Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-04
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THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

amounted 10 aloNto4l ID So
Tbp uumbur oil letters anu
pactages mailed during the year
Tor stocial delivery wac $50.
g08. an Increase over ihu pre-
ceding year Of nearly % per cent.
Tbe special delivery stamp. used upon
these 'lsttets aui packages amounted Go
s8s7. $500 aud the me.seugrr-' iecs
raid their delivery amounted q
$3.50. 52g.7l, having "a proht ~ the
government OF Ss0,D'66D The rail-
way mail service n { only adds q tnH
prpmptness OF mall delivery at all on
Gee but II n the especial iusifum iui'l'
INV which puts the smaller anu way
piaces In the service on an
,ouolity In hat regard with
the larger aud terminal tilittr'
iTbis branch II the postal service has
therefore received more attention nom
tbe Postmaster General, anu though
ID BE- gratifying to know that Il b. Do
, condition n high efficiency aui great
usefulness, l am ici to agreu with thc
Postmaster General that there Is room
Tor it, further improvements
There are now connected with the
most office establishment 1854 um.
Iioves who are in the CLASSIFIED service.
Iur NtNu o. ANAH kANAN Nl'AA'AhNhh
GIVES conclusive evidence OF tbu value
IN civil service reform when, alter an
.Hpprirncc that renders HE judgment
ON die subject absolutely reliable, he
s4Ufrssos the opinion that without tho
benefit Of this rysIem it would
Ir impossible 10 conduct the
vsrt hnsiuc,s entrusted to him.
dpsife - commrui ns especially
.HH HHa
r,stluua Of the Postmaster General
relative 90 q more sensible AM ou''ucsa'
REORGANIZATION uul better disiribu'
ton Of frspounibility In his depart
mont
The report ui the Secretary Of the
NAVY contains history OF the oprr-
atoms of the department during the
,nrt year AMI exhibits u most gniiiy-
Ing condition Of the per.uuuel oi cur
navy. He presents satisfactory ac-
count Of the progress which has
room made In The construction
0l vp.splH, aud makes mum.
bsr OF recommendation TO which
attention h especially Invited.
During the past six months tue de-
mards ftr cfuiHug vessels have hcou
many aud urgent. IhJfu have been
revolutions calling Tor vessels 10 pro-
tcrt American interests la Nicaragua
Guatemala, Costa Ricn, HOuduus,
Argentine and Brazil, while tho con.
ditlon u affairs In Honolulu nns r..
quifcl the constant presence Ol ont uf
more ships. Win oil these calls upon
our navy 10 became necessary, la order
To- make W uuillcicut urct 10 patrol
the Bfrlug sea under the mllut
yivUudi agreed upon with 1rcAl
Britain, 10 detail 10 that forvi a one
vessel from the Fish Commission anu
three from the Revenue Marine.
Progress IA tho construction OF new
vessels has not been ~ rapid o. was
anticipated. There have been delay
iu tho completion ui the unnamed
vrsfrl, but Tor the most part they have
been such b. ARE uuuftnnuy occurring,
even iu yUuutfltg having the largest
txrufirnce ia naval rhir-builllug.
The most serious delay, however,
bAyc been in tue work upon aImUruu
,hIfa. Tho trouble has bsuu tho failure
fine contractor 90 deliver the aruul as
Agtred. Tue difficulties seem now,
however. % have been oil
overcome, ana tho nrmor is being
delivered with satisfactory prompturF.
Asa tesult OF tue OK ofiruco Hiq IiTrl
by ahipbuildufs aud dv,igur,s auI
material men, 10 IL believed that the
dates when vessels Will BE- completed
can now be tstimated with rra- .uablc
accuracy. Great gum, npid.lirng
guns, tOfpCdoue aud powder are DuiI y
promptly supplied.
The following vessels OF the new
navy have been completed ana urpulw
ready for service. The duubIr.tufTcluI
clast defense monitor Miaut1uImah T;
the d0ublr.tufrctud coast dc eusr mlul.
tor Monterey; tho armOryd cruiser
New York; tue protected Cruifets Bal
timore, Chicago, Philadelphia, Newark,
San FuuClugu, charleston, Atlanta ana
Il stlu; the cruiser DutrUil; the gun.
tuaia Yorktown, Concord, Bennington,
Maohias, Castiut Aud Prlrul; the dis
patch vessel Dolphin; the Practice vys-
tul Bancroft; aud the dynamite guu-
boat VrHuylus. Ofthesr the Bancroft,
Machias, Detroit Aud Castino have
ncuu placed in commission during TIE
current Gale ndGr year
luu following vessels are Ia progress
% construction. The hrst.cluFH battle
sbils Maine aud rtNa,; the cruisers
Montgomery anu MAtulrhuad, auu the
coast dotonse monitors rerrOr Puritan
Amplitude anu MonRdnock, all Of
which Will DO completed within a
year; the hafbOr defense ram katah.
uin, the prUt' Cted cruisers Columbia,
Minneapolis, olympia, Cincinnati anu
Raleigh, nil OF which viii be COM
pletcd prior 10 July /, 1895; the first
class battle ships Iowa, Indiana,
Massachusetts anu Oregon, which viii
bo completed Feb. /, 1896, anu the mr..
mofod cruiser Brooklyn, which viii
ne completed ~ August Of that year.
IL IL also expected mat the three gun
boats authorized by the las, COugtcfs
viii be completed In ltsi than two
Yeas.
Since 1856 Congress Inns at each
session authorized the building OF one
or more vessels, aud the Secretary oi
tho Navy presents nn earnest plea Tor
the continuance Of this plan. lie
recommends tho authorization Of nj
least oue battle ship and six torpedo
boats. While I am distinctly la favor
pl consistently purBuing the policy We
have inauguratrd Of building up %
thorough anu efficient navy, l cannot
refrain from the suggestion that the
Congress should 0aTelglly take into
account the number Of unfinished vtt-
HrIb ON our hands aud the depleted con.
uitiOn Of our treasury Ia considering
tue proprioty Of an appropriation ut
THIS Tune 10 begin now WoTE,
lhu methOu VI employing mcchnni'
cal labor Ut the navy yards through
boards Of labor and mnklug efficiency
TIE sole tesI by which laDuTers are om-
pluyed anu continued, IN producing