Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-12-09

the provisions OF tho present law permit MS
general an introduction OF this feature OF mail
service as Is necessary or Justifiable, and TINT
| IL ought not TO bo extended to smaller commu-
mites than are now designated.
The expense OF free delivery for tho fiscal
year ending June 90 iS9i, win be more than
SlLOOO,O0O and under legislation now existing
there must bc constant increase in this item
There were 04oi additions to the domestic
money order offices during the last fiscal year,
being the largest Increase In any year since the
OF these OH les ut the close OF the year was 49,
| i3h There were l3,3O9, I55 money orders issued
from these ofiices, being an increase over the
preceding year OF 2I0 29J, and the value OF these
orders amounted to Sl27, ,576, ,433 65, nn increase
OF S,600, b3l5S There were also issued during
tho year postal notes amounting to Biz Dj3 G76 7a
| During the year l05 international money or
| der ofllces were added to those already pro-
| vlded, making total of 2407 in operation on
| June 80 1893. The number OF international
money orders issued during the year was
! l,uap WY, an increase over the preceding year
Of 1sSsS apa tSsiT the E, value vas ,lSs s5Is6 on
| paid was 3J09i7, an increase over the preceding
year of 1885 and their value was i3,2s3 275 40,
| an increase of s9i,O9iS3 From the foregoing
| money orders and postal notes for tho year
| amounted to Sl56,89l ,3iS2i
Tho number Of letters and packages mailed
during the year for special delivery was 3,3T5-
6sS, an increase over the preceding year of
nearly - per cent. Tho special delivery stamps
I uSea 20 eSh s 5a the5e letters and packages amount
| for their delivery amounted to S2Sb,592 n leav-
ing profit to the government OF 0,97659.
promptness of mail delivery at all Offices, but
II is the especial instrumentality which puts
the smaller and way places In tho serv.
With q she an larsSF SS'd ad Y pgermha s 6SsS sEsa
This branch. OF tho postal service has there
fore received much attention from the post.
know that it is in a condition of high efficiency
and great usefulness, am led to agree with
| the postmaster general that there is room for
| Its further Improvement
There are now connected TO tho postoffice
establishment 2s,32i employees who IRE in the
classified service. The head of this great de-
| partment gives conclusive evidence of the
| value of civil service reform when after an ex-
perience that renders his judgment on the sub
tcct absolutely reliable, he expresses the
| opinion that without the benefit OF this system
| 1t would be impossible to conduct the vast bust
| ness intruSted to him.
| desire and commend ns especially worthy of
prompt attention the suggestions of the post
| master general relating TO more sensible
| and Ousiness-like organization and better dis
| tribution Of responsibility in his department.
NAVAL AFFAIRS
The report OF the secretary of the navy con-
tains a history OF the operations OF his depart
| ment during the past year and eXhi bits most
gratifying condition OF the personnel OF our
| navy. He presents q satisfactory account OF the
| progress which has been made in the construc-
| tion of vnsssls and makes number Of recon-
mendations, 10 which attention Is especially in
| vlted
cruising vessels have been many and urgent
There have been revolutions calling for vessels
| to protect American interests in Nicaragua,
| Guatemala, Costa Rca, Honduras Argentine
and Brazil, while the condition OF affairs in
| Honolulu required the constant presence OF one
| or more ships. With all these calls upon our
| navy it became necessary, in order to make up
| q sufficient feet to patrol the Bering sea under
| the modus vtvendt agreed upon with Great
| Britain. to detail TO that service one vessel
from the fish commission and three from the
rerenue marine.
The following vessels of the new navy have
been completed and are now ready for service ::
Tho double turreted coast defeCsc monitor
| Mantonomah; the double.turreted coast defense
monitor Monlery; the armored cruiser New
| York: the protected cruisers Baltimore, Chica-
| go, Philadelphia, Newark, San Francisco
| Charleston, Atlanta and Boston; the cruiser De-
| troii; the gunboats Yorktown; Concord Ben
| nington, Machias, Castine and Patriot; the
| dispatch vessel Dolphln the practice vessel
| Bancroft and the dynamite gunboat Vesuvius.
| or these the Bancroft, Machias, Detroit and
| Castine have been placed in commission during
| the current calendar year.
| The following YES els nre in progress of con.
struction: The second class battle ships Maine
and Texas; the cruisers Montgomery and Mar
| blehead and the coast defense Monitors Terror
Puritan, Amphitrite and MonudnocI all OF
which will be completed within one year, the
harbor defense ram katahadin and the pro-
tected cruisers Columbia, Minneapolis. Olympia
Cincinnati and Raleigh. all OF which will be
completed prior to July |. 1895; the first class
baltic ships Iowa Indiana. Massachusetts, and
Oregon, which will be completed February |,
| 1895, and the armored cruiser Brooklyn, which
will be completed by August of that year II
is also expected that three gunboats authorized
by the last congress Will be completed in less
than two years.
Since isS5 congress has at each session au-
| thorized the building OF one ormore vessels, and
the secretary CT the navy presents earnest
plea for the continuance of this plan. He recon-
mendS the authorization OF ut least one battle
ship and six torpedo boats. While l am dis
tinctly in favor of consistently pursuing the
policy we have inauguratod of building up u
| thorough and efficient navy, L cannot refrain
from tho suggestion that the congress should
carefully take into account the number of untin-
ished vessels on our hands and the depleted
condition of our treasury IN considering the pro-
prtety OF an appropriation at this time to begin
work.
The method OF employing mechanical labor n
navy yards through boards of LABOR, and making
efficiency the sole lest by which laborers are
employed and continued, Is producing the best
| results and the secretary is earnestly deyoting
himself to its development. Attention is in
vited to the statements Of his report in regard
to the workings OF the system.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Secretary OF the Interior has the super
vision OF so many important subjects that his
report is OF especial value and interest
On the 3Dth day OF June, 1893 there were on the
pension rolls 966Ol2 names an increase of SJy4+
over the number on the rolls June % 1892. or
these there were seventeen widows and daugh-
ters OF revolutionary soldiers, eighty.sx sur
vivors of the war OF 1912 425 widows OF soldiers
of that war, =, ld survivors and widows OF the
Mexican war, 3SS2 survivors OF Indian wars .Si
army nurses and .645 survivors and widows
anu CQlluTeu OI ueCchSt0 bOlulerb unu OF
the war OF tho rebell on The latter number
represents those pensioned on account of dis
abilities or death resulting from army and navy
service. The number Of persons remaining on
the rolls juno 80. lS9a who were peusioned un-
der the act OF June "a, 1859, which allows pen
sions on account OF death and disability not
chargeabie to army service, was 460 l55. The
number added to the rolls during the year was
| l23 6s4 and tho number dropped was 900 The
first payments on pensions allowed during tho
year amounted to 33.Tbi,5 54o0l This includeI
arrears or the accumulation between tho time
from which the allowance OF pension dates and
the time OF actually granting the certificate
Although tho law OF 1890 permits pensions for
disabilities not rotated to military services, yet
as requisite to Its benefits u disability must
| exist incapActating applicants from the per.
formance of manual labor to suOh q degree as
to render them unable to earn support" The
execution of This law In its early stages does not
seem to have been In accord with its true inten-
tion but toward tho close OF tho last admnistra-
t!on an authoritative construction was gwen to
the statute and since that tmo this construction
has been followed This has had the effect OF
limiting the operation OF the law 10 its intended
purpose. The discovery having been made that
many namos had been put upon the pension roll
by means OF wholesale and gigantic frauds, tho
commissioner suspended payment upon u mum.
Der OF pensions which seemed to be fraudulent
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