The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-24
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THOMAS VICTI6iIXES
A MORNING PAPER

y Herald Thursday morning In as
+ cribing the bum messenger SER
r vice between the postonlce and 4
y the several railway stations to
= :he neglect OF the chief clerk Of =
+ the Railway Mail service,
+ Every person who has q smat-
y tering Of Information as to the
= responsibility In these cases is
making fun of the Herald for
being such q chump in swallow 4
Y Ing so ridiculous q story I
Chief Clerk Howard NJ, Lins- 4
= ley has no more to do with the 4
r messenger service In Salt Lake 4
= city than does the manager of
+ the Salt Lake Herald A single 4
reflection on this situation ought
r to have convinced the Herald 4
r that II was being yictimized. 4
postmaster Thomas, no other 4
man, has supervision over the 4
messenger service between the I
r postofiice and the stations, The I
statement that he had COM 1
+ plained to the chief clerk of the 1
Railway Mail service about the I
+ bum service Is too ridiculous to 1
+ let pass without calling attention 1
+ to IT. He may have complained. 1
= That would be no surprise. I
+ There Is so much evidence to 1
+ confirm the belief that he does I
y H..
r provisions OF the Postal Laws I
and Regulations
Complaint OF poor service :
y should be made to Washington, I
r and not TO the chief clerk OF the 1
4 Railway Mall service. Post 1
master Thomas. as the Herald :
says, has been trying to regulate I
y this difficulty by addressing Chief
+ Clerk Llnsley. 1t Is additional (
+ evidence of his utter incapacity (
Chief Clerk Linsley could not
r have done otherwise than TO :
have referred the communication :
+ made by Postmaster Thomas to
= Washington, since he has no
+ possible supervision OF the local I
+ messenger service. AS a cour- (
+ tesy due Postmaster Thomas :
+ from head Of coordinate (
= branch of the postal service he I
r could not do otherwise than to I
+ respectfully refer such commu- (
+ nication 10 the proper depart :
+ ment at Washington
+ 1t is all a beastly joke. in :
+ which the Hcrald's stupidity :
+ comes to the front like a head :
r light of San Pedro engine,
+ Postmaster Thomas has so :
+ long shifted responsibility for
4 his own derelictions on others :
= that 1T was the most natural :
r thing In the world that he, or :
4 one Of his friends, would impose :
+ on the Herald in the manner It
+ did. 1t Is an old game with
+ Postmaster Thomas to get from
r under at any opportunity. Be
= Ing up against hard thing he
+ naturally tried to throw respon- :
4 sibility on the chief clerk Of the
+ Railway Mail service. a man
+ who. by the way. is one of the
+ most competent officials In the
+ entire service. :
Perhaps Postmaster Thomas :
+ attributes some of the criticism :
= that has come to him through :
+ the newspapers to Mr.. Linsley
= at Ogden. 1t Is not unlikely that
+ he has engendered a feeling
r Tribune can state with absolute :
+ assurance that Chief Clerk Lins-
+ ley has not furnished details for
+ single criticism of the poor SER
+ vice at Salt Lake that has been :
r made publicly In The Salt Lake :
+ Tribune. He has studiously
4 avoided mixing In this contro- :
= versy. Doubtlessly he could not
= have done otherwise than have :
4 observed the poor service that is :
= being given by the Salt Lake
4 postofflce. The Tribune for
+ months has addressed him al
y most daily. asking for some re-
+ lief from errors, which. when
+ thoroughly investigated, have
+ resulted in a complete exoncra- :
+ tion Of the r. n. S.
4 The Tribune's conclusions in
+ face Of information which we
+ had from other sources natural
+ ly was that the error was In the
+ Salt Lake office
AS an illustration, within the
r last twelve days seventy-hve
r pieces OF mail for other parties
r have been placed in The Trib-
+ une's box Only short time ago
y almost quarter of pouch full
4 of mail was dumped out Of an
4 empty" tie sack sent to The
+ Tribune for the dispatch Of It's
\ mail. On Wednesday an armful (
4 OF second and fourth-class mat
r ter was dumped out OF an
4 empty" sent TO The Tribune
\ office In like manner and almost
y every day quantities OF mail Is