Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-01
THE APPLICATIONS IN
AND ONLY ELEVEN PERSONS WILL STAND
TEE EXAMINATION
F,- Places in TIE Wheeling P0sioHcs-h vii
TAKE Pacs Next Tuesday at the CASTOR
Hous,-Ths Civil Service Law.

The time for receiving applications
FOR the Civil Service examination to be
held next Tuesday, expired yesterday
afternoon at three o'clock. The exami-
ton will take place on the 5tb, COM
mencing at nine o'clock in the morning,
in one Of the jury rooms in the Custom
House. The examining board will be
composed Of John T. Cowl, Miss Ella
Mcclure and II. A. Albright.
The fact that there were but small
number OF application blanks returned
leads to the conclusion that the I'M
portance Of the examination is not gen
orally understood by persons who are
anxious to hold positions under the new
postmaster to be appointed to succeed
Mr.. Cowden. There were but eight aD-
plicationS for carriers, three for clerks,
and none for messengers. This number,
II all were successful In the examina-
ton, would not be sufficient to oil the
Office, il a Democratic postmaster was to
be appointed tomorrow, and he would De
obliged to retain nearly all the present
carriers, clerks, and messengers.
The examination to be held next
Tuesday will be a special one, the
Wheeling office not having been CLASH
fed in time for the regular examination
in February. The next regular exami-
nation will be held in August. The
new civil service law provides that
application shall be filed TWEEN
ty days before the examination,
Int exceptions are made in special
cases. The number OF applications re-
ceived yesterday was telegraphed to the
Commissioners at Washington, and the
questions will be sent to the Board be-
fore Tuesday. The examination will be
q written one, and the papers will be
sent 10 the authorities at Washington
for examination and grading. The
local Board has authority to examine
only I'm reading, and in the case of APP
plications for carrier, into the general
knowledge Of streets and locations In
the city.
Applicants must attain a general
average Of 70 per cent before their
names are placed on the eligible list.
The postmaster has the authority TO
remove any official for sufficient cause,
in which event he makes application
10 the commissioners at Washington,
and is furnished with names OF the
three candidates from the eligible list,
who have attained the highest average
per cent. The vacancy caused by re-
moval or resignation, is filled by ap-
pointing one OF the three persons
named. The names OF the two remain
ing candidates are placed on the eligl-
Die list, where they remain until they
are three times rejected by the post
master, after which they are dropped
from the list. Alta recent civil service
examination in Plttsburg, but one in
seven candidates were successful.
My successor in Office" said Post
master COwden to q REGISTER reporter,
should certainly be pleased that the
Wheeling Office comes under the opera
ton Of the civil service law. For the
first 90 days after my appointment l
was worried with applicants until my
hair turned gray. There were at least
three hundred Of them, and every man
had four or five friends who called to
urge his appointment. Under the pres
ent law the postmaster has compare
lively easy task in disposing OF the Of
fice-seekers."