The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10


re" people hho" Just eNactl? where
IouIlh CLASS postmaster gets MS pay
ms Pd'ioiis' A"ie oi'eh IMAM ho'' Ano"
me least ABOUT the matter ana not many
otiiers hio" 'ii'l' h"l''p'e as me iourtl
CLASS oiiioN rs II SCI - '"C s'e"'es' -. mum
Dei Vi i'oiiS III 'ii' me" ''a'To, iHe1'
are over 'V''' Oh III, >, p'l''eS Miii'e 'I'''
are just ''"o' oi inc tiii'u SyS'''u' anu uiS
cllss' or salatleu VHiVtS. Inc i""eS' sal
airy paid these is 81 JJJ ana the highest
salary is 5000 a year. The fourth class
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sometimes that Is AS low as 81 ih'Hlh
and sometimes as high as 500 month,
that is. some offices send out lust that
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'i'''-'-' va ~
but the fourth class postmaster Is not al
lowed to keep the $50 a month. not at all
He k.,ns inst SID Ia as his own clear
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Na9"' ann 80 49,
Nides I'D with Uncle sam giving nun
out Of every 100 cents until his Office gets
IN The irpr,orfance Of cauceling over $50
-, r., ~, - ri o,,ar ep
d ii''''ii' IN" nv
cents ont "l the doilaf instead OF ~. ouI
of what is left he pays his office rent,
his li.bt and fuel bills and his clerk
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H'IS "I-e'' sun VI ','Se'' ~ w
ment furnishes nothing; not even the
box. except what stamps, postal CaruS,
mud ,tl,..,. 0st.,,,,rsd manor. he needs
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WY A'" iOui' III I''l'' 'iN''
stamps TO either the great OF small
amount / have named. The majority OF
tbar, ,.aupa from, SS IN 500 a month When
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an oIlice averages ""Ou' CIV month
then II becomes money order ONCE, anu
while its revenue toward the postmaster s
nay is moi narcantibly, increased bv this
ldditi,r, hi hond ana rasnonsihjIity. are
some Years ago n fourth cIass postmas-
ter ,r,s aIlo,3ed n 1,arcanrao-a an all
stauns he snIf ahoVa The canceIiation- hut
If was fond that he hustled aronnd and
ofrered fndncements and a share of The
proceeds to those who would buy many
stamps from him. and the department
shut down on this Now if he sells 81
Iyort, of stan1ns a day but only cancels
on letters 10 cents worth 10 cents is an
~ co.'s f,- ttat 5a,,.s ,rorl. Tho ra,,air-
Jerof tba e. az t6a end of tbe ,,iIarter
s.oes 70 tba denartmenf
5Tba fourth ciaes T1oetn,astar is brought
in closer relationshin with his patrons
than the postnaster of a saIaried office
ana trials and trihuIafions ara aho,it tba
EVENT Of tis nav To- tbis he 10 s,,ne.t,ad
10 he rsady, for a social chat Win tbcr,,.
10 aysv-gr ali M ,i,,,9,-. - ,r-,,f ,,,.,,,,
letters for those VII caipot vii M, ~
ieft eI,eCtaciSe 81 bon,a. 20 sdrSis ~,
~ - ~ 49,, a., - - ,,,.,,,.;,-,. -
which "a s,,bsS,it, nd 60 % i - aUi
a no
MI Io=t or del.H-ed. tbaro a,a ai11-- -
one or more women who accuse him of
onenirrr their letters tbare is III ~
,,1,,7g ,iti1 ,,-bo is - car,a;r -. -
= - - ,r-;,I +: - ,,,io,,I,, = Ia n = -
u - fll,,- - -, tSii,. -, - ~,
,,Ira, ana tbat q ,no-tbi1- lI,t 49,. a.
~, "a T.li-,- ,I--I5 - - ~ 80
,t5 - ~ ,i, IA 60 - nc nc, %. "a
fi u "a ~ -, -; - IL , lily , Gu IN
1900 ~ .t 5 - - .t itis up a. lilt
appoiteI !, 'illle, anu ne tooh nome every
IL
tle - Siiesl IIIIlS ~ iiiiss ne eNet Seeli.
aIIu ie De DIdAleo Il ne ever take II
dS.iIii' ,-,.
IN me majority Oi these oInCes strlct-
Mss - ut LuIS IhG lNuIlh Grass poS1-
I li;S - Saileu 70 IlsA IOr heslect OF IN
81 ii-SsS uttg, tie SAM ~ thoush tHS
~ lLili'll' W., Peg ms MN d sOoj
airy TOT Ills work. But IN very small Of
IIces ! nay nedIu Oh PosllnasteIs VINO
nave II an thelr own way. ne once IS
too sii S I9r d new Posti pa 70 DC
ss-sIly louhu u lhe orc one IS turhSI OUT
tle p9NoIls WIN Ilot dIIoM II 70 De ulscoh-
tlllueu' mo SO liie PoSIai authJEIlles urn ~.
dMaS 4yllIusseI' anu IedNe nun = ms
own devices. he i OF one postmaster
OF Inns h4nu VINO smut up ms once % at
tenu any thIne ne Ltit was worm Wnlle
atteh4ils- ne NoHII 50 on dozen iIllles
70 d snow, pflZeIlIht, or the county ialr,
am SvIhetlIhes stay tMo NoI tntee udys.
auu there was no gcttlhg IN ms once
either 10 get your man or deposit letters
until ne came back another postmaster
I'll the postal funds, amounting to some
e or -, an hour after saw a postoifice IN
spector making MS way Ielsurely toward
the ONCE: Knowing from past experience
lnat Inc inspector would make just as Dig
KICK about that - as he would about
Sl.pJ being out OF pocket IN the Office the
postmaster old some quick thlnkihS
In JiIy he had barred the door and
run a red bandanna handkerchief out o.
a side window. When the Inspector
haughtily demanded that the door he
opened the postmaster asked him II he
didn't know what red nag meant, and If
he didn want to know he d bette: not
stop too long to investigate. By this time
the little burg was in a panic over this
hint Of smallpox, and without waiting TO
add anything to the panic the inspector
Immediately made himself scarce in that
region.
Another case was where, time and again,
the department had been made aware
OF gross irregularities in the manage
ment OF one Office away in the wilds some
where. At last an inspector was ordered
out 10 look up the matter
AT the wayside station nearest TINS
postoftce the inspector learned that IT
was kept by an old mountalneer named
around IT, ana on inns account could
nod the once against an apPllcarls.
1 ne inspector was forced 70 Neiid ms way
sIoot 20 the pace. us genera Ellahss .s
IN MS mind, and he approached II with
en- 5tSaitI' taaIIs an III eiitoiS VI II
I LIOiLI pt ; = re. ne once Was
roush pine STRUCTURE, IN front OF Whlch
I'm, iliSi - ~ iou5il lgoliIs ~ tiig SilaI
- - Ddvh III " sPiiut DoIioIIltu SHair'
Pa ii i iIls PIP, teseLLty ne
49, - - - a., w., - 80 P9i,,lIs ne ~
iE I, - - GU M ~ s"llle
h.. t,,.aS: "a 80 H. ~; oe' ~
1870 ,,, -, 49, I'M - i ~ - ~
toIs IN, toie ,.|,, r., -, - - 80
Iii &c lc,,ss s 30, ~, ~ 81 - ~
ters y,o,, bo7,gbt Ia. T"I ~ -, -. - -
E-rcro beI7i,J ~ b,tst,as = 49, 81. tI
49, ''4-'t23F7' 4'''ta