The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-04-07

ton, Coshooton, Navarro, Beach City,
GAINESVILLE, Mineral Point, Pierce, North
Industry, Reedurban trains and the Cleve-
land & Marietta south An inquiry divis-
ion has been established purposely for in
quiry relative to lost packages and letters.
Toe stamp agencies were also established
about two years ago, and there are ten
of them located in different parts of the
city, mostly in drug stores, where people
can procure stamps without going to the
office.
Mr.. Monnot conceived the idea two
years ago that the delivering of mail by
the carriers could be greatly facilitated
If the houses In Canton were renumber
ed. There was no uniformity about the
old system of numbering, and at his sug
gcstion the city council promptly passed
the ordinance.
A weather bureau was recently estab-
lished and 900 cards of weather indica-
tions are distributed every day in Canton,
33 in Massillon, and one to each postofiice
within a radius of eighteen miles.
A directory division has also been estab-
lished. This division is great help to
the postofflce, as letters are frequently
directed to Canton that do not belong
here. The different directories are then
examined for the purpose of forwarding
the letter to its proper destination. At
present he has obtained complete
directories Of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
oago, Pittsburg, Grand Rapids, Mich,
New Castle, Pa, Dayton, Toledo, Ian
caster, GAINESVILLE, Akron, Mansfield,
Youngstown, Massillon, Alliance, Steuben-
Vile, New Philadelphia, Canal Dover,
Warren, Niles, and about fifty of the
smaller towns in Ohio. 1t is noticeable
fact that less letters have been sent to
the dead letter Office during Mr.. Monnot's
administration than in any previous ad-
ministration for many years back.
Mr.. Monnot, when appointed postmaster,
also assumed the position of custodian of
the building, and since then the building
has been substantially revolutionized.
The building was only partly finished,
and since then improvements have been
made, and Congressman Tayler has bill
now before congress as a production of
Mr.. Monnot. The entire change of the
lobby arrangement is too well known by
the people who must visit the office daily
to suggest extended mention here.
The foregoing are but few of the re-
forms and improvements that have been
accomplished under his administration.
To go into detail on every thing that has
been done by him and under his direction
within the last four years would fill both
sides of a ordinary newspaper. Mr..
Monnot's courage, integrity and devotion
to duty have never ben questioned. The
record he has made speaks for itself.
Manufacturers and business men say it
is unsurpassed by any previous post
master in the history of Canton.
Aside from the sense of duty which
actuated Postmaster Monnot to perfor-
nance of operations that tended to better
the service and improve it's advantages,
he was alive to the fact that the business
interests had long suffered because of an
impaired service and he possessed an in
telligent notion Of what the business
public demanded. A man of business
himself, having diversified interests, he
knew the situation, and his good judg-
ment early suggested the remedies.
Where others had simply requested, he de-
manded and presented logical, cogent
reasons why the department should ao-
cede to his demands, which were not
made in his own behalf but in behalf of
all the citizens and their various inter-
ests. A less aggressive and persistent
advocate would have failed utterly, but
the lexicon of Mr.. Monnot's character
carries neither the word failure nor any
of its synonyms.
In his retirement from public Office at
the heartiest good wishes of an apprecia-
tive and grateful public. He has honored
his fellow citizens in his conduct Cf the
trust imposed in him by the postal
authorities and in doing so has hOnored
himself That his energy and untiring
devotion to duty was appreciated by the
Washington department was evidenced by
the attention paid to his wishes and the
promptitude which characterized their
fulfillment. He was known the country
over as a thoroughly successful official
and the department at Washington took
pleasure in referring to his excellent
work and in adopting many ideas which
he first introduced into practical opera
ton in the service His methods were
recommended to others and are in force
and effect in many postoflices in the
country to which they were transmitted.
The visits of postmasters from all parts
of the country to the Canton posto1llCe
were frequent, and no official ever left
the city after inspecting the Canton
postofIice and the methods employed in
its conduct, without taking away with
him valuable knowledge and suggestions
that ere later made to operate for the
benefit of other communities.
During the great campaign Of 1896, in
which this city and its citizens played SC
important part, the work Of the Canton
postofilce was enormous, yet the immense
volume of increased business was handled
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