The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-18
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toward me in the Office of the first as
sistant postmaster general because 1
would not pay vouchers for services or
supplies upon personal requests or by
direction over the telephone. J. Holt
Livingston presented vouchers for pay
ment one afternoon, amounting to sew
eral hundred dollars, for postal furnl-
ture. 1 refused to pay until the allow
ance was received was informed
that it would be sent down by private
messenger as soon as 1t was signed
by the first assistant postmaster gem
eraL I again refused. Mr.. Livingston
departed quite angry and some time
afterwards returned with the allow
ance, properly executed and still damp
from the copying press 1t was for
shipment Of furniture, as / remember
to Cuba or Porto Rico. No one had
certified as to the receipt of the goods,
and I called the attention Of Mr.. Liv-
ingstOn to the omission. He explained
that it would be all right, and that he
needed the money I declined to pay
unless some responsible official would
acknowledge the receipt of the goods,
WhereupOn Mr.. Livingston became cons
fidential and told me his company did
not have much capital; that work had
not yet even been begun upon the fur
niture. but that George had agreed to
give him the money in advance It is
needless to add that no payment was
made
Got Lump Sum.
Mr. TulIoch says payments were au-
thorized to Mr.. Livingston amounting
TO about $500 on May ;, June and
July 10, 1899. That Of June IS was for
sl,165, for Porto Rico, and was rem
dered in lump sum. An intimate
friend of Mr.. Heath's, NJ. D. Helm, was
the vice president of the company. It
IS stated the company shipped $4,000
to $4,000 worth of supplies to Cuba on
orders from Mr. Rathbone and Mr.
Nicely and fitted up the American hotel
at the Paris exposition. Mr.. Livingston
was also in charge of the Washington
Office Of the Keyless Lock company.
Extensive purchases of furniture for
Porto Rico, amounting to over 81 300
and involving some washstands at very
nigh prices, Mr. Tulloch says, were pur-
chased by order of the first assistant
postmaster general on April % and
May p, 1899. from George w. Cobb. jr.,
y Nassau street, New York City.
Inspector Threatened.
Mr.. Tulloch says that a postof1ce in
spector in charge, William 3. Smith Of
this city, made an inspection of the
Washington pOstOffice and during that
inspection received word from an Of
fetal of the first assistant postmaster
generals Office that he would better be
careful or he might lose his own head.
Mr. Tulloch adds: ''I was credibly
informed at that time that the matter
so prepared, with perhaps other evil
dence, was laid before Postmaster Cen
eral Smith by Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow, who requested
the appointment of a commission to
investigate the Office Of the first as
sistant postmaster general This was
refused by Mr.. Smith, who looked upon
1t as another manifestation of the re-
latiOns existing between Perry S. Heath
and Mr.. BristOw
Continuing, the statement says:
Residents Of Washington remember
vel receiving a few years since an Of
fetal letter from the postmaster at
washington recommending and seem
ingly requiring the purchase Of an
expensive house to house collection
and delivery mail box, to be attached
TO their front doors. Many persons
bought these boxes. This box was the
property Of individuals or an individual
company It was always Supposed that
certain departmental officials took
more than passing interest in il. in
connection with certain other proni-
nent persona ges.
Smith of Indiana.
On the question of favoritism in ap-
DOintments he says:
oliver H. Smith of Muncie Ind,
was infiT0a fa- friend and aSeocfo 70
Of Perry S. Heath. The latter Nov. 20,
1897, wrote as follows to the Washing
ton postmaster: I have this dav al
lowed you $500 per annum to provide
Tor the appointment Of Oliver H. Smith
as labOrer at the several stations
connected with your office. Mr.. Smith
VIII acr IN a dual capacity Serving
both clerks and carriers. The free de-
llVery division viii also make an al
loWance Of = per day to cover car fares
and incidental expenses for Mr.. Smith
VINO IS. 1 believe, to report to Won on
the morning Of the 21st This is the
gentleman whose appointment has been
frequently recommended by you
Mr.. Heath used the expression at
your request, or in connection with
your recommendation, in connection
Win many appointments concerning
which the postmaster was entirely ig-
norant, and for whose services. if he
received them at all, he had no use or
need. Dec. Is. 1897, Mr. Heath wrote:
Drew Double Pay.
oliver h. Smith has been detailed
TO assist in repairing, painting and
erecting street letter boxes. He will
De paid through your Office at the rate
OF 3 per day for every working day,
commencing Nov %
Thus he is appointed as a Iaborer
and paid allowance for clerk hire a
fund under the salary and allowance
DIVISION; in the second. he is paid as a
per diem mechanic from the allowance
Tor repairing street letter boxes. a fund
under the free delivery service and
audited by different clerks in the treas
ury department A person faithfully
performing the duties of the one would
be unable to devote full time to the
other Mr.. Smith did very little Of
either. During the summer Of 1898 Mr..
smith was in service at Camp AIger.
Va, in connection with the military
postal service
Mr. Tulloch says: con account of
the intimate relations between the de-
partment and the washington offfce
verbal directions often accompanied the
written orders and were far more inter
@sIhS For example: The postmaster
one day brought me an allowance of the
1rst assistant POSTMASTER. generals al
airy and allowance division. July " 1SqS
appointing Emma Ia mas ~ 49, -