The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
INT NEW YORK WAKE UPl
rss 1T WANTS IT'S MAIL DE-
wv" IITERIEs CUT DOWN.

-,, ouiEg Deesn't mtlieve CopEreea
80, C,,rr,de with Loud or 'Rrisce Absut
=. No., tho Pest once Department seeuns
year so-Ju,t Kick, asa Rich HARD.
c.uo-ossmnn Lcmuol Il. ouigg. who came on
-, Washington on Friday evening to hold n
"on,.rence with the member of the Republi-
= County Committee, has been actively en-
80 in Congress In trying TO prevent any re-
,~s,,on IN the number OF mail deliveries in
IA, and other cities. Congressman Quigg
49,, not think that Congress win allow the
$40 delivery system TO DO bampcred, but he
80 think that the business men OF the com-
snn,,,es threatened should bestir themselves
"a order to prevent even n slight reduction In
10 facilities they have now. In speaking on
M subject Mr.. Quigg said: Tho business
nan Of New York ought to wake up to the fact
,h., Il Is seriously intended to reduce the mum.
Nv NJ mail deliveries in this borough and in
prooklyn. 1t is extremely difficult to account
tor the intention. 1t appears that the appropria'
,op for the free delivery system has been OK
.,.ded by tho department by about 100000
That sum is trifing in comparison with the
,normous expenditure for the free delivery
,,,vice. The Chairman Of tho Post Office Conf
,ittec. Mr.. Loud Of California, has informed
Al. Postmaster General that the Post Office
~Committee will not allow for tho next fiscal
,s.r more than was allowed for tho last fiscal
,c,r for the free delivery system. and he has
eops 90 far, | am informed, as to say that he
iii oppose any measure hat seeks to appro-
priste for the present deficiency.
Mr.. Loud is not the entire Congress, by
,cme 30 Senators and some 356 Representa-
tlyes. and why he should bavo succeeded in
fishtening tho Postmaster.G General into the
contemplation Of SO serious !, an Ho act y as th g. n GRIP,
than / can understand. i don't believe Con-
aress will refuse to appropriate for the dot-
etsncy, Or, Or WI. st TSasse an meee1 says a Il is nec.
essary. Nevertheless, tho department has 1t
In mind to cut down the number OF carriers
here her E Fna Fe 1ssis, shs d Postmsste @aaser,saIy' S Mr..
Heath, has informed me that he thinks he will
promulgate some order Of this sort Oh or before
II have advised him not to do so, assuring
him Of my belle. that Congress will make what
ever appropriation he requires, but Loud says
Of any community, and his views secm to have
affected the nerve of the Post Office Depart.
ment. Consequences to the. mail service far
more serious than those which. will proceed
from q reduction Of the deliveries arc sure TO
result from this order IL issued. Deliveries
here are not on y necessary to satisfy the public,
attempt to reduce the number Of deliveries
will so choke and congest the service, that 1t
will be impossible to deliver in any day that
days mail matter. The New York Post Office
yields 50, 1000, 900 net income each year, and the
Brooklyn office yields 100000. A smaller
sum OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES i, a smaller percent.
age Of the gross receipts-is expended in New
York for deliveries than in San Francisco.
from which city MIR. Loud comes. In fact, the
percentage paid for deliveries is smaller for
New York than for any other great city in tho
country.
THE business people of New York should
use every means in their power to prevent this
threatened calamity. There will probably be
no trouble about 1t at all II the department will
suspend action until after the Post Office APP
propriation bill is acted on in the House. We
can then take the sense of Congress on IL, and
find out whether the Representatives through.
out the country are willing to have the mail
service crippled at New York"
Chairman Loud has a bill designed to per.
vent the abuse Of the second class privilege in
the; Post Office regulations which he thinks
will save $~1O,00O,OOO a year. This bill, Mr.,
9uigg thinks. has q chance to pass at this ses'
Loud expects, but 1t will probably save some
The bill has been defeated several times, and
Mr. Loud is very anxious to have 1t passed
Some congressman think that Mr.. LIQUIDS atti
tude toward the free delivery system may re
suit from a desire to bring the Representatives
into line for his bill. Mr.. Quigg would moi
talk about this.