Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-20
LEAVES OF ABB Sc nee
The Public Printer Arranging for the An
nual Vacations
raging on the Claims of the Dis
charged Empioyes-The 0@ce De-
livery OF Mail Matter.

The public printer Is making arrange
ments with all possible dispatch TO enable
the employees Of the government printing
office to take advantage of the leaves of
absence to which they are entitled. and IL
IL thought that In the very near future
everything will be in running order under
the new system. All day long Mr. Benedict
mas denied himself TO every one. Senators
and Representatives, as well as The regu-
lar run of office seekers and has devoted
himself entirely to the matter of leaves. IL
Is no small task 10 provide for all as they
would have IL in such a matter and at the
same time to work as little damage as pos
sible to the routine Of the big office.
The principal difficulty under which the
public printer labors In this connection
comes from the rather peculiar way I'm
which the funds at his disposal are ham
died. In point of fact. he has not sufficient
FUNDS available TO let as many 20 of on
their leaves as would like 10. According to
law his bond is fixed at 100000 and he
may not at any one time have al his dis
pcsai more than four-ffths OF that amount.
some time ago Mr.. Benedict mad an effort
TO have the bond required OF hir- creased
20 $4,000. as at the time all i.l. ne could
amount, $50. e5e.66. His efforts, however.
were unsvailing. and the best he could
90 In the matter was TO have his proper
u9n raised to the larger figures. The pay
roll on Tuesday of this week amounted to
so"ooo. and with the ordinary running ex-
pcnses OF the office. paper bills and things
OF that sort. the result was that at the
81 los Ss Oh business yesterday he had less than
'Lvp TO his credit in the treasury
The Discharged Employes.
All yesterday afternoon there was a long
line Of men and women at the cashiers Of
fee waiting to be paid. and ever since the
wholesale discharges began MFR. Benedict
mas gone on the plan of paying OF the
discharged employees. many of whom are
only waiting for their morey in order to
get out OF town. before attempting TO pro-
vide for the leaves Of those whose services
are retained This Of itself has occasioned
me delay IN the matter OF leaves but Mr.
Benedict assured a Star reporter that IL
would all be cleared Up in a few DAYS and
tneh there would be no longer any oppor-
.ualty Tor dissatisfaction. On his desk
today was large pile OF applications for
| leave, but he claimed IL would be MANI
| testify unfair to go into them before the
| clscfareed employees have been taken care
| of.
| When the proposition was first broacheA
20 give all the employees a leave OF absence
Mr.. Benedict held that Il was not fair that
clerks IN other departments. with shorter
hours and less work. should have thirty
days In the year while the people in the
government printing Office only had fifteen
IL was partially through his efforts that
MS people secured the desired extension,
but the fact that they are allowed that
1 double time nov comes in as an element Of
| embarrassment
First Controller r.. b. Bowler Of the
Lressary Department has rendered a de-
| cision in matter of considerable interest
\ 10 the discharged employees Of the oflce
| According TO his ruling no one can secure
pro rata pay for more than the thirty days
/ gress to all those who went out The de-
| clsion was rendered in the case of one of
| the printers who had not taken the thirty
days which were allowed him in the last
| fiscal year, and who applied for remunera-
| ton for that period In addition 10 the thirty
| days to which all the discharged employ IS
| were eligible. The application has been re-
| fused, and the applicant probably thinks
| that il would be better II he had taken his
leave of absence when ne had the chance.
Mail Matter 20 Employ~s.
| The public printer has issued an order
| directing that all employees Of the Office
have their correspondence ard mail sent
them at their residences, instead OF at tho
government printing Office IL Is said that
more mail natter is delivered at the gov
eminent printing ONCE than at any Of the
other departments in the city largely
| owing to the fact that the employees OF the
othce are compelled 20 begin their days
work earlier than the clerks In the DEPART
nents, and miss the first morning de-
livery. II required the services OF a num-
Der or messengers every frcrning TO de-
liver all this mail through the once at a
time when they v ould otherwise be en-
gaged on other matters. IL proved to be q
rather demoraliZins system. owing to the
fact that almost every printer receives one
or more daily papers with which he has
been connected. in addition TO his other
mail. So much time was lost TO all parties
concerned that MI Benedict decided he
must put stop to H. An arrangement
viii be made. however. by which mail will
be given out between the hours OF - and 4
O'Clock to all who apply. and letter boxes
VIII be provided for the purpose. but there
VIII be no attempt Al a general delivery. az
heretofore.