The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-01
STAR ROUTE CONTRACTS.
rFFECr OF ORDER LIMITING THEM
TO LOCAL CONTRACTORS.
Too Early Yet to Determine Results,
But Believed That Saving VIII he
Made-Late Consul Conveys Re-
mart on Foreign workers in Japan

Special Dispatsh to the Post-lntelligencer.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-It cannot be
told yet what will be the effect of Second
Assistant Postmaster General Shallen-
berger's order, limiting the consideration
Of bids for carrying the malls on star
routes to those living on or near the
routes on which service is to be perform
ed. as Il has not been in operation long
enough No awards can be made under
this order until after May !. 1t has been
the impression that these contracts had
been let out By states and counties, and
THAI IN this way the spectators had got
ten an undue advantage Of legitimate bid
derx. and many contractors had RETAINED
from bidding on that account 1t Is
tboueht that this order will do away with
This. This has not affected the rates to
any material extent, as they are no high
- than they have been for similar serv-
~ during the past eight months. For 5,775
mail routes there was paid by the depart
nent over $4,000 for professional con-
syact service over that OF subconiract. 1t
Il now thought by the department. that,
after the new order Is in operation II will
he increased somewhat
since March l awards of contracts have
been made for quite a number OF routes,
miller tho order referred to, satisfactory
MIS- having been received. As an instance
n what is being accomplished, tho con-
tract for q route I'm Kentucky three and
one half miles long, was awarded TO
associative bidder. under the last letting.
Il n per annum, VINO accepted local sub
contractor who would do the service for
~ m Under the recent award this sam
a,hrontractor submitted the bid and was
awarded the contract at s6s, thus paying
the man who performs the service Sl9.5)
additional. and saving the 81 to the gov
eminent that was before paid to the gen.
esal contractor.
Employment in Japan.
Among the last reports sent to the state
department by the late Consul General
dewey prior to his DEATH was one rela@
tfyp 10 opportunities for Americans to
secure employment In Japan. 1t reads:
There are more young men here
seeking clerical and official places than
there are positions TO be filed. Every is
sue Of the English daily newspapers con-
tsins notices from young men seeking
positions, many OF them claiming expert
snce In bookkeeping or the silk or curio
tFads and the ability to speak and write
There IL no chance whatever to OBJ
tain positions under the imnerial govern
nsqt, for the tendency In official circles Is
iesSis and Nil their places with Japan
livery year finds an Increasing number
u yours Japanese who have been edu-
rated abroad coming home and seeking
positions, and II IL, of course. the natural
md Inevitable thing that they should All
~ places. In their own government.
4 would not recommend Americans
10 come to this country unless they have
scSrsd employment In advance"
Snpanese Enigrants Abroad.
About the same time Mr.. Convey mailed
to The department clipping from the
Japan Times. giving statistics relative to
Japanese emigration. 1t appears that
Japanese emigrants abroad at present are
dstrbuted as follows: In Hawaii. 5000:
N Amtraiia. 1000; In Canada. 1000, and In
req 1000, Besides these. there are. OF
eusF&, Z large number OF Japanese emil
sYano In China and Korea. There are
tuelve emigration establishments In jap
an and two more In course OF formation.
The number supposed to be in the United
BATES Was so small as not to be taken
Into account
Alaska Mail Contracts.
The contract for carrying the mail from
esettie BY way of ketchikan, Juneau and
ekasway has been awarded to the Hum
badt Steamboat Company at SIS for the
round trip, and the contract for carrying
the mall from Seattle by way OF Juneau
to ekagway to the Alaska Steamship
Company at the same price.
John c. Budd. OF San Francisco, has
ossa appointed storekeeper at the Puyal-
lsp Indian school
Patents have been Issued to the fol-
lowing citizens of Washington:
Refano Babare. Tacoma, drill gold
dfe4ee: Jasper Howe. Tacoma. fishing
~ and reel-rest. and Chester r. Latin.
Asotin, currycomb.
Charles Mckinnon has been appointed
postmaster at Black Diamond. King
county, to succeed Thomas Thomas. re-
Gently deceased
Tue postoffice at Ozette. Clallam coun-
y, has been discontinued and mail for
that place will be left at the Royal post
once