The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-21
POSToFFICE DEPARTMENT.

A list recently compiled by the ap-
pointment division gives the nsz>es Of
six postmasters in Maryland who have
been longer in continuous service than
any others in that State. The names.
with the postofice addresses and the
dates Of entering the service. are as fol-
lows.
James l.. Gemmill. Freeland. Balti-
more county. June 81 1851: Thomas Hen
derson. Black Hawk. Hartford county,
July II. 1853: Edward Pierce. Brighton
Montgomery county. November q. 1865,
William T. Richardson. Charlestown. Ce-
Gil county. March p. 1865: William T.
Brand. Emmorton. hartford county.
March IA. 1865; Joseph V. WinemiIler.
Garsuch Mills, Baltimore county. May II d.
1866.
w. R. Spilman. chief of the appoint
ment division. who has been at his home
In Kansas for the past month. returned
10 his Office yesterday.
William BrownIow. in the rural free
delivery division, will represent the
Postmaster General on the Government
board at the 81. Louis Exposition in 1904
A feature Of Mr. BrownIow's exhibits
viii be mutoscope pictures relating 10
the department work Some Of these
will give representation Of officials at
work on mail OF incoming and Outgoing
steamboats, in New York. on the Great
Lakes, and on railway postal trains go
ing at full speed. other pictures viii
show rural free delivery and collection
IN progress. AS this system has been
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taken place, practically. much interest
VIII be taken in the life-like representa-
tion Of this scheme. A striking contrast
viii be shown OF the workings OF the
greatest pOstofice in the United States
and enc OF the crudest The former will
be shown by the mutOscope with its h IN
dreds OF employees at work and the latter
with its one postmaster dealing out
shoes, etc. with one hand and stamping
letters with the other. This crude post
office viii show a typical curiosity shop
OF shoes. boots. cans OF oil. sugar. dyna-
mite, and then the postoflce proper.
consisting OF dozen or so letter boxes
The action OF the city letter carrier from
the time he leaves his department until
he is through delivering HIS mail will
also be given. No pains will be lacking
in making these representations OF the
department work excellent in every re-
spect. Many others than those men
TONED viii be prOduced-some that will
be striKingly unique.
Another exhibit will be a table show
ing the magnitude of the postofIice work
as compared with three Of the leading
foreign postal countries OF the world. II
viii show the gross amount OF postal
revenue. miles Of mail service per
formed, and pieces Of mail matter mailed
and delivered.
At the Columbian Exposition in 1898
a chart OF this character was shown
with the following figures Gross amount
OF postal revenue: United States. So
$50, 4T6; Germany. So. $50 us: Great
Britain S50.2l4,27I; France. So. 4s3. III.
Miles Of mail service performed. Unit
ed States. 363.0S7, Cos; France 260, 5sI. 1926:
Germany. 1855 el2 .265; Great Britain.
SO, 203, 500. Pieces Of mail matter mailed
and delivered: United States. 4, 1902. 1856
s27; Germany. 2.77624s. 7l9: Great Brit
ain, 2.750. 535. 594; France. .s81, 322. GIL
Mr.. BrOwnlow. who says that the chart
for the St Louis fair will show greater
gains for this country over the other
three. has represented different Post
master Generals at the several fairs as
far back as the one given at Omaha