The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-11

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-First AS
sistant Postmaster-General Frank NJ
Jones has made his annual report tor
the year ending June 80, 1895. Mr.
Jones shows the divisions under his
supervision have skved during the
wear 81. 395,577, the principal items be-
ing in the saving in the carrier by
stopping overtime and the reduction
of the force, amounting to S1,SOO,OOO.
The salaries to all presidential post
masters amounted to $5,S97 200, and the
gross receipts of postoffices, $6O,5SS,O 9l.
The number of presidential postmast-
ers are S,491, of which 159 are hrst
class. 700 second class and 1852 third
class.
An estimate of $17OOO,OOO for all
postmasters is made for the year 1871,
an increase over the present year Oh
81, 100000.
The total number of positions
brought within the classified service
during the year were 2,395.
Mr.. Jones recommends the abolition
of experimental free delivery, unless
$40. O0O, 900 is appropriated for the pur-
pose; also free rural delivery unless
500, O0O, 600 is appropriated.
Of the Investigations and discharge
of carriers for cause, Mr.. Jones says
3S5 carriers have been removed. He
reviews the conditions which made the
investigations necessary, the prlnci-
pal one being that the accumulation
of overtime claims showed that
something was wrong. The work has
been systematically prosecuted during
the past eight months and the carriers
at 151 offices have been investigated.
At these offices there were employed
4.O75 carriers. and their investigation
resulted in the following: Repriman-
ded for various irregularities, EOS;
suspended for falsifying trip reports,
from street letter boxes, 40; suspended
for drinking while on duty and loiter-
ing, 1872; dismissed for drinking while
on duty and lettering. SO.
Mr.. Jones says: 'In view of the
great saving effected and the general
Improvement in the service, especially
in the large cities, I would recommend
the employment of a number of men
in the larger offices whose duty it sh;Jl
be to inspect the work of carriers,
make suggestions as to extensions and
changes of routes, and, in fact, to have
a general supervision of the work of
carriers outside of the postoffices. Be
sides the actual saving effected, the
improved efficiency in the service in
the offices investigated must be cred
tied to this service. At every Office
the discipline of the force and efficien-
cy of the service have been much inn
proved, the work more equally dis
tributed among the letter carriers, and
at many offices extensions made and
facilities increased without additional
COST
An estimate of s12, $50 300 is made for
the free delivery service next year.
The money order report shows that
there are 1861 domestic money order
offices. and orders to the amount of
$156, 7O9, OS69 were issued and $156 ,159,-
$50 paid. Mr.. Jones recommends leg
islation requiring clerks handling
money order business to give bonds
Concerning dead letter matter, the
report says: 1.-THE number of pieces of
original mail matter received during
the year for treatment was 6,319,S73, a
decrease of 7S1,171."
Mr.. Jones reneWs several recon-
such as a penalty for using postmarss
for unlawful purposes; to prevent boy
cotting postoffices; to amend the frank
ing laws; more stringent legislation
against obscene mail matter; the power
to suspend employees; the employment
of temporary and substitute clerks:
care for disabled employees; the bet
ter classification of salaries of clerks
in larger offices, and the EMPLOYMENT
of substitute carriers.