
devoted moro than months time
to the inspection of the service then established
and in ascertaining what additional service was
necessary to overcome the complaints which
had been lodged in this Office previ-
ously. Since then the assistant general
superintendent of this service has visited
that section OF country; the superintendent at
San Francisco has been there several times,
and Assistant Superintendent Vaille has devoted
his entire attention to perfecting and extending
service, particularly in Oregon and Washington
The department determined more than year
ago TO thoroughly reorganizs the service on the
Pacific coast, with a view of making 1t as salts
factory as possible, considering the transports.
ton facilities which exist there, and as above
stated, we have reason to know that the efforts
made in this direction have been successful,
and we shall continue TO take advantage of all
the means at our disposal to advance the mail
service on the slope in efficiency whenever op-
portunities to make improvements occur.