The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-21
SEATTLE NEEDS ONE.
NECESSITY OF HAVING A CHIEF
CLERK or TIE RAILWAY MAIL
The Creation Of such an of1ce ana m
appsfssmeaf 90 Ffu fr sefns
Earnestly Considered by tne
szp~rfntendent ef the Service.

TIE beaten n Seattle o. 4 esies clerk
81 re -alfwzy raj! service Is heirg strong
IL urged suoz the administrator The
axatatson las progressed SO FAR tAaE t1e
creation q xueE = pzsJian ard an aP-
polntn@nt 20 al Il Is being earnestly cozf-
ss2s-~6 b. the general superintendent o.
ire railway n3ll service.
TIE duties O. such 81 os5csr are % con
ssaerahle importance The location of The
chief clerk Who attends 20 TIE e-zzFs~ss
q SEATTLE. Is row IN Portland. Or Aas
superintendent for dsserict No. !. conEsis-
ing California. Oreg0z. Washington. Ne
xaaz TEaho and Montana. makes san
Francisco Ass headquarters. and he. trans
a~tz business Throughout. the vast terri
terry through m. medium % deputies AZ
Portland Helena Gn6 enc other city. A1y
orders IN regard 70 the routes censeTing
here must noE come from Porsland. as
must decision n event CO any protests
s. 20 she service.
Seattle has developed within the last
few years more Importance az a distriou-
ting center for mail than Portland and
the necessity of q chief clerk 70 directly
supervise the railway mali business OF this
CITY has become urgent Under the super
vision cf such a clerk you'd Be the ten
mail routes eentsring here. carrying alto
gerher nineteen mall clrrEs- Beside ire
ten are twenty-five star routes. or routes
covered by steamboat. stage or horseback.
ard carrying no nal clerks. Over these
thtrty-txo routes IN and out of the Seat
tie poetcr-ce, Il 80 sacks and pouches
% mail are handled monthly. The aver
age weight % the sacks and pouches il
forty pounds. or a total % 80 tons OF
nal This Is row under the charge Of
Superintendent George z. williams. OF the
mailing division. who is also in control o.
the work % the postal clerks il the office.
In any matters pertaining 20 railway mail
service Superintendent Williams has 10
power 20 Issue orders save By the author
Try OF ne chef clerk AZ Portland Con-
siderable delay II the distribution OF mails
from Seattle often results, as tine must al
ways BE- taken % telegraph Portland for
permission % make any innovation n the
mall scheSule.
Aside frun the business already men
tened. must be taksa into consideration
the work entallad IN the receiving and
dlspatchinz OF registered mail TIE report
% Superintendent OF the Rsxistsry II ..
Temple for the fiscal year ending June %
1857. shows the volume % such business TO
be very large. II is as follows: Through
registered pouches received. 4.5ss: Dispatch
ed. 4Fl: r. transit, -: total number OF
pouches. ssi5: total number Of registered
packages IN the pouches. I1s47.
The position % chief clerk in The railway
mail service calls. under civil service, for
a man who has reached class 8. II Is 4
fact that not a mar In district s, above
class ?. is eligible for the position. The
difference IN the classification lies In the
ability OF the class man TO draw a yearly
50 lsry % $3.50. while the class receives
bat 1900. Those posted in the matter say
that II will only be necessary for a class
; man 20 be raised 20 class b. a depart
nent order.