The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30

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the operations OF various divisions, and
some restrictive legislation affecting the
divisions of salaries and allowance. OF
rural free delivery. and possibly Others
may be necessary. What the service most
needs, however. is honest. intelligent and
vigorous administration The corruption
disclosed Is not due TO lax laws, but tc
the dishonesty OF those who have beer
charged with the responsibility OF admin
istering them.
"In closing. permit me TO express my
most sincere appreciation of the corda
support / have received from you dur
ing the progress OF the investiga tion
The hearty cooperation OF First Assist
ant Postmaster General Wynne. whose
bureau has been so largely involved, and
OF Assistant Attorney General Robb has
been of great value"
HEATH ADMINISTRATION.
The part of the investigation which
deals most directly with the administra-
tion Of Perry s. Heath. former first as
sistant postmaster general. Is that refer
ring to the Brandt automatic cashier, the
| chimes.
The correspondence of Mai. Ralph Bal
lin, the Washington agent in 1897. shows
that at the suggestion of Perry 3. Heath
the company employed M. ID. Helm at a
ence in behalf Of the the Barry S rSe canceiiins ans sling
machine After Helms employment the
| contract was renewed and the price
raised from $3.50 TO Sl75. and again In 1898
advanced to $500 per annum. In July.
1900, after Heath's retirement from the
| department.. the rent was reduced TO $50.
The employment OF Helm was I'm the ma
pany because OF his relations with the
, first assistant postmaster general.
Speaking of the Brandt-Dent automatic
asher, the Rport says:
L FEltmtnattnR nj A n
ucations or fraud and passing upon the
ase wholly as question of administra-
i've Judgment. y appears to me that this
transaction would have justified the sum-
| nary removal from office OF First AS
| sistant Postmaster General Heath and
| George w. Beavers
"A bribe OF sl2.5cc was paid Congress
nan Edmund IL. briggs to secure the
| rider for $50 machines. A part OF this
money has been traced to the bank ac.
! Miller have been indicted by the Fedora
| grand jury In the city OF Brooklyn. ". "
THOSE BUNDY RECORDERS
| First Assistant Postmaster Genera
Heath required all postal clerks TO use
the Rundy time recorders, which hat
proved "A failure under the Wannamakel
| Administration. These recorded the tim,
ot the arrival and departure OF carriers
The agent for the machines says he paic
Machen $1,000 to secure their Introduction
| Criminal action in this case was barred
by the statute OF limitations. There hav,
| been ITO OF these machines bought ant
tho price is 800 each. while thousands o.
| cents each. AS an example OF the ex
! travagance $40 keys were sent to the OF
fee at Los Angeles. Cal, which has onl,
George r. Green receives a salary a.
president OF the Bundy company. ant
also receives commission OF 10 PEI
cent on all sales made TO the post ofYic,
department. In the course OF the In
yestigltions the inspectors discoveres
certain amounts that had been PAID
Beavers by Green. The investigatio
shows that Green paid Beavers the II
per cent commission allowed him b,
the company on all sales made to tn,
department Beavers and Green We're I'm
dicted
When the Montague indicator 70
showing the hours OF collection was pro
NOTED the agent was told that II h,
wanted IL adopted he must distribute
stock among tho government official
who would be in charge A block OF 90
| shares was put I'm tho name OF ID. 8
| dends This was in February. 1901. an.
! the stock was still I'm Richardson's nam
and apparently In Beavers possession
| In August. 1892. Beavers wrote:
! Peronal)
Washington. Aug. q. 1902
| Dear Richardson--Our friend I'm Sal
Lake wants the inclosed stock drawn II
the name OF Edwin II. Bacon. Kindl,
issue new certificates and have these de-,
/ troyed Forward same TO me by reg
| istercd mail.
G. w BEAVERS.
Mr.. u. s. Richardson.
! Care Postmaster, San Francisco, Cal.
GRAFT IN SUPPLY DIVISION
The Elliott a. Hatch book typewriter
which was intended TO write I'm record
books. was failure: yet postmaster,
were compelled 10 buy IL and they were
refused permission 10 buy other ma.
chimes There were les OF these machine,
bought AT total cost OF s3S.575. and
| l3i OF these were sent 10 the postmasters
without acquisitions. Tho investigat tior
disclosed the fact that the agent re.
ceived s75 on each machine sold the de-
| partment and from this he paid w Scott
| Towers. superintendent OF station c.
Washington post office. so. and the In
spectors hnd that this $50 was divided
| equally with Beavers Towers and
Beavers were indicted by the grand fury
In the District OF Columbia oct. l and
| 5, 1893
Shortly after Michael w. Louis OF Gin
cinnau was put In charge OF the supply
| division he made contract with Ault a
| Wiborg OF that city 10 furnish the de-
partment with cenceIiing ink at a cents
a pound. four cents higher than other
bids During the fiscal year 81. Zoo pounds
were bought. for over tit.ss7, while the
2oooo pounds used the previous year had
| cost but N3I2 Yet much OF the new
Ink was thrown away after II had been