San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-28
Letter Carrier's Far.

NEW YORK, Nov. 28.-The great
fair, under the auspices Of the Letter
Carriers Association of New York,
opens in Madison Square garden to-
day. Its purpose is to establish q
pension fund for post Office employees
and among the patrons are Ex.Presi.
dent Cleveland, President Harrison,
Postmaster General Wanamaker,
Postmaster Van Cott and others as
prominent. Among the features of the
fair are reproductions OF the old New
York post offices, . railway upon
which the work of the railway post
office is exhibited. The progress of
the delivery system In the United
States is set forth In q practical way
and the latest cancelling stamp that
does the work of ten men and
destroys forty-five thousand stamps an
hour is In operation. There is also q
compartment In which postmen com-
pete for prizes. The arch which
graced the line of march during the
Columbian celebrations at Fifty.
eighth street is used for forming q
group of handsome statuary. A fea-
ture of the fair is illuminated with
electric lights. The Metropolitan
Orchestra of sixty-five performers
will be in attendance tonight. A de-
sign in miniature Of the General Post
Office greets the eye on entering. The
Kindergarten Bazaar will be one of
the most interesting features of the
fair. In it will be host Of children
dressed up to represent the heroes
and heroines of Mother Goose
Thn Of hn
fair is vested in the following execu
tive committee. On behalf of the
New York Post Office Mutual Aid
association. Mr.. q. w. Beavers,
chairman; Mr.. J. Vaudeville, Mr.
E. Hickey, Mr.. A. J Winder and Mr..
A. Martin.
On behalf of the Letter Carriers as.
s)cistion-John n. Parsons, Wallace
P. Toole, Thomas J. Bonser, Charles
P. Kelley and A. E. Peterson.
The idea of pensiOniug disabled
letter carriers is one which has been
agitated for years all over the luntry.
The action of New York to establish
q fund without the aid of congress is
one of special interest to public en-
ployes in all parts of the United
States. There are 1924 employees of
the New York post office and the
nineteen suo-ststions. or these the
majority receive less than $500 year.
Six hundred are paid less than 5000
each. About q hundred get $500 aud
perhaps seventeen per cent receive
ST. 900. The Mutual Aid association
has accomplished q splendid work
since 1t was organized twenty-three
years ago. It's funds are secured from
q pro rata assessment OF Its members
who pay from go cents to 81 80 per
month. There has been paid to the
widowsaud orphans of deceased mem.
bers nearly quarter of q million dol
lars. The association has had tue
hearty good will of all the postmas-
tiers who have been in the office since
it started. It has been at congress
for the past five years to secure favor
able action on q plan to pension post
men disabled by accident or age.
success seems as far off as ever, and
the scheme of the tair was fi0ally hit
upon in the hope that sufficient funds
might be realized to inaugurate 8
pension system which the association
has in mind. Applicants for relief
when accepted are to be paid fifty per
cent of their annual salary, no PEN
sions, however, to exceed 5000 yearly.
This, it is thought, will be an equit-
able arrangement and one that can be
easily carried out.