Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-20

/ great many positions under him that mal
| be filled Dy the next administrator. iu'
| four assistant poItmaster general. receiv'
49, aRssSs f. insE e.. AZ ss ioo go one eiia
clerk TO each Of the postmaster generals ~
5000. general cldcf clerks for money ordel
system, foreign malls. depfedau9ns A..
dead letter Offices at $1,000 one ,Iopograph,e,i
at 1900; chief OF salary and allowance nl
| vision, chief OF appointment division. chiei
| Of bonds and commission division, caei ~
Inspection division. chief u mail and cup
mont division. chief OF postage stainp. dlNl'
sion. chief Of finance division. chief OF rag
lslratlpn division and chief Of correspy.ii'
enec diyi.iqn at salaries ranging from 80
In he department Of agriculture there Is
IN assistant secretary az 1850, O. ciiet
clerk az s2.h0. u cashier and cliinf clerk nj
s., coo, a chief OF the bureau Of animal In
dustry at 5000, several chiefs Of divisions
NJ $1,000 suptrlniendcnt OF garden aud
grounds u. 200 curator OF museum at
another superintendent AZ $1,000.
The department " Justice has two CHIEF
taiies az 81, 500 and 50 900 respectively.
WHERE TRADES UNIONS RULE.
There has been some tnlk about an eN-
tension " the civil service rules to cover
the employees OF the bureau OF engraving
nni printing and the government printing
Office. several years ago tho question Of
placing plate printers under the law was
considered but stumbling block was
found IN the shape Of trades uuous, and the
attempt was abandoned; The demand for
skilled plate printers always exceeds the
supply In the government printing Office
the trades unions again interfere1. with the
result that there are no civil service up
pontments In that office In the printing
and engraving bureau number OF clerks
IRE appointed under the law. Beyond lis
pale, however, are some plnccs much sought
nfter. among them being that OF the chief
who receives a salary Of si,5uO. an assist
ant chief at S2,2bO. an accountant az 5000
AMI several clcrkg ranging from 81 200 10
81 500. The skilled men IN this bureau,
many Of whom receive salaries nj ~ 200
Inv. been occupying their present posi-
lions for years. They are subject TO Huih-
ARE few candidates fos their positions WHO
could do the work satisfactorily Few remoy.
hs nre made,
The office OF public printer Is good one.
II pays LOO, The chief clerl; Of This Office
receives 2,i00 1heic are two CLERKS at
81 500 two ut ~ coo aud one al 81 100 Tbs
chief bookkecper n paid SG,i0 day, the
dlsbursng clerk gets the same, ns does tie
chief time clerk. quito n number OF clerks
receive daily salaries ranging from 81 to
Sl11. The foreman Of the public printing
piiicc has nm annual salary Of 81 loo. his
clerk receives 80 cents au hour, his type
the same the two assistant fore
men receive S0.75 q day. while tho copy
pfoparors, pr0UiteuderH ma reyisers nj q
M ~ cents ma hour imuOacrB nc - cents
opyholders at 80 cents aud n number Of
,plii'Al9lH AZ ~ p'htH m hour, Another
batch OF competitors DO piece work. In
this Office are also employed a building su-
at S1.if day. nn assistant
superintendent nt siJ0 n day. chief ma
rhnlst nt % cents an hour. and engineers,
nnchlnifts carpenters, bricklnycfs. painters
lnl plumbers ranging from 90 to 80 cents an
hour apiece.
In The binding department " foreman at
~ lOu, TWO assistant forCmcn NJ 50 10 o day.
lnd murhlCrf ut 20 cents nn hour ynruiabprs
II 80 cents rllris 40 cents. forwurlers nt
~ cents, leather purcrs ni 30 cents, gaWJcrs !
40 % contH, pagers M - cents, hlanl. sew
'rd ni 70 cents. gOllWorkers NJ ~ cents and |
.eedcrs at IS a4 cents, The laborcra in |
his office nre paid - cents AN hour, II IL |
.or the reason that the civil service law |
lun8 not apply 20 any OF lis employees thar |
hc government printing Office has come TO |
pa regarded gs the botany bay OF the gov
iument service.