New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-28
GORMAN LAW IN The WA
,rs REPEAL STRONGLY URGED BY posi-
MASTER GENERAL GARY
rs TT WILL PREVENT rosToFFich
CONSOLIDATION IN GREATER ND".l
VIEWS OF SOME MEMBERS OF CUM
osEss-paooKLYN's INTEREST
IN THE MATTER.

IN THE MATTER
tho strong recommendation mo Mort
,a..ma.ter-General Gary IN MS ~ corn,an law, 1t
=. saro- az repeating the so-ca''eu - nroueht be-
a, nrohsble that this subject w." II "a a mat
10 Pi. a, the coming session. ~ croeter
fore Congress ." .n,a.t 10 the people OF uie
ter OF pecuii - long as that law remains 20
New 80. nooks the consolidation % ,ho city
the s' os+ofaces In the terrllo'' ..uor law
arIa-ged will be impossible nv os,oe,ce at
.h,b,.s the consolidation Vi - and II was
f+v .eat with another poa C,orosn In order
eoun's =. the instance OF Senator ooi a,sr holding
passed az -, u,ning out OF postmas'1n ,,,r,ore
70 Pe .,na all Mace IN the yicini'y "a ~ con-
oi ,ne postofice Department psoe II was
,'s".s with the Baltimore po' Annropriation
,,oa IN az q rider to the fo o,lv spoken of
~, wear or two ago. but Is ,,roroo,ed by the
as ~ # had been separate A''
Maryland Senator. .ao.s IN the vicinity Oh
i's - rs not considered al III ~ LII, will
-. q, "a not unlikely that Vlgo'o =, ,ho, direction
81 IN its repeal. II an e :, iris law It
a. forthcoming. IN the postraster- General
rould be in tho power OF tno 10 decree the
WIZ s,rnn,. issuing Of an ofuei' IN the
by the siinpio chs sixty postoflces ~ lev
consolidation Queens and Richmond WIN
boyoughs OF Broohiy"'
,h. once In this city ,,c,-pEs
,,p HEArHs FACTS AND - 80.
.ooommendation OF MT dai' -.
WINE "a. -. connection with the sueee'. a.
mace - -, the Offices in this neib ,atter in
So. Va doubted that ne haa ,he First
- r,ore particularly as MT -, n,o-t deals
miho n4o 1.roaster- General. In his repo. a,,ss
Assistant Fos onewhat IN detail. ano man
with 'ne oornendations regarding H. no ~ 49,
oehii. ,he shore OF Staten ls'aio e,o.s
- VIZ there are six Presiue 90 90 "buddled
ter salaries ranging from sl''o ~ and asserts
.har IKE one continuous cry - Tomp-
honk
,het ths residents Of Roseoanh' TIorhor Port
,',,ua New Brighton. Mariner - y. served
klhsVIo' na west New-Brishton coulo DC '. 49,.
-oa,,,ously and more econoii". ,rr
n, o1' pr,ebton and Tonpkinsvh!e' M ,ns most
80, sacIares that the consohoa.'o +-aa de-
.@o.. in that section and inc s N =, saving
livery to the people couio w
:, nssrIv 5000 a year. .po.,raster-
OF he :. 4, nrsn,ise the First Assistant Fos'ni
~ o.seas 10 remark that with ooH9 -,
-. =, nostoffces throughout inc q, an
80, district there would Dc eue0 ,.r,as
,,raI saving of at least Wis 10 ~ ,a adds
ana commissions OF pos''" ..S.r considerable
.ho. there would be iur'he' .hout,on
'Ha' ,hrough tho merging or ..
;. 800. Of divisions, such as eupe' oIty
.. - ,,onev orders registered ie''e'
.,,arv and carriers, as wen ae =. or,6 seem
,., nd bookkeepers- From this !. -. ON
ali thu considerations OF ECONOMY ca,.o--.
tna' a.. - consolidation. and that the ooSe a..
UOu
adont,on OF the proposed pohey' ,...v and
anop ,rferenee however. would be mas" a."
".,ead nv the facts One has only 10 reau .
soaaes regarding the results oi o . ,1.ss
s,oesces IN the vicinity Of Newton Cehe, 49,
po 80, Cor Mr. Heath states thai' "h'e ~
10 soo ros,rasters' salaries there was up"aiu
saF.i, ms ~. ne. saving was about *e"o ~ -
" 80, In speaking Of uniting the omces III ~
80 .h,oIIv nopulated section OF Staten iS'a"D -
rs that free delivery could be es'ao hut
oorv,derable saving to the GoVeriiii.e ~
nostal official knows that to extend i'o' ~,
ever ..r ,ba entire city Of New-York' as IL wiz
~ a,tsr the beginning Of next year "outu "a.
- than wipe out any saving thet in'bN'
ne,.c,ed nv the cutting off Of some sa'a''e'
,ruAr TWO CoNGREssMEN SAY.
~. ~. question OF the repeal OF the Soruiah ID
the members Of Congress from ne" ~ go
Rrooklyn will certainly have nelhine - - v.,
., ,s noss,ble seeing how vitality Greater ne" LIN
~ % P-ss.S q, the matter that they will have
,ha dac,d,ns voice From what some OF theH' WIN
80 sesr IN the course Of the last week Dy re-
norter Of The Tribune say on the subject IL 10 o'
dent that they will proceed with caution ono e
the matter will receive thorough cohs'oei"'io" Oe
fore being acted on ,,r,.. r,xt-,ct
ho mas found at his law Office. In Broad-st' saio
,ba+ ba was not prepared to express any posl'lNe
oninon at this time. since he had not peeIl ao's ~
give the subject any special Afternoon, anu "a
NO, had time even to read the report OF 'he roS'
roaster-General He appreciated the Importance VI
80, 20 the neople of this city, and es-
.o,ouv m the people OF Brooklyn. ano ala ho'
tb,nk ANYTHING should be done regarding IL "tDou'
thorough discussion and until the "lshes Va '''
people had been ascertained
Congressman Mitchell said 1t would nave 10 NC
.,ar,Y demonstrated that there would be gain in
ee,cIency of service and also In economy OF ao-
mlnistration through the consolidation OF the
Rrooklvn postofice with that Of New-York before
ne would be willing 10 vote for any measure tha'
would tend TO bring about that result Al the
same time in such matters he would De suioeo
largely by the opinion OF the Posimaster-Genefal'
who made special study Of everything con-
nected with the postal service He thought that
The desires Of the large population of Brooklyn
ought n he consulted and II the people over there
were strongly in favor Of having their own post
ONCE perhaps their wishes should be decisive.
81 am not prepared TO say now" remarked Mr.
Mitchell IN closing. how shall vote on this ques-
tion when fl comes up-in fact, I am not In the
habit of saying In advance how am going TO vote
on any question before Congress-out you may
saw that shall look into 1t carefully before max
ing up my mind. and then vote as think best u
carry out the wishes Of the people
MIR. FISCHER SPEAKS FOR BRooKLYN.
penresentatiye Israel F. Fischer, Of the Ivtf
(Brooklyn) District was seen at his law once II
the Real Estate Building. in Montague-st. Brook
lyn.
1T am aware" he said. that the German law, al
n 10 called. stands In the way OF consolidating INT
pestoffices in this neghborhood. and have Cd
served that Postmaster General Gary is strongi!
Of the opinion that this law should be repealed
apparently with the idea Of making one big ONO
here TO cover the entire city. For myself an
not yet convinced that this would be good thing
but have not gone into the subject thoroughly
as should do II were called on TO vote on It, tn
city Of Brooklyn. the borough Of Brooklyn, a
II soon will be. is community OF million and
quarter people and Judge that good many
these people prefer to keep their own postonlce
hsve not talked on this subject with my colleague
from this city and do not know how they feel
III il can be shown that there VIII be savin
of money and increased efficiency OF service fron
uniting The postoffces. that might offset any sent
frent that exists in favor OF Brooklyns having
seParate oinee. =" the annroacbing session is I'm