Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29
CHANGE SALARIES.
Some Vermont Postmasters Get
More and Some Less Than
Last Year.
DILLINGHAM; INDICATED
Ills Views Of Chinese Exclusion Laws
Expressed Two Years Ago Proven
Corrcct-Will Have Much Hard
Work on immigration Pro-
b1ems Now.

Washington, June 26.-,rhe annual adj
justment of salaries In which all the
rostr,asters of the pre- sidcntial classes are
deeply intcrs sted has been completed at
the pOstDfiice department. Increases AS
we'll as decreases are based on the rev.
cnues of the offices. Several Vcrmonc
postmastcrs will have a larger compensa-
ton. beginning with July /. The Vermont
salaries to be raised and the amounts are:
MiddlehIry. from Sl9On to $780, North
Bennington. from sl,5nQ to $780, stowe.
from 81 100 to to $1,000 Barton Landing.
from NH'0 TO 1890; Ludlow. from 81 500 to
$l.iO0, Essex Junction. from $3.50 to - 400:
Newport. from 100 to s2coD Rutland.
from $1,000 to $1,000; West Rutland from
81 80" n s1,400: Bristol, from $500 to ST.
&C: Northhcld. from sl.7o> to 1880.
Springfield. from 5000 to s2,lOO
The Vermont postal salaries to be
reduced after July 1 are Lyndonvillc.
from $4,000 to $1,000 Putncy. from ST.
200 to S1.10O: Proctor, from 1900 to
$500; st. Adams from s2.7OO to $4,000;
and Castleton, from s1,4oO to s1,1oo.
Saturday of this week the postoffice
department will establish Il new rural
free delivery route, No. /, out of Wes-
ton. Windsor county. 1t will be II
miles long and accommodate 81 fami-
lies of 1863 people. This will be fol-
lowed August / by the establishments
of two more routes in Vermont. One
will be an additional route. No. .. pol
miles long out of Derby, Orleans
county. to accommodate 81 families of
369 people, and the other will be route
No. 1, out of West Burke. Caledonia
county, 24.3 miles long and accommo-
dating 125 families of i95 people.
In the outbreak of Chinese authorities
against the exclusion law. Senator Dill
linghams protests of two years ago are
being vinoiicatcd. The Vermont senator
was one of the strongest opponents Of
the radical exclusion law enacted by Con-
grcss. He was then Il member Of the
Senate immigration committee. OF which
| he is now chairman. holding the char
manship. large task will undoubtedly
be put upon him this winter in framing
additional immigration laws. What these
| vii! be are not definitely outlined yet
but there will be demand for important
changes and tho Chinese as we'll as the
Japanese immigration question, will al
most certainly come up around the com
niittce table where Mr.. Dillingham; pre-.
| sides
| WASHINGTON VERMONT NOTES.
| The corporate existence of the Water
bury. VI, National bank has been eX
tended by the comptroller of the cur
rency; also the corporate existence o
the National bank of Bellows Falls, VI
r'he abstract of the report on nationa
banks of Vermont, made at the close o
business May 30 and just made publ
there, shows that loans and discounts aG
greeated sl33Jl.oH5; gold coin sioS, 5CG
legal tender notes, $YS4. 49,. individual
deposits amounted to 81. III. The iega
reserve held in the banks Of Vernon
was, on that dat. l772 per cent. of III
deposits.
y Lyman 7. Wood of Burlington has beer
granted patent on rug holder an,
James Hardness of Springfield. w.. ha:
, been granted a patent on a metal work
ing machine.
Ethelbert Sclden of Burlington. W.. ha
been admitted to practice before the in
; terror department here.