The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-28
Also Desires Three Extra Mail Car
riers, Two to Be Mounted, and
Two Additional Clerks.
INDIANAPOLIS GROWING FAST
AND THE POSTMASTER WOULD KEEP
UP WITH THE PROCESSION.
Present Method of CanceIing Postage
i've City-Carriage Hire Abuse.
,eciaI 70 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-What Postmas-
ter McGinnis. of Indianapolis, wants more
than anything else is one of the modern
canceling machines now used by the gov
eminent in the large postoffices of the
country. They are operated by electricity
and do the work of ten men. He does not
desire to throw clerks out of work, but
there are many instances where machine
of this sort is badly needed and the busi-
ness of the Indianapolis Office is growing
so fast that il is almost impossible for the
mail of the office to be properly handled
without the aid of one of the machines
Only a few days ago, the postmaster says,
a big firm in Indianapolis dumped into the
office at one time 10000 letters, which they
wanted taken care of Immediately
II was impossible When General Nc
Ginnis calls on Postmaster General
Payne, with Representative Overstreet. to-
morrow, he will ask for three ex-
ira carriers, in addition to the electric can
ceiling machine. He will ask that two of
these carriers be mounted, to serve SUBJ
urban patrons who are now missed by both
the city and rural carriers. He also will
ask for two additional clerks in divisions
During his calls to-day General McGinnis
dropped into the office of James N. Tyner.
of Indiana, now assistant attorney general
for the Postoffice Department. 1t was the
first time they had met in thirty years, and
neither recognized the other. They had a
very pleasant chat. talking about their
chummy days during war times.
General McGinnis says he will not make
anv contest for the extra thousand dollars
a year salary which would have been given
Postoffice Department ruled that an extra
effort was made i'm bringing the receipts of
the office over the 100000 mark.
xxx
Mrs George W. Steele was guest at a
dinner given by Mrs. Representative Joy
this afternoon in honor of Miss Alice
Roosevelt.
Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Mallery. of Indian
apolis, who have been visiting in New
York are in Washington. the guests of
Representative and Mrs. Jesse Overstreet.
XXX
John NJ. johnson, of LOgansport, chair
man of the Cass county Republican COM
mittee, is in Washington on private busi-
ness.
One of the costly deceptions practiced by
chiefs OF departments in the government
service is that of carriages for personal
use. In the general appropriation bills
items are carried to provide horses. car
riages and coachmen for the Cabinet min
listers, justices of the Supreme Court. heads
of the larger bureaus, the secretary to the
President and one or two others. These
appropriations are for detailed use Under
a general head of transportation" large
sums are carried for the use of various de-
partments Ii Is intended TO cover minor
transportation charges incidental to the
transaction of public business. The assist
ant secretaries. the chief clerks and even
private secretaries are permitted to dip into
this grabbag and provide themselves with
horses and carriages. They make coach
men Of me ngers assigned for their use
and by scraping around manage TO secure
a fine equipage for their own comfort and
convenience. The messenger so detailed
rarely ever sees his right station. The
eouipages are rarely used for the public
service, but by the families of the under
secretaries and the chiefs of bureaus.
Representative Hemenway, of Indiana, of
the appropriations committee. has made one