New-York tribune., 1896-08-30
A HOTEL FOR POSTAL CLERKS.
RAILWAY MAI. SERVICE MEN ARE SURE OF
nErNG AWAKENED oN TINE

RAILWAY MAI. SERVICE MEN ARE SURE OF
BEING AWAKENED oN TINE
,,hro 10 ono nbase Of the lives Of tho clerks ~ the
Railway Mail Service which is brought 10 notice
inst now by the removal Of the dormitory "nch
for fifteen years has been in the Federal budins 10
new quarters in Vesey-st. Railway postal clerks.
ike other people. must srep, and they mast rfe-
ouently sleep away from home There arc son'e
400 Of these clerks who. not living i'm this city Nnd
+, necessary TO use the dormitory Of the United
States Railway Mail Service here A. times. The
Treasury Department. which has charge of All red-
eral buildings has thus far supplied the dorni'ory
for the use of these clerks, hut now that they are
to go 10 Vesey-st. the men must pay th'r own rent
and foot the light fuel and water bills
The service has dormitories I'm all the principai
cities The best appointed ono i in Pittshurs
The men assess themselves TO pay tho running eA-
penses The average expense Is the highest N
Pittsburg. It being 81 a month for each man IN
Harrisburg il is 80 cents I'm this city II mas n' .
cents In the new quarters, the assessment VI" ~
about 81 a month The change Of quarters Is COM
pulsory however, since the present dormitory -
needed for Offices for the Railway Mail Service. and
no other quarters are 10 be had IN the tedersi
Building.
While the clerks cannot well afford the SS
year extra expense. they know that this Is better
and cheaper than to go to hotel while here Ara
then in dormitory of their own they are sure
Of being called in time for their trains. Many a
mail train might go hence without mail clerk y
the service dependent upon the vigilance oi
a hotel clerk In calling the Railway Mail Service
man at the proper time This is one OF the reasons
why the Government has fitted up these dormi-
tore. in Boston. Philadelphia, Washington Pitts
burg Buffalo Cincinnati. Chicago and elsewhere
The clerks a re glad of the cssenng OF eNpens'.
thus effected for them Many OF them are inarrl-
men. and their home expenses run on ano"' ''e
same whether they at home or NOT
The old dormitory here is a. plain ana simple an
affair as il could well be. 1t j. large room OF the
size of the Federal court rooms. ana s ON me tVP
floor Of the building. There are no partitions ~
the room The siXty-eight beds are park'n IL .,
400 different men during the month. and the venu.
laton Of the Federal Building has a reputation o'
its own, il would seem that the chang' 10 NeS'N
st would be welcome one. The re~ quarters wiz
afford a better lighted reading and smoking room
while tho new bathroom and other sanitary dc'rs-
sories will be al improvement on tn" acconmoda
tions offered I'm the Federal Building
To supervise the new quarters th' men ndN,H
chosen their trustee and auditor Victor j. brap.
ley. the supern tendent of the service stationed
here. T. p Warng. chief examiner OF the service
of this division Is the chairman Oi their Board OF
are a new feature All these railway postal clerks
live out of the city. They belong 10 iour OF thre
eleven divisions Of the United States Railway Mall
Service. The first is the New England division. m"
second includes this State. P'nnsl wanna. Now
Jersey and the eastern shores Of Maryland ana w
New-York Central and tn" Michigan southern raii-
roads. There are few clerks from the thlrd di,
vision which includes the parts OF Maryland ana
Virginia not IN the second. ana West virginia ana
North Carolina. They are employed on the Ne",
York and Grafton Railroad the old Baltimore ana
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