Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-23

Fort worth's civil service examin-
alton came on yesterday, as previously
Announced In The Gazette.
Mr.. w. r. Bushby, special examiner,
.rrlyed in the city Friday evening and
mel eighty-three hopeful candidates
tor government positions at the old
han OF the chamber Of commerce in
me post office building, promptly at
, o'clock yesterday morning. in accord
snee with the arrangements made by
Mr.. j. w. Mitchell. chairman OF the
loeai board OF examiners. The class
being unusually large Messrs. w. j..
Elgln and Sam Rosenheld were press
cd into service to assist in conducting
the examination. Everybody went to
work and labored with viii during
the rest OF the day. The results VIII
not be known until after the papers
have been forwarded to Washington,
where they will be scrutlnized with the
greatest care, and the candidates
graded accordingly.
The blank sheets for the examlna-
don. in regular form. were distributed
aud the candidates given specific dl-
rtetions as to the manner in which
they were to be filled out. At the up
per right hand corner OF each sheet
was blank space in which was to
be written a number by which the
papers will be Identified In the oppo-
slte corner was n space In which to
II - IL u.
gun on the sheet and the time II was
Completed. Then followed the various
questions with the blank spaces for
4 the questions, which were filled out
\ By the candidates with great pains and
perturbation Of spirit TO the best of
A their several abilities.
Three OF the candidates were ladies',
n nearly all the rest being young fell
a lows who We're applicants for positions
In the railway mail service. with o
few veterans, who enjoyed the prlvi-
N iege Of competing for positions In DIFF
III ierent departments without reference
II 10 age ON account OF wounds received
Fl in defense OF their country. Two OF
II the ladies' were candidates FOR POSI-
N tons as clcrN-copyists. and one foi
bookkeeper,
Il The applications, according to depart
Z ments were as follows Railway mai
4 service, o.; clerk-copyists, 9; type-writ
a ms stenogrnphers, q; bookkeeper, l
superintendent. Indian service, 1; to-
tal So.
i Examiner Bushby was seen at tht
3 close Of the day and said that tn,
d class OF Fort Worth, taking all thing
i into consideration, was as fair as any
he had met thus far. The crowded con
dillon OF the room and the lack o
sufficient help had, he said, ten
dency to retard somewhat the promp
issue OF papers, but the entire elias
"A finished at about 6 o'clock, the usun
nour for closing being Z p. m. TIL
is the largest class he has had on hi
bounds this season. The number h
has had at the various places wher
Hhe has been so far was as follows
EKnoxville, Tenn, AZ; Winchester. Va,
53; Nashville, Tenn, 40; Memphis, 40
HLittle Rock, Ark. 20. Tekarkana, 10
Mort Worth. SO.
The percentage Of appointments t
the number OF those who pass sue
cessful examinations, he says, range
Ifr0m 20 TO 30 per cent. in the dliferen
departments. the percentage beln
Higher In the departments, whore tn
denomination is technical. than in tn
i,hcrs. The percentage is smallest j
Nthe railway mail service, where tn
Examination is principally on genera
information Mr., Bushby will remain I
he city until tomorrow evening, whe
b leaves on the north-bound SAINT
HN for Oklahoma City, where he wi
M bold his next examination.