The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-29
SALARIES CUT IN HAVANA.
POSTAL DTHEfT % HRfSTOW tx.
TENDS ms REFORH PLANS
Seven Unnecessary Cicrkshlps abolished To
tai saving of 50, SOC a Year Printing Firm
Ac,..cd ~ Buying Paper Ncei, Brought
Into the Country NJ for the Post Once.
!sp,ric' Casie D.,paich 10 Tur SuS

tai saving ~ 80, 500 a Year Printing FIRM
Ac,-.cd ~ Buying Paper Ncei, Brought
Into the Country ~ for the Post Once.
sp,ric' Cdsie D.,pa'ch 10 Tur Srv
HAVANA, Ma s-Continning his policy Of
/ rc%trcadlmen, Director of Posts EriStow has
scaled down the sala ries of twelve employees Of
the Havana Post Office. thereby affecting q
net annual saving Of s.. 1000, In the reorganizl-
ton N was decided that the basis of salaries
should be the same as In the United States,
whore II l. fixed according To the amount of the
receipts.
SO far "a. the present state of confusion in the
accounts permits II Sesiimatcd that the receipts
of the Havana office should have been 2o0.U1O
had all the money been turned IN Mr.. Rris,ow
therefore issued an order to-day making the
salaries Of the postmaster, assistant postmaster.
Snpprintcndrni~ and assistant snperintrndcntS
of the various divisions identical with those
paid In American cities where tho gross
receipts are s20C, COO annually. This cuts
the postmlst"r'S salary from $500 to
s3,eOO. Eleven other officials lose from 500 10
$500 each. In order 20 be fair Mr., BriStow gives
the slpcrintendentS of the money order and
registry divisions slightly more than they
would get In the United States owing 70 the OK
ccptional size of the business done here and the
increased Representatives.
seven clerk-hipS have been abolished. tho
salaries of which aggregated s0,5OO. This makes
n total Of 50, 800 saved Further reductions are
expected.
The Lucia. which Is friendly 70 Inc Post once
officials. declares that the charge Of eStrava-
caDco in the matter of salaries Is untrue. II SAYS
that the rate is lower here than IN any other de-
rnrimcnt in Cuba. II closes its editorial de-
Tending the Post Office by saying;
These Investigations have lust begun. When
they are well under way II will be seen that
there has been loss money spent by the Depart
ment Of Posts than has been thrown away on
the streets Of Havana alone"
The postal inspectors are after the printing
firm o! Ruis 4 Co., who are alleged TO have
bought paper from Nicely which the latter
smuggled through from his nome at Muncie,
Ind as for the Post Office Department. Ruis
4 Co. are said 70 have bid so low on contracts
that no other printers could compete with
them. They declare that they had no relations
with Nicely and never used paper from Muncie.
They have offered to permit the inspectors to
examine all their books and contracts.
The accountants who are going over Treas
urer ladd's accounts have so fAr discovered
everything correct, as was anticipated The
cash has all been counted and the securities are
being counted now.
The Administrator Of Hacienda has declared
that certain capellanias or foundations for
masses held by the Franciscans are the prop
erty of the State. Ten thousand dollars worth
have been 50 declared this month Arch
bishop Sharrctu has appealed to ten.
Wood against these decisions, holding
that they confscate property of the
Church. Gen Wood referred him 10 the
| courts, where an opportunity would be given