The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-09

Receives mail from the trains. arriving
s ss a Al daTlnF t oe6a aHy IL inS ffeps ias
these unusual conditions and long hours
| twas perfectly proper for the de part.
NAH A e III eate a M ea iGM6Y9 clerk wAo
teen hours 4 tlny,Iis not excessively paid "a
y yhs 1 c fssssYss sS}y R 1ss III
"a 5Ssr rs of T A 14 Nun 3Nb
WD ar h1; ,!ss Il q s,so ~ ,er bre
which was allowed At Rocky Mount on
my recommendation is very small, con-
5Tbbs sn the Of of Hs G ra
rondss, trains arriving and leaving m. early a.
which requires. inuch. work IN ring
and long hours or work, (which Justly
entities the party to extra con1pensa-
tom M sS i5Iig Ss T. e t858 L
Tho postof1ce at Ntartlnsyllle is the 9l, ne
attention Is called II ths article q, !; THIS rs
# f''i liz VIZ wSter had examined The letters
%hld the w nsst pabssea Ss
tan edo t fH'i this a 81 M aytosd
p sN oTsSsAsy p AprEAHS Is ~ 9tne dY
{{or poth tsa Norfolk. a a1nd Mestern nnq
Southern Railways, winch lntcrsect az
and that tic post nice Is, open from seycl,
In tho morning until eight, at night. that
he has 70 employ two men that the \, wo tx
Is SO heavy 1t keeps them busy all the
time. $ q III b "a u III s. II, II as55
for the two men he was compelled to en-
ploy, TO give an efficient postal service
tiers from citizens, urging me to secure
an increase in order that they could have
a more efficient service. Martinsvlle is
turing towns in tho state, and I am glad
to Nave been able to secure this increase
and thus give them better mail facill-
ties. @ Nft t4ls II t7tts Il.
l am sure that no person who ls rea a,
malice, will consider $500 excessive allow
noning until S at night.
der S1ost ' and Gfsy sash
an allowance made for clerical hire Of
$3.50 per annum. In each Of these places
the The reasons reason Why an IN Increase was ncces-5
sary In order to have efficient mail SER
vice thore. Each stated in the letter he
was compelled to employ oyy,e one person an
ate tho mail, In addition to their own
service. Each of these towns Is the coun.
ty seat Of a'county from which many
early, where Important mail to the
clerks office and the courts located AZ
to receive and dlspa tch impor tant mail
promptly. At zach place T received many
letters from citizens, urging the necessity
for m Increase ana ,hsist n s IN. ;,a o a..
dent service. Forty dollars u month s
not excessive allowance for an ehlclent
assistant at each OF these important OF
fees In the respective counties of Carroll
and Grayson.
The only other office named IN the artl
Gle is that at Fries. On my rccomnhsfn i.aL,
ton, the allowance was increased IRON S;1
road town, which required the, receiving
and dlspatching Of much mail on tho
trains, sthe keeping Of the once open i9n n IS
postofIl i and the allowance of $40 was
not unreasonable or excessive. al
In each Of these cases my recomnenuacc
ton was made upon represan ia rote
me urging the necessity, for action De i,s
taken for the increase. In order 70 nake
the service more elcient AS Z II aropr "a
was satisfied that the claims for the IN,
crease were just and right ana would
result in more efficient service ana 4
made my Recommendation 70 wy ~ pa PEI
ment accordingly.
AS l have stated, the committee that
examined into thesa matters found not
the slightest impropriety, In them.
The pOStma SterS AT etlCH ~ tHeSS PEI iI
| to whom the allowance for clerk hlre
was made, except at Chatham were ne,
pubicans who never supported me, al
had no personal, pecuniarV or pon.iIG.'l
| purposes for making these recommends
! lions, but did so only because It was Ior
| the best Interest of this service, and me
claims for Increase were Just and rlsnt.
The only other case mentioned IN lnis
| slanderous article Is at Hampton, 4 "a.
| In regard to the increase of rental alloW,
ed at that place. on July l. 1879. nag 'ni
nothing TO do With It, kneW nouh' tyba g
ever. The citing Of this, concerning ", wlllG ~
| | had no connection or knowledge, -
positive proof Of the malice al ana s1a''uet-
Gus intent G1 The writer. T.
In 1902 when the lease was about to
eXpre. / received letters from persons
in Hampton requesting me 70 reco!lli 1not
that the lease be renewed and the post
| office remain where it then was located.
| My reply to these requests was that u
was not in my congressional distrlct, nut
that il the representative Of the district
| desired the office to remain where 1t was
| / would unite with him In the, RECON-
.mendution. | was Informed that ne
would recommend the renewal OF the
then existing lease, and ! concurred Win
him in the recommendation.
1 The criticism OF this case CONSISTS ~ T.,
the fact that the inspector reported q, III
favor Of the leasing OF another puli tha,
leXstlng lease would cost the goVerhnlent
500 i was Informed At the time ana
4 have been told since, that II the post
office had been located at the place rec
commended by the inspector It would Id, haze T,y
been situated next to u bar-room and was
thought by many for this reason unde-
srablc. Before the lease was renewed ixai,
the owners Of the building were required
to make extensive improvments, costing
them, understand, nearly $1,000, almost
three years rent, to make this office ade,,
u auate and suitable for the purposes. ]
had no interest whatever IN this matter,
simply uniting with, the congressman from
tho district In endorsing the wishes tSa /. OF d
interest OF the service. Inquiry since
has convinced mo that my recommends
ton in this matter was right.
Another false impression sought TO be
produced was that was removed from
q the PostotI1ce Committee, This is not
true. lt
sentatlon on all the important commit
tees was reduced. ! was on two Of the
most Important committees OF the House
the Ways aid Means and the Postotfice
and Post Roads Committees.
AS many Democrats, on account or the
reduced representation Of Democrats on
committees, would be left without COM
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