New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-14
Unpaid M0NET ORDERS.
From The Washington Post.


In the SulTressury IN New York City there Is on
deposit to-day more than S3,OOOoOo representing
sSan ~ Se A money orders WHEN are
overdue, and which may never be presented for pay
II seems strange under the precautionary system
now used by the Poetohcc department. that such an
enormous amount Of money should have mcc ,
10 the credit Of unpaid money orders; but tn" cnci
accumulation under the original rules OF INC
those now in force. II A at Columbus sent a money
order to in Cincinnati twenty five years ago, ana
master at Cincinnati might meet p three TINES day
for year. and under the regulations on me foSloncr
Department he conId not tel nm ,hat ., me , mOhey
could notify that the money remained unclaimed
SO II the order had gone a,tray probably j. wondered
puzzled over the fact that y did not acknowledge
nsa c Of al nns @ money any
and It lies in the sub'rrcasury to-day awaiting an
But If A sent "a money order To b to-day, and the
order was not presented for payment the postmaster
rom other orces al the end Of MONTH. and finding
this money order TO have been unpaid at the end OF
10 him by from Columbus If at IN, n. end Of
he would notify him again. And II at the end Of a
third, month the money had not been claimed, he
notify A that his money order in favor Of j. had
not been presented at the postonice IN Cincinnati,
that these precautions ought TO insure the
payment Of money orders within reasonable time:
until they invalid.
The superintendent Of the money order Office seldom
receives any explanation Of the DELAY I'm cashing
order: all duplicates issued from his Office
but there Is regular form OF application for duplicates
kept file in all money order Offices and all that the
superintendent receives usually Is an Application made
out OF these blanks Occasionally the pot
master forwarding the application sends letter telling
the circumstances Of the delay In having the order
cashcd. and sometimes the applicant for duplicate
sends letter 10 Dr.. Macdonald the superintendent
giving an explanation Of the such cNplana-
ton came four ago from the executor Of Ger
in bundle Of money orders which found I'm the
bishops desk. He said that there bishops
fund. which the congregations In the diocese con
frlbued. and OF the remittances were sent By
money orders These money orders the bishop put
into one OF the pigeon holes Of his desk. ard they
accumulated there unpaid until nj death. Many Old
money Orders come from executors Of estates. Some
are held awaiting the settlement Of lawsuits. Dr. Mac
donald received quite collection Of old money orders
for duplication recently from a newspaper publisher
named Woodrow. living in South Carolina. His bust
ness had gone into the hands Of receiver. and all
OF the money orders that in his mail held
Sy the receiver a. cash When woodrow came to his
own again. he found an assortment Of invalid money
orders which he sent 70 Dr. Macdonald for duplication
The monsy-ordcr afaco has been running as postal
the East to make their fortunes In the West
frequently buy with their sdtngs money orders payable
themselves at New York. Philadelphia or some other
Eastern city. They know that the money Is secure
because the mGney order cannot be cashcd by
else III IL Is lost stolen. and because r money
always be had on application for duplicate by the
original purchaser. There is no savings bank moro