Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-15
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Reports Of the Condition of Work in the
Various Departments. ea9'
Where 1t is Believed 1t is Due to In
sufficient Clerical Force
Other Matters.

The annual reports of the heads of the
executive departments relative to the con-
dition of the work in their several depart.
n.ents have been sent to Congress, and
show a gratifying condition of the public
work with q few exceptions. The only
business of the Department of State that Is
in arrears Is the keeping of the proper
books in the bureau of account, the prep.
aration of copies of correspondence for the
public printer and the index books and
catalogues, due to the inadequacy Of the
clerical force. The supervising architect
of the Treasury Department reports ar
rears in the engineering and drafting di-
vision on account of insufficient clerical
force. The pay and bounty division in the
Office of auditor for the War Department
has been behind for a number Of years, and
twenty-five additional clerks will be re-
quired to bring the work up to date. In
the assistant treasurers office the redemp-
ton division is behind in it's work on ac-
count Of the immense and Increasing vol
ume Of currency returned for redemption
and the insufficiency of the force provided
to do the work. In the geological survey
the tidal division is behind on account of a
lack Of computors.
In the War Department the work is be-
hind in the divisions of copying, indexing
and card indexing in the judge advocate
generals Office. In the Interior Depart
ment the insufficiency of the clerical force
Is responsible for the arrears in the office
Of the secretary, the assistant attorney
general, and the general land office. The
pension bureau complains of lack of force
to meet the demands Of the correspondence
with members of Congress with regard to
pension claims 1t is not the force of the
clerks, It is said, but due to the great
volume of business. In the civil service
commission the work Is behind on account
of the large extent of the classified SER
vice. The fish commission Is In arrears in
it's work on account of insufficient clerical
force.
Under the District government work in
the revenue branch of the water office and
the inspection service Is behind. Two or
three additional engineers are recommend
ed in the sewer division tofJkeep the work
up to date. Two NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oper-
ators and one repair man are necessary In
the District fire alarm telegraph service.
The inspector Of buildings is two months in
arrears on account of insufficient force.
New York Custom House Site.
In the House today Mr. Lowo(N. " in
troduced bill for the acquisition of the
site heretofore selected fof, itew custom
| house in New York city.
Arizona Admission, Rill.
The Arizona territory admission bill was
| taken up for consideration byi the House
committee on territories tddayh
war OlNlmS Oh nOfuer StUtess
! The House committee on war claims has
| agreed to report favorably the bill confer
ring upon the Court of Claims authority to
adjudicate the claims growing out of dam.
ages sustained by citizens in the border
counties of York, Adams, Cumberland
/ Franklin. Fulton, Bedford, Somerset and
Perry, Pa, from Union and confederate
| forces during the war of the rebellion.
Contested Election Gases.
! House election committee No. 2 ha:
agreed to report favorable to the seating
member in the election case of r. A
Cheesebrough vs. Geo. B. Mcclellan from
New York city. Mr.. Cheesebrough had an
ticipated the confirmation by withdrawing
| from the contest. - t-~7-
The committee overruled the motion
| made on behalf Of Timothy J. Campbell fo
leave to open the case and take more testi
mony in his contest for the seat held by H
| c. Miner of New York and set the matte
for a hearing on January n.